She has written about British book publishing in the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and is a specialist in the use of quantitative methods in the study of the industry.

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To give you an idea of how widespread the problem is, a new study to be published in the Journal of Finance and Quantitative Analysis finds that option volume in a specific stock begins to surge three days before unannounced analyst upgrades or downgrades of a company.

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Still, Dr Michel and his team hope that their approach will spur a more rigorous, quantitative approach to the study of human culture.

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This included a quantitative study of the papers, diagnostic tests for undergraduates with older and more recent examination questions, and a poll of teachers.

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David Mechner, CEO of Pragma Securities, said this study is significant because it is the first quantitative research to show how HFT profits may come at the expense of investors.

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While the study places an emphasis on quantitative measures -- and thus leaves more subjective qualities out of the discussion -- the comparison is nonetheless an insightful look into the progression of Samsung's AMOLED display technology.

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