had a more successful monetary policy during the period 1971:1 to 1997:4 if it had followed an optimal rule rather than the discretionary policies that were actually employed. The paper examines the use of two different instruments—the discount rate and the monetary base—with several different targets — growth of nominal output‚ inflation‚ the exchange rate‚ and the money growth. The results show that most of the rules considered would not have significantly improved the performance of the Taiwanese
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manufacturing speed but also in new product development speed and quick commercialization of new technologies (Bebb‚ 1989; Dumaine‚ 1989a & b; Blackburn‚ 1991; Clark and Fujimoto‚ 1991; Ulrich and Eppinger‚ 2000). To understand the relationships between JIT manufacturing and simultaneous NPD process‚ let’s briefly review the principles of JIT systems. Just-in-Time (JIT) production has been a great force in the world of manufacturing since the early 1980’s. Some of the main benefits of JIT in the
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compared to a weight scale. It is a result of an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. There are several notable health consequences directly linked to obesity‚ such as: hypertension‚ type 2 diabetes‚ stroke‚ osteoarthritis‚ cardiovascular disease‚ gallbladder disease‚ osteoarthritis‚ sleep apnea‚ respiratory problems‚ endometrial‚ breast‚ prostate‚ and colon cancer (National Institutes of Health‚ 1998). The correlation of obesity’s effect on healthcare costs can be assessed in
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Huey‚ M. & Mcnulty‚ T. (2005). Institutional Conditions and Prison Suicide: Conditional Effects of Deprivation and Overcrowding. The Prison Journal‚ 85(4)‚ 490-515.doi:10.1177/0032885505282258. Sage Publications. The article studies the correlation between violence‚ mainly suicide‚ and the effects of prison overcrowding as it relates to prisoners‚ the economy and communities outside of prison. The author uses national data on prisons in the U.S in order to show the consequences such as suicide
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identify the needs which each individual has. The process theories look at behaviour itself‚ the direction of it‚ the intensity and what might cause the effort to cease. There are different types of motivational theories. The two which I have looked at are‚ Maslows‚ ‘Hierarchy of Needs’‚ which identifies five different levels of human needs. From the top down‚ they are; self actualisation‚ esteem needs‚ social needs‚ security needs and physiological needs. Everyone is assumed to start at the bottom
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mainly with the political aspects of Sociology. Sociology covers politics in society but Political Science is more in-depth. Economics can be considered to be a highly complex branch of Sociology making it difficult to identify a relationship between the two without having knowledge of both disciplines. Economics focuses on wealth‚ trade‚ consumption behaviour patterns‚ et cetera and even involve some complex models rooted in the discipline of Mathematics. Anthropology is oftentimes associated
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Correlation vs. Causation Situation Causation or correlation? Wealthy people are thin. Correlation Ice cream melts when heated Causation Students with fewer clothes perform worse on standardized tests. Correlation Money is the root of all evil. In other words‚ money causes evil. Correlation People with long hair do better on audio memory tests Correlation Wealthy people are thin. – If one of the variable changes we would not be able to say that the other variable will change
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Personality and Gender Correlation to Instrument Choice Introduction Do personality and gender correlate to instrument choice in band‚ orchestra‚ and chorus? I chose my research question because I have interest in psychology and music. Also while in band and chorus classes‚ I have seen stereotypes all over and I wonder if they were real. If personality correlates with instrument choice‚ then people could have the best instrument chosen for their personality. Gender Correlation Gender definitely correlates
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and waterfall method are two of the most common methods when it comes to how to approach software development. Every company has a preference when it comes to the method they use and while there are some similarities between the two methods‚ there are also quite a few differences. In Subhajit Datta’s article‚ he mentions that the waterfall method identified core elements within the software development process that have since been adapted by other methods‚ including the agile method. The similarities
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Answer: .5006 . Question 5 .5 out of 5 points An automotive center keeps tracks of customer complaints received each week. The probability distribution for complaints can be represented as a table or a graph‚ both shown below. The random variable xi represents the number of complaints‚ and p(xi) is the probability of receiving xi complaints. xi 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 p(xi) .15 .1 .28 .20 .10 .10 .07 What is the expected number of complaints received per week? Round your answer
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