An ordinal measure of effect size is a simple and useful way to describe the difference between two ordered categorical distributions. This measure summarizes the probability that an outcome from one distribution falls above an outcome from the other, adjusted for ties. We develop and compare confidence interval methods for the measure. Simulation studies show that with independent multinomial ...

Jelen tanulmányban a nemzetközi migráció hagyományos mikroökonómiai elméletét bővítjük ki Williamson-féle specifikusság koncepciójával. Amellett érvelünk, hogy bizonyos hely- és kapcsolatspecifikus beruházások megléte komoly ellenösztönzőként szolgálhat az elvándorlásra. A fogalmával így korábbi gazdasági megközelítések horizontján kívül eső empirikus megfigyeléseket is magyarázni tudjuk, emell...

since the breakdown of the bretton woods system, exchange arrangements of countries have become flexible. several attempts have been made to determine whether the theories of optimum currency areas adequately explain the choice of an exchange rate system. in this paper, the optimum currency area is retested. using cross-section data, a regression analysis of the choice of an exchange rate syste...

This paper investigates residents’ preferences of investment in cruise tourism, taking its externalities into full account. The research involved data collection in the port of call of Messina (Sicily, Italy), during the peak cruise season in 2011. A mixed generalized ordered logit analysis, based upon a correspondence analysis, is run to examine what factors influence residents’ perceptions ab...

Though there is a considerable agreement amongst past studies about the great variability in conflict judgments by Air Traffic Controllers (ATCos), certain behaviors observable in control rooms speak in favor of the existence of a common core they would that controllers share regarding conflict risk perception. The study presented in this paper began with the construction (from real recordings)...

the objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge of the turkish farmers with regard to fertilizer usage. farmers in the kazova district of turkey's tokat province were interviewed regarding their soil maintenance practices. the interview was based on a standardized questionnaire the answers being recorded at the time of interview. simple random sampling method was used to de...