SOCL 2201 – Introduction to Statistical Analysis – Fall 2014 Instructor: Yafeng Lin Email: ylin7@tigers.lsu.edu Office: Stubbs 104 Office hours: T‚ TH 10:30-11:30 and by appointment Class meets T & TH 9:00-10:20am @ 0214 Coates Hall Lab section 1 meets W 1:30-3:20pm @ 102 Stubbs Hall Lab section 2 meets W 3:30-5:20pm @ 102 Stubbs Hall Required Textbook: Social Statistics for a Diverse Society‚ 7th edition‚ 2014. Author: Chava Frankfort-Nachmias and Anna Leon-Guerrero. Course Description:
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Discharge of a Contract Frustration Frustration refers to the situation when a supervening event occurs‚ for which neither party is responsible‚ with the result that the very basis of the contract is destroyed so that the venture to which the parties now find themselves committed is radically different from that originally contemplated. Frustration should not be used: 1. By a contracting party to escape what has turned out to be a bad bargain 2. Free to make contractual provision
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Mathematics Notes Introduction: * Characterized as a search for abstract patterns * The fact that if you take two of anything and another two you end up with four of that thing * Any circle no matter the size‚ if you take its circumference divide in by its diameter you end up with the value 3.14… * Mathematics not only gives certainty but practical value * Galileo: book of nature is written in mathematics * Mathematics also “leaves us with nowhere to hide” because
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“Cobalt atom bomb” even though it was only used in nuclear med o Canada helps create the International Atomic Energy Agency (IEAE) 1953: Eisenhower’s ‘atoms for peace’ speech marks the end of US secrecy surrounding atomic knowledge and methods • NOTE that it wasn’t “atoms ONLY for peace” – the US was also still interested in the possibility of creating more nuclear weapons - 1962: Nuclear power demonstration (NPD-2) o
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AB1102: Accounting 2 Notes Objective of Financial Statements – objective of general purpose financial reporting is to provide financial information about the reporting entity that is useful to existing and potential investors‚ lenders and other creditors in making decisions about providing resources to the entity. 2 roles of financial reporting: Contracting (backward looking) and Valuation (forward looking) Qualitative Characteristics (QC) of Useful Financial Information - Relevance o Predictive
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3.1 introduction Management theories are implemented to help increase organizational productivity and service quality. Not many managers use a singular theory or concept when implementing strategies in the workplace: They commonly use a combination of a number of theories‚ depending on the workplace‚ purpose and workforce. Contingency theory‚ chaos theory and systems theory are popular management theories. Theory X and Y‚ which addresses management strategies for workforce motivation‚ is also implemented
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Marketing Notes 1/29/12 Market Segment- a group of customers who share a similar set of needs and wants. - Internally Homogeneous ( the same) - Externally Heterogeneous ( the different) A Company 1) Segments a market 2) Targets a Segment 3) Positions brand for that Segment 10/1/2012 Target Market STP Segmenting- analyze market Targeting- pick Positioning- offering product 1) Homogeneous Demand- thinking the product appeals
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Bio Notes 9/5/2012 * Biology- Study of living things * Characteristics of living organisms * Consist of one or more cells * Unicellular- one cell able to carry out life ex. Bacteria * Multicellular- Many cells‚ specialized cells * Observations with microscopes lead to Cell Theory‚ Robert Hook * All cells come from preexisting cells * All cells are similar in chemical composition * Chemical reactions occur within
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The Art of Public Speaking Chapter 1‚ 2‚ and 3 Chapter 1 Similarities between public speaking and conversation * Organizing your thoughts logically * Tailoring your message to your audience * Telling your story for maximum impact * Adapting to listener feedback Differences between public speaking and conversation 1. Public speaking is more highly structured. 2. Requires more formal language 3. Requires a different method of delivery Stage fright – Anxiety over
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S1 Notes Monday 16 th January 2012 Mr Aroui Statistical experiment: A test adopted for collecting data to provide evidence for or against a hypothesis. Event: A sub-set of possible outcomes of an experiment. Sample space: A list of all possible outcomes of an experiment. Discrete data: Discrete data can only take certain values in any given range. Number of cars in a household is an example of discrete data. The values do not have to be whole numbers (e.g. shoe size is discrete)
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