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Flexible Bayesian Methods for High Dimensional Data
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Enakshi Saha – ProQuest LLC, 2021
We study flexible Bayesian methods that are amenable to a wide range of learning problems involving complex high dimensional data structures, with minimal tuning. We consider parametric and semiparametric Bayesian models, that are applicable to both static and dynamic data, arising from a multitude of areas such as economics, finance and…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Probability, Nonparametric Statistics, Data Analysis
Enterprise Social Networking: Technology Acceptance Related to Personality, Age, and Gender
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Rochelle, Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In this dissertation, the researcher examined and added to the body of knowledge within the project change management field of technology implementation. The rationale behind the study was to evaluate technology acceptance of Enterprise Social Networking (ESN), which has been widely implemented across over 90% of the "Fortune" 500…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Computer Attitudes, Personality Traits, Age
Faculty Perceptions of Change Readiness in Liberal Arts Colleges
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Rupert, Lyle M. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Due to the increasingly competitive environment in which liberal arts colleges operate and the constantly changing needs of students, colleges must continuously adapt and change in order to survive. Due to the high probability of failure when implementing change, it would serve an institution well to increase its readiness to change. This study…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Teacher Attitudes, College Students
Understanding the Student Success Gap: Building Models for Underrepresented Racial Minority and Non-Traditional Students' College Experience in Community College
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Chen, Wei-Lin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Community colleges are a crucial channel for achieving postsecondary education success, especially for minority and nontraditionally aged students. Nonetheless, community colleges are inadequate to meeting national goals for postsecondary educational attainment. Most notably, the lack of a strong guidance of academic interventions stifles a…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Models, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students
Using Student Performance during a Reading Intervention to Predict Student Outcomes and Performance on Accountability Measures of Reading
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Parson, Lorien – ProQuest LLC, 2012
An existing data set for a sample of 3rd grade students was used to determine the relationship between performance during a reading intervention and short-term achievement test outcomes, and long-term risk status. Students participated in a reading intervention, one-on-one practice with a trained adult, during which weekly curriculum based…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Reading Instruction, Intervention, Elementary School Students
Factors, Practices, and Policies Influencing Students' Upward Transfer to Baccalaureate-Degree Programs and Institutions: A Mixed Methods Analysis
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LaSota, Robin Rae – ProQuest LLC, 2013
My dissertation utilizes an explanatory, sequential mixed-methods research design to assess factors influencing community college students' transfer probability to baccalaureate-granting institutions and to present promising practices in colleges and states directed at improving upward transfer, particularly for low-income and first-generation…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Transfer of Training, Probability