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This guide and glossary focuses on the role of theory and conceptual models within population health research. Upon discussing the critical need for theory in conducting interdisciplinary research, it provides strategies for crafting theories that can be empirically tested and a glossary of theory building terms that are useful for guiding research. In addition to general concepts, the glossary...

Please send comments or suggestions on this glossary to [email protected]. Recommended citation: 3ie (2012) 3ie impact evaluation glossary. Attribution The extent to which the observed change in outcome is the result of the intervention, having allowed for all other factors which may also affect the outcome(s) of interest. Attrition Either the drop out of participants from the treatment group d...

activity-based costing Costing method that breaks down the organization into a set of activities, and activities into tasks, which convert materials, labour and technology into outputs. activity time The time required to perform one activity at one station. adequate service The level of service quality a customer is willing to accept. adverse conditions Positive and negative employee actions un...

CMYK Printers use CMYK – representing the colors, cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks, when printing 4-color process work. These are called subtractive colors, as combining them all gives the color black. Subtracting one or more of these colors will yield any other color. When combined in various percentages, these four inks will create an entire spectrum of colors, including those used in col...

Nowadays, the development of the Internet has created massive amounts of documents available on-line. This not only gives us the opportunity to access various sources of knowledge, but also raises an issue of how to efficiently exploit this knowledge. In this project, we present a system to assist users in extracting and clarifying terms from free-form documents. We developed Glossary Compiler,...

Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) A federation of organizations, businesses, and individuals interested or involved in performance evaluation of beef cattle. The purposes of BIF are to bring about uniformity of procedures, development of programs, cooperation among interested entities, education of its members, and the ultimate of user performance evaluation methods. It also builds the confiden...