R for Programmers Norman Matloff University of California‚ Davis c 2007-8‚ N. Matloff December 4‚ 2008 IMPORTANT NOTICE: This document is no longer being maintained. My book on R programming‚ The Art of R Programming‚ is due out in August 2011. You are welcome to use an early draft at http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/˜matloff/132/NSPpart.pdf; it was about 50% complete and contains bugs‚ but should be useful. Licensing: This work‚ dated December 4‚ 2008‚ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No
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looked for a more objective and measured way to study behavior. He developed what he called an operant conditioning apparatus to do this‚ which became better known as the Skinner box. With this device‚ Skinner could study an animal interacting with its environment. He first studied rats in his experiments‚ seeing how the rodents discovered and used to a level in the box‚ which dispensed food at varying intervals. Later‚ Skinner examined what behavior patterns developed in pigeons using the box. The pigeons
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inclusion in work with children & young people This unit focuses on the importance of promoting equality and diversity in all aspects of work with children and young people. You will explore how prejudice and discrimination impacts on individuals and groups in a school setting and ways that you can support policies and procedures to break down barriers. By the end of this unit you will: understand the importance of promoting equality and diversity in work with children and young people understand
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Introduction In this paper we will discuss two example which supervisors should avoid to prevent violations of the NRLA. The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was create to standardize labor management‚ ensure fair labor practices‚ and conduct hearings. It attempts to provide equality for employees to decrease conflicts in organization. The NLRB’s primary activities include conducting elections to determine whether or not employees want union representation; investigating and remedying unfair
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We must safeguard children and young people as they are unable to protect themselves alone and are far more vulnerable to things such as abuse and neglect than adults are. It is our duty of care to protect children and young people from physical abuse‚ emotional abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ verbal abuse and neglect. We must be able to identify early on the signs and symptoms of abuse or neglect before the child is to get in any serious danger. A child’s sudden change in behaviour could be a huge sign of
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Very Young Children By Sithu Wai‚ Macquarie University A Case Study from Myanmar A s part of a PhD research project1‚ Dr. Sithu Wai is researching ways to assess post emergency needs of young children affected by disasters and conflicts. The anticipated outcome is an enhanced assessment framework which takes into account holistic needs of young children and their families. The investigation includes an assessment of the humanitarian response to the needs of young children‚ including
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Wellbeing of Children and Young People Level 3 Credit value 3 To complete this unit‚ you need to complete all of the questions. You may find that the key word definitions sheet helps you to understand what is expected from the questions. The evidence must be your own work and you must reference your sources where you have undertaken research-refer to policy for malpractice and plagiarism Outcome 1 – Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young
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How on earth did we come to this? We protect our children obsessively from every harm‚ we vet every carer‚ teacher or medic with whom they come into contact‚ we fret about their education‚ their development. Yet despite all this‚ one group‚ which in no way has their best interests at heart‚ has almost unfettered access. We seem to take it for granted that advertisers and marketeers are allowed to groom even the youngest children. Before children have even developed a proper sense of their own identity
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staff etc. in order to be able to apply it consistently. Everyone work hard to help children to keep up high standards of behaviour‚ so they can use their time in school effectively to learn and develop. We are encouraging children to do their best‚ establishing in them a sense of self-respect and independence by praising their efforts and being interested in them as individuals. It is our aim to instil in children a sense of respect for the feelings‚ needs and interests of other people‚ like also
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Does the Kaiser have personal rule in Germany? Kaiser Wilhelm II had personal rule to an extent‚ however most historians generally believe that in fact‚ he did not. Wilhelm had an enormous influence over the chancellor’s he chose. Mainly because he believed that they would do as he told and abide by what he said. This control over his chancellor’s allowed him to set the agenda and manipulate them into doing exactly what he wanted. In 1892‚ Caprivi proposed legislation that would restore some
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