Running Head: Turkish and Kurdish Fertility in Turkey Abstract The purpose of this quantitative study was to present and discuss statistical evidence for the convergence of Turkish and Kurdish fertility rates in the Republic of Turkey. Linear regression and other statistical methods were utilized in order to illustrate convergence, which was theorized as (a) resulting from the delayed exposure of Turkey’s Kurds to the dynamics of modernization and (b) providing compelling evidence against the claim
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The Impact of Human Resource Management Practices on Perceptions of Organizational Performance Author(s): John T. Delaney and Mark A. Huselid Source: The Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Aug., 1996), pp. 949-969 Published by: Academy of Management Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/256718 . Accessed: 13/08/2013 00:20 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp
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sent out to consumers who had an experience of purchasing low cost airline e-ticket. Findings - The result showed that marketing efforts, perceive ease of use and perceived usefulness positively affects attitude toward using low cost airline e-ticket and attitude toward using and subjective norm also positive affect behavioral intention to purchase low-cost airline e-ticket. The research showed that perceived usefulness was the most important factor that affect to the behavioral intention to
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APPROVED BY: Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw, Ed.D., Committee Chair Jennifer Courduff, Ph.D., Committee Member Judy Sandlin, Ph.D., Committee Member Scott Watson, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Advanced Programs 2 ABSTRACT This non-experimental, regression study examined the relationship between Facebook™ activity and academic performance for an African American sample population. The study was conducted at a large, four-year, private university in the Mid-Atlantic. All undergraduate, African American
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(Msc.) Mai Xuan Thuy, whose constructive comments and orientation from the initial to final phase has made it possible for our project to be both clearer and deeper in analysis. It is a pleasure to thank Prof. Marek Hudon, who made this research possible to be conducted in the most appropriate way. In fact, all the method of analysis applied in this project came from Prof. Marek‟s support and suggestion. Furthermore, he also gave us many useful and knowledgeable sources of data and information. This
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University of Massachusetts - Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Masters Theses 1896 - February 2014 Dissertations and Theses January 2008 The Impact of the Organic Mainstream Movement: A Case Study of New England Organic Produce Prices Megan M. Dolan University of Massachusetts - Amherst, megan12122001@yahoo.com Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses Dolan, Megan M., "The Impact of the Organic Mainstream Movement: A Case Study of New England Organic
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2013, Vol. 105, No. 4, 667– 687 © 2013 American Psychological Association 0022-3514/13/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0033485 Subcomponents of Psychopathy Have Opposing Correlations With Punishment Judgments Jana Schaich Borg Stanford University and Duke University Rachel E. Kahn University of New Orleans Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Duke University This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers
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the experiences they encounter with clothing brands. Experts were also interviewed to gain deeper insights into brands and the importance that communication and branding strategies play in developing brands for consumption. Ttests and bivariate regression was performed in order to determine relationships amongst the constructs. The findings show that consumers place a relatively high importance on the brand experience and self concept constructs. Marketing and advertising companies have an enormous
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Structures and Analysis by Laurie S. Goodman and Frank J. Fabozzi Interest Rate, Term Structure, and Valuation Modeling edited by Frank J. Fabozzi Investment Performance Measurement by Bruce J. Feibel The Handbook of Equity Style Management edited by T. Daniel Coggin and Frank J. Fabozzi The Theory and Practice of Investment Management edited by Frank J. Fabozzi and Harry M. Markowitz Foundations of Economic Value Added, Second Edition by James L. Grant Financial Management and Analysis, Second Edition
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Factor Analysis - SPSS( [pic] • First Read Principal Components Analysis. The methods we have employed so far attempt to repackage all of the variance in the p variables into principal components. We may wish to restrict our analysis to variance that is common among variables. That is, when repackaging the variables’ variance we may wish not to redistribute variance that is unique to any one variable. This is Common Factor Analysis. A common factor is an abstraction, a hypothetical
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