Because Yelp prominently displays a restaurant ’s rounded average rating‚ I can identify the causal impact of Yelp ratings on demand with a regression discontinuity framework that exploits Yelp‟s rounding thresholds. I present three findings about the impact of consumer reviews on the restaurant industry: (1) a one-star increase in Yelp rating leads to a 5-9 percent increase in revenue‚ (2) this effect is driven by independent restaurants; ratings do not affect restaurants with chain affiliation
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I wanted to share with you a story that will show you how a reverse mortgage has helped someone to the point that I’d like to label it "perfect" for her. The perfect reverse mortgage... I met "Ms. Smith" at an educational meeting in Boca Raton‚ her eldest son joined us to learn more and to see if a reverse mortgage was right for their specific situation. Her son and I spoke at length during and again after the meeting‚ and I spoke to Ms. Smith several times prior to meeting her to get her loan application
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SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT (To be submitted on May 26‚ 2013) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Student Details Name:- MONIKA PRIYA Roll No:- PGDMA/26 Contact No.:- 9685293638 Faculty Mentor:- Prof. Arindam Saha __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Organizational Details ------------------------------------------------- Name of the
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RATING SCALES INTRODUCTION Rating scales‚ as the name implies‚ are scales for rating each of the characteristics or activities one is seeking to observe or assess. A rating scale is a set of categories designed to elicit information about a quantitative or qualitative attribute. They enable an observer to systematically and objectively observe a person and record those observations. In the social sciences‚ a common example is the Likert scale in which a person is person selects the rating which
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Baptist and Methodist hospitals compared to each other The outcome and process measures of Baptist and Methodist hospitals are no different‚ however the HCAHPS measures for Methodist are better than Baptist‚ especially the ‘Patient Survey Summary Star Rating’. In comparing the two based on the HCAHPS measures‚ as a patient‚ provider‚ or administrator‚ the scores are better than that of Baptist and therefore would give good reason to select care or employment at Methodist over Baptist‚ however these measures
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Chernobyl Nuclear Meltdown On April 26‚ 1986‚ the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded. The explosion released radioactive particles into the atmosphere which drifted across most of Europe. The resulting steam explosion and fires released at least 5% of the radioactive reactor core into the atmosphere and downwind. Two of the Chernobyl plant workers died on the night of the accident‚ they received high doses from external gamma radiation. More people died a few weeks later due to radiation poisoning
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Mortgage Discrimination Kevin J. Taylor BUS670: Legal Environment Dr. David MacKusick July 13‚ 2013 Abstract This paper delves into the condition of mortgage discrimination and redlining. The American Dream for most Americans is to successful navigate the mortgage process and obtain a mortgage loan. Mortgage discrimination and redlining provide a hurdle to realizing that dream. Mortgage discrimination is a barrier to the consumer receiving a mortgage loan. Redlining is an obstacle to mortgage
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"Character is what you are in the dark." by Dwight Lyman Moody is a quote.What It means is that when someone is alone they tend to be who they really are and they show there true colors. Showing someones true color means that they are who they really are and when they are alone they tend to either be a good or a bad person. A lot of people who are good people tend to be afraid to show who they really are to others because they may be afraid of what to others might think of them.Another reason that
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Mortgage Loans in Philadelphia‚ PA The financial collapse that took place toward the end of the last decade took a devastating toll on the housing market across the country. The subprime lending practices of banks had created a huge inflated bubble that was constantly expanding with debt created by people who did not have the viable means to pay it off. Subsequently‚ the recovery that the country has experienced across the board‚ has produced more stringent lending practices that has resulted in
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Octane Rating Octane rating is a fuel’s ability to resist detonation and is classified by three main rating types. Octane rating is the measure of how resistant is gasoline and other fuels in the combustion engines to automatic ignition. It is the measure of a fuel’s burning characteristics. It is a standard measure of the performance of a motor or aviation fuel‚ the higher the octane number‚ the more compression the fuel can withstand before detonating. In broad terms‚ fuels with a higher octane
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