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    state officials: Governor (G) ‚ Secretary of State (S)‚ Attorney (A)‚ Representative ®‚ Press (P) a) list 10 possible samples w/out replacement of size 2 b) if a simple random sampling procedure is used to obtain a sample of two officials‚ what are the chances it’s the first sample? GS‚ GA‚ GR‚ GP‚ SA‚ SR‚ SP‚ AR‚ AP‚ RP 1/10 CH 2 1. According to a technology company‚ 5 countries cost in a certain area. Identify type of data: Rank | Country | Cost | 1 | Country a | $54 |

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    More specifically‚ people have come to characterize deviance as the violation of some agreed-on norm that predominates a community or society. Deviance can range from behaviors that violate folkways or mores. Folkways are socially accepted behaviors that don’t have great moral significance‚ meanwhile mores do have great moral significance and violating

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    The story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” by Sherman Alexie’s focuses on Victor and Thomas. Victor and Thomas has grown up and spent their childhood together. Thomas is an eccentric character; he likes to tell same stories again and again and sometimes babble to people. Because of Thomas behavior‚ nobody likes to be around him and listen to him. The tale is about Victor‚ who comes to know about his father’s death from heart attack. Victor has a strained relation with his father‚ and

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    the short story‚ “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona‚” the author Sherman Alexie shows the struggles of Native Americans in a white man’s world. To help us better understand these struggles‚ this paper will analyze the characters‚ theme and setting of this story. The characters of a story is what holds the audiences’ attention. It’s important a storyteller introduce characters in a way that allows an audience the time to take in who the characters are and what issues them

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    In the story “This It What It Means To Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” by Sherman Alexie‚ there is a character named Thomas. Tomas is an Native American man with ratty old braids and broken teeth. Throughout the story Thomas helps an old friend named Victor get to a certain place to handle business by giving him money and along the way the make mends. Thomas is a generous and traditional man who has no friends nor family. Thomas is very altruistic towards Victor when he noticed that he is going through a

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    In Sherman Alexie’s story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ he explores the challenging life of two Native American Indian men named Victor and Thomas on the reservation. The story communicates the childhood memories‚ relationships‚ and cultural aspects of Thomas and Victor’s life in Spokane (an Indian Reservation). In this story‚ Victor appeared to be mentally depressed because his father had died just after he lost his job. Although Victor’s father left Victor at a very young age

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    The God of the bible can be described as good because he is seen to act in morally good ways in the world. He creates a world in which everything is seen to be good. “God saw everything and it was good.” In the Bible God’s commandments are the moral laws. The Ten Commandments state that is good according to God. They provide a summary of people’s religious and social duties. God could be said to be showing his love for this through these laws. Another common biblical image of God is that of a judge

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    taken from Bible Gateway// Link: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+1:9-11) Luke’s reading: ‘21 When all the people were being baptized‚ Jesus was baptized too.’ (Quote taken from Bible Gateway// Link: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=%3B+Luke+3%3A21-22&version=NIV)

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    Introducing Deviance Within society there is culture and norms-principals‚ standards‚ and expectations. As people‚ we make up our society‚ setting goals and expectations for ourselves. When someone decides to venture past the norms of culture‚ this is called deviant behavior; essentially breaking the rules or the balance that society has developed. Theories are abstract thoughts derived on questions to help clarify problems such as deviance. This paper is designed to compare and contrast two theories

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    The Objective/Subjective Dichotomy Objectivism: Deviance as an Act The assumption that there is something inherent in a person‚ behavior or characteristic that is necessarily deviant Statistical Rarity If a behavior or characteristic is not typical‚ it is deviant. Harm If an action causes harm‚ then it is deviant. Folkways: If you violate these norms you may be considered odd‚ rude or a troublemaker Mores: Those standards that are often seen as the foundation of morality in a culture

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