Analysing partial ranks by using smoothed paired comparison methods: an investigation of value orientation in Europe

Summary. This paper introduces the paired comparison model as a suitable approach for the analysis of partially ranked data. For example, the Inglehart index, collected in international social surveys to examine shifts in post-materialistic values, generates such data on a set of attitude items. However, current analysis methods have failed to account for the complex shifts in individual item values, or to incorporate subject covariates. The paired comparison model is thus developed to allow for covariate subject effects at the individual level, and a reparameterization allows the inclusion of smooth non-linear effects of continuous covariates. The Inglehart index collected in the 1993 International Social Science Programme survey is analysed, and complex non-linear changes of item values with age, level of education and religion are identified. The model proposed provides a powerful tool for social scientists.     

吉林工程技术师范学院毕业生质量跟踪调查报告

通过对吉林工程技术师范学院2001-2003届毕业生的质量进行跟踪调查,并广泛地听取了用人单位和毕业生对学院教育教学质量的评价,提出了端正办学的指导思想,调整专业结构、学科结构、层次结构和布局结构,改进教学内容和教学方法,提高教育教学质量等可行性建议。     

中国政治转型的理论研究:综述与评价

在关于中国政治转型的理论研究中 ,国内外学者的观点是不尽相同的 ,其分歧主要集中于政治转型同市场经济转轨的关系 ,以及政治转型的策略、路径和方向等方面。总体来说 ,产生这些分歧的根本原因是方法论取向的不同使然。而明显的理论预设、方法论移植等则是这些研究所存在的共同问题。     

高校图书馆公共调查方法与指标的研究

图书馆是高校的重要组成部分 ,其管理状况和作用的发挥关系到所在高校全局的发展。为了搞好图书馆建设 ,公共调查是一项经常性、基础性的工作。该文从高校图书馆公共调查的一般指标和方法的角度 ,结合高校图书馆的特点 ,提出了公共调查的一般思路、各业务板块的调查指标和方法设计及图书馆综合调查的要求和结构     

英语专业“专转本”学生英语学习调查及启示

采用问卷调查和语言测试的方法,对英语专业“专转本”学生的英语学习背景和学习状况进行描述性调查与研究,并基于对所得数据的统计和分析,建议教师根据学生的实际水平,在教材的使用、教学内容和教学手段等方面作相应的调整,抓好专科与本科教学的衔接。     

永久随机数在多层次调查中的应用

采用永久随机数法抽样技术抽到的样本具有很好地样本兼容的性质。本文讨论了采用序贯srswor抽样技术和Poisson抽样技术这两种永久随机数法抽样技术时,多层次调查的实现问题,希望能为多层次调查的实现提供一点启示。     

ESTIMATING DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS FROM SURVEY DATA WITH LIMITED BENCHMARK INFORMATION

The model-based approach to estimation of finite population distribution functions introduced in Chambers & Dunstan (1986) is extended to the case where only summary information is available for the auxiliary size variable. Monte Carlo results indicate that this ‘limited information’ extension is almost as efficient as the ‘full information’ method proposed in the above reference. These results also indicate that the model-based confidence intervals generated by either of these methods have superior coverage properties to more conventional design-based confidence intervals.     

A bias analysis of Weibull models under heaped data

Retrospectively collected duration data are often reported incorrectly. An important type of such an error is heaping—respondents tend to round-off or round-up the data according to some rule of thumb. For two special cases of the Weibull model we study the behaviour of the ‘naive estimators’, which simply ignore the measurement error due to heaping, and derive closed expressions for the asymptotic bias. These results give a formal justification of empirical evidence and simulation-based findings reported in the literature. Additionally, situations where a remarkable bias has to be expected can be identified, and an exact bias correction can be performed.     

三峡地区近代交通史略(一)

中国进入近代以后,三峡地区的交通发展处于一个特定的历史时期。西方列强的入侵、军阀之间的混战、民族解放战争的开展、社会矛盾和民族矛盾的深化等,都对三峡交通的发展产生了深远的影响。     

学生视野:高校大课堂教学中值得注意的几个问题

采用无记名方式对实施学分制的本科生大课堂教学现状作了调查。调查结果显示大课堂教学中存在着诸如讲授方法、教学媒介、逃课现象以及学生主体地位缺失等问题,并就此进行了深入、多层面的分析,希望引起相关部门的重视,使学生在学分制改革中普遍受益。