Applied Linear Regression Notes set 1 Jamie DeCoster Department of Psychology University of Alabama 348 Gordon Palmer Hall Box 870348 Tuscaloosa‚ AL 35487-0348 Phone: (205) 348-4431 Fax: (205) 348-8648 September 26‚ 2006 Textbook references refer to Cohen‚ Cohen‚ West‚ & Aiken’s (2003) Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. I would like to thank Angie Maitner and Anne-Marie Leistico for comments made on earlier versions of these notes. If you
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“ELECTIONS PER SE DO NOT AMOUNT TO DEMOCRACY”: EXAMPLES FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA” INTRODUCTION The democratic process in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is in a state of crisis despite the occurrence of elections. There seems to be a gradual‚ but dangerous reinstitutionalization of autocratic and authoritarian regimes clad in democratic garb (Adejumobi‚ 2000). Elections are supposed to be a hallmark of democracy however in SSA dictatorial regimes are also holding elections resulting in their abuse and a
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AMOUNTS OF MONEY STUDENT SPEND ON DRINKS PER WEEK DETERMINANTS OF STUDENTS’ BEVERAGE SPENDING USING AN ECONOMETRICS MODEL ABSTRACT The objective of the present study was to investigate how beverage consumption among UUM students is different in some respects (e.g.‚ age‚ gender‚ status‚ preference). In total‚ 59 university undergraduates were studied. The study is conducted in UUM (Northern University of Malaysia) at Kedah‚ Malaysia. By using econometrics model‚ factors that influence the amount
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MIT’s Media Labs‚ announced the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program at the World Economic Forum. The concept was simple and appealing. Innovate a $100 laptop and distribute it to children in the developing world’s governments. The vision was for bridging the digital divide between developed and developing nations. The OLPC was a nonprofit project for the developing nation’s school going students’ for their better education. The OLPC created buzz from its first day of announcement for its low cost
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witjnblbnfwjvnCafé Coffee Day was started as a retail restaurant arm of ABCTC in 1996. The first CCD outlet was set up on July 11‚ 1996‚ at Brigade Road‚ Bangalore‚ Karnataka. It rapidly expanded across various cities in India adding more stores with more than 1000 cafés open across the nation by 2011. The logo was recently modified in response to increased competition. The company is known for being vertical integrated to cut costs: from owning the plantations‚ growing the coffee‚ making the coffee machines
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Forum #2: Linear Equations in Real Life Pick one of the following problems. Show how you would solve it using a system of linear equations. 1) John spent $201 shirts and pants for work. Shirts cost $27 and pants cost $22. If he bought a total of 8 articles of clothing‚ then how many of each kind did he buy? 2) A school dance has 228 students. There are 63 fewer girls than twice as many boys. How many boys and girls attended the dance? 3) There are 15 animals in the barn. Some are ducks and some
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Product: café coffee day Category: coffee joint Tagline: a lot can happen over a coffee Target group: youth in middle and higher income group and also business class people Positioning statement: Café coffee day’s positioning statement deals with not only offering a varied range of coffee but also providing a unique experience and comfort along with it. It not only offers different flavored or different type of international coffee along with light snacks (tummy filler)
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for profit companies interested in low-cost computers for the developing world? In 2005‚ Nicholas Negroponte‚ the founder of MIT’s Media Labs‚ announced the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program at the World Economic Forum. The concept was simple and appealing. Innovate a $100 laptop and distribute it to children in the developing world. No one can argue the power of getting kids access to computers/internet‚ and hence‚ access to a virtually limitless store of information‚ connectivity to the world
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Aggregation: Determine the lowest level at which observations are independent and then average scores of both the causal and outcome measures at that level. For instance‚ if children are nested in classrooms‚ which are nested in schools‚ make school the unit of analysis. Child is the lowest level and school is the highest level. If there are no school or classroom effect‚ then child would be the unit of analysis. If there were no school effects‚ but there were classroom effects‚ then classroom
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Technology in Classrooms: One Laptop per Child-A Failed Idea? Is the use of technology benefiting the students in classrooms today or is it taking away from their education? Should students be allowed to have easy access to a computer during a lecture to find relevant information or is it a distraction that puts their attention onto something completely off subject? It has certainly been argued both ways. As technology becomes more prominent in everyday life‚ the global world changes at the
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