Browsing Research publications by Author "Healthcare Management and Policy Research Unit"
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Add or multiply? : A tutorial on ranking and choosing with multiple criteria
Tofallis, C. (University of Hertfordshire, 2014)Simple additive weighting is a well-known method for scoring and ranking alternative options based on multiple attributes. However the pitfalls associated with this approach are not widely appreciated. For example, the ... -
Add or Multiply? : A Tutorial on Ranking and Choosing with Multiple Criteria
Tofallis, C. (2014-05-27)Simple additive weighting is a well-known method for scoring and ranking alternative options based on multiple attributes. However, the pitfalls associated with this approach are not widely appreciated. For example, the ... -
Adoption and use of e-government services in the Abu Dhabi police force : a qualitative study
Al-Zaabi, Hassan; Choudrie, Jyoti; Lebcir, Reda M (University of Hertfordshire, 2012)Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are becoming increasingly prevalent in peoples’ daily lives due to the presence of e-government. This research-in-progress paper aims to identify and understand factors ... -
An aid to intuitively understanding bias and consistency
Spencer, Neil (1999)Students often find the concepts of bias and consistency hard to understand intuitively. This paper presents means of demonstrating these concepts using a computer so that the students, once they have seen them in action, ... -
Applying meta-abilities to outsourcing: an individual based conceptual framework
Selamat, M.H.; Choudrie, Jyoti; Grey, S. (ECIS Standing Committee, 2008)To cope with the current turbulent times, organisations’ are seeking a range of solutions and one of the most publicised strategies for this in recent times is outsourcing. In the Information Systems (IS) area, outsourcing ... -
Associations between physical activity in adolescence and health behaviours, well-being, family and social relations.
Brooks, F.; Smeeton, N.C.; Chester, Kayleigh; Spencer, Neil; Klemera, Ellen (2014-09-16)Across Europe and North America, few young people meet the recommended levels of physical activity (PA) of 1 hour of moderate to vigorous PA per day. However, the lives of young people cannot simply be polarised as either ... -
An automatic-democratic approach to weight setting for the new human development index.
Tofallis, C. (2013)Perhaps the most difficult aspect of constructing a multi-dimensional index is that of choosing weights for the components. This problem is often bypassed by adopting the ‘agnostic’ option of equal weights, as in the Human ... -
Becoming an academic for the twenty-first century : What will count as teaching quality in higher education
Jasman, Anne; Blass, Eddie; Shelley, Steven (2013-12-01)This article explores quality in university teaching using a 'futures' perspective. In a recent article by Blass and colleagues, a number of scenarios were developed to explore the type of higher education workforce that ... -
A better measure of relative prediction accuracy for model selection and model estimation
Tofallis, C. (2015-08-01)Surveys show that the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) is the most widely used measure of forecast accuracy in businesses and organizations. It is however, biased: When used to select among competing prediction methods ... -
Co-management in urban regeneration : New perspectives on transferable collaborative practice
Schlappa, Hans (Routledge, 2012-01)To illustrate the advantages of the co-production concept in comparative analysis and to develop a deeper understanding of the co-management process in regeneration contexts this chapter analyses two cases where staff ... -
Combining modelling strategies to analyse teaching styles data
Spencer, Neil (2002) -
Combining Modelling Strategies to Analyse Teaching Styles Data
Spencer, Neil (University of Hertfordshire, 2000)This paper combines two estimation procedures- Iterative Generalized Least Squares as used in the software MLwiN; Gibbs Sampling as employed in the software BUGS to produce a modelling strategy that respects the hierarchical ... -
A comparison of modelling strategies for value-added analyses of Educational Data
Spencer, Neil; Fielding, A. (2002) -
A Comparison of Modelling Strategies for Value-Added Analyses of Educational Data
Spencer, Neil; Fielding, A. (University of Hertfordshire, 2000)Modelling strategies for value-added multilevel models are examined. These types of models typically include an endogenous variable and this causes difficulties for the standard estimation techniques that are commonly used ... -
The Concept of Subgame Perfection: Some Discontents
Patokos, Tassos (Nova Publishers, 2013)In mainstream game theory, the prominent solution concept for dynamic games is the “subgame perfect Nash equilibrium”. This concept combines the mathematical method of backward induction with the assumption of common ... -
The Consideration of Meta-Abilities in Tacit Knowledge Externalization and Organizational Learning
Choudrie, Jyoti; Selamat, M.H. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2006)This research is concerned with studying the elements that can encourage staff members to contribute inputs for learning-based systems development. To achieve this aim, this research developed a conceptual framework based ... -
Consistent parameter estimation for lagged multilevel models
Spencer, Neil (2003) -
Contextualising migrant black business women's work-life balance experiences
Forson, Cynthia (2013)Purpose - Employing a feminist relational lens, the purpose of this paper is to explore the work-life balance experiences of black migrant women entrepreneurs, examining the relationship between macro, meso and micro levels ... -
Convergence and Divergence of Influences on Career Choice : A Comparative Analysis of Influences on Career Choices of MBA Students in China, Ghana, Greece, Israel, Korea, North Cyprus, Turkey and UK
Dexter, Barbara; Forson, Cynthia; Inal, Gozde; Karatas-Ozkan, Mine; Kusku, Fatma; Ozbilgin, Mustafa; Malach-Pines, Ayala; Tanova, Cem; Yoon, Jeongkoo (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007) -
A Decision Support Tool for Health Service Re-design
Demir, Eren; Chahed, Salma; Chaussalet, Thierry; Toffa, Sam; Fouladinajed, Farid (2012)Many of the outpatient services are currently only available in hospitals, however there are plans to provide some of these services alongside with General Practitioners. Consequently, General Practitioners could soon be ...