personnel are based on correlational research‚ in which variables are measured and the statistical association between them is assessed. A statistically significant correlation between two variables indicates that the variables are associated‚ and that this association is unlikely to have arisen by chance. For example‚ a significant positive correlation between stress and absenteeism means that in general‚ individuals who are experiencing higher stress tend to be absent from work more often than individuals
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crave‚ a wish‚ to ask for‚ a request‚ or a sexual appetite. These definitions are broad‚ ranging from "a wish" to "attractive." It can be used as physical‚ mental‚ emotional‚ sexual‚ or practical. It can be meant as a possession or an influence. Mostly this is seen in contrast between objects and people. To describe someone as desirable implies a physical or sexual attraction. To describe a thing as desirable implies sought-after‚ to want or need something for practical purposes. These days the more sexually
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first introduced to Roy‚ Wolff describes him as the epitome of masculine ideals of the 1950’s: ‘Handsome… had a tattoo‚ hed been to war and kept a kind of silence about it that was full of heoic implication’‚ all qualities Jack admired. Because of this‚ Jack ‘pretended to [himself] that he did like him‚ even to the point of seeking out his company’‚ Despite his controlling‚ abusive nature towards Jack’s Mother. In the scenes in which Roy is present in Jack’s life Wolff avoids using strong adverbial
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This I Believe Essay: Men are Becoming More Evil I believe that in the last couple of decades man is becoming more evil. Many blame the media. Then there are those who blame the increasing number of dysfunctional family and the weakening relationship between parents and children. Whatever the cause‚ one thing is clear‚ and that is men are becoming more cruel‚ violent‚ inhuman and evil. Global crime rate‚ for example‚ has shown that all countries around the world have steady increase in
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This Is Just to Say is a poem written by William Carlos Williams that can exemplify the theme of revenge through literary devices such as tone‚ diction‚ and allusion. Although‚ this poem is interpreted in varying ways‚ the way I have interpreted it is as sibling rivalry. A child has eaten their sibling’s plums as an act of revenge and has written a note asking for forgiveness‚ but he has no care to be forgiven. Tone used in the poem can be described as sarcastic and lighthearted. The writer‚ or
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incorporated various devices to permit this motion. Typically the bearing boxes were designed to allow the axle to slide some either way‚ and the wheel cranks and the coupling rods were modified to accommodate this extra range of motion. Spring centering might also be provided to keep the wheels on such axles from hunting side to side. One example was the Italian State Railways class 640 2-6-0. The frontmost axle did not carry a conventional pony truck. Instead this axle along with the front driven axle
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This I Believe- Love The definition of love states that it is a deep‚ tender ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person such as that arising from‚ kinship‚ recognition of attractive qualities‚ or a sense of underlying oneness. How can one four-letter word hold so many characteristics and have so many dimensions to it? When you think of love‚ what do you think about? A music producer would have the adoration of music. An NBA player would have the passion and fondness
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Who’s the best and on this land? As I walked down the crowded hallway seeing many college students leaving the building trying to make it to their next class or dorm. I make it to the end of the hallway and push the door open which feels light as a feather. The set of stairs that seem to take just seconds to go down of and needing to push another door which is somewhat heavier than the first. Then out of the third door that takes me outside. When I get outside I can automatically feel the sun
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everything just the way it was before‚” he said‚ nodding determinedly. The previous passage could be found on chapter 6 of Fitzgerald’s literary merit‚ “The Great Gatsby‚” Nick tells the protagonist [Gatsby] that he could not repeat the past. In this particular section found within the original text‚ the author may perhaps have attempted to imply that “what has been done‚ could not be undone.” Meaning that one may not change the past. If referring back to the section’s alternate translation to
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The Title of the book I decided to read was “That Was Then‚ This is Now.” Written by S.E Hinton. The characters in the story include Byron‚ Mark‚ Bryon’s mother‚ Charlie‚ Ponyboy Curtis‚ Angela Shepard‚ Cathy‚ and M&M (Cathy’s brother). The setting took place in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma. The key problem to this story is Bryon and Mark are growing apart‚ they started to become variance when both of them started to change. Bryon has a new interest in girls and is basically growing up and maturing. Meanwhile
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