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... PREFACE A Purpose oftheCodeof Marketing Research Standards B Background oftheCodeof Marketing Research Standards C Using This Document D Definitions MRA CODEOF MARKETING RESEARCH STANDARDS ... know the name ofthe sponsor ofthe research project, that name can only be revealed with the client’s permission and only after the respondent has completed the data collection phase ofthe research ... acceptance ofthe research process, the Marketing Research Association recognizes the importance of establishing a set of standards that will differentiate the use of dialing technology by members of the...
... formation ofthe business cycle patterns ofthe formar group of states The business cycle patterns ofthe major oil supply states are distinctly different from the national business cycle patterns The ... proximity from the economically dominant states plays quite a signi cant role in the formation ofthe business cycle patterns ofthe former group of states The business cycle patterns ofthe major ... cycle patterns In face, most ofthe time the state level business cycles of this group lay on the opposite side ofthe national business cycle.Most ofthe states fall into the fourth category where...
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... hopes that it can propagate a new culture of transparency with its proposed legislative reforms, but some experts believe they could simply reinforce thecodeof silence http://www.pwc.co.uk/assets/pdf/cyber-security-2013-technical-report.pdf ... fine Meanwhile, Mr Kellett says, the average time it takes organisations to detect breaches is getting longer Research by the security company Trustwave found that the average time to detection ... worse.” Few would question the benefits of sharing information about security incidents, but the manner in which that information should be shared is still subject to debate The European Commission...
... will be conducted, the foci of which will depend upon the acceptance or rejection ofthe null hypotheses evaluated in the second phase In the case of a hypothetical acceptance ofthe current regulatory ... where they identified four major problems in the employment of CAQDAS First, the problem of categorization, where the software’s use is perceived of increasing the likelihood ofthe researcher ... warrants further study Bias and Validity In the opinion of this researcher, the most significant biases related to this research are those ofthe researcher, with regards to the effectiveness of the...
... possibly resulted in the loss ofthe revenue from the airline to thesearch engine In general, it could be argued from the consumer point of view that the better thesearch engine is, the fewer advertisements ... barrels The main difficulty with parallelization ofthe indexing phase is that the lexicon needs to be shared Instead of sharing the lexicon, we took the approach of writing a log of all the extra ... gives us some idea of how a change in the ranking function affects thesearch results Results and Performance The most important measure of a search engine is the quality of its search results While...
... Aims ofthe Study The main aim ofthe thesis is to find the problems and offer solutions to improving the English language proficiency at COT - VNU In order to achieve this aim, the thesis sets the ... recognition ofthe importance ofthe language in their life and career Furthermore, 97% ofthe students claim to the self-study besides classroom hours with the help of modern means of communication ... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES LIST OF ABBREVIATION Page i ii vi vii PART INTRODUCTION Rationale ofthe Study Aims ofthe Study Scope ofthe Study Significance ofthe Study Research Methodology...
... PREFACE xxi THESEARCH ENGINES: REFLECTING CONSCIOUSNESS AND CONNECTING COMMERCE The Mission ofSearch Engines The Market Share ofSearch Engines The Human Goals of Searching Determining Searcher ... delivering them the fastest, as users will go to thesearch engine they think will get them the answers they want in the least amount of time As a result, search engines invest a tremendous amount of ... tactics they employ will not be seen as spam by thesearch engines and carry the risk of resulting in penalties for the websites they work on The Market Share ofSearch Engines Figure 1-1 shows the...
... calculated based on the estimated value ofthe borrower’s home at the time ofthe servicer’s error reduced by the amount the borrower still owes on the property The estimated value ofthe borrower’s ... available since the origination ofthe loan, the estimated value ofthe home at the time of error will be based on the estimated value ofthe home at loan origination adjusted by the Case-Schiller ... process for appeal of either the findings or the amounts of remediation offered The results ofthe Independent Foreclosure Review are not intended to have an impact on any other options the borrower...
... Maintenance oftheCodeof Good Practice The operational responsibility for theCodeof Good Practice lies with the BCS Registrar The development and maintenance oftheCodeof Good Practice are the ... professional body, either now or later, as part of their career plan Ensure that students are made aware of codes of conduct and practice and emphasise the importance of adhering to them, whether ... Management Relevant Codes of Practice and Guidance of Other Professional Bodies • • • • • • • • • Codeof Professional Conduct and Statement of Best Practice for The Institute of Management Consultancy,...
... assess the overall impact of PHEVs and EVs on the environmental footprint ofthe car, because it depends very much on the expected electric range ofthe vehicle Furthermore, in accounting for the ... likely that the next car they buy will be all-electric Much ofthe interest is based in large part on the perceived potential of these vehicles to decrease the “environmental footprint” of driving ... Green ofthe American Enterprise Institute and Joel Schwartz for their formal review of this study Any remaining errors or omissions are the sole responsibility ofthe author As the author of this...
... intention of producing a work of art The experiment reported in this article is clearly in line with the latter trend Second, despite the fact that much ofthe effort put into the research of aesthetic ... with the strength ofthe memory trace left by the stimuli presented during the learning phase Thus, we defined the strength ofthe memory trace produced by each target stimulus as the sum of hits ... extensive application in the field of psychology of art The next question concerned the choice of semantic scales Eysenck (1940) argued for the existence of a general factor of aesthetic experience,...
... refinement: they represent the efficiency ofthe query when the user selects the best possible refinement for a given QR type We have split the results in three groups depending on the size ofthe target ... of most individuals, the nature of these ideal refinements varies widely in the studied dataset, and there is no single intuitive strategy leading to robust results Even if the attributes ofthe ... information (e.g the term “soccer“ in the pages of a football player or the ngram ”alignment via structured multilabel“ that is the title of a paper written by a Computer Science researcher) These cases...
... among other things, the validity ofthe assumptions, the severity of tests, the robustness ofthe estimates, the performance of any underlying models, and the stability and reasonableness ofthe ... viability.2 TheFederal Reserve, the Office ofthe Comptroller ofthe Currency, and theFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the “agencies”) are issuing this guidance to emphasize the ... types of stress testing approaches and applications For any type of stress test, banking organizations should indicate the specific purpose and the focus ofthe test Defining the scope of a given...
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... acquired outside ofthe system of higher education can replace a maximum of 50% ofthe credits in a degree program Theregulations about the transfer of credits from universities of cooperative ... seminars in the field of study “Economics” In cases of doubt the examination board decides about identity of content The duration of exams in the core courses offered by the Department of Economics ... within weeks ofthe exam date and at least weeks before the date ofthe re- exam The final grade for the master’s program is the ECTS weighted mean of all grades received within the curriculum...
... the purposes ofthe duty of care from October 199521 The duty of care and the guidance in the previous Sections of this code therefore apply to holders of scrap metal as they to holders of other ... 'technical' breaches ofthe Regulations2 3, the 1994 Regulations2 4 or Part II ofthe 1990 Act where there is no threat of pollution to the 21 Regulations 3(2) and 7(2) ofthe Controlled Waste ... meet the duty Thecode cannot cover every contingency The legal obligation is to comply with the duty of care itself rather than with thecode Annex A gives a detailed explanation ofthe law v The...
... he Rise ofthe Middle Class and the Expansion of Honor At the beginning ofthe 19th century, the Industrial Revolution was in full swing The rise of industry powered sweeping changes in the technological, ... all, regardless of class — a code based on ethics and virtues that would come to supplant the one based on birth What Were the T enets ofthe Stoic-Christian Codeof Honor? Thecodeof honor that ... disinterested ideal In response, professional codes of ethics were developed, shaped by the principles ofthe Victorian honor code; that is, the members ofthe professions should place virtues like...