9 results for “Ramzi Nasser”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesUsing Regression to Establish Weights for a Set of Composite Equations through a Numerical Analysis Approach: A Case of Admission Criteria to a CollegeRamzi Naim Nasser, Viviane NaimyProblem statement: Mathematically little is known of college admission criteria as in school grade point average, admission test scores or rank in class and weighting of the criteria into a composite equation. Approach: This study presented a method to obtain weights on “composite admission” equation. The method uses an iterative procedure to build a prediction equation for an optimal weighted … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 7,185 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesUsing the Spreadsheet to Understand Random Sampling Procedures in Relation to the Central Limit TheoremRamzi Naim NasserIn many statistics courses in colleges and universities, random sampling has not been presented to students through a hands-on and practical approach. This research described a real-life method to random sampling was used as an exercise in the statistics class. The method allowed students to recursively select 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 samples and list these … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 4, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2008 · 6,981 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesDoes Subjective Class Predict the Causal Attribution for Poverty?Ramzi N. NasserThis study investigated the attributions for poverty among secondary school and university students in relation to socio-economic. The questionnaire was adapted from Feagin's[1] and Abouchedid & Nasser[2], and included 15-item poverty questionnaire. It was administered to a sample (n = 242) of secondary school and university students from public and private schools and universities in Lebanon. Findings showed that Lebanese … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,726 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesDeciding Whether There is Statistical Independence or Not?Ramzi NasserThe study investigated how students assess statistical independence (SI). A sample of 98 students was available to the researcher. One group was probed on their understanding of statistical independence, a second group was given a proficiency test and a third group was presented a proof for statistical Independence. Interview data from the first two groups exposed student misconception on their … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2007 · 6,822 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesHow Youth in India and Lebanon Rate their IntelligenceRamzi Nasser, Sushila SinghalA sample of 648 Lebanese and 252 Indian students estimated their intelligences based on Gardner's 10 multiple intelligence. Males rated higher their body kinesthetic and religious dimension (spiritual) while females rated higher their verbal and intra-personal estimates of intelligence. Using the educational level of the parent, no significant correlation with self-estimates of intelligence for each of the national samples was … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2006 · 7,097 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesA Method for Social Scientists to Adapt Instruments From One Culture to Another: The Case of the Job Descriptive IndexRamzi NasserThis study outlined an adaptation procedure for the Job Descriptive Index Subscale of "type of work". The cross-translation or committee translation procedure asks two or more translators to translate a text from source to target language, and then an expert assesses the validity of these translations. Empirically, this method has three or more translators translate the instrument from English to … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2005 · 7,357 accessesView PDF Cite