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    for razor blades (is it?)‚ or that your SSN is higher than mine ( is it?) tells us nothing. In surveys they often use arbitrary numbers to code variables such as religion‚ ethnicity‚ major in college or gender. In fact‚ with nominal variables measurement means: classifying cases in (unordered) groups. (A group can have a single member‚ as it is the case with SSN.) The groups must be --- all-inclusive: they must cover all cases --- mutually exclusive: each case must belong to one and only one group

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    Is The Illegalization of Marijuana Valid? The debate over the legalization of Cannabis sativa‚ more commonly known as marijuana‚ has been one of the most heated controversies ever to occur in the United States. Its use as a medicine has existed for thousands of years in many countries world wide and is documented as far back as 2700 BC in ancient Chinese writings. When someone says ganja‚ cannabis‚ bung‚ dope‚ grass‚ rasta‚ or weed‚ they are talking about the same subject: marijuana. Marijuana

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    Nominal Level of Measurement The nominal level of measurement is the lowest of the four ways to characterize data. Nominal means "in name only" and that should help to remember what this level is all about. Nominal data deals with names‚ categories‚ or labels. Data at the nominal level is qualitative. Colors of eyes‚ yes or no responses to a survey‚ and favorite breakfast cereal all deal with the nominal level of measurement. Even some things with numbers associated with them‚ such as a number

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    | KaBoom! | Memo To: Darrell Hammond‚ CEO and co-founder of KaBoom ! From: Ningyu Hou (April)-9565130‚ Wenyi Li (Lily)-9558764 Date: [ 10/4/2010 ] Subject: Prepare a performance measurement system for KaBoom! Introduction The primary objectives of this case were to create a performance measurement system by balanced scorecard in order to understand how the company has performed and its impact on performance. The analysis considers internal and external factors of the scorecard to the company

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    Why Is God Reliable?

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    capacity can our adoring God permit the destruction of seismic tremors‚ surges‚ tornadoes‚ and other common diasters? Maybe you’ve thought about how you can trust God with your life when He gives such horrible things a chance to happen. Is God reliable? Does He truly mind? Our content for now addresses these inquiries. Envision for a moment that you are Job. You have all that anyone could seek. Other than that‚ you are a good and simply man. Individuals regard you and are awed by you achievement

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    satisfied about their selves. In fact‚ the concept of success is obviously different among people. Money and wealth are the popular belief of success‚ but a great number of people believe that money is not the signal for success. There are various measurements of success such as wining world championship‚ winning awards‚ breaking records and so on. Hence‚ this essay will explain the two standards of being successful. To begin with‚ being peaceful and satisfied in own life is a success for some people

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    Performance Measurement in a Modern Business Environment________________________________________ In the past‚ performance measures were primarily based on financial measures (Bruns‚ 1998) where the double entry accounting systems was used to avoid disputes and settle trades between traders (Johnson‚ 1983). As businesses began to grow‚ their nature and structure also began to change‚ reducing the control and the close relationship that existed between the owners and management. Consequently‚ the

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    Measurements Lab Name Length Measurements – Follow the Instructions in the Lab Manual and fill in your data in the tables provided. Data Table 1 – Length measurements |Object |Length (cm) |Length (mm) |Length (m) | |CD or DVD |12.00 |120.0 |.1200 | |Key

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    Performance Measurements To ensure that the organizations goals and objectives are achieved‚ organizations are now using performance measurement tools to achieve them. To improve the process of production‚ to evaluate and control it is a good idea to have performance measurements in place. Performance measurements also can be useful in making decisions and judgments. An organization will also be able used to compare the performance of departments‚ teams and‚ individuals. Any measurement systems

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    Reliable Primary Sources Primary sources are original records created at the time or after historical events occurred. Primary sources may include letters‚ manuscripts‚ diaries‚ journals‚ newspapers‚ speeches‚ interviews‚ memoirs‚ photographs‚ audio recordings‚ video recordings‚ research data‚ and objects or artifacts from the time in order for it to be considered reliable. These sources are raw materials that help interpret the past. Not every primary source is completely reliable‚ because they

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