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Jeffrey E. Harris
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 117
Citations - 4420
Jeffrey E. Harris is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 105 publications receiving 4079 citations. Previous affiliations of Jeffrey E. Harris include West Chester University of Pennsylvania & National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Understanding the employment relation: the analysis of idiosyncratic exchange
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider jobs for which nontrivial job-specific skills and task-specific knowledge evolve, in a learning by doing fashion, during the course of a worker's employment.
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The Internal Organization of Hospitals: Some Economic Implications
TL;DR: A rational public policy toward hospitals requires a change in the internal organization of the hospital itself, which is actually two separate firms -- a medical staff and an administration.
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An Introduction to Qualitative Research for Food and Nutrition Professionals
Jeffrey E. Harris,Philip Gleason,Patricia M. Sheean,Carol J. Boushey,Judith A. Beto,Barbara Bruemmer +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define qualitative research, explain its design, explore its congruence with quantitative research, and provide examples of its applications in dietetics, and present methods to ensure validity, reliability, and relevance.
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An Introduction to Qualitative Research for Food and Nutrition Professionals
Jeffrey E. Harris,Philip Gleason,Patricia M. Sheean,Carol J. Boushey,Judith A. Beto,Barbara Bruemmer +5 more
TL;DR: Qualitative research is defined, its design is explained, its congruence with quantitative research is explored, examples of its applications in dietetics are provided, and methods to ensure validity, reliability, and relevance are addressed.
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Bayes Methods for Combining the Results of Cancer Studies in Humans and other Species
TL;DR: A class of Bayesian statistical methods for interspecies extrapolation of dose-response functions, using a system of hierarchical prior distributions similar to that of Lindley and Smith (1972), is proposed for the estimation of human lung cancer risk from various environmental emissions.