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    exact being Type of Criminals Terms of less than Five years Longer Terms First Offenders 120 40 Hardened Criminals 80 160 If one of the inmates is to be selected at random to be interviewed about prison conditions‚ H is the event that he is a hardened criminal‚ and L is the event that he is serving a longer term‚ determine each of the following probabilities: a. P(H) b. P(L) c. P(L∩H) d. P(L’∩H) e. P(L|H) f. P(H’ |L) 6. Let Z be a random variable for the number of heads obtained in four flips of a

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    ourselves. They are innocent sufferers in a hell of our making. (JEFFREY MOUSSAIEFF MASSON & SUSAN MCCARTHY‚ When Elephants Weep) Now a days is common to listen that more and more kind of animals are going to be part of a long list of species in extinction called “the red list”‚ When a animal is endangered it means that they are disappearing fast or have a very small population. Every day we can see in the media the great campaign that is carried out to preserve these animals‚ as for example: they

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    Spontaneous Recovery and Extinction Spontaneous recovery from extinction is one of the most basic phenomena of Pavlovian conditioning. Although it can be studied by using a variety of designs‚ some procedures are better than others for identifying the involvement of underlying learning processes. A wide range of different learning mechanisms has been suggested as being engaged by extinction‚ most of which have implications for the nature of spontaneous recovery. However‚ despite

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    c. Find the conditional probability that a person subscribes to magazine A given that he or she subscribes to magazine B. Exercise 5 Let us consider a student who is taking two tests on a given day. Let A be the event that the student passes the first test and B be the event that he passes the second. Suppose that : P(A) = 0.6 P(B) = 0.8 P(A ∩ B) = 0.5 a. Find the probability that the student passes the second test given that he passes the first b. Find the probability that the

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    GAC023 Assessment Event 1: Task 1 Global Warming Student name: María Fernanda González Student ID #: ESNI23512 Teacher: Olivia Urdapilleta Due date: 13/01/2015 Word Count: 315 Global warming is the increase in the temperature of Earth’s atmosphere. The increases in the surface temperature and carbon dioxide have been faster in recent decades. In the 20th century‚ the earth’s average temperature rose about 0.6° Celsius. (Timeforchange.org‚ 2015) The causes of this problem are many‚ the

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    prominent extinctions in last 100 years‚ and the causes behind these extinctions. May be going through the list will help us in realizing how wThe long list of extinct animals in the world features more than 50 animal species that have become extinct from the planet in last 100 years alone. This extinct animals list feature mammals‚ birds‚ reptiles as well as amphibians. Now let us have a detailed look at some of the prominent extinctions in last 100 years‚ and the causes behind these extinctions. May

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    Carl Zimmer discusses the idea of bringing back a species from extinction throughout his essay. With examples such as the Pyrenean ibex‚ mammoths‚ passenger pigeons‚ and gastric brooding frogs‚ he discusses how technology and science have advanced to the point that de-extinction is close to being a reality. Zimmer then shifts to the benefits and problems that could arise if we are able to revive an extinct species. As a result‚ Zimmer raises the question that should we bring back an extinct species

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    The Destruction of Biodiversity Why should you care? You should care‚ because there exists a chain to which all life is linked. Humans stand not apart‚ and there is no beginning or end. Extinction is like a trickling stream that grows to threaten riverbanks before drowning the world with oceans. We are foolish and naïve to assume that our creek can be maintained as we constantly introduce new species into foreign ecosystems‚ and destroy biodiversity with the detrimental effects of human integration

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    tick answers at random. If he is allowed up to 3 chances to answer the question‚ find the probability that he will get marks in the question? Q7. A and B are two independent events. The probability that both occur simultaneously is 1/6 and the probability that neither occurs is 1/3. Find the probability of occurrence of event A and B separately? Q8. Three screws are drawn at random from a lot of 10 screws containing 4 defective. Find the probability that all the 3 screws drawn are non-defective

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    What do you think are the differences and similarities between Classical conditioning and Operant conditioning? Many people believe that Classical and Operant are similar. Several people don’t know what the similarities and differences of Classical and Operant are‚ several people think it is the same learning method‚ which in this case I’m going to compare and contrast each behavior and give you information about each one‚ so you could have a better understanding of each method and what they do.

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