Ryan Fairchild and Dr. Joseph Price, Economics In the United States, two out of three teenagers have sex before graduating from high school. As a result there is a high probability that young women are at risk to become pregnant while still in high school . Studies have shown that teenage pregnancy is associated with […]
CAPITAL GAINS TAX AND STOCK MARKET VOLUME
Robert Couch and Dr. Mark Showalter, Economics I completed my research project concerning the capital gains tax and stock market volume. I spent approximately one hundred hours uncovering previous research on this topic, gathering my own data, performing statistical regressions on this data, drawing conclusions from this data, and writing up my results with prose, […]
ANALYSIS OF THE STRENGTH AND INFLUENCE OF DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS IN DETERMINING CONVERT BAPTISM RATES IN LDS MISSIONS
Darin G. Clay and Dr. Mark Showalter, Economics It is a well-known fact that the success of the missionary effort of the Church is highly correlated with economic prosperity. Specifically, the convert baptism rates are higher in less prosperous nations than in relatively wealthy nations. Opponents of the Church have cited this fact in support […]
A COMPARISON OF OUTLIER RESISTANT ESTIMATORS OF LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS
Brian H. Boyer and Dr. James B. McDonald, Economics Regression analysis is a technique routinely used by researchers in many disciplines to fit some type of mathematical model to observed data. A basic two dimensional linear regression model is mathematically expressed as yi = + xi + Ji for i = 1, n, where […]
A Quantile Regression Analysis of Respiratory Health and PM10 Pollution
Rebecca L. Brunson and Dr. Mark Showalter, Economics In 1991 Dr. C Arden Pope published a study on the effect of changes in fine particulate pollution (PM10) on respiratory health, as measured by peak expiratory flow (PEF). The study found that respiratory health (PEF) was affected by changes in PM10 even when the levels were […]
The Effect of Utah’s Ban on Smoking in Public Buildings on Restaurant Revenues
Brant Avondet and Dr. Arden C. Pope III, Economics Summary My analysis of available data was unable to determine the effect of Utah’s ban on smoking in public buildings on restaurant revenues. Overview In 1994, Utah became the second state to enact a complete ban on smoking in public buildings. According to Americans for Nonsmokers’ […]
Using Data to Analyze Rising Healthcare Costs Based on Firm Size and Government Policy
Michael Worley and Dr. Mark Showalter, Economics This project had two main, interdependent goals. The first was to study changes in health care costs over the past few decades and consider changes in policy over the course of the recent past in the context of recent health care legislation. The second was to establish a […]
Flawed Historiography of Snape’s ‘Anatomy of an Horse’
Patrick Turley and Dr. James B. McDonald, Economics Main Text Data truncation is the source of econometric problems in many economic datasets. Truncation occurs when all observations below or above a certain threshold are systematically removed or are unavailable. For example, campaign contributions below a certain level are not usually publicly available, so any contribution […]
Evaluating The Impact of Health Information Technology Resources on Quality of Patient Care
Evan Thomas and Dr. Mark Showalter, Economics Introduction With issues ranging from controlling insurance availability and coverage to management of healthcare infrastructure and costs, healthcare is an inflationary topic of national debate today. Much of the publicized argument, such as the healthcare reform bill recently passed in Congress, has centered on how to restructure the […]
Long-term Income Stagnation among the Bankrupt
Daniel Sullivan and Dr. Frank McIntyre, Economics Main Text Past research has documented a wide array of personal risk factors for declaring bankruptcy, such as a loss of income, medical debt, excessive credit card debt, and large mortgages. These factors fall into two broad categories: adverse events, such as an acute income shock (e.g., job […]
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