independence test

A statistical test to determine if the row and column variables in tabulated statistics are independent.

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Scotland failed the independence test - they want English money on tap.

England will not fail test; Views of the North

Among the major tests available, we point out the test of unconditional coverage, independence test and conditional coverage test, which will be discussed in the following paragraphs.

Multivariate models to forecast portfolio value at risk: from the Dot-Com crisis to the global financial crisis/Modelos multivariados na previsao do valor em risco de carteiras de investimento: da crise das empresas tecnologicas a crise financeira gl obal ..

The Chi-square independence test was used to determine significance of the mutation loci in each flock on the independence status among genotypes.

A study on BMPR-IB genes of Bayanbulak sheep

While the FSA has recognised the scandalous way SMEs have been treated by the banks, there are genuine concerns from thousands of business owners that the redress scheme fails the independence test and is moving far too slowly to save some business owners from the financial ruin caused by swaps.

Mis-Selling Derivatives: Cross-Party MPs Forge Action Group

Narrowing definitions of director independence and mandates that the audit, compensation and nominating committees consist only of independent directors tend to disenfranchise directors who do not meet the independence test.

Opening keynote 2010: a governance odyssey; Hart and Wallenstein's annual update on the legal environment for directors

inquiries, and addresses counterarguments to an independence test.

The law of describing accidents: a new proposal for determining the number of occurrences in insurance

A worker would be treated as an independent contractor if he or she meets either an economic and workplace independence test or an alternative business structure and fringe benefits test.

Worker classification: how do you spell relief?

Miller meets the parameters of the independence test and moves Brussels' one step closer to that goal.

House of Brussels to Appoint Veteran Investment Banker Corbin R. Miller to Board of Directors

March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On March 9, 2010, The Black & Decker Corporation (NYSE: BDK) issued a press release in which it stated, in part, that "Personal business relationships between individuals (as opposed to relationships with the company) generally are not relevant to the independence tests under the New York Stock Exchange rules because they do not create a material relationship between a director and the company.

Black & Decker Issues Further Statement in Connection with the Special Meetings of Stockholders to Consider the Stanley Transaction

The importance of the decision centers around its analysis of the legal and economic independence tests, both of which must be satisfied to establish independence of an agent for tax treaty purposes.

Tax Court's Taisei case sheds light on the definition of "permanent establishment."

To continue to be eligible for listing of its securities on the Nasdaq Global Market, the company is required, under Marketplace Rule 4350(d)(2), to have an audit committee consisting of at least three directors, all of whom are independent under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4200 and the more stringent independence tests of Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.

Alnylam Reports on Nasdaq Matter

First, any attempt to draw hard lines, such as the NYSE has attempted in its director independence tests, can always be attacked for not taking into account some hypothetical fact situation which calls into question whether the lines were drawn in the right place.

Independent? Yes ... no ... maybe ... maybe not! The NYSE director independence rules come to conclusions that other reasonable minds might differ with. Where to draw the lines on conflicts and relationships? And, are these rules enough?