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Data mining trauma injury data using C5.0 and logistic regression to determine factors associated with death. (2009)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Penny, K. I., Chesney, D., Oakley, P., Viglas, S., Templeton, J., & Maffulli, N. (2009). Data mining trauma injury data using C5.0 and logistic regression to determine factors associated with death. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 10, 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHTM.2009.023725

Trauma injury data collected over 10 years at a UK hospital are analysed. The data include injury details such as patient age and gender, the mechanism of injury, various measures of injury severity, management interventions, and treatment outcome. L... Read More about Data mining trauma injury data using C5.0 and logistic regression to determine factors associated with death..

The use of hot- deck imputation to compare performance of Further Education colleges. (2007)
Journal Article
Penny, K. I., Ashraf, M. Z., & Duffy, J. C. (2007). The use of hot- deck imputation to compare performance of Further Education colleges. Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces, 179-184. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITI.2007.4283766

There are problems associated with the use of existing
educational performance indicators when comparing fur-
ther education colleges in Scotland. Several approaches
have been suggested to avoid or resolve problems in
comparing performance indica... Read More about The use of hot- deck imputation to compare performance of Further Education colleges..

Modelling the Influence of Communication on Fertility Behaviour of Women in Rural Bangladesh. (2004)
Thesis
Gayen, K. Fertility Behaviour of Women in Rural Bangladesh. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2783

The total fertility rate in Bangladesh declined from 6.3 children per women in 1975 to 3.3 in 1997-1999. This decline of 48 per cent over a 25-year period occurred without a
substantial improvement in socio-economic status, health conditions and oth... Read More about Modelling the Influence of Communication on Fertility Behaviour of Women in Rural Bangladesh..

Prediction of software maintenance costs. (2001)
Thesis
Morrison, D. J. Prediction of software maintenance costs. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3601

This thesis is concerned with predicting the costs of maintaining a computer program
prior to the software being developed. The ubiquitous nature of software means that
software maintenance is an important activity, and evidence exists to support t... Read More about Prediction of software maintenance costs..

Factors affecting the most recent fertility rates in urban-rural Bangladesh (1997)
Journal Article
Khan, H., & Raeside, R. (1997). Factors affecting the most recent fertility rates in urban-rural Bangladesh. Social science & medicine, 44(3), 279-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0277-9536%2896%2900076-7

This paper reports on a study which has been undertaken using data from the 1989 Bangladesh Fertility Survey (BFS) to determine the significance of influences on the probability of birth in the year preceding the survey. In the survey a total of 11 9... Read More about Factors affecting the most recent fertility rates in urban-rural Bangladesh.

Modelling and Forecasting Human Populations using Sigmoid Models (1987)
Thesis
Raeside, R. Modelling and Forecasting Human Populations using Sigmoid Models. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1053286

Early this century "S-shaped" curves, sigmoids, gained
populari ty among demographers. However, by 1940, the approach
had "fallen out of favour", being criticised for giving po,or
results and having no theoretical validity. It was also
considered... Read More about Modelling and Forecasting Human Populations using Sigmoid Models.