of Dukkha” or (suffering or unsatisfactoriness). In the Buddhist argument the attributes of an all powerful‚ all knowing and all benevolent God to humans cannot exist due to the concept of Dukkha. I will explain this in my thesis defense with a correlation from a western and eastern thought. Buddha denied the existence of God by the concept of Dukkha which is similar to “The Argument from Evil”. BACKROUND EXPLANATION: Buddhism is unique in comparison with all other world religions and their
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looking at the wider picture and observing how subjects interact with each other and with their environment‚ social surroundings and other subjects etc. Experimental methods are the only ones that can produce a definite result as it calculates correlations between variables specifically those manipulated and those affected by the manipulation‚ therefore it can conclusively demonstrate causal relations between variables. Alternatively‚ in correlational research‚ variables
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Cesare Lombroso’s biological explanations: How relevant are they to modern criminal psychology? Cesare Lombroso is thought of by many as the founding father of criminal psychology (Kushner 2011; Assael & Avanzini‚ 1997; Granieri and Fazio‚ 2011). When Lombroso was alive his theories on the biological explanations of crime were seen as cutting edge (Kurella‚ 1911) but after death his theories were ridiculed and denigrated (Gatti & Verde‚ 2012) with Abraham Verghese referring to them as “pseudoscience
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contribution of fructose-containing sugars from that of other factors in the epidemic of obesity…” (Ha‚ Cozma‚ Choo‚ Mejia‚ Souza‚ and Sievenpiper) These studies suggest that since there have been a spike in both obesity and sugar consumption‚ there is a correlation. However‚ we do not know for sure that one causes the other. In a more recent study in 2016‚ Dr. James M Rippe‚ a cardiologist and Dr. Theodore J Angelopoulos‚ Director of the Obesity Research Center at Emory & Henry College‚ stated in their article
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drift into poorer areas‚ but in fact found that people in poor areas are more prone to mental illness= social stress is a cause of mental illness. 3 relationships between social class and mental disorder 1. Genetic explanation‚ 2. The social causation explanation‚ 3. The social selection
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be a data point that is far outside the norm for a variable or population ( Jarrell‚ 1994; Rasmussen‚ 1988; Stevens‚ 1984). 1) The scatter plot is Positive correlation because the values of y tend to increase with increasing values of x. the correlation become stronger as we proceed from a to c. in fact‚ c shows a perfect positive correlation‚ in which all the points fall along a straight line. Yes we have outlier in scatter plot‚ however‚ notice that one point
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Faces Engage Us In today’s world photos are becoming a dominant means of communicating. There are many online photo sharing sites like Instagram that provide people with the ability to turn photos into a social medium. Because of its popularity many people are trying to discover the mechanisms by which users communicate around these photos and how the engage with them. In the article “Faces Engage Us: Photos with Faces Attract More Likes and Comments on Instagram” the authors try to answer two
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Thomas CJA/403 March 22‚ 2011 Jaime Roman Future of the Juvenile Justice System The juvenile justice system has a tremendous influence on today’s troubled youth and empirical evidence has shown the juvenile crime to have a direct correlation with adult crime. At risk juveniles that are not rehabilitated by the juvenile justice system are destined to commit crimes as adults. The following are recommendations for all aspects of the system including the community‚ law
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confidential. After conducting the study‚ researchers found a very strong positive correlation between the two variables leading many to believe that generally‚ most teens who watch more than four hours of violent television per week are more likely to commit violent crimes and be arrested than those who do not watch violent television at all. Despite the fact that the study revealed a positive correlation between teens watching violent
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posted on Blackboard to prepare a report‚ of 500 words or less‚ to Mr. Burns outlining your recommendation and your reasoning process. IS ABOUT CAUSATION PROFESSOR SAID b) The Vice President of Advertising cites Case Exhibit 4 as evidence of the relationship between “brand awareness” and “last brand bought”. Critically employ the “Principles of Causation” (see BB) to evaluate the validity of this research as evidence supporting consumer (brand) advertising. Use the case facts to develop your response
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