In This American Life’s “Giant Pool of Money” two biases are present‚ the regression to the mean and the confirmation bias. Almost everyone thought that the housing market would increase forever‚ all the while intelligent people who knew better‚ kept listening only to what they wanted to hear. By dissecting these two biases we can gain a better understanding of what was driving the actions that lead to our most recent credit crisis. In doing so we can learn to make our own decisions without these
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References Ercikan‚ K.‚ and Roth‚ W. (2006) ‘What Good Is Polarizing Research into Qualitative and Quantitative?’‚ Educational Researcher‚ vol.35‚ no.5‚ pp.14-23. Gough‚ D.‚ Oliver‚ S.‚ Newman‚ M.‚ and Bird‚ K. (2009) Transparency in planning‚ warranting and interpreting research‚ London‚ TLRP‚ http://www.tlrp.org/pub/documents/Gough%20RB%2078%20final.pdf (Accessed 20 March 2012). Harvey‚ M. (2012) Hodkinson and Macleod’s argument‚ Gage’s paradigmatic wars and an example of a plausible research
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Green Computing: Should It Be Photonics or Spintronics for Quantum Computers? Xavier Mattam xaviermattam@hotmail.com Abstract - Quantum Computers are widely acclaimed as the future computers. There is so much research being done in this field of Quantum Computers that one would rightly feel that the advent of Quantum Computers for everyday use is not far off. But at a time when Global Warming has become a real threat to our very existence‚ the question we need to responsibly ask ourselves before
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Case STUDY: Yedo department stores Terms of reference The TWCB was asked to conduct a report on Yedo’s recurrent problems. This report has been requested by Kazuo Yamashiro‚ the chief executive of Yedo. This study is aimed at understanding why the situation of the company is getting worse and worse since last year. So‚ Yedo’s company has asked us to outline some advice and recommendation to make the situation better. Procedure In order to have a realistic vision of the problem we have a fact
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this analysis is to maximize profit of Giant Motor Company which has 3 lines of products and offers 3 brands of cars namely Lyra‚ Libra and Hydra which corresponds to subcompact car class‚ sporty car class‚ and luxury car class respectively. Currently the company has 3 manufacturing plants and each of them is dedicated to a specific product line. For future planning‚ the company has an option of retooling its manufacturing capacity which would bring a major expense
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The correct answer is “actually surrenders.” This is a tense error: The simple present tense should be used because simple future cannot be used in clauses with time expressions such as “once.” The situation is bleaker still once political inertia has been considered. The feelings might take them by surprise and they might never imagined that they would miss or love their children that much. Semen normally has equal number of male- and female-producing sperm cells‚ but a technology called
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Sir Robert Peel Christina Buenrostro CJA/214 Version 2 August 5‚ 2010 Roy Diaz Sir Robert Peel Today the world has become a very dangerous place to live. Sometimes you can not even walk to the store without seeing a crime in progress or a crime scene investigation. Children are restricted to their home because of constant danger that goes on in their community. However‚ communities today have a police department assigned to protect and serve and this includes helping keep crime
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Abstract Green computing is the study and practice of using computing resources efficiently. The goals are similar to green chemistry; that is reduce the use of hazardous materials‚ maximize energy efficiency during the product ’s lifetime‚ and promote recyclability or biodegradability of defunct products and factory waste. Taking into consideration the popular use of information technology industry‚ it has to lead a revolution of sorts by turning green in a manner no industry has ever done before
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Inclusion Settings Grand Canyon University: UNV 501 March 19‚ 2013 Berry‚ R. (2006). Beyond strategies: Teacher beliefs and writing instruction in two primary inclusion classrooms. Journal Of Learning Disabilities‚ 39(1)‚ 11-24. This journal article describes the writing instructions within two inclusion classrooms. In the state of Virginia‚ the students take their first state writing test in fifth grade. A primary goal is to improve my instruction with the
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History of Steroids Anabolic steroids can be tracked back to as early as 1930’s‚ before the term steroid was even used. In the 1930’s‚ a team of scientists was able to create a synthetic form of testosterone (a male hormone) to help treat men who were unable to produce enough of the hormone for normal growth‚ development‚ and sexual functioning. Later‚ during World War II it was found that this artificial form of testosterone could be used to help malnourished soldiers gain weight and improve
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