Accepting Error is Reducing Error: The Controversy of Clinical versus Actuarial Prediction One of the important goals of psychology is predicting future events or behaviour. About 40 years ago‚ Paul Meehl‚ a famous psychologist‚ raised an important question about how we should predict future behaviour in his paper with the catchy title “When Shall We Use Our Heads Instead of the Formula?” (268). The “head” in the title of the paper refers to clinical prediction. In clinical prediction‚ psychologists
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rights to a trail. Judges do not participate in the discussions and can decline or accept the guilty plea or plea agreement if the charge or charges have factual basis. Upon completion of this research paper‚ the issues that will be addressed are fairness of plea bargaining‚ and whether if plea bargaining is unconstitutional. According to the Bureau of Justice‚ a great number of people enter into plea agreements each year. It is estimated that 90 to 95 percent of state and federal court cases
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Progressive Income Tax Fairness The issue of federal income tax policy has been one of hot debate and controversy for many years. Discussions and arguments on the issue have been presented on the floors of Congress‚ in the United States Supreme Court‚ used by politicians as political platforms‚ broadcasted in televised debates‚ and discussed around the dinner table of American families of various socioeconomic backgrounds for years. The Federal Government of the United States of America‚ like any
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Universality and Reversibility: Justice and Fairness The categorical imperative incorporates two criteria for determining moral right and wrong: universalizability and reversibility. Universalizability means the person’s reasons for acting must be reasons that everyone could act on at least in principle. Reversibility means the person’s reasons for acting must be reasons that he or she would be willing to have all others use‚ even as a basis of how they treat him or her. That is‚ one’s reasons
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Takaful and Actuarial Practices (TK “Regulations shape the Industry”. The development of the Takaful (or Islamic insurance) industry is very much dependent on its regulations and related guidelines. In many parts of the world Takaful is hardly visible as there are still subject to the Insurance Law. Only Malaysia has its own set of regulations. The first Takaful Act was promulgated in 1984 and recently was replaced by the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013. Even that many of the provisions
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Equal fairness applies to everyone. A potential suspect can have fairness too. In the criminal trial‚ the defendant can have an opportunity to get his or her innocence proven; but is limited on his or her rights. The defendant’s rights are described in the Sixth Amendment. There are special features of criminal trials that are present to provide the uttermost fairness such as the speedy trial‚ against self-incrimination‚ the mutual presumption‚ and strict proof. All of those can help to determine
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and law at Florida International University‚ in Miami‚ and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. wrote an article about Obama emphasizing the word “fair” instead of “equal” he wrote‚ “Fairness is a better mantra than equality‚ for it rests on a notion of formal equality — everyone should be treated alike — rather than a notion of substantive equality — everyone should have the same stuff. ” People now are looking to the Welfare system
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Brand strategies :-Brand knowledge comprises of brand awareness and brand image contribute to establishing of customer based brand equity. The process is gradual and requires in-depth understanding of consumer mind. Connection between brand and consumer leads to long term partnership and loyalty. And‚ continued support to marketing efforts of the company. So when a company is trying to build up brand knowledge‚ Brand Positioning becomes very much relevant. For example‚ Apple and Windows both are
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citizens they felt were unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight‚ raising questions of whether reporters should have differing standards based on who they are interviewing. This requires journalists to analyze “distinguishing between procedural fairness and fairness in performance‚” as Jay Rosen told the Freedom Forum panel. Just because a journalist followed all of the rules does not mean she was acting ethically to minimize harm. Though the support at the public forum was based mostly on television rather
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COMPUTATION MATHEMATICS III PROJECT MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY ; BUSINESS PLAN ON AN ON GOING PROJECT ON PREMISES ALONG OJIJO ROAD PARKLANDS WESTLANDS COUNTY BY NAME REG NO PERIS WANJIRU............................ FELIX MAIKO ............................. LILLIAN REGINA............................ OJIJO ROAD ESTATE BUSINESS PLAN ONGOING PROJECT PLAN RESIDENTIAL BY & edited by Felix Maiko Peris Wanjiru Lilian Regina
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