Search Results - "Nelson, Forrest"

Using Internet Searches for Influenza Surveillance by Polgreen, Philip M., Chen, Yiling, Pennock, David M., Nelson, Forrest D., Weinstein, Robert A.

“…The Internet is an important source of health information. Thus, the frequency of internet searches may provide information regarding infectious disease…”
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Economics. The promise of prediction markets by Arrow, Kenneth J, Forsythe, Robert, Gorham, Michael, Hahn, Robert, Hanson, Robin, Ledyard, John O, Levmore, Saul, Litan, Robert, Milgrom, Paul, Nelson, Forrest D, Neumann, George R, Ottaviani, Marco, Schelling, Thomas C, Shiller, Robert J, Smith, Vernon L, Snowberg, Erik, Sunstein, Cass R, Tetlock, Paul C, Tetlock, Philip E, Varian, Hal R, Wolfers, Justin, Zitzewitz, Eric

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Prediction market accuracy in the long run by Berg, Joyce E., Nelson, Forrest D., Rietz, Thomas A.

“…“Prediction markets” are designed specifically to forecast events such as elections. Though election prediction markets have been being conducted for almost…”
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Use of Prediction Markets to Forecast Infectious Disease Activity by Polgreen, Philip M., Nelson, Forrest D., Neumann, George R., Weinstein, Robert A.

“…Prediction markets have accurately forecasted the outcomes of a wide range of future events, including sales of computer printers, elections, and the Federal…”
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Evolution of subjective hurricane risk perceptions: A Bayesian approach by Kelly, David L., Letson, David, Nelson, Forrest, Nolan, David S., Solís, Daniel

“…► We empirically analyze subjective hurricane risk perceptions using prediction markets. ► Correlated official and unofficial hurricane track forecasts serve…”
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A Cost Analysis of the Iowa Medicaid Primary Care Case Management Program by Momany, Elizabeth T., Flach, Stephen D., Nelson, Forrest D., Damiano, Peter C.

“…Objective. To determine the cost savings attributable to the implementation and expansion of a primary care case management (PCCM) program on Medicaid costs…”
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Linear probability, logit, and probit models: John H. Aldrich, Forrest D. Nelson by Aldrich, John H, Nelson, Forrest D

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The Danger of Extrapolating Asymptotic Local Power by Nelson, Forrest D., Savin, N. E.

“…The local power function is monotonic and has the same shape as the power function in the classical normal linear regression model. The exact powers of the…”
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Anatomy of an Experimental Political Stock Market by Forsythe, Robert, Nelson, Forrest, Neumann, George R., Wright, Jack

“…Results from the Iowa Political Stock Market are analyzed to ascertain how well markets work as aggregators of information. We find that the market worked…”
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The Promise of Prediction Markets by Arrow, Kenneth J., Forsythe, Robert, Gorham, Michael, Hahn, Robert, Hanson, Robin, Ledyard, John O., Levmore, Saul, Litan, Robert, Milgrom, Paul, Nelson, Forrest D., Neumann, George R., Ottaviani, Marco, Schelling, Thomas C., Shiller, Robert J., Smith, Vernon L., Snowberg, Erik, Sunstein, Cass R., Tetlock, Paul C., Tetlock, Philip E., Varian, Hal R., Wolfers, Justin, Zitzewitz, Eric

“…The ability of groups of people to make predictions is a potent research tool that should be freed of unnecessary government restrictions…”
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Maximum Likelihood Methods for Models of Markets in Disequilibrium by Maddala, G. S., Nelson, Forrest D.

“…The paper presents maximum likelihood methods for estimating four types of disequilibrium models. In each case the model includes three equations: the demand…”
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The human interferon-gamma gene contains an inducible promoter that can be transactivated by tax I and II by Brown, D A, Nelson, F B, Reinherz, E L, Diamond, D J

“…T cells infected with the HTLV (human T cell leukemia virus)-I and -II retroviruses often express the lymphokine interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). We sought the…”
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Specification and Estimation of a Simultaneous-Equation Model with Limited Dependent Variables by Nelson, Forrest, Olson, Lawrence

“…Little is known about the specification or estimation of simultaneous-equation models where endogenous variables are limited. Some of the simultaneous equation…”
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Multicenter Evaluation of a Patient-Administered Test for Blood Cholesterol Measurement by McNamara, Judith R., Warnick, G.Russell, Leary, Elizabeth Teng, Wittels, Ellison, Nelson, Forrest E., Pearl, Mary F., Schaefer, Ernst J.

“…Background.In order to assess accuracy of a newly developed, noninstrumented, self-administered fingerstick test that measures cholesterol levels in whole…”
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A Test for Misspecification in the Censored Normal Model by Nelson, Forrest D.

“…Estimates of parameters in Tobit and other models for limited, truncated and censored dependent variables are not robust against misspecification. A test of…”
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An Econometric Analysis of Changes in the Cost and Production Structure of the Trucking Industry, 1953-1982 by Daughety, Andrew F., Nelson, Forrest D.

“…A cost function is estimated using a time series/cross section database for the trucking industry covering the time period from 1953 through 1982 (i.e., after…”
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Estimation of the Two-Limit Probit Regression Model by Rosett, Richard N., Nelson, Forrest D.

“…Some economic variables are restricted by an upper and lower limit but are continuous between the two limits. Measurements of such variables are sometimes…”
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Linear Probability, Logit, and Probit Models by Kmenta, Jan

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Interpreting and Using Regression Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, Paper 29 by Reese, R. Allan

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Process Monitor Using High-Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance by Nelson, Forrest, Reilly, Charles, Savage, William

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