Data Mining Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques

to many, however, it constantly appears as an instructional problem. The final two chapters serve as excellent summary statements. Chapter 13 emphasizes the application of previous text material to the classroom situation. Of great significance is the author's discussion of commonly defined independent, dependent, and moderator variables. The final chapter focuses on evaluation in the overall sense, particularly as it relates to programs of study. The principles of measurement and research design are applied to the evaluation process through several ex-

Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Application:

1. Introduction and Overview. 2. Detecting Influential Observations and Outliers. 3. Detecting and Assessing Collinearity. 4. Applications and Remedies. 5. Research Issues and Directions for Extensions. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index.

Regression Diagnostics: Identifying Influential Data and Sources of Collinearity

The Social Psychology of Organizations.

Social Network Analysis

Assessing the public-private partnership handover: Experience from China's water sector

Nip Risk in the Bud: A System Dynamic Model to Govern Nimby Conflict

Achieving PPP project success is paramount to project parties and stakeholders. However, the success of PPP projects has remained abstract which does not help in the effective implementation of the PPP policy. Therefore, it is important that a pragmatic approach is adopted to put the success of PPP projects in quantifiable terms to generate accurate and reliable information about the performance of PPP projects. Further, it is important that the success of different PPP projects should be compared to inform future implementation. This chapter develops a pragmatic tool that can be used to quantify the success levels of PPP projects.

Model for Assessing the Success Index of Public-Private Partnership Projects

The construction industry’s workforce is experiencing deteriorating mental health. In Nigeria, the reported prevalence rate of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among construction supervisors is 55.1%, 14.8%, and 0.1%, respectively. Thus, spurring this research into examining measures to implement to prevent and mitigate the onset of common mental ill-health. This was done by evaluating a mix of 19 strategies divided into seven constructs that can be adopted to promote mental health. The strategies were selected from existing literature using the multi-modal intervention approach to mental health promotion as a guiding principle. Surveys were collected from 82 purposively selected construction supervisors and experts, and were analyzed using mean score and Mann-Whitney U test. The study revealed that strategies related to morale-boosting are essential. The study highlights primary, secondary, and tertiary intervention strategies that could be implemented to boost mental health and well-being in the construction workplace. This study contributes to the existing global body of knowledge on measures essential for workplace intervention on health and safety. 

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Measures to Boost Mental Health in the Construction Industry: Lessons from the Nigerian Workplace

A physical and mental health profile of construction workers is lacking in Hong Kong. This paper aims to compare the behavioural risk factors, biomedical risk factors and self-rated health status between construction workers and the general population. A basic medical examination and a questionnaire survey were administered at 117 construction sites December 2017 to March 2019. A total of 2,396 Chinese workers were included for analysis. The data of the general population were derived from the published papers and reports. The results showed that construction workers consumed less alcoholic beverages and more fruit-vegetable than the general population but had heavier smoking and consumed less milk products. Although construction workers tended to have less working hours per day than the general population, they had less rest days per month. In general, objective and subjective physical health of construction workers was worse than the general population. But female workers had better self-rated mental health. Gender-specific health programmes should be developed in future.

Albert P.C. Chan

Papers

Assessing the public-private partnership handover: Experience from China's water sector

Nip Risk in the Bud: A System Dynamic Model to Govern Nimby Conflict

Model for Assessing the Success Index of Public-Private Partnership Projects

Measures to Boost Mental Health in the Construction Industry: Lessons from the Nigerian Workplace

Physical and Mental Health of Construction Workers: A Worse Status?