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    Correlation and Regression Assignment Problem 1. a. Explain which variable you chose as the explanatory variable and discuss why. * The explanatory variable is the height. This is because I am assuming that as height increases‚ the weight will increase as well. So the weight is the dependent variable b. Produce a scatter plot and insert the result here. * Scatter plot c. Find the equation of the regression line‚ Write it in the form of y=a+bx‚ where a is the y-intercept

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    has experienced an increase of charter schools‚ which are currently experiencing severe backlash for their lack of oversight and general disorganization‚ all while sharing the budget with public schools. This essay aims to discuss the conflicts between Philadelphia’s public schools and charter schools‚ and to illustrate which solutions and policies can keep the parents from leaving the city in search of better schools. The numbers of Philadelphia’s schools are intimidating. As of December 2014‚

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    Crime and delinquency subculture reflects on culture patterns surrounding crime and juvenile delinquency. It is created not only by individuals‚ but as one culture‚ the American culture. Subculture is derivative of‚ but different from some larger referential cultures. This term is used to share systems of norms‚ values‚ individual‚ groups and the cultural system itself. Criminal or delinquent subcultures indicate systems of norms‚ values‚ or interest that support criminal or delinquent behavior

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    What is a true failure? As Teddy Roosevelt once explained‚ “Far better is it to dare mighty things‚ to win glorious triumphs‚ even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much‚ because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat”. The only true failure‚ then‚ may be fear. Being so afraid of disappointment that one foregoes their ambitions‚ that is true failure. So‚ then‚ when have I truly “failed”? One experience that comes

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    believe that there is a latent trait that makes a person delinquency-prone based on the following factors: the environment where the child is raised‚ the socialization where the child interacts‚ and their ethnicity. With the content provided and my experiences in observation in adolescents I have come to realize that there are many determining factors that could have a child become a child delinquent. The most important factor between the two that I have come up with is the socioeconomic model

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    online school vs. traditional school ESL 053-002 Compare and contrast June 17‚ 2013 There a many ways to compare and contrast online school to campus based school. I will be talking about how they are different and how they compare. I will also talk about which is better. Then I will be talking about how different they are. Finally‚ I will talk about similarities. There are many differences between online school and tradition campus based school. The differences between online school and

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    Robert Agnew extended Merton’s strain theory to explain juvenile Delinquency. He called his theory General Strain Theory of delinquency (GST) and broadened strain theory’s focus beyond economic goals and success. Agnew argued that adolescent strain results not only from failure to achieve economic goals‚ but also from failure to achieve noneconomic goals‚ the removal of positive stimuli‚ and the introduction of negative stimuli. Removal of positive stimuli can be the death of a loved one or the ending

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    PROBLEM What factors contributing to the level of juvenile delinquency in Fairview Park? RESEARCH QUESTIONS What are factors that influence juvenile delinquency? (Causes) How are persons affected by the juvenile delinquent? (Effects) What measures can be implanted in stopping these juvenile delinquents? (Solution) REASON FOR SELECTING THE AREA OF RESEARCH This topic ‘factors contributing to the level of juvenile delinquency in the community ‘was chosen because children are involve

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    Correlation as a Measure of Association Summary Monique Reed BSHS/435 March 09‚ 2015 Dora Barker Correlation as a Measure of Association Summary Correlation as a measure of association summary that involves testing relationships between two variables. The focus for the test will be based on the strengths of the association and the direction. According to Leedy and Ormrod‚ (2010) “A correlation exist if‚ when one variable increase‚ another variable either increases or decrease in a somewhat predictable

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    Poverty’s Effects on Delinquency Lakeisha D. Mitchell Grand Canyon University: JUS-452 March 11‚ 2012 Poverty’s Effects on Delinquency Many criminal theorists‚ sociologists and researchers alike have developed several ideas in regards to what exactly causes juvenile delinquency. For example‚ social learning theory‚ strain theory and control theory‚ just to name a few‚ are typically postulated for being directly related to juvenile delinquency. In dealing with all of these effects and how

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