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Automated scoring of practical tests in an introductory course in information technology
In an introductory course in information technology at the University of Otago the acquisition of practical skills is considered to be a prime objective. An effective way of assessing the achievement of this objective is ...
Health, wealth, fertility, education and inequality
This paper uses a new cross-country dataset to estimate the strength of the links between different dimensions of social and economic development, including indicators of health, fertility and education as well as material ...
Colour and transparency on the multi-Layer display (MLD™)
It is a standard aim to complete tasks efficiently and effectively. When technology is involved, the tools must be designed to facilitate optimal performance. The ActualDepth™ Multi-Layer Display (MLD™) is a ‘new generation’ ...
Different perspectives on leadership in the New Zealand public sector: the curious case of Christine Rankin
The controversy surrounding the style of leadership exercised by a leading public sector chief executive (CE) who has recently brought a legal action against the government is examined within the context of the evaluation ...
Low-income housing in high-amenity areas: Long-run impacts on residential development
Centre-left governments from the 1940s into the 1970s developed several large areas in the urban fringe of Dunedin, New Zealand for low-density, mostly single-family public rental housing. The public housing in these areas ...
Exchange Rate Volatility and Choice of Anchor Currency - Prospects for a Melanesian Currency Union
This paper investigates an appropriate choice of anchor currency for a proposed Melanesian currency union under various hypothetical currency union arrangements. Drawing from the optimal currency area (OCA) theory and ...
The derivation of thematic map layers from entity-relationship data models
Semantic data models comprise formally defined abstractions for representing real world relationships and aspects of the structure of real world phenomena so as to aid database design. While previous research in spatial ...
Climate, Diseases, and the Origins of Corruption
It has been commonly observed that tropical countries typically suffer from intense corruption and underdevelopment. I offer an explanation for this long-standing disparity across the world based on variation in the intensity ...
Bilateral foreign aid: How important is aid effectiveness to people for choosing countries to support?
We conduct a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to determine how important aid effectiveness is to people relative to other criteria for choosing countries to support with bilateral foreign aid. We find that aid effectiveness ...
A new tool for creating personal and social EQ-5D-5L value sets, including valuing ‘dead’
A new online tool for creating personal and social EQ-5D-5L value sets was recently developed and trialled in New Zealand (NZ). Health state values for each participant are determined using the PAPRIKA method – in the ...