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This study aims to investigate the relationship between financial inclusion indicators (number of branches, number of ATMs, deposits for small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), SMEs for loans, credit card, on the strategic success of Jordanian commercial banks, to achieve this, firstly we distributed questionnaires to 102 responsible employees in 7 Jordanian commercial banks for measuring the strategic success of banks, secondly we used the financial reports of banks from 2018 to 2019 to measure financial inclusion indicators. The study found a relationship between the strategic success of Jordanian banks on the one hand and the number of branches and deposits for SMEs, combined on the other. The study also found that there is no relationship between the strategic success of Jordanian banks on the one hand, and between: the number of ATMs and loans for SMEs and credit cards, combined on the other hand.

This paper examines the special effects of interest rates on the stock market return by using monthly time series data for the economy of Jordan over the period of 2006 to 2016. An extensive variety of econometric procedures have been involved to analyze the relationship between the interest rate and stock market return. The study exposes a constant and significant long-run relationship between the variables. By using Cointegration methods the experimental in the long run represents that a one percent rise in interest rate causes (12.3459 %)reduction in market index. The assessed error correction coefficient highlight that (-0.678522) percent deviation of stock returns are corrected in the short run. Impulse response function of the study furthermore sustains the positive relationship between the variables. The result of Variance decompositions recommends that about (99.99705%) of the variation in stock market returns is referring to its own shock which denotes that stock market returns are mostly independent of the other variables in the structure. To go over the main points, Granger causality analysis yield that there is no presence of a unidirectional causality as of interest rate to the market index.

Purpose: This study aims to validate the use of ProAnalyst (Xcitex Inc.), a software for professional motion analysts to assess the performance of surgical interns while performing the peg transfer task in a simulator box for safe practice in real minimally invasive surgery.Methods: A correlation study was conducted in a multidisciplinary skills simulation lab at the Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology from October 2019 to February 2020. Forty-one interns (i.e., novices and intermediates) were recruited and an expert surgeon participated as a reference benchmark. Videos of participants’ performance were analyzed through the ProAnalyst and Global Operative Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills (GOALS). Two results were s analyzed for correlation.Results: The motion analysis scores by Proanalyst were correlated with those by GOALS for novices (r=–0.62925, P=0.009), and Intermediates (r= –0.53422, P=0.033). Both assessment methods differentiated the participants’ performance based on their experience level.Conclusion: The motion analysis scoring method with Proanalyst provides an objective, time-efficient, and reproducible assessment of interns’ performance, and comparable to GOALS. It may require initial training and set-up; however, it eliminates the need for expert surgeon judgment.