Lottery Spending: A Non-Parametric Analysis

A ‎n‎ew weighting approach to Non-Parametric composite indices compared with principal components analysis‎

Introduction of Human Development Index (HDI) by UNDP in early 1990 followed a surge in use of non-parametric and parametric indices for measurement and comparison of countries performance in development, globalization, competition, well-being and etc. The HDI is a composite index of three indicators. Its components are to reflect three major dimensions of human development: longevity, knowledg...

Comparative Analysis of Stochastic Frontier Partially non-parametric and Stochastic Frontier Parametric Methods Case Study: Measuring Cost Efficiency in Wheat Production in Iran

Evaluating the efficiency of Iranian industrial universities based on non-parametric and parametric approaches

The present study is the efficiency of Iranian industrial universities using non-parametric methods of data envelopment analysis and random border analysis parameter for input variables (number of incoming students, number of faculty members, number of staff and budget) and output (specific income, Has evaluated the number of students studying, the number of graduates and conference papers) and...

Assessing advertising media spending inefficiencies in generating sales

While it is widely believed that advertising media spending may not be optimal or efficient, it is not easy to measure the inefficiency, or the potential loss of sales due to inefficient ad spending. Advertising media spending efficiency needs to be measured and benchmarked. Here two approaches are presented and compared to evaluate top 100 advertisers’ media spending inefficiency. The two meth...

The impact of incentives and interview methods on response quantity and quality in diary- and booklet-based surveys

This paper investigates the impact on response quantity and quality of a diaryand bookletbased survey of using different interview methods and lottery prizes. In addition to a conventional questionnaire the survey included time-diaries for household members and a booklet for recording the previous month’s spending by the household. The respondents could choose to use either CATI (Computer-Assis...