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1. Proceedings of Seminar/Conference on Public School Finance: The Georgia Experience.

Author

Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy, Atlanta, GA. and Mays, James C.

Abstract

This report contains nine speeches on various aspects of public school finance. Topics discussed include recent educational finance legislation, equalization aid, full State funding, property tax reform, and urban school finance reform. One speech describes the national public school finance picture; two others detail the Georgia school finance system. The future of the public schools and alternatives to the present school finance system are the topics of two other speeches. The report ends with a summary of the speeches and with a statement giving the positions of a majority of conference participants on various issues of school finance reform. Biographical author sketches are also included. (Author/DN)

Published
1973

2. Model Robust Calibration: Method and Application to Electronically-Scanned Pressure Transducers

Author

Walker, Eric L, Starnes, B. Alden, Birch, Jeffery B, and Mays, James E

Subjects
Mathematical And Computer Sciences (General)
Abstract

This article presents the application of a recently developed statistical regression method to the controlled instrument calibration problem. The statistical method of Model Robust Regression (MRR), developed by Mays, Birch, and Starnes, is shown to improve instrument calibration by reducing the reliance of the calibration on a predetermined parametric (e.g. polynomial, exponential, logarithmic) model. This is accomplished by allowing fits from the predetermined parametric model to be augmented by a certain portion of a fit to the residuals from the initial regression using a nonparametric (locally parametric) regression technique. The method is demonstrated for the absolute scale calibration of silicon-based pressure transducers.

Published
2010

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