The Sequential College Application Process

The application of cause effect graph for the college placement process

This paper presents a case study on the application of cause effect graph for representing the college placement process. This paper begins with giving a brief overview of the college placement process which will serve as the basis for developing the cause effect graph and the decision table for the same in a systematic manner. Finally, it concludes with the design of test cases thus giving a c...

Convergence in a sequential two stages decision making process

We analyze a sequential decision making process, in which at each stepthe decision is made in two stages. In the rst stage a partially optimalaction is chosen, which allows the decision maker to learn how to improveit under the new environment. We show how inertia (cost of changing)may lead the process to converge to a routine where no further changesare made. We illustrate our scheme with some...

A Statistical Method for Sequential Images – Based Process Monitoring

Today, with the growth of technology, monitoring processes by the use of video and satellite sensors have been more expanded, due to their rich and valuable information. Recently, some researchers have used sequential images for image defect detection because a single image is not sufficient for process monitoring. In this paper, by adding the time dimension to the image-based process monitorin...

Application of Proteomics Technologies in the Drug Development Process

Understanding College Application Decisions: Why College Sports Success Matters

Using a unique, national dataset that indicates where students choose to send their SAT scores, we find that college sports success has a large impact on student application decisions. For example, a school that has a stellar year in basketball or football on average receives up to 10% more SAT scores. Certain demographic groups (males, blacks, out-of-state students, and students that played sp...