1. Abstract language – Language that deals with concepts and intangibles‚ as distinguished from concrete language‚ which names physical objects (lesson 14) 2. Adage – A traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation. 3. Ad hominem – Appealing to one’s prejudices‚ emotions‚ or special interests rather than to one’s intellect or reason. Attacking an opponent’s character rather than answering his argument. 4. Allegory – A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through
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Types Two main categories of data are categorical and quantitative. 2.1 Categorical data Categorical data is measured in discrete units or groups‚ usually depicting qualitative categories. Examples of categorical variables are gender‚ race and age group. Note that while “age” is a quantitative variable‚ it is often convenient to categorise variables such as age into a small number of groups‚ thereby converting “age” to categorical data. The two types of categorical data are nominal data and ordinal data:
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Chapter 1: Assignment Solutions (Do not share with anybody outside your class) 2. a. The ten elements are the ten cars b. 5 variables: Size‚ Cylinders‚ City MPG‚ Highway MPG‚ and Fuel c. Categorical variables: Size and Fuel Quantitative variables: Cylinders‚ City MPG‚ and Highway MPG d. Variable Measurement Scale Size Ordinal Cylinders Ratio City MPG Ratio Highway MPG Ratio Fuel Nominal 5. a. Average endowment = 74.6/7 = $10.657 billion b. Average
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rational being would follow the categorical imperative. Moral imperative is categorical because it is our duty to obey the law no matter what. Categorical imperative is independent of experience and done out of duty and respect for the law. While hypothetical imperative is too irrational and too practical to be used to justify moral law. Categorical imperative justifies every statement as being moral. Under no circumstances‚ should this not be true for categorical imperatives must be conventional
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economics. 2. Understand the meaning of the terms elements‚ variables‚ and observations as they are used in statistics. 3. Obtain an understanding of the difference between categorical‚ quantitative‚ crossectional and time series data. 4. Learn about the sources of data for statistical analysis both internal and external to the firm. 5. Be aware of how errors
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Professor Michael Sandel discussed both “consequentialist moral reasoning” and “categorical moral reasoning” (Harvard University‚ n.d.). Sandel states that “categorical moral reasoning” is when you “locate morality in certain duties and rights” (Harvard University‚ n.d.). And “consequentialist moral reasoning” is when you “locate morality from consequences of your actions” (Harvard University‚ n.d.). Basically‚ “categorical moral reasoning” focuses on the “consequences”‚ after “action” is taken‚ before
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Business Law Term Paper What does law mean to a lawyer‚ a law enforcement agency‚ a law breaker and a businessman? Submitted To: Mr. Shariq Submitted By: White Rose Section D BBA III Lahore School of Economics Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………….3 Methodology…………………………………………………………………………6 What does law mean to a lawyer?...............................................................................7 What does law mean to a law enforcement agency?..............
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Pragmatics and Rhetoric for Discourse Analysis: Some conceptual remarks Jesus M. Larrazabal and Kepa Korta* {ylplaanj‚ kkorta}@sc.ehu.es Institute for Logic‚ Cognition‚ Language and Information (ILCLI) The University of the Basque Country Avda. Jose Elosegi 275 20015 Donostia – San Sebastián Spain Longas são as estradas da Galileia e curta a piedade dos homens. (Eça de Queiróz‚ O suave milagre.) Abstract: This paper focuses on discourse analysis‚ particularly persuasive discourse‚ using pragmatics
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Bush asked Congress to declare war on Iraq‚ the motion voted through by a majority of MPs agreed that the Government "should use all means necessary to ensure the disarmament of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction". B. Fiscal Federalism 1. Categorical-Formula Grants: These are funds appropriated by Congress for specific purposes‚ which are allocated by formula and are subject to detailed federal conditions‚ often on a matching basis. They also come with federal supervision to ensure that the
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CHAPTER 1—DATA AND STATISTICS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Methods for developing useful decision-making information from large data bases is known as a. data manipulation b. data monitoring c. data base conversion d. data mining 2. The process of capturing‚ storing‚ and maintaining data is known as a. data manipulation b. data monitoring c. data warehousing d. category analysis 3. The subject of data mining deals with a. methods for developing useful decision-making information from
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