Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleDevelopment and Validation of a Measure of Relational Leadership: Implications for Leadership Theory and PoliciesJames CarifioProblem statement: This study reports the development and validation of the Relational Leadership Questionnaire (RLQ). The consensus attributes of relational leadership are that the relational leader is caring, empowering, ethical, inclusive and has vision. These characteristics also reflect the newest theory and view of leadership in the psychological literature as well. Approach: For each of these 5 attributes, 10 Likert … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 20 Jun 2010 · 40,434 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleService Loyalty Measurement Scale: A Reliability AssessmentJ. Clement Sudhahar, Duraipandian Israel, A. Prabhu Britto, M. SelvamThis research article demonstrates the application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in the scale development process of measuring the construct Service Loyalty (SERVLOYAL). The conceptualization of SERVLOYAL is presented, the dimensions forming the SERVLOYAL construct are figured out. The nitty-gritty of CFA is discussed. And the results of CFA analysis for SERVLOYAL scale developed are found to be reliable. This … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2006 · 7,860 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleConstructing Gibbs Measure in a Rigorous WayFarida Kachapova, Ilias KachapovEquilibrium statistical mechanics studies mathematical models for physical systems with many particles interacting with an external force and with one another. In this paper we describe an interaction model that generalizes several of these models in one model. An infinite model is constructed as the limiting case of finite interaction models, that is as a thermodynamic limit. The key point … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 15, Issue 1 · 29 Oct 2019 · 6,591 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA Better Approach to Ontology Integration using Clustering Through Global Similarity MeasureAshwin Makwana, Amit GanatraKnowledge representation is a crucial area of work in the intelligent system, especially in query answering system development. Ontology is used to represent shared knowledge of a particular domain for query answering system. Domain-specific ontology can be designed and developed by many groups and researchers, because of which there is heterogeneity in the knowledgebase. Ontology integration or merging is necessary … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 14, Issue 6 · 25 Jun 2018 · 8,227 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAbsolute Measures of Interindividual Variation: A Simulation StudyJosé Moral-de la RubiaFour absolute measures and one relative measure of interindividual variability have been defined, together with their point and interval estimation (bootstrap and asymptotic), and an R script has been developed for their computation. However, further simulation studies are required to strengthen their methodological evaluation. This study focused on the three absolute measures with potentially better regularity conditions, Mean Interindividual Differences … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 22, Issue 1 · 4 Aug 2026 · 957 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleOn the Sensitivity of a Dynamic Measure of Financial InequalityGuglielmo D’Amico, Stefania Scocchera, Loriano StorchiIn the present work, we investigate the sensitivity of the dynamic Theil index computed under a Markov reward model with respect to structured perturbations affecting the underlying Markov process. The model is applied to the sovereign credit spread evolution as a proxy for financial risk, which are driven by the sovereign credit rating dynamic. The introduction of such perturbations allows … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 15, Issue 1 · 25 Oct 2019 · 7,264 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAN INFORMATION-THEORETIC IMAGE QUALITY MEASURE: COMPARISON WITH STATISTICAL SIMILARITYAsmhan Flieh Hassan, Dong Cai-lin, Zahir M. HussainWe present an information-theoretic approach for structural similarity for assessing gray scale image quality. The structural similarity measure SSIM, proposed in 2004, has been successflly used and verfied. SSIM is based on statistical similarity between the two images. However, SSIM can produce confusing results in some cases where it may give a non-trivial amount of similarity for two different images. … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 11 · 17 Dec 2014 · 8,776 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleNOVEL IMAGE-DEPENDENT QUALITY ASSESSMENT MEASURESZahir M. Hussain, Asaad Noori HashimThe image is a 2D signal whose pixels are highly correlated in a 2D manner. Hence, using pixel by pixel error what we called previously Mean-Square Error, (MSE) is not an efficient way to compare two similar images (e.g., an original image and a compressed version of it). Due to this correlation, image comparison needs a correlative quality measure. It … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 8 · 27 Feb 2014 · 7,434 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleDesign Dynamic Coupling Measurement of Distributed Object Oriented Software Using Trace EventsS. Babu, R. M.S. ParvathiProblem statement: A common way to define and measure coupling is through structural properties and static code analysis. However, because of polymorphism, dynamic binding and the common presence of unused code in commercial software, the resulting coupling measures are imprecise as they do not perfectly reflect the actual coupling taking place among classes at run-time. For example, when using static … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 5 · 7 May 2011 · 6,934 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleMeasure of Departure from Average Cumulative Symmetry for Square Contingency Tables with Ordered CategoriesKouta Miyazawa, Sadao Tomizawa, Kouji TahataProblem statement: For square contingency tables with ordered categories, we are interested in considering a structure of weak symmetry when Bowker's symmetry model does not hold and in measuring the degree of departure from weak symmetry. Approach: The present study considered the average cumulative symmetry model that has a weaker restriction than the structure of symmetry. It also gave a … …Current Research in Biostatistics, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 30 Jun 2010 · 7,621 accessesView PDFCite