What is Civil Engineering?

P-value: What is and what is not

The misinterpretation and misuse of p-value have been increasing for decades. In March 2016, the American Statistical Association released a statement to warn about the use and interpretation of p-value. In this study, we provided a definition and discussion of p-value and emphasized the importance of its accurate interpretation.    

What Is Menu Engineering?

Do not misunderstand! Percentages serve as important managerial controls and provide feedback on operations that cannot be otherwise monitored. Menu engineering involves percentages in an evaluative capacity, but does not rely on percentages as a basis for a successful pricing effort. It ignores the question, “What is a satisfactory food cost percentage?” Instead, it focuses on, “Is the restaur...

What Is Applied Literature?

Applied literature is a term that is the outcome of a need to put literature to tangible uses in the “real” world. A medical practitioner looking for a definition of life, for instance, finds literature a useful source for the answer. With paradigm shifts in scientific studies, interdisciplinarity has been a method to overcome the alienations that resulted from the isolation of disciplines from...

Domain Engineering: What is it?

The term domain engineering has different meanings. In software engineering it is used for describing the software relevant features of the domain for which software is developed. In general the term denotes the act of creating the domain itself, including its artifacts. The paper argues that the use of the term in software engineering is not a happy choice and contributes to the terminological...

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