Ask a beginner retail investor what they think best predicts whether a fund will outperform, and the answers tend to vary. Some point to the long-running dominance of U.S.-focused funds as evidence ...

Abstract: Churn prediction is gaining popularity in the research community as a powerful paradigm that supports data-driven operational decisions. Datasets related to churn prediction are often skewed ...

† Institute for Combustion Science and Environmental Technology, Department of Chemistry, Western Kentucky University, 2413 Nashville Road, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101 ‡ Department of Chemical ...

ABSTRACT: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling was used to help evaluate modifications to a radiological effluent stack and assist with establishing a stack sampling location that met the ...

The spatial distribution of tropical tree species can affect the consistency of the estimators in commercial forest inventories, therefore, appropriate sampling procedures are required to survey ...

1 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA. 2 Washington State Department of Health, Radioactive Air Emissions Section, Richland, Washington, USA. Computational fluid dynamics ...

It's not feasible to contact every member of the population, so only a sample, or a subset, of that population is included when conducting statistical research. The assumption is that the sample is ...

Methods and procedures for measuring greenhouse gases vary in different aspects, which could dictate most of the decisions. Even within the same context of measurements, there are different techniques ...

Collect water samples approximately one-half meter below the surface or middle of the water column in a closed system. Invert a sterile bottle, remove the cap, collect the sample, and replace the cap.

When auditing a company, auditors use a combination of professional judgment and statistical sampling methods to estimate account balances. Statistical sampling is an efficient way to design samples, ...

Creating and sharing documents has changed a lot in the last few decades. File cabinets are becoming a thing of the past, but document management is more important than ever. It's helpful to use the ...