Improved communality estimation in factor analysis

The symmetric treatment of an asymmetric approach to factor analysis is shown to provide accurate communality estimates. In comparison with existing estimates including upper and lower bounds, the present approach is shown to be superior. In one example with known communalities, the present approach perfectly captures those communalities. In two empirical examples, it is shown to produce better communality estimates than any existing method.     

多重身份的复合--论唐顺之对曾巩散文的评价

唐顺之作为一名笃诚的心学家、理学家，势必会从思想价值的角度对文学作品进行评价。同时他又是一个优秀的八股文名家、古文评点家，有时又会摆脱心学和理学的思维模式，从文学自身的角度考量创作。受此多重身份的复合影响，唐顺之对道学气息浓厚而艺术性较差的曾巩散文进行评价时，就显得颇为矛盾：既认为“三代以下之文未有如南丰”，又以为曾巩散文法度平实，缺少变化，只能居于唐宋八家之末。     

Generating synthetic data to produce public-use microdata for small geographic areas based on complex sample survey data with application to the National Health Interview Survey

Small area statistics obtained from sample survey data provide a critical source of information used to study health, economic, and sociological trends. However, most large-scale sample surveys are not designed for the purpose of producing small area statistics. Moreover, data disseminators are prevented from releasing public-use microdata for small geographic areas for disclosure reasons; thus, limiting the utility of the data they collect. This research evaluates a synthetic data method, intended for data disseminators, for releasing public-use microdata for small geographic areas based on complex sample survey data. The method replaces all observed survey values with synthetic (or imputed) values generated from a hierarchical Bayesian model that explicitly accounts for complex sample design features, including stratification, clustering, and sampling weights. The method is applied to restricted microdata from the National Health Interview Survey and synthetic data are generated for both sampled and non-sampled small areas. The analytic validity of the resulting small area inferences is assessed by direct comparison with the actual data, a simulation study, and a cross-validation study.     

All pairwise comparisons of exponential location parameters under type i censoring — equal scale parameter case

In this paper, procedures for all pairwise comparisons of location parameters of negative exponential populations are developed when the common scale parameter is known or unknown using large sample distributional approximations of the relevant random variables. The small sample performance of these procedures are then examined using Monte Carlo simulation.     

‘Notorious Beyond Any Other European Woman of Her Generation’: The Case of Count(ess) Sarolta/Sándor Vay

The paper investigates the curious case of the Hungarian Count(ess) Sarolta/Sándor Vay, journalist and writer, but, above all, a notorious gender bender in late nineteenth-century Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The article examines her case in the context of the history of European cross-dressing and of narrative transvestism. The author argues that nineteenth-century dandyism provided an effective cultural framework for Vay’s contemporaries to accept her unconventional presence in fin-de-siècle Hungarian society. Moreover, she claims that Vay’s narrative transvestism may also be construed within the cultural phenomenon of dandyism, as her writing practices prove to be further instruments for her self-fashioning. Finally, she concludes that Vay’s gender performance and narrative transvestism become illustrative examples of instances that both frame and confuse accepted cultural patterns, destabilize gender binarism, and participate in its maintenance.     

众数测算的一种新方法及其应用

针对传统众数估计值会因为组距的改变而不稳定,在已有的半极差(样本)众数估计方法上,提出多比例极差(样本)众数估计新方法。模拟研究显示,相对于半极差(样本)众数估计方法,该方法估计结果更稳定、准确。在实证分析中,基于2014、2015年国家一体化住户调查数据,使用新方法计算了新疆兵团居民人均可支配收入众数。结果表明,众数可以作为居民人均可支配收入平均数、中位数的有益补充,众数在政府统计中的推广及应用具有一定的可行性与必要性。     

张爱玲与川端康成叙事艺术比较分析

张爱玲与川端康成分别对20世纪的中国和日本文坛产生了重要影响。二者都致力于以女性为中心铺陈故事,以诗意的语言建构起女性中心话语权,在其思想主题、表达技巧、审美追求等方面也具有高度的趋同性。     

论近代中国士人的首次西游书写

斌椿的日记《乘槎笔记》和诗集《海国胜游草》、《天外归帆草》突破了近代史书写的一贯"以西律中"的现代化话语模式。这一方面可以从满族/中国这一本土坐标看待近代中西交流史的这桩公案;另一方面也可以反思体用二元割裂的思考方式。     

多代合居模式下的卫浴空间通用设计

老年人、青年人、儿童多代合居的家庭,因生活方式的差异致使传统的卫浴空间设计显现出诸多问题。在空间规划、设施配置、氛围营造三个方面引入通用设计理念,合理设计卫浴空间使合居家庭的生活更加融洽。     

Power To Our Journeys: Re‐membering Michael

The following personal reflections are in honour of Michael and all that he contributed to our lives. And, we honour Brigitte a key member of the group who died in 2006. Mem, Sue and Veronica, December 2008.