Teacher Good Enough? By Ester J. de Jong & Candace A. Harper Introduction More and more teachers find themselves teaching students from increasingly diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. In a recent report (National Center for Education Statistics‚ 2002)‚ 42% of the teachers surveyed indicated that they had English Language Learners (ELLs) in their classroom‚ but only 12.5% of these teachers had received more than eight hours of professional development specifically related to ELLs (NCES
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distribution function for 100 normal random numbers. The K-S test is based on the maximum distance between these two curves. Characteristics and Limitations of the K-S TestAn attractive feature of this test is that the distribution of the K-S test statistic itself does not depend on the underlying cumulative distribution function being tested. Another advantage is that it is an exact test (the chi-square goodness-of-fit test depends on an adequate sample size for the approximations to be valid). Despite
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Area of Research The research seeks to investigate the entrepreneurial success in electronic commerce. Previous research has identified several drivers and impediments to success and the study will mitigate those drivers and impediments to assist an entrepreneur in achieving success as a reseller of tangible goods. Types of Measurement In my research‚ the variables are categorized into two groups: success drivers and impediments to success. The one thing that is common in these items being
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Master of Business Administration – MBA Semester I Subject code – MB0040 Subject Name – Statistics For Management Assignment Set – 1 Q.1. Why it is necessary to summarise date? Explain the approaches available to summarize the data distributions? Q.2. Explain the purpose of tabular presentation of statistical data. Draft a form of tabulation t show the distribution of population according to i) Community by age‚ ii) Literacy‚ iii) Sex‚ and iv) Marital status. Q.3. Give a brief note of the
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Take Home Test 2 1. A. Null Hypothesis: There are no relations or associations among the groups’ mean scores. Alternate Hypothesis: There is a relation or association among the student’s grade point averages and “if they rather prefer to stay at home than go out with friends”. Correlations | | Grade Point Average | I would rather stay at home and read than go out with my friends | Grade Point Average | Pearson Correlation | 1 | .233 | | Sig. (2-tailed) | | .120 | | Sum of Squares
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Testing for Overreaction Hypothesis in Indian capital markets (Experimental Design) Write the Algorithm based on the following Experimental Design: STEP 1: Read the data sets Read Monthly stock prices (sas data set”bsemonthlyprices”) Jan 1990 to Mar 2007 Import monthly sensex prices (Closing Prices” Bse sensex monthly CP”) 1990 to 2007 STEP 2: Filter the Data Filters to apply for bsemonthlyprices sas dataset. If cp=0 then delete If date < 1 Jan 1990 then delete If Date > 31 Dec 2006 then delete
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Math 1342 Name _______________________ Lab 1 – Chapter 1 Put the answers to the following questions on the blanks. 1. A survey regarding choices of colors of chairs in the lobby area is sent through email to all 5000 employees at a particular company. 30 people respond to the survey. a) What is the sample? (Include a number) ________________________________ b) What is the population? (Include a number) ________________________________ c) Would this sample
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Pedram Ghodrati Math Why do we have to learn algebra? Math is an academic subject which many students struggle to master. I remember when I was in high school‚ I always had a hard time understanding math. In senior year I almost dropped out of school because of the difficulty of high levels of math classes. I just read an article called‚ “Is Algebra Necessary?” by Andrew Hacker‚ an American political scientist and public intellectual. He is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political
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Syllabus for Statistics Course No. 21090024 Period:54 Credit:3 Course Nature:Compulsive Assessment: Usually 10%‚ Group Work 20%‚ Final Exam70% Textbook: Statistics(3rd Edition), Junping Jia,Xiaoqun He,Yongjin Jin,China Renmin University Press,2007 Reference: Statistics for Business and Economics(7th Edition) Anderson‚ D.R.‚ & Sweeney‚ D.J. & Williams‚ T.A. 1.Introduction Statistics is a core curriculum for students in finance and economics major‚ which is a science method that starts with data
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Rahway‚ NJ. Biology Department. 2000. Taste Reception in Flies. Biology 101 Laboratory Manual‚ Hamilton College‚ Clinton‚ NY. Dethier‚ V.G. 1963. The Physiology of Insect Senses. Methuen & Co.‚ London. Dethier‚ V.G. 1976. The Hungry Fly. Harvard University Press‚ Cambridge. Dethier‚ V.G.‚ & E. Bowdan. 1989. The effect of alkaloids on sugar receptors and the feeding behavior of the blowfly. Physiological Entomology 14:127-136.
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