CORRUPTION IN INDIA : AN EMPIRICAL STUDY Over five thousand citizens of India were interviewed in the house to house survey carried out to assess the citizens perceptions on corruption prevalent in ten sectors‚ Education‚ Health‚ Police (Law & Order)‚ Power‚ Telephone (Communication)‚ Railways (Transport)‚ Land & Building Administration‚ Judiciary‚ Taxation and Ration (Public distribution system). An estimated sum of Rupees (Rs.) 26‚768 crores are extracted from citizens who interact with
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Machine Learning Journal (2003) 53:23-69 Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of ReliefF and RReliefF ˇ Marko Robnik-Sikonja (marko.robnik@fri.uni-lj.si) Igor Kononenko (igor.kononenko@fri.uni-lj.si) University of Ljubljana‚ Faculty of Computer and Information Science‚ Trˇ aˇka 25‚ z s 1001 Ljubljana‚ Slovenia tel.: + 386 1 4768386 fax: + 386 1 4264647 Abstract. Relief algorithms are general and successful attribute estimators. They are able to detect conditional dependencies between attributes
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The purpose of this lab was to find the empirical formula for magnesium oxide. To find this formula‚ a strip of Magnesium ribbon was burned in a crucible over a flame from a bunson burner. After the strip caught fire multiple times with the cover on‚ and 10 drops of distilled water were added‚ and the crucible was lightly heated. The crucible was then weighed and the mass recorded. Calculations were performed and the mole ratio of Mg to O was recorded. The results of other lab groups performing
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Laboratory 3. Empirical Formula Of An Oxide This experiment will demonstrate the law of conservation of mass‚ and more specifically‚ how the law can be used to experimentally determine the empirical formula of our intended product‚ magnesium oxide. In this experiment we will learn how to: 1. heat a sample in a crucible with a Bunsen burner. 2. use the method of weight by difference to determine mass quantities. 3. convert grams to moles. 4. determine the simplest ratio between two
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From: FLAIRS-02 Proceedings. Copyright © 2002‚ AAAI (www.aaai.org). All rights reserved. Data Mining: An Empirical Application in Real Estate Valuation Ruben D. Jaen Florida International University University Park‚ PC236 Miami‚ Fl 33199 jaenr@fiu.edu Abstract1 This paper presents the insights gained from applying data mining techniques‚ in particular neural networks for the purposes of developing an intelligent model used to predict real estate property values based on variety of factors. A dataset
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Three of the earliest teaching methods were the Grammar-Translation Method‚ the Direct Method‚ and the Audio-lingual Method. Discuss these three methods. Also‚ explain their shortcomings which led to more current approaches in the teaching of grammar to L2 speakers. 1. i) Grammar Translation Method (GTM): Grammar-translation method is the extension of the Classical method which began in Germany (Prussia) in the late 18th century. It was then become popular in the early 19th century. It is one
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Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online) Vol.3‚ No.12‚ 2012 www.iiste.org Determinants of Inflation in Bangladesh: An Empirical Investigation 1. 2. Kazi Mostafa Arif1* Munshi Murtoza Ali2 Assistant Professor‚ Department of Economics‚ Islamic University‚ Kushtia 7003‚ Bangladesh. Assistant Professor‚ Department of Politics and Public Administration‚ Islamic University‚ Kushtia 7003‚ Bangladesh. *E-mail of corresponding: arifeconomics@yahoo
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Yurop Shrestha Economics Thesis CAPM vs. APT: An Empirical Analysis Introduction The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)‚ was first developed by William Sharpe (1964)‚ and later extended and clarified by John Lintner (1965) and Fischer Black (1972). Four decades after the birth of this model‚ CAPM is still accepted as an appropriate technique for evaluating financial assets and retains an important place in both academic scholars and finance practitioners. It is used to estimate cost of capital
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University of toronto | Empiricism of Scientific Societies in the 17th Century: Intellectual‚ Social and Cultural Impact | HPS210 | Dr. Christopoulos | | Written by: Jinyao Wang | 6/8/2010 | | In his most famous memoir‚ Sir Isaac Newton said he was just a boy playing on the seashore‚ while the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before him. Despite his humble words‚ no century has reflected as much spontaneous scientific development as the seventeenth century. Scientific
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Empirical Challenges to the Efficient Market Hypothesis 1. Introduction Random walks observed in stock return series prior to the 1970s puzzled a number of financial theorists and practitioners. In 1970‚ this puzzle was resolved by Eugene Fama (1970) who argued that the random walks observed in the behaviour of stock return series could be attributed to market efficiency. Market efficient meant that investors could not consistently make risk-adjusted returns by making investment decisions
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