Consumer research using Distinctiveness theory implies that targeted advertisements will be most effective in contexts where the targeted group is a numeric minority. This paper investigates the influence of social status in addition to numeric status. Results demonstrate that incorporating social dimensions increases the explanatory value of distinctiveness theory for consumer research. We dis...

This paper introduces the concept of a random variable, which is nothing more than a variable whose numeric value is determined by the outcome of an experiment. To describe the probabilities that are associated with these numeric values in a concise and conceptually useful manner, the probability distribution and probability density function are introduced. Then, the moment generating function ...

2 Observations The glioblastoma multiforme data is stored in a data.frame which needs to be converted to a SMAPObservations object prior to analysis. The required arguments for the SMAPObservations constructor function are: value A numeric vector of intensity ratios for each clone on the array chromosome A character vector of chromosomes annotated to the clones on the array startPosition A nume...

A counterview of 'An investigation of the false discovery rate and the misinterpretation of p-values' by Colquhoun (2014) In commenting on the instructive, comprehensive and entertainingly written article by Prof. Colquhoun (hereinafter referred to as 'the author'), we state unequivocally that we have no truck with its motivation. Indeed, we too often find the Fisherian approach troubling. Nor ...

In 9] we introduced a formal framework for constructing ordinal similarity measures, and suggested how this might also be applied to cardinal measures. In this paper we will place this approach in a more general framework, called similarity metrics. In this framework, ordinal similarity metrics (where comparison returns a boolean value) can be combined with cardinal metrics (returning a numeric...

Cooperation often fails to spread in proportion to its potential benefits. This phenomenon is captured by prisoner's dilemma games, in which cooperation rates appear to be determined by the distinctive structure of economic incentives (e.g., $3 for mutual cooperation vs. $5 for unilateral defection). Rather than comparing economic values of cooperating versus not ($3 vs. $5), we tested the hypo...

Traditional frequent pattern mining algorithms use concept of support which is evaluated to a single numeric value. This concept of traditional support value does not hold good to discover similar temporal association patterns for a known reference sequence and threshold value. In temporal sense, support value is sequence of support values and not a single support value. This requires use of a ...

The growing part of the New Technologies of Information and Communication (NTIC) comes along with the passage on numeric support of many documentary capitals. So, we attend gradually the digitalization of working documents of all kinds: medical files, educational files, technical documentations, etc. But how make sure that this change of paradigm benefits the readers and the authors of document...