 techniques in order to learn non-linear functions predicting or describing nearly any real-world process or problem (provided there are sufficient data and an appropriate set of parameters). Moreover, neural networks offer great potential towards more intelligent surveys in the future (e.g., adaptive design tailored to individual respondents’ characteristics and behavior, automated digital interviewers, analysis of rich multimedia data provided by respondents). Neural networks can learn for both regression and classification tasks without requiring assumptions about the underlying relationships between predictive variables and outcomes. In this article, we describe what neural networks are and how they learn (with tips for setting up a neural network), consider their strengths and weaknesses as a machine learning approach, and illustrate how they perform on a classification task predicting survey response from respondents’ (and nonrespondents’) prior known demographics.
Repository Citation
Eck, Adam. "Neural Networks for Survey Researchers." Survey Practice 11(1), January 2, 2018..
Publisher
American Association for Public Opinion Research
Publication Date
1-2-2018
Publication Title
Survey Practice
Department
Computer Science
Document Type
Article
DOI
10.29115/SP-2018-0002.
Language
Format
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The environmentalist don’t want the cruise ships in port because they claim they are an eye sore, pollute the local waters, violate height ordinances and bring too much traffic into the historic town of Charleston.
The city of Charleston and the State Port Authority is siding with the cruise line stating that it brings in millions to the local economy, jobs and a tremendous economic impact.
Carnival Fantasy is home-ported year-round in Charleston.
The following are excerpts from newspapers throughout Alberta. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the ATA.
Bullying has been the subject of much attention in recent years in the educational community, but that’s not necessarily a good thing. All the attention has produced policies, guidelines, action plans, chains of command … busywork, in other words, that keeps teachers and school officials occupied but doesn’t really do anything to make life better for the victim. So at best, the victim might sit through some school board-mandated sessions where they get to talk about their feelings with the bully. At worst, the teacher just quietly says, “Look … don’t bother. I can’t help you. Good luck.” There’s a tendency to blame the teachers for allowing bullying to occur, but that’s generally unfair. Responding to bullying, the school board brain trusts have decided, is too important to be left to the teachers. In many school boards, incidents of bullying must be automatically referred up the chain of command. In theory, that leaves the teacher as the neutral educator while others sort out the behavioural issues. In effect, it traps the problem in red tape and neuters the teacher’s ability to get involved in the classroom. Teachers are generally smart cookies. They can see what’s going on with the eyes that God gave ‘em. But they’re often as helpless as the victims to actually do much about the problem. And kids, who are also sharp operators, know that. They know that reporting bullying will just compound their humiliation while ­accomplishing nothing. And the crowd will be watching, judging them. It always is.
Cyberspace is a cruel and dangerous place for the innocent children and teens who frequent it. … The deranged scum who preyed on Amanda [Todd] need to be rooted out and charged for their crimes, not a simple task when you consider they often lurk across international borders. … In Alberta, the government points to a new Education Act it says will contain the toughest anti-bullying legislation in Canada. … While it’s a step in the right direction, the question remains whether school boards could actually enforce such an edict. We should pay heed to Calgary Police Chief Rick Hanson, who tells reporters laws designed to stop the outrages inflicted on Amanda already exist. While law enforcement has a role to play, what’s really needed to stop this scourge is a concerted effort between the kids, their parents and their teachers. There must be greater consequences for this behaviour and parents have to take more time to discuss the issue with their children. Given human nature, it won’t be an easy task, but Amanda’s tragic story shows us how badly we need to make that effort.
Over the course of several years, starting at the age of 12, I was bullied by my classmates. They threw things at me, verbally abused me and harassed me by phone. … When my mother had to call the school and explain that her daughter, who loved learning, was too agitated and upset from the previous day’s episode to get out of bed, the secretary said she would list me as being sick. My mother insisted she write down the real reason: I was bullied. When I was surrounded in science class by a cluster of classmates who disrupted the lesson by shouting obscene insults at me, the teacher never intervened. …  But why do we allow things to reach that desperate point?... It’s time to recognize bullying is not about a headline or an isolated incident or a tragedy you heard on the news. It is a problem that affects all of us. There are bullies. There are victims. And there is everyone else watching from the sidelines. It’s time for us to take a long look in the mirror. It’s time to speak up, say something, and refuse to be the complicit bystander.
Buddy goes to Australia and long story short he went to a club and was involved in a scuffle.

He says this mountain of a bouncer came after him.  All muscle, black and strong enough to lift a 200 pound kid off the ground with one arm.

Buddy says he kicked the guy right in the junk and dropped him dead.

The bouncer got up and immediately shook his hand and said "you're the only man to ever take me down".

 
He was filled with stories like these too.Once kids have teeth, and even a bit before that, there’s no reason why they shouldn’t eat the same things as grownups. 
What you end up with is a fear of flavour and texture that makes visits to friends or different places a stress rather than an adventure. A major culprit is the kiddies’ menu – invariably the blandest, least healthy food on the planet.
There’s space for novelty-shaped junk food in everyone’s life, but there’s a problem when we formalise it and call it lunch. No particular set of flavours is intrinsically child friendly, so why not offer children grownup food?..
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(Reuters) – Civil rights groups have sued Missouri to prevent its new voter identification law from interfering with a local special election next month, saying the measure could disenfranchise voters.
Editor: Congressman Dan Meuser and three of our GOP state representatives signed on to a frivolous lawsuit to attack our democracy.
Unmasked Meuser made the power grab to join more than 100 GOP representatives to overturn our votes. They literally were trying to strip away our votes. In essence they were saying they would rather an autocratic leader in the person of Donald Trump.
State representatives Boback, Kaufer and Toohil are just as guilty, questioning the integrity of our election after they voted for mail-in ballots. Then all three of them succumbed to Trump’s wishes for our Pennsylvania legislature to get involved in the outcome of the Pennsylvania election. If they were successful in their attempts, it could have created chaos in our democracy and moved our country away from one person, one vote and the principle that all votes should be counted.
Wake up people and pay attention to how these not-so-subtle decisions can affect our country and our constitution that was created of the people, for the people and by the people. The GOP