A Graphical Tool for Interpreting Regression Coefficients of Trinomial Logit Models

Multinomial logit (also termed multi-logit) models permit the analysis of the statistical relation between a categorical response variable and a set of explicative variables (called covariates or regressors). Although multinomial logit is widely used in both the social and economic sciences, the interpretation of regression coefficients may be tricky, as the effect of covariates on the probability distribution of the response variable is nonconstant and difficult to quantify. The ternary plots illustrated in this article aim at facilitating the interpretation of regression coefficients and permit the effect of covariates (either singularly or jointly considered) on the probability distribution of the dependent variable to be quantified. Ternary plots can be drawn both for ordered and for unordered categorical dependent variables, when the number of possible outcomes equals three (trinomial response variable); these plots allow not only to represent the covariate effects over the whole parameter space of the dependent variable but also to compare the covariate effects of any given individual profile. The method is illustrated and discussed through analysis of a dataset concerning the transition of master’s graduates of the University of Trento (Italy) from university to employment.     

The context of employment discrimination: interpreting the findings of a field experiment

Although field experiments have documented the contemporary relevance of discrimination in employment, theories developed to explain the dynamics of differential treatment cannot account for differences across organizational and institutional contexts. In this article, I address this shortcoming by presenting the main empirical findings from a multi‐method research project, in which a field experiment of ethnic discrimination in the Norwegian labour market was complemented with forty‐two in‐depth interviews with employers who were observed in the first stage of the study. While the experimental data support earlier findings in documenting that ethnic discrimination indeed takes place, the qualitative material suggests that theorizing in the field experiment literature have been too concerned with individual and intra‐psychic explanations. Discriminatory outcomes in employment processes seems to be more dependent on contextual factors such as the number of applications received, whether requirements are specified, and the degree to which recruitment procedures are formalized. I argue that different contexts of employment provide different opportunity structures for discrimination, a finding with important theoretical and methodological implications.     

体育用语在非体育新闻报道中的跨界运用及原因探析

文章主要研究非体育新闻报道对体育用语使用,并分析这种跨界运用的原因和产生的效果。体育用语的泛化和体育用语中存在大量具有隐喻性特征的词语是导致体育用语被日益广泛地运用到其他领域的主要原因。其中在新闻报道中体育用语的跨界运用较多,这既丰富了新闻报道的内容,又促进了当今语言的融合。     

中央台《晚报浏览》--全新风格的广播新闻节目

在新世纪到来之际,中央人民广播电台推出了一档引人注目的节目--<晚报浏览>.从以下三个方面分析了<晚报浏览>引人关注的原因一、突破以往模式,与晚报联合,变媒体间的竞争为合作,充分整合媒介资源优势.二、先声夺人,率先在新闻类广播节目中采用主持人形式.三、内容编排力求按新闻规律运作,表现出纯正的新闻性特征.     

网络媒体与网络新闻传播

随着网络媒体的出现 ,新闻传播发生了深刻的变革 ,一场借助网络平台进行传播竞争的局面正在形成。网络传播的优势何在 ,如何实现网络新闻传播 ,以及传播环节技术如何运用 ,文章对此进行了探讨。     

民生节目:传播"善"与"美"的平台

民生电视新闻以生动的实例、严谨的推理、透彻的分析令人信服地打动着广大受众，让人们在不经意中受到深刻的“善”与“美”的熏陶。民生新闻节目已经成为传播“善”与“美”的平台，发掘民生新闻节目的道德教化功能及其表现方式必将成为电视媒体特别是省、市电视台的重要任务。     

高速SDRAM控制器设计的FPGA实现

同步动态存储器(SDRAM)控制器通常用有限状态机实现,对于一般的设计方法,由于状态数量多,状态转换通常伴随大的组合逻辑而影响运行速度,因此,SDRAM控制器的速度限制了SDRAM存储器的访问速度。该文从结构优化入手来优化方法,利用状态机分解的思想将大型SDRAM控制状态机用若干小的子状态机实现,达到简化逻辑的目的,不仅提高了速度还节省了资源,对该类大型SDRAM控制器的实现有一定参考意义。     

三螺旋创新模式的理论探讨

基于非线性网状创新模型提出的“三螺旋场”和“三螺旋循环”概念进一步推进了三螺旋创新模式的理论研究。三螺旋场概念旨在解释在大学、产业和政府三股螺旋之间存在的相对独立和彼此作用的本质，说明三螺旋的生成原理、静态表现和动态演化特征。三螺旋的生成原理在于创新过程的非线性本质和多主体特征，静态表现为“内核外场模型”，而动态演化过程则在于纵向进化和横向循环。发生在三股螺旋之间的三螺旋循环揭示了在大学、产业和政府之间以人员、信息和产品流动为特征的相互作用和运行机制。     

实数域及四元数除环上有平方根的方阵

给出了实数域及实四元数除环上方阵有平方根的充分必要条件．     

Qualified privilege: A defense for the public relations function

Technology continues to challenge the public relations practitioner to find ways to inform key constituents. The new technology has given rise to the “new journalism” that includes a declining traditional media and exploding internet media filled with websites and bloggers. The question posed by this research asks: Does the public relations practitioner inherit the same protection offered by “qualified privilege” that is most often associated with the traditional “press” or “reporter?” The research lays a foundation with an examination of defamation and the defense of qualified privilege. The research concludes that if information gathered by the public relations practitioner meets the “intent” and “content” tests, the information qualifies as news. Passing the “news” test, the defense of “qualified privilege” also attaches to the public relations practitioner.