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Corporate Governance Data Collection System 3.0 Goes Live Now!

New features in version 3.0 - Save your time by 50% or more!

More features, works more fluently, but less code: we rewrite the whole system and rewrite all the codes. The new system works more stably and efficiently.

More user friendly framework: we redesigned the layout of the system and apply Web 2.0 technologies to the layout of the web.

New plug-in for executive compensation information collection: we add a new plug-in for executive compensation, data collection is even faster now!

Step by step data input procedure: the new framework guides you to collect data step by step, which makes the system much easier to use.

International collaboration: you can collaborate globally, for example, you can work with your friends or students in the U.S. or China for the data collection even if you are in the U.K.

Collect data anywhere: as long as you have internet access, you get collect your data anywhere you want. No need to install any software, except the Internet Explorer.

Excel support: you can export the whole dataset to either a SQL file or an Excel file. No need to worry about the compatibility.

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Last Updated ( Saturday, 19 January 2008 )

SAS: Friedman's Chi-Square Statistic

Example in the SAS help files:

data Hypnosis;

length Emotion $ 10;

input Subject Emotion $ SkinResponse @@;

      data Hypnosis;
         length Emotion $ 10;
         input Subject Emotion $ SkinResponse @@;
         datalines;

      1 fear 23.1  1 joy 22.7  1 sadness 22.5  1 calmness 22.6
      2 fear 57.6  2 joy 53.2  2 sadness 53.7  2 calmness 53.1
      3 fear 10.5  3 joy  9.7  3 sadness 10.8  3 calmness  8.3
      4 fear 23.6  4 joy 19.6  4 sadness 21.1  4 calmness 21.6
      5 fear 11.9  5 joy 13.8  5 sadness 13.7  5 calmness 13.3
      6 fear 54.6  6 joy 47.1  6 sadness 39.2  6 calmness 37.0
      7 fear 21.0  7 joy 13.6  7 sadness 13.7  7 calmness 14.8
      8 fear 20.3  8 joy 23.6  8 sadness 16.3  8 calmness 14.8
      ;

proc freq data=Hypnosis;

tables Subject*Emotion*SkinResponse / cmh2 scores=rank noprint;

run;

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What statistical analysis should I use in SAS?

Reference:  What statistical analysis should I use?  UCLA: Academic Technology Services, Statistical Consulting Group.

from http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/sas/whatstat/whatstat.htm (accessed December 30, 2007).

Hey guys, the following tests are included in the site:

1. One sample t-test
   
   
   



2. One sample median test
   
   
   



3. Binomial test
   
   
   



4. Chi-square goodness of fit
   
   
   



5. Two independent samples t-test
   
   
   



6. Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test
   
   
   



7. Chi-square test
   
   
   



8. Fisher's exact test
   
   
   



9. One-way ANOVA
   
   
   



10. Kruskal Wallis test
    
    
    



11. Paired t-test
    
    
    



12. Wilcoxon signed rank sum test
    
    
    



13. McNemar test
    
    
    



14. One-way repeated measures ANOVA
    
    
    



15. Factorial ANOVA, Friedman test
    
    
    



16. Factorial logistic regression,Correlation
    
    
    



17. Simple linear regression
    
    
    



18. Non-parametric correlation
    
    
    



19. Simple logistic regression
    
    
    



20. Multiple regression
    
    
    



21. Analysis of covariance
    
    
    



22. Multiple logistic regression
    
    
    



23. Discriminant analysis
    
    
    



24. One-way MANOVA
    
    
    



25. Multivariate multiple regression,
    
    
    



26. Canonical correlation
    
    
    



27. Factor analysis

Useful Internet Resources which quote from HKUST LIBRARY and TerrysTerrace Space

 

Quote TerrysTerrace: http://terrysterrace.spaces.live.com/ and http://terrysterrace.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5F54AD3022B687B3!1826.entry

Internet Resources which quote from HKUST LIBRARY

Internet Resources which quote from HKUST LIBRARY

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• 林語堂當代漢英詞典 = Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage

  The dictionary comprises a total of 8,169 head characters, together with 44,407 explanatory entries of grammatical usage and 40,379 entries of Chinese words or phrases. Both search mode and browse mode are available.

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  Created and maintained by Mandarin Promotion Council, Ministry of Education, R.O.C., this dictionary contains more than 10 thousands characters and can be searched by strokes and radicals. It also includes many useful tables.

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  An online syllabary of the Cantonese dialect. For each character it provides Cantonese pronunciations, typical word-forms, homophones, internal codes (Big5 and Unicode), Cangjie input code, related syllables, and hyperlinks to various online resources.

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• 線上英漢字典 = English-Chinese Translation Dictionary

  An online English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionary with sources of definitions listed.

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  An online English-Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary. Some entries have online pronunciation available.

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• Acronym Finder

  Provides a searchable database containing over 60,000 acronyms/abbreviations and their meanings. The focus of the database is technology, telecommunications, and the military, but many general topics are also included. Users can also search for acronyms related to a particular word or topic using the advanced search function.

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• Acronyma

  An index of over 450,000 acronyms and abbreviations. May search by word or by acronym.

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• American Heritage Book of English Usage

  Catagoried into 10 chapters including grammar, style, word choice, science terms, gender, names and labels, pronunciation, word formation, e-mail, and a grammar toolkit. Searchable by keywords.

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• Bartleby.com : Great Books Online

  Offers complete electronic version of preeminent contemporary reference works, e.g. Columbia Encyclopedia; The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language; Simpson's Contemporary Quotations; Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, etc. There are also full text of many classic works, e.g. Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Oxford Book of English Verse, etc.

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• Cambridge Dictionaries Online

  Includes Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms, and Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Each word is accompanied by an example on how the word is used in a sentence.

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• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

  Comprises over 18,000 entries that reveal the etymologies, trace the origins and otherwise catalog 'words with a tale to tell.' This is the 1898 edition of the print copy.

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• Dictionary of Slang

  A reference guide to the slangs and colloquialisms common to the British speech. The origins of the expressions are included, if known.

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• Dictionary.com: Translator

  A language translator to translate from English to other languages including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc. and vice versa.

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• English-Chinese Glossaries of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments = 政府部門常用英漢辭彙

  Compiled by the Official Languages Agency (OLA) and made up of 20 plus glossaries, each covering a specific subject. The some 100,000 terms collected are mostly taken from government documents and related ordinances.

  (Added: 17-Mar-2003   /   Hits [2007- ]: 2)

• English-Chinese Online Dictionary

  Also contains a Chinese-English online dictionary.

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• Language Dictionaries and Translators

  Provides links to many multi-lingual dictionaries and language translators. Users can also find information on language software, language resources, free online languages courses, and so on.

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  This freely accessible database has over 7,000,000 entries in 30 languages. Users can type in a word and the database will translate the word in different languages.

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  An online version of the CD-ROM of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Updated Edition. Selected words with examples or pictures.

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  The World Wide Web edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus. Other features includes Word of the Day, Word Game, and Word of the Wise.

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  An online dictionary containing thousands of popular Internet words and definitions that describe the technology and community of the World Wide Web.

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  Provides translations of terms and phrases in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portugese or Russia.

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  A list of the meanings and origins of over a thousand phrases, sayings, quotes and cliches in English.

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  Online version of Carl Liungman's Thought Signs (1995), itself an updated and expanded version of his Dictionary of Symbols. Contains more than 2,500 Western signs, organized into 54 groupings based on graphic characteristics, and has 1,600 brief articles that discuss the history and meaning of the ideograms. Searchable by graphics and words.

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  A searchable Web dictionary with an integrated thesaurus. Its headword list is approximately 50,000. Entries contain definition, pronunciation, synonyms, examples, etc.

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  A dictionary and word finder with more than 280,000 possible lookup words and phrases. Covers American, British, Australian, Canadian and Asian English spellings and words.

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How to collect Corporate Governance Data (1)

Reference: N/A

It is a hard work to collect corporate governance data since it takes at least 3 months time to collect a good dataset. It takes me 3-4 months time to collect the S&P 500 firms from 2001-2005, and one more month to clean the dataset. The data collecting is not that difficult but extremely boring, as you are easy to fall asleep. The data cleaning stage is difficult if you don't use the correct and consistent method to collect your data. Since you have to double check whether the director information has changed, for instance, the name has change from James K. Meckling to James Kim Meckling. A minor change can bring hazard to your data and analysis.

To ensure the consistence of the dataset, my brother and I and some of my friends in the IT industry develop a system called Corporate Governance Data Collection System. The first feature of the system is the consistence of the director information over time. For example, if James K. Meckling appears in Year 2001, the system directly import his id to Year 2002 if he appears in Year 2002. This reduces duplicated information, such as Name and Gender etc, in the datasets and maintain the consistence of the director information.

Why collect governance data at the director level? -- To save your time in the future.

One common question for Governance Research during the data collection stage is that, "Why don't we collect the degree of board size and independence directly, but spending time to collect every information for the director?" I argue that although this is simpler way to collect governance data, it does not guarantee the future research of this dataset. For example, the board size or board independence is used as independent variables in one research project. If some researchers feel that the project should add the Director Turnover variable to the regression model, it requires another 3 months time to collect the Turnover data. That means, if we collect the governance data in the director level now, it allows us to save time in the future.

to be continued.....

Corporate Governance Data Collection Resources

Reference: Partially quote from Foster Business Library

Corporate Governance Data Collection System UK Site: The data collection system we developed to improve the efficiency of the data collection process, to maintain our valuable datasets, and to allow new researchers to expand the datasets in the future. This site is built for UK, Enrope, and US users. Link

Corporate Governance Data Collection System China Site: This site is built for China, Hongkong, and Taiwan users. Link

Hemscott Guru: The sources for gathering Annual Statements for UK firms. Link

The followings are quoted from Foster Business Library

Corporate Governance: "Since 1995 the Corporate Governance site at CorpGov.net has facilitated the ability of institutional and individual shareowners to better govern corporations, enhancing both corporate accountability and the creation of wealth." See their corporate governance News, Stakeholders (links to organizations, journals and other interested parties in corporate finance), Library, Corporate Sites, and Links.

Encyclopedia of Corporate Governance: "Encycogov is an academic encyclopedia about corporate governance intended for use by students, academics, business people and government officials. The vision of Encycogov is to be the most useful and well documented web-based resource about topics that are relevant for the understanding of issues in corporate governance. Encycogov was started in the summer 1999 as an experiment and its development continues." See their General Topics and Specific Topics sections for more information on corporate governance.

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission: "The primary mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ?is to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets." The S.E.C. "requires public companies to disclose meaningful financial and other information to the public, which provides a common pool of knowledge for all investors to use to judge for themselves if a company's securities are a good investment." See their spotlight on Sarbanes-Oxley Rulemaking and Reports. A search for Corporate Governance retrieved over 7,300 references.

Mastering Corporate Governance (Financial times): This Financial Times special report, dated May 2005, consists of over fifteen lengthy articles on aspects of corporate governance, from a variety of academic experts in the field.

Corporate Governance (Washington Post): This Washington Post special report collects the newspaper's articles on this topic in one section, regularly updated.

Scandal, Inc. (CNN Money): This CNN Money site brings together in one location a host of stories about failures in the area of business ethics, corporate governance, accounting and more, along with a timeline of the more notorious recent abuses.

Google Scholar: This version of Google, Google Scholar, allows searches throughout the full text of a wide range of scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities. Search results, in some cases, may point to articles or text that can be viewed only for a fee or with a subscription. A search for "Corporate Governance" produced over 39,000 documents.

Wikipedia: This free online user-created and maintained encyclopedia can be a good starting point for an orientation to a topic. See their entry for Corporate Governance.

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