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In this paper we investigate intraday data of the IBM stock and a time series representing the sleep states of a newborn child. In both cases we are interested in the influence of several covariates observed together with the response series. For the purpose we use on the one hand the regression...

This article analyses dealer satisfaction data in the agricultural technology market in Germany. The dealers could rate their suppliers in the "overall satisfaction" and in 38 questions which can be summarized in 8 dimensions. An ordinal regression model which is also known as the proportional...