Browsing Theses by Subject "factor analysis"
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A Statistical Assessment of a Process To Evaluate the Commercial Success Of Inventions
(University of Waterloo, 2001)In over twenty years of operations the Canadian Innovation Centre has evaluated, through its Inventor's Assistance Program (IAP), the commercial potential of over 12,000 early stage inventions. Prior to 1989, the Canadian ... -
Testing the spatial affordance hypothesis: Evidence from factor analysis, mathematical models, and behavioural analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-29)This thesis attempts to explain the apparent link between how we navigate the world around us and the physical properties that define that world. Despite a number of works indicating the substantial effect of the layout ...