scholarly journals The nature of regional bias in Heisman voting

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nolan Kopkin
Keyword(s):  
Regional Bias

Regional bias in birth defect prevalence rates for Arkansas: Influence of incomplete ascertainment along surveillance system borders

Teratology ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 66 (S1) ◽  
pp. S36-S40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget S. Mosley ◽  
Caroline J. Simmons ◽  
Mario A. Cleves ◽  
Charlotte A. Hobbs
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance System ◽  
Birth Defect ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Regional Bias

scholarly journals The Powers of Testosterone: Obscuring Race and Regional Bias in the Regulation of Women Athletes

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Karkazis ◽  
Rebecca M. Jordan-Young
Keyword(s):  
Women Athletes ◽  
Regional Bias

scholarly journals Bridging the gap between geographic concept and the data we have: The case of labor markets in the USA

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 1395-1414
Author(s):  
Christopher S Fowler ◽  
Leif Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Research Question ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Regional Bias ◽  
Regional Variations ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Over Time

A broad literature has made it clear that geographic units must be selected with care or they are likely to introduce error and uncertainty into results. Nevertheless, researchers often use data “off the shelf” with the implicit assumptions that their observations are consistent with the geographical concept relevant for their research question, and that they are of uniformly high quality in capturing this geographic identity. In this paper, we consider the geographical concept of “labor market” and offer a template for both clarifying its meaning for research and testing the suitability of extant labor-market delineations. We establish a set of metrics for comparing the quality of existing labor-market delineations with respect to the diverse meanings that researchers apply to the concept. Using the fit metrics established here, researchers can explore how delineations vary geographically, how they vary over time, and how this variation may shape research outcomes. Our assessment is that the quality of the extant delineations is relatively high overall. However, we find that different delineations vary significantly in the types of labor markets they represent, and that regional variations in fit within any given delineation may introduce noise or regional bias that merits consideration in any analysis conducted with these units. More broadly, the kinds of metrics we propose here have applicability for many other geographic entities where boundaries and scale can be only imperfectly defined.

Future Nigeria cabinet will not solve economic crunch

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Gdp Growth ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Regional Bias ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
Chief Of Staff ◽  
The North ◽  
Economic Outlook

Subject Economic outlook for Nigeria. Significance The National Bureau of Statistics on August 26 announced that GDP growth slowed to 2.35% year-on-year in the second quarter, from 6.54% in the year-earlier period. This is the lowest figure since quarterly records began in 2006. It adds pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to articulate a detailed, medium-term plan to revive growth. Impacts Buhari's cabinet appointments are likely to reflect the technocrat character of those recently appointed as heads of lead federal agencies. However, if personnel choices also continue to be drawn primarily from the north, domestic unease will grow over a regional bias. Despite his credentials, Buhari's new Chief of Staff Alhaji Abba Kyari may face difficulties negotiating the government's reform agenda.

Regional Influences on Mediation Behavior

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-314
Author(s):  
Derrick V. Frazier ◽  
Andrew P. Owsiak ◽  
Virginia Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Third Parties ◽  
Interstate Conflict ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Regional Bias ◽  
Interstate Disputes ◽  
Regional Factors ◽  
Security Concerns ◽  
Militarized Interstate Disputes ◽  
Common Security

Research on interstate mediation tends to assume (implicitly) that regional factors have little effect on the occurrence of mediation. We relax this assumption and advance an explicit regional theory of mediation in which regional ties create a type of bias that motivates both (potential) third parties to mediate conflicts within their region and disputants to select or accept these regional actors as mediators more frequently than non-regional actors. This bias first appears when states belong to the same region. In such situations, the potential third party and disputants likely understand one another better and share common security concerns. Yet regional membership does not explain the variation in mediation behavior within regions. To account for this, we argue that regionally more powerful states, as well as those that share (regional) institutional memberships with the disputants, have greater incentives to mediate than some regional counterparts. We empirically test the effect of these characteristics on the likelihood of mediation in militarized interstate disputes during the period 1946–2000. Our findings uncover support for our argument and suggest that accounting for regional bias is important in explaining mediation patterns in interstate conflict.

Regional Bias of Intratumoral Genetic Heterogeneity of Nucleotide Repeats in Colon Cancers with Microsatellite Instability

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 965-971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youn Jin Choi ◽  
Min Sung Kim ◽  
Chang Hyeok An ◽  
Nam Jin Yoo ◽  
Sug Hyung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Microsatellite Instability ◽  
Genetic Heterogeneity ◽  
Regional Bias ◽  
Colon Cancers ◽  
Nucleotide Repeats

A Comparison of the Behaviour Problems presented by Male and Female Subnormal Offenders

1966 ◽  
Vol 112 (490) ◽  
pp. 891-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Mckerracher ◽  
D. R. K. Street ◽  
L. J. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Male Patient ◽  
Relapse Rate ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Behavioural Problems ◽  
Behaviour Problems ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Regional Bias ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Female Patients

There are only three special security hospitals in England and Wales (Broadmoor, Moss Side and Rampton). They provide an opportunity to investigate what amounts to a national sample of severe behavioural problems, with regional bias reduced to a minimum. Since the article by Tong and Mackay (1959) dealing with relationships between certain offence patterns and eventual social prognosis in terms of relapse rate, nothing has been published about the type of male patient sent to Rampton, nor about his conduct after admission. To our knowledge no similar study has ever been carried out in this country on female patients requiring special security treatment.

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