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National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2013
This publication presents estimates of apprentice and trainee activity in Australia for the September quarter 2012. The figures in this publication are derived from the National Apprentice and Trainee Collection no.74 (December 2012 estimates). The most recent figures in this publication are estimated (those for training activity from the March…
Descriptors: Trainees, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Models, Expenditures
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Madhyastha, Tara M.; Hunt, Earl; Deary, Ian J.; Gale, Catharine R.; Dykiert, Dominika – Intelligence, 2009
In longitudinal studies data is collected in a series of waves. Each wave after the first suffers from attrition. Therefore it can be difficult to discriminate between changes in sample parameters due to a longitudinal process (e.g. ageing) and changes due to attrition. The problem is particularly vexing if one of the purposes is to compare…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Mathematical Models, National Surveys, Longitudinal Studies
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Duran, Pilar; Malvern, David; Richards, Brian; Chipere, Ngoni – Applied Linguistics, 2004
This article discusses issues in measuring lexical diversity, before outlining an approach based on mathematical modelling that produces a measure, D, designed to address these problems. The procedure for obtaining values for D directly from transcripts using software (vocd) is introduced, and then applied to thirty-two children from the Bristol…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Academic Discourse