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East Los Angeles College - GV - 300

East Los Angeles College - GV - 300

East Los Angeles College - GV - 300

East Los Angeles College - GV - 300

East Los Angeles College - GV - 300

East Los Angeles College - GV - 300

Problem Sheet 21. A shop sells light bulbs. Mr Watt, the owner, makes a note one week of thewattage of the bulbs that he sells. At the end of the week he has noted the following: 100, 100, 100, 60, 100, 40, 150, 60, 100, 100, 100, 60, 40, 150, 1

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Problem Sheet 31. Which of the following statements violate the rules of probability? Explain your answers. a) The probability that an experiment will succeed is 0.44 and the probability that it will fail is 0.53. b) According to the doctor the pro

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Problem Sheet 4Ql) Determine the probability,p, for each ofthe following events: a) an odd number appears in a throw of a die b) at least one head appears in two tosses of a fair coin c) an ace of any suite, a ten of diamonds or a two of spades, app

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Problem Sheet 5I. Continuing from the end of the lecture, calculate the variance and standard deviation of both the income and the bonus. What do you notice about the answers? (Is this a special case of a general result?) 2. There are 16 students in

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Problem Sheet 6I. If the random variable X is Normally distributed around a mean of 16 with a standard deviation of 5 find:a) P(X> 20) b) P(X> 10) c) P(20<X<25) d) P(12<X<24)2. Assume for this question we are working with the standard Norma

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Problem Sheet 7I. Daisies are randomly distributed across a lawn with the probability of a randomly chosen square meter of the lawn containing precisely r daises being 2.5' e-2 .5 - - - , r=0,1,2,3, . r! Write down E(R) and Var (R). Determine the

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Problem Sheet 9Creating SPSS Worksheets, Descriptive Statistics and GraphsI. Open SPSS with a blank worksheet. We are going to create our own (simple) SPSS worksheet. This will involve 'playing' with SPSS to get a feel for how it works and to help

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Question: The12 letters of the work QUANTITATIVE are arranged in a line. i. ii. How many distinct arrangements are there What is the probability that the three T's are consecutive? (Give your answer as a fraction cancelled as far as possible)Questi

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 2Theory is a system of definitions and explanations that allows us to understand the phenomena we observe.Theory is a system of definitions and explanations that allows us to understand the phenomena we ob

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 10 Ideology, Discourse and NormsExamples of the study of ideology, norms and culture:1. Carmines and Stimsons Issue Evolution (1991) Major change in the American political discourse in 1960s and 1970s. Br

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 16 Philosophy of ScienceWhy study philosophy of science?Why study philosophy of science? After all, Isaac Newton did alright without it.Why study philosophy of science? After all, Isaac Newton did alri

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 17 What is Good Science Skepticism and PragmatismStarting point Poppers falsification critieria (and its critics).Starting point Poppers falsification critieria (and its critics). A good theory is not

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 18 Explanation versus Interpretation?Explanation and interpretation are often presented as alternative approaches to social science the distinction between providing causes of actions and reasons for acti

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 18 The Ontology of Social Science the Poverty of Ontology?We live in exactly one world, not two or three or seventeen Searle, p.1Problem: What do we analyze or study in the social science?Problem: Wha

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 20 Taking (Normative) Political Theory SeriouslyWe have considered the ontology of the social sciencesWe have considered the ontology of the social sciences Social sciences deal with social facts, and he

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 21 Rawls, Liberalism and JusticeRawls' A Theory of Justice aims to provide a conception of political justice that is obligatory for people living in a "well-ordered" society (that is a society in which fre

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 22 Introduction to Democratic TheoryWhat is democracy?What is democracy? Reasons for caring:What is democracy? Reasons for caring: 1. Positive how does democracy workWhat is democracy? Reasons for c

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 23 Protecting Minorities, Protecting RightsConceptual difference between minority protection and rights protectionConceptual difference between minority protection and rights protection Often rolled toge

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 24 Electoral Systems: Equality, Impartiality, FairnessWhy study electoral systems?Why study electoral systems? Stupid question they determine who the government is (unless you're planning your own milit

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 25 Deliberative Democracy and Consensual DemocracyDeliberative democracy has become a major current in democratic theory some would argue the main currentDeliberative democracy has become a major curren

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 3 Rational Choice TheoryWe can fit the rational choice model into our typology of theoretical approaches:Structures: Economy Political/social institutionsInterestsInstitutions/ structureOutcomesIde

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 4 Rational Choice and InstitutionsRational choice theory has two main empirical applications:Rational choice theory has two main empirical applications: 1. Explaining the strategic interaction in conflict

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 5 Structural Explanations and Group-based ApproachesHere is the familiar structural model:Structures: Economy Political/social institutionsInterestsInstitutions/ structureOutcomesIdeology/ culture

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 6 Functionalism, Structural Constraints and Methodological HolismHere is the familiar structural model:Structures: Economy Political/social institutionsInterestsInstitutions/ structureOutcomesIdeo

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GV958 Contemporary Political Theory Week 7 Institutionalism and Globalization Bringing the State Back InA number of developments in post-war political science marginalized the role of the state:A number of developments in post-war political sci