NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES TECHNOLOGY’S EDGE: THE EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS OF COMPUTER-AIDED INSTRUCTION Lisa Barrow Lisa Markman Cecilia E. Rouse Working Paper 14240 http://www.nber.org/papers/w14240 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 August 2008 We thank the many dedicated principals‚ teachers‚ and staff of the school districts that participated in this project as well as Gadi Barlevy‚ Thomas Cook‚ Jonas Fisher‚ Jean Grossman‚ Brandi Jeffs‚ Alan
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Beej ’s Guide to Network Programming Using Internet Sockets Version 1.5.4 (17-May-1998) [http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/guide/net] Intro Hey! Socket programming got you down? Is this stuff just a little too difficult to figure out from the man pages? You want to do cool Internet programming‚ but you don ’t have time to wade through a gob of structs trying to figure out if you have to call bind() before you connect()‚ etc.‚ etc. Well‚ guess what! I ’ve already done this nasty business
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Due in class Feb 6 UCI ID_____________________________ MultipleChoice Questions (Choose the best answer‚ and briefly explain your reasoning.) 1. Assume we have a simple linear regression model: . Given a random sample from the population‚ which of the following statement is true? a. OLS estimators are biased when BMI do not vary much in the sample. b. OLS estimators are biased when the sample size is small (say 20 observations)
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CHAPTER 7: DATA MODELING USING THE ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP (ER) MODEL Answers to Selected Exercises 7.16 - Consider the following set of requirements for a UNIVERSITY database that is used to keep track of students’ transcripts. This is similar but not identical to the database shown in Figure 1.2: (a) The university keeps track of each student’s name‚ student number‚ social security number‚ current address and phone‚ permanent address and phone‚ birthdate‚ sex‚ class (freshman‚ sophomore‚
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Visual Perception Pictorial depth cues are what we use to create depth and distance on a 2D canvas or paper. Linear perspective is used when two parallel lines converge together and are perceived to come to a point into the distance. We perceive this in straight roads‚ railway tracks or hallways. This image displays linear perspective on the left side on the box as it is perceived to come together despite the fact that the lines are parallel. Interposition is used when an object sits in front
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Unit 1‚ Research Assignment 1: Exploring Programming Languages 1.) There have been several versions of SQL created in the last 26 years. In 1986‚ SQL-86 (SQL-87) was first published. In 1989‚ SQL-89 was a minor revision made to the original SQL. In 1992‚ SQL-92 (SQL2) was a major revision to its previous version. In 1999‚ SQL-99 (SQL3) added regular expression matching‚ recursive queries‚ triggers‚ non scalar types and some object oriented features. In 2003‚ SQL-2003 introduced XML related
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than their allocated budget. Americans need to learn to live base on how much they earn. Our first reaction‚ when in debt‚ would be to make up excuses as to why we are in that situation. Some of us will even try to blame relatives or credit card companies when faced with excessive debt. It is families‚ who do not budget properly‚ that end up losing their homes and vehicles to banks or lenders (msn‚ 2009). Who is Responsible? The task of managing your budget according to your earnings is a
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Coefficient of Linear Expansion Introduction With few exceptions materials expand somewhat when heated through a temperature range that does not produce a change in phase (i.e. melting‚ freezing‚ boiling etc.). The added heat increases the average amplitude of vibration of the atoms in the material‚ which increases the average separation between the atoms. Although this effect is small‚ it is very important in any application that involves using different materials in an environment where they
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Concept of Java Programming Have you ever wondered how your electronic devices work? Well most likely your electronic devise is programmed by a computer language called Java. Java is one of the most popular languages for application development. It is going to continue to be one of the most popular languages because it’s free‚ it runs on any modern operating system‚ and Java is open source software so it can evolve to fit the needs of programmers. Java allows you to play online games‚ chat with
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Chapter 2 Computer programming often shortened to programming‚ scripting‚ or coding is the process of designing‚ writing‚ testing‚ debugging‚ and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in one or more programming languages (such as Java‚ C++‚ C#‚ Python‚ etc.). The purpose of programming is to create a set of instructions that computers use to perform specific operations or to exhibit desired behaviors. The process of writing source code often requires expertise
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