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Entropy as a Criterion for Variable Reduction in Cluster Data
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Entropy is a measure of the randomness of a system state. This quantity gives us a measure of uncertainty that is associated with each particular observation belonging to a specific cluster. We examine this property and ...
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 ...
Predicting Recessions in the U.S. with Yield Curve Spread
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This paper proposes a hidden Markov model for the signal of U.S. recessions. The model uses the spread of interest rate between 10-year Treasury bond and 3-month Treasury bill, together with other financial indicators which ...
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 ...
Analyzing and Controlling Biases in Student Rating of Instruction
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Many colleges and universities have adopted the student ratings of instruction (SROI) system as one of the measures for instructional effectiveness. This study aims to establish a predictive model and address two questions ...
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 ...
Analysis of Significant Factors in Division I Men's College Basketball and Development of a Predictive Model
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
While a number of statistics are collected during an NCAA Division I men’s college
basketball game, it is potentially of interest to universities, coaches, players, and fans which of
these variables are most significant ...
Modeling the Winners of NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Tournament Games
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
This thesis first presents a least squares regression model to identify the in-game statistics that help explain the variation in point spread for NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Tournament games. Then a logistic ...
A Comparison of the Ansari-Bradley Test and the Moses Test for the Variances
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
This paper is aimed to compare the powers and significance levels of two well known
nonparametric tests: the Ansari-Bradley test and the Moses test in both situations where
the equal-median assumption is satisfied and ...