Quantitative Methods for Economics Tutorial 12 Katherine Eyal TUTORIAL 12 25 October 2010 ECO3021S Part A: Problems 1. State with brief reason whether the following statements are true‚ false or uncertain: (a) In the presence of heteroskedasticity OLS estimators are biased as well as inefficient. (b) If heteroskedasticity is present‚ the conventional t and F tests are invalid. (c) If a regression model is mis-specified (e.g.‚ an important variable is omitted)‚ the OLS residuals will show a distinct
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Introduction In this assignment I will be surveying the site nielson-netratings.com and draft a short report for the business on the kind of data that this service can provide. I will then carry out a research to discover a full range of prices and product comparisons for laser printers suitable for a business use‚ explaining how I searched for it. I will then prepare a presentation that describes the kinds of actions that various organisations take to reduce security risks from operating online
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to know as “home.” Whatever people associate the word with‚ it holds some specific meaning to each member of the human race. Every individual is different‚ so there will be disagreements. However‚ there is some common ground amongst society for what it thinks of as “home.” This is also true in my particular group. There are variations‚ but there are similarities as well. Everyone holds somewhat of a different connotation for the word “home.” To me‚ home is much more than a place or an address
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Opinion "On the Lighter Side" If the K-12 Education Plan becomes successful‚ then the Philippine education system can become more competitive among other countries countries around the world. Though there are still some problems that the government needs to solve before they can successfully implement the plan. The proposed program is good but it still won’t work if the needed elements to make it work isn’t present. Such elements includes the addressed problems mentioned above‚ especially the
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Unit 12 Context and principles for Early Years provision The EYFS is a statutory framework that sets the principles that all early years’ workers have a duty to meet. Play is a key way in which the curriculum is delivered and adults are expected to find fun ways for children to learn and develop. This framework is used from birth to five years old. Adults are able to set up activities knowing that they will be beneficial to the children and will be following the early year’s curriculum guidelines
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Prostitution really a Crime against Humanity? Is prostitution REALLY a crime? It’s not the most admirable life for one to portray‚ however‚ it should not be labeled as act of criminal behavior. In a society where individuals struggle and fight to survive‚ some are given a competitive edge over others. Unfortunately those that are less fortunate have to find alternative and occasionally ghastly ways to produce capital. Prostitution has become a sensitive topic and has better ways to be assessed. What exactly
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Are we or are we not the prisoner or our own conceptions? In the cave allegory‚ Plato describes the human condition as a type of blissful ignorance. I agree with Plato that we are prisoners of our own belief. In this essay‚ I describe my own opinions and issues to answer some of the questions. The first question that I would like to discuss is‚ Are we prisoners to our own beliefs and notions of truth? I believe that we are prisoners to our own beliefs because since childhood different beliefs
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Chapter 12—NATURE AND CLASSES OF CONTRACTS: CONTRACTING ON THE INTERNET TRUE/FALSE 1. Quasi contracts are contracts. ANS: F MSC: AACSB Analytic 2. A contract is essentially an agreement that creates an obligation. ANS: T MSC: AACSB Analytic 3. Because transfer of value is essential to a valid contract‚ contracts cannot apply to the performance of personal services. ANS: F MSC: AACSB Analytic 4. Every contract has only two parties. ANS: F MSC: AACSB Analytic 5. A promisor
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others‚" he felt that this activity‚ "is really the very best thing that a man (or women) can do‚ and that life without this sort of examination is not worth living ..."(1) Socrates was silenced but his work of teaching the younger generation the way of the examined life‚ or independent‚ critical thinking was to be carried on by his disciple Plato (428-348 BCE). By defining the examination‚ the worth and the life‚ we can give evidence to this statement Worth is defined by dictionary.com as "The
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Goal of the Course: The general goal of this course is to consider what philosophers call the Socratic commitment. Socrates‚ a Greek philosopher‚ 470-399 B.C.‚ was placed on trial in Athens because he questioned the political‚ moral‚ and religious practices of Athens. He gave his own defense which his pupil Plato recorded as The Apology (The Defense). When he was convicted for impiety to the gods and for corrupting the youth because he had taught the young adults to question‚ he was given the opportunity
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