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    Abnormality is diagnosed by three different symptoms. The first definition is behaviour that deviates from social norms. The common question would be‚ what are social norms? Social norms are something that is socially acceptable in a certain society. So‚ the first diagnosis of someone who is abnormal and falls under the classification of deviation from social norms‚ could be categorised as abnormal in one society‚ but socially accepted and normal in another society (Cardwell et al‚ 2008: p.216).

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    of the 1990 returns. (ii) Produce a histogram of the 1998 returns. (iii) Find the mean‚ median‚ range and standard deviation for the 1990 returns. Annual Returns % (1990) Mean 12.91865979 Median 11.38 Standard Deviation 9.297513067 Range 75.01 (iv) Repeat part (iii) for the 1998 returns. Annual Returns % (1998) Mean 6.355463918 Median 5.4 Standard Deviation 5.170830853 Range 42.76 (v) Which was the better year for investors? • 1990 was the better year for investors in regards

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    Standard deviation can be difficult to interpret as a single number on its own. Basically‚ a small standard deviation means that the values in a statistical data set are close to the mean of the data set‚ on average‚ and a large standard deviation means that the values in the data set are farther away from the mean‚ on average. The standard deviation measures how concentrated the data are around the mean; the more concentrated‚ the smaller the standard deviation. A small standard deviation can be

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    Graphalogical Deviation

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    Graphological Deviation     By graphology is meant the encoding of meaning in visual symbols. Deviation at this level seems to be much more interesting‚ but has been sadly neglected in literary discussions in the past. Graphological deviation can occur in any sub-area of graphology‚ such as the shape of the text‚ the type of print‚ grammetrics‚ punctuation‚ indentation‚ etc. Graphological Deviation‚ is the deviation in which poets disregard the rules of writing. They write the words in such a

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    being which is not completely normal is a mutant‚ and should be removed from society. These stern beliefs force several citizens to become hypocrites. Waknuk is a very strict community‚ and its inhabitants are compelled to maintain numerous rigid beliefs. They are taught‚ from a young age that all living creatures should look the same as their parents‚ and that all living things which diverge from their true form are deviations. To Waknukians‚ it is compulsory to‚ "know what Offences were. They were

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    Deviation Definition: Behavior commonly seen in children that is the result of some obstacle to normal development such behavior may be commonly understand as negative (a timid child‚ a destructive child) or positive (a quite child)‚ both positive and negative deviation will disappear once the child begins to concentrate on a piece of work freely chosen by him. The physical deforms are easier to identify. This can be by birth due to an accident etc… and most such physical deforms

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    Lexical Deviation

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    LEXICAL DEVIATION Deviation corresponds to the traditional idea of poetic license: the writer of literature is allowed in contrast to the everyday speaker to deviate from rules‚ maxims‚ or conventions. These may involve the language‚ as well as literary traditions or expectations set up by the text itself. The result is some degree of surprise in the reader‚ and his/her attention is thereby drawn to the form of the text itself (rather than to its content). Cases of neologism‚ live metaphor‚ or ungrammatical

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    Mendel's Deviations

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    Essay Question Mendel’s law of heredity explains how inherited traits are passed on from generation to generation. Through out his life he devoted much of his time and effort in order to understand the genetics of his pea plants. After many breeding experiments Mendel came across many findings which lead to the formation of : The law of segregation and The law of independent assortment. The law of segregation includes the notion of dominant and recessive genes. The outcome relies

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    Standard Deviation objective • Describe standard deviation and it’s importance in biostatistics. Measure of Dispersion • Indicates how widely the scores are dispersed around the central point (or mean.) -Standard deviation Standard Deviation. • The most commonly used method of dispersion in oral hygiene. • The larger the standard deviation‚ the wider the distribution curve. Standard Deviation • SD‚  ‚  (sigma) • Indicates how subjects differ from the average of the group/ the more they

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    I ’ll be honest. Standard deviation is a more difficult concept than the others we ’ve covered. And unless you are writing for a specialized‚ professional audience‚ you ’ll probably never use the words "standard deviation" in a story. But that doesn ’t mean you should ignore this concept. The standard deviation is kind of the "mean of the mean‚" and often can help you find the story behind the data. To understand this concept‚ it can help to learn about what statisticians call normal distribution

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