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This field is central to much quantitative research that is undertaken within the social sciences. Quantitative research may involve the use of proxies as stand-ins for other quantities that cannot be directly measured. Tree-ring width, for example, is considered a reliable proxy of ambient environmental conditions such as the warmth of growing ...
In the 2000s, prestigious journals such as Nature began requiring authors to provide information about what their contributions were, [12] but there was no widely-used or machine-readable standard for this. In 2012, a draft taxonomy was created at a workshop held at Harvard involving biomedical scientists, publishers, and research funders.
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Quantitative analysis also takes a deductive approach. [8] Examples of content-analytical variables and constructs can be found, for example, in the open-access database DOCA. This database compiles, systematizes, and evaluates relevant content-analytical variables of communication and political science research areas and topics.
Robert Haugen, (1942–2013) US financial economist and a pioneer in the field of quantitative investing and low-volatility investing. Thomas Ho, author of the Ho–Lee model and key rate duration. John C. Hull, noted for the Hull–White model. Jonathan E. Ingersoll, (born 1949), one of the authors of the Cox–Ingersoll–Ross model of the ...
A list of articles relating to quantitative research methods. This category is often contrasted with qualitative research . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quantitative research .
Author: John W. Pratt, Howard Raiffa, and Robert Schlaifer Publication data: preliminary edition, 1965. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1995. Description: Extensive exposition of statistical decision theory, statistics, and decision analysis from a Bayesian standpoint. Many examples and problems come from business and economics.