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Urgency Predicts Differences in Cigarette Consumption
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Smokers have been classified into three separate groups based on cigarette consumption
where regular smokers consume more than 5 cigarettes a day, chippers consume 5 cigarettes a
day or less, and social smokers only smoke ...
Clustering Algorithm Comparison for Ellipsoidal Data
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The main objective of cluster analysis is the statistical technique of identifying data points and assigning them into meaningful clusters. The purpose of this paper is to compare different types of clustering algorithms ...
Loss Reserving Chain Ladder Methods Applied to a Small Midwestern Insurance Company
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Estimating future losses is integral to setting aside appropriate reserves in the insurance industry. This study analyzes different Chain Ladder reserving methods based on weighted-least square regression that consider ...
Dual Effects of Social Support on Cardiovascular Reactivity: Social Support as a Comfort and an Encouragement
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The stress-buffering hypothesis (Cohen & McKay, 1984) proposes that social support attenuates cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) in times of stress. Past research which tested this hypothesis has obtained inconsistent findings. ...
Popular in the Digital Age: Self-Monitoring, Aggression, and Prosocial Behaviors in Digital Contexts and their Associations with Popularity
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Information and communication technologies (ICT) play an important role in the social lives of adolescents, as many of the social interactions that once occurred in face-to-face contexts are now occurring through digital ...
Sleep Quality and Sympathovagal Balance during Stress
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Sleep has been shown to be associated with the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system at rest and during stress. However, sleep has not been examined in the context of sympathovagal balance ...
Cyberbullying in World of Warcraft’s Looking for Raid Function
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
This thesis focuses on the effects that othering or cyberbullying within the Looking for Raid (LFR) function is having on the World of Warcraft (WoW) community in terms of their identity creation. I will look at the three ...
The Body Inversion Effect: The Role of Visual Appearance on Body Processing
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to determine if body stimuli are uniquely processed by the
visual recognition system. First, my results supported past findings showing that body processing
differs from object processing ...
Demographic Analysis of Student Evaluations
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Data was collected from North Dakota State University’s student rating of
instructor’s forms during the fall of 2013 and the spring of 2014. This thesis investigates
differences between male and female instructor’s ...
A Multi-trait Mixed-model for Genome-wide Association Study in Barley Population
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Genome-wide association study (GWAS) is a standard approach for studying the genetics of natural variation, typically focusing on association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and traits. For GWAS, if multiple ...