Abstract Customer satisfaction analysis evaluates customers’ attitude and perception towards product of a company. Bata Shoe Company, the largest footwear manufacturer and marketer in Bangladesh conducts an assessment of customers’ satisfaction in a regular interval. The purpose of this study is to measure the satisfaction level of the customers of the company. Due to the entrance of new competitors, this assessment program has become an important tool to know the market condition, customers’ attitude
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OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING MASTER IN PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT COURSE: LDP 603: RESEARCH METHODS Authored by: Dr. Christopher Mwangi Gakuu Senior Lecturer, Department of ExtraMural studies, University of Nairobi & Dr. Harriet Jepchumba Kidombo Senior Lecturer, Department of Educational Studies University of Nairobi Page 1 of 240 GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE MODULE The Research Methods course is one of the first semester core courses for those learners pursuing the
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Forecast of the Covariance Matrix Name: Instructor: Course: University: Date: Abstract Table of Contents Abstract i 1. Introduction - 1 - 1.1. Research Background - 1 - 1.2. Research Objectives - 3 - 1.3. Research Approach and Scope - 3 - 1.4. Layout of the Report - 4 - 1. Introduction 2.1. Research Background Volatility is an important concept in finance. Volatility modelling and forecasting finds usage in several core financial operations, for instance –
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Getting Started: The Anatomy and Physiology of Clinical Research Stephen B. Hulley, Thomas B. Newman, and Steven R. Cummings This chapter introduces clinical research from two viewpoints, setting up themes that run together through the book. One theme is the anatomy of research-what it's made of. This includes the tangible elements of the study plan: the research question, design, subjects, measurements, sample size calculation, and so forth. An investigator's goal is to create these elements in
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Descriptive Research Report Table of Contents Table of Contents ii List of Tables iii List of Figures iv Executive Summary v 1. Introduction and Background 1 1.1. Importance of the research 1 1.2. Scope of the report 1 1.3. Research problems/question 2 1.4. Aims and Objectives 2 2. Method 3 2.1. Methodological considerations and assumptions 3 2.2. Sample considerations 3 2.3. Data collection and framework, and analytical considerations 4 3. Ethical considerations
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JATA Vol. 25, Supplement 2003 pp. 1–25 The Effect of State Income Tax Apportionment and Tax Incentives on New Capital Expenditures Sanjay Gupta and Mary Ann Hofmann ABSTRACT: This study examines how variations in states’ corporate income tax regimes affect new capital investment by business. Using U.S. state-aggregated data from 1983 to 1996, we find in pooled and fixed-effects regressions that new capital expenditures by corporations in the manufacturing sector are decreasing in the income
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In addition, this research instrument allowed the research to carry out the quantitative approach effectively with the use of statistics for data interpretation. In order to test the validity of the questionnaire used for the study, the researcher tested the questionnaire to two respondents. These respondents as well as their answers were not part of the actual study process and were only used for testing purposes. After the questions have been answered
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(FB00073) Dang Thi Hong Hanh (FB00253) Nguyen Thi Kieu Trang (FB00078) Hanoi, December 2014 Table of Contents List of tables 3 List of figure 4 Abstract 5 Chapter 1: Introduction and Thesis Outline 6 1. Background 6 2. Research objective 8 3. Research question 8 4. Data and methodology 8 4.1 Data 8 4.2 Methodology 9 5. Thesis outline 9 Chapter 2: Literature Review and theoretical models 10 1. Theorem review 10 1.1. Modigliani- Miller theorem review 10 1.2. Agency
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substantive not merely statistical significance. In 1933 Neyman and Pearson wrote of type I and type II errors: HE IDEA OF Statistical significance is old, as old as Cicero writing on forecasts (Cicero, De Divinatione, 1. xiii. 23). In 1773 Laplace used it to test whether comets came from outside the solar system (Elizabeth Scott 1953, p. 20). The first use of the very word "significance" in a statistical context seems to be John Venn's, in 1888, speaking of differences expressed in units of
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I. CHAPTER 1 1. INTRODUCTION The city of San Pablo holds one of the most treasured places in Laguna and that is the “Seven Lakes”. These freshwater Lakes of San Pablo City were formed by a unique process called phreatic eruption where shallow lava from Mt. San Cristobal intersected groundwater which blew out (steam-heated eruption) the overlying rocks to form a circular and crater-like depression that eventually filled up with rainwater. The lakes are volcanic in origin, but the folklore handed
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