complex lesson. The teacher‚ Jane Elliot discovered that ultimately racism boils down to an unjustified dislike or hatred of a person based on something that does not truly make people different‚ such as skin color. In trying to explain this to her students‚ she came up with a simple yet unbelievably effective exercise made to teach a lesson by separating the students according to their eye color. Having her students separate according their eye color‚ Jane Elliot created an artificial segregation
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BOOK REVIEW IN COMMUNICATIONS Electronic Communications System By Wayne Tomasi CHAPTER 1 # 1) INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS DEFINITIONS Its fundamental purpose is to transfer information from one place to another. TERMS Electronic Communication System 2) The transmission‚ reception‚ and processing of information between two or more locations using electronic circuits. Electronic Communication Electronic Communications Time Line 1830: 1837: 1843: 1861: 1864:
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Theory of International Trade Problem Set 1 Due time: 5pm September 26‚ 2014 (Friday) Answer all of the following questions. While I encourage you to discuss with your classmates‚ you have to write up your own script. Please hand it in to your TA (Miss Jiuqi Zhao) by the due time via her pageon box on the 9th ‡oor of K.K. Leung Building. 1. Suppose that Home and Foreign have the marginal product of labor shown below. Home Foreign Baseball bats 1/6 1 tennis rackets 1/2 1/4 (a) What is the opportunity
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Unit 1 Problem Set 1 26. Surgery Versus Splints A study compared surgery and splinting for subjects suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome. It was found that among 73 patients treated with surgery‚ there was a 92% success rate. Among 83 patients treated with splints‚ there was a 72% success rate. Calculations using those results showed that if there really is no difference in success rates between surgery and splints‚ then there is about 1 chance in 1000 of getting success rates like the ones obtained
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Problem Set 1 Name: Christen Brown Problem Set 1 is to be completed by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 2. 1. Based on the information provided for the market for video games‚ answer the following questions. PRICE Q DEMANDED Q SUPPLIED $50 5 9 $45 7 7 $40 9 5 $35 11 3 $30 13 1 a.) Draw and properly label the demand and supply graphs (this means you must label the axes and any lines you include on the graph). b.) What is the equilibrium price and quantity? a.) b.) PRICE: $45.00
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Problem Set 1 Macroeconomics‚ ECON 2123 (Instructor: Partha Sen; TA: Peter Tsui) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted: Friday‚ 19 September 2014 Due: 5:00 PM Friday‚ 26 September 2014 (Submit your homework into the homework collection box outside the department office) 100 marks total Part I: True/False/Uncertain (20 marks‚ 4 marks each) 1. GDP is the value of all goods and services produced
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Machine Learning Fall 2014 Problem Set 1 Joon Hee Choi Handed In: 09/14/2014 Review Questions 1. 2. 3. • ∂f ∂x = 6x − y − 11‚ ∂f ∂y • ∂f ∂x = 6x − y − 11 = 0‚ = 2y − x ∂f ∂y = 2y − x = 0 ⇒ x = 2‚ y = 1 ⇒ (x‚ y) = (2‚ 1) • (a) n = 2 w1 x1 and x = . Then‚ w2 x2 wT x + b = w1 x1 + w2 x2 + b = 0 ⇒ −x1b + Let w = w1 x2 − wb =1 2 (b) n = 3 w1 x1 Let w = w2 and x = x2 . Then‚ w3 x3 T w x + b = w1 x1 + w2 x2 + w3 x3 + b = 0 ⇒ −x1b + −x2b + −x3b = 1 w1 w2 w3 x1 w1
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ECN171 Economy of East Asia Problem Set 1 The data for this problem set is posted on SmartSite in the Resources folder. It was downloaded from the Penn World Tables version 7.1‚ which is publicly available at https://pwt.sas.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt_index.php . 1. Graph the GDP [per capita] of the East Asian countries in PS1_data.xls on one graph. Which East Asian country is the largest [richest] in 1960? In 2010? When did the switch occur? 2. Calculate the growth rates (log difference‚ using natural
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Problem Set 1 1. (Star Wars) Real GDP = 461.0(214.5/60.6) = 1‚631.76 (E.T.) Real GDP = 399.9(214.5/96.5) = 888.90 (Titanic) Real GDP = 600.8(214.5/160.5) = 802.94 (Shrek 2) Real GDP = 437.2(214.5/188.9) = 496.45 (Avatar) Real GDP = 760.5(214.5/214.5) = 760.5 Real GDP in Order of Largest to Smallest Movies Nominal Box Office Receipts (millions) CPI in Year Released Real Box Office Receipts (millions) Star Wars (1977) 461.0 60.6 1‚631.76 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 399.9 96.5 888.90 Titanic
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Problem Set 1 Complete all questions listed below. Clearly label your answers. 1. The receipts and year of release of the five movies with the largest nominal box office revenues‚ along with the CPI data of each year are presented below. Assuming that the receipts for each of the movies were derived during their year of release‚ convert the receipts for each to real dollars for the year 2010 (2010 CPI 230.1). Put the movies in order from largest to smallest real box office receipts and show
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