Saad Javed

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An SCI paper (2007) inappropriately executed a Model. Journal Editor has refused to accept Note on the paper. What should be done?

An SCI journal, published by Springer, associated with a University, published a paper in 2007. Recently, me and my colleagues identified that the authors of that paper executed a model...

07 July 2018 401 5 View

How to rank interconnected factors based on the user responses?

Responses were obtained on likert scale.User were just asked to rate the relative importance of factors in their eyes. Researcher "believes", all factors are interlinked/correlated hence AHP...

01 January 2018 7,927 3 View

How to rank Independent Variables influencing a Dep. Variable?

How to rank Large number of Predictors (let's say 10, or 15) influencing a Dependent Variable? Prioritization need to be done on the basis of influence/affect. (In case of small sample size,...

11 November 2017 1,185 16 View

Are you looking for Collaboration involving Sensitivity Analysis, Decision Sciences, & OR methods' application in Mgmt Sc., Engr. Mgmt, & Econ. etc?

A group of researchers are looking for YOUNG and ambitious collaborators/co-authors/co-researchers who meet following criterions. Skills needed & Area of Research: Good practical knowledge of...

11 November 2017 5,140 14 View

How to Normalize data with different units?

I have several columns of data. In each column the data has different units. Some data is "lower the better" (e.g., cost) and some are "higher the better" (e.,g., employee productivity). To enter...

09 September 2017 6,761 8 View

What is the alternative to CRONBACH’S ALPHA?

Is there any alternative to this popular Internal consistency reliability test?

09 September 2017 5,368 3 View

How to rank 5 Predictors influencing a Dep. Variable?

Let's say X (= 5) number of independent variables are influencing a dependent variable Y (= 1). A possible solution could be finding out their extent of influence and order them. However, what if...

09 September 2017 8,294 3 View

How to rank different factors affecting a Variable?

There are several factors that are influencing a variable. We only know the extent of influence and the extent of correlation. How to prioritize these factors using mere these two...

07 July 2017 3,220 9 View

How to calculate these red underlined portions in 3-D Absolute Degree Grey Incident Analysis?

I know one may suggest these are simple integrations that can be solved using the well known integration principles however my question is there what is x and y in the two matrices, A = (...) and...

01 January 2017 9,310 4 View

PhD Dissertation should first be published as book or as papers?

My PhD dissertation contains some novel models; almost each chapter is one model (except first and last chapters). Except one or two, all are expected to remain unpublished till my Defense, which...

01 January 1970 5,818 5 View

Can i use content from my published papers in my PhD Dissertation?

I published Research articles out of my PhD work but now while compiling dissertation i am worrying about the Self-Plagiarism. Can i use the same sentences of my papers in my dissertation with...

01 January 1970 5,171 29 View

Is there any method to check two data sequences are moving close or going away with time?

I have few data sequences/series* representing data from one period to 2017. I want to see with the passage of time, whether the sequences are coming closer or going away. Is there any...

01 January 1970 4,242 0 View

What are the alternatives to conventional Statistics to analyse data?

I want hear the opinion of people from different background who are familiar with the popular field of Statistics and some other alternatives to Statistical Inference.

01 January 1970 3,556 34 View