Quantitative Storytelling in the Making of a Composite Indicator

The reasons for and against composite indicators are briefly reviewed, as well as the available theories for their construction. After noting the strong normative dimension of these measures—which ultimately aim to ‘tell a story’, e.g. to promote the social discovery of a particular phenomenon, we inquire whether a less partisan use of a composite indicator can be proposed by allowing more latitude in the framing of its construction. We thus explore whether a composite indicator can be built to tell ‘more than one story’ and test this in practical contexts. These include measures used in convergence analysis in the field of cohesion policies and a recent case involving the World Bank’s Doing Business Index. Our experiments are built to imagine different constituencies and stakeholders who agree on the use of evidence and of statistical information while differing on the interpretation of what is relevant and vital.

     

Factor analysis for ranked data with application to a job selection attitude survey

Summary.  Factor analysis is a powerful tool to identify the common characteristics among a set of variables that are measured on a continuous scale. In the context of factor analysis for non-continuous-type data, most applications are restricted to item response data only. We extend the factor model to accommodate ranked data. The Monte Carlo expectation–maximization algorithm is used for parameter estimation at which the E-step is implemented via the Gibbs sampler. An analysis based on both complete and incomplete ranked data (e.g. rank the top q out of k items) is considered. Estimation of the factor scores is also discussed. The method proposed is applied to analyse a set of incomplete ranked data that were obtained from a survey that was carried out in GuangZhou, a major city in mainland China, to investigate the factors affecting people's attitude towards choosing jobs.     

代位求偿权行使条件之比较

本文首先阐明代位求偿权的涵义。在此基础上，针对我国法律关于代位求偿权的相关规定以及国内学者对代位求偿权行使条件的理解，比较借鉴英国法律，分析我国法律所确立的代位求偿权行使条件，提出自己的观点和看法。     

陈用光与姚鼐尺牍解读

陈用光从姚鼐求学,为嘉庆、道光年间传扬姚鼐之学最有力者之一。陈用光与姚鼐尺牍交往颇多,尺牍成为陈用光与姚鼐讨论诗文学问的载体。通过尺牍的往来,促进了桐城派成员之间的交流;推动了成员之间的文学创作;深化了对汉宋之争等问题的认识,这无疑有利于桐城派的进一步发展。     

A search of maximum generalized resolution quaternary-code designs via integer linear programming

Quaternary-code (QC) designs, an attractive class of nonregular fractional factorial designs, have received much attention due to their theoretical elegance and practical applicability. Some recent works of QC designs revealed their good properties over their regular counterparts under commonly used criteria. We develop an optimization tool that can maximize the generalized resolution of a QC design of a given size. The problem can be recast as an integer linear programming (ILP) problem through a linear simplification that combines the \(k\)- and \(a\)-equations, even though the generalized resolution does not linearly depend on the aliasing indexes. The ILP surprisingly improves a class of \((1/16)\)th-fraction QC designs with higher generalized resolutions. It also applies to obtain some \((1/64)\)th-fraction QC designs with maximum generalized resolutions, and these QC designs generally have higher generalized resolutions than the regular designs of the same size.     

满族家庭生活教育概说

满族家庭生活教育内容主要包括:遵循家法、注意饮食、规律起居、重视医疗与养生、加强运动、保持节俭等积极方面的规范,以及对酗酒、吸咽、经商等不良行为的禁忌.这些教育提高了满族的生活素质,增强了其身体素质,同时也提高了民族的整体素质.     

Opting out of workers’ compensation: Non-subscription in Texas and its effects

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty - Texas is the only state that does not mandate that employers carry workers’ compensation (WC) insurance coverage. In place of traditional WC, companies can...     

Business Collaboration within the Nazi War Machine: Corporations and the State in the Austrian Semiperiphery

The military strength of German National Socialism was based on the collaboration of large corporations with the Nazi state. Business provided capital, loans, taxes, managerial expertise and production for war industries. I elaborate four ideal‐typical modes of business collaboration. Each mode is illustrated by a case study of a German corporation that acquires an Austrian firm: Krupp (traditional mode); the Reichswerke state conglomerate (coercive); Deutsche Bank (managerial nationalist); and IG Farben (competitive investment mode). The first and the last modes occurred when the state was highly dependent on large businesses for the economic requisites of war. The acquired firms in the Austrian semiperiphery contributed to Nazi war mobilization, as they exploited labor and resources from the peripheral regions of southeastern Europe. Patterns of the state's resource dependency on business led to bargaining interactions between state and business, over time shaping the mix between state and private ownership of war industry.     

科学发展观的确立与落实——湖南核电启动再思考

文章从湖南核电的四次启动,2003年"电荒",提出了发展核电是科学发展观落实的命题,然后,从湖南经济的崛起,资源、环境、可持续发展的需要,以及湖南电力结构、地区结构、季节供求调整等方面,论证了湖南发展核电的必要性.     

浅析高校学生干部的管理问题——基于委托代理理论的视角

高校学生干部管理工作不仅是学生思想政治工作取得成效的重要途径和手段,也是进一步开创学生思想政治工作新局面的重要基础。本文在查阅和分析众多相关文献的基础上,运用委托代理理论,结合高校学生干部管理的现实,从分析高校学生干部的行为特征入手,总结出学生干部缺乏干部意识、缺乏风险精神、忽视理论学习、忽视道德培养和学校缺乏培养和监督机制等五个主要问题,提出加强高校学生干部管理,根本在于建立和改善学生干部的选拔机制、激励机制、监督机制以及加强思想道德素质教育。