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    Distinguish between Facts and Inferences My wife does it all the time. She will make an assumption based on an inference. Last week‚ we were going to my brother’s house for our annual Christmas party‚ we do that in the month of January‚ and a car happened to pass us in a quick hurry‚ she said to the person driving‚ “do not get mad at me‚ I did not set the speed limit at 55 miles per hour.” I then‚ asked her‚ “how do you know that person is mad at you‚” because she said‚ “he revved

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    1. Distinguish between power and authority Power is the ability to coerce or force someone to do your will even if in some cases they may not want to. Authority is the skill of making people willingly do your will. It also the right to give orders‚ enforce obedience or make decisions. 2. Compare and contrast the features of the leadership of bands‚ tribes‚ chiefdoms and state societies A chiefdom is a form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies usually based

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    1.Distinguish between pidgins and creoles. Pidgin language is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. It is most commonly used in situations such as trade‚ or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they live in (but where there is no common language between the groups). In addition‚ pidgins have a distinct set of characteristics that make them differ from the

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    CAUSATION Causation refers to inquiry as to whether the defendants conduct (or omission) caused the harm or damage. Causation must be established in all result crimes. In criminal liability it is divided into Factual causation and Legal causation. Factual causation is the starting point and consist of applying the ‘but for’ test. In most instances where there exists no complicating factors‚ factual causation on its own will suffice to establish causation. However‚ in some circumstances it will also

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    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics‚ 42‚3(August 2010):477–485 Ó 2010 Southern Agricultural Economics Association The Impact of the Oil Sector on Commodity Prices: Correlation or Causation? Sayed H. Saghaian The interconnections of agriculture and energy markets have increased through the rise in the new biofuel agribusinesses and the oil–ethanol–corn linkages. The question is whether these linkages have a causal structure by which oil prices affect commodity prices and through

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    accomplish communicative tasks. You can also think of morphology as the study of how meaningful units combine to shape words. There is connection between a word and a morpheme but a number of elements that can be drawn as either a similarity or difference concerning the two terms. In view‚ this essay will look at the similarities and differences between a word and morpheme. Aronoff and Fudeman (2011: 2) states that morphology In linguistics‚ “refers to the mental system involved in word formation

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    Common sense‚ too‚ suggests a relationship. Isn’t it logical that people watch television programs that they say they like or that employees try to avoid assignments they find distasteful. However‚ in the late 1960s‚ this assumed relationships between attitude and behavior was challenged by a review of the research. Based on an evaluation of a number of studies that investigated the attitudes-behavior relationship‚ the reviewer concluded that the attitudes were unrelated to behavior or at best

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    DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS CORRELATION BETWEEN RACE AND CLASS ÖZGE ÖZDEN 2009432081 INSTRUCTOR: ÖMÜR NECZAN TİMURCANDAY ÖZMEN 2012‚ İZMİR CONTENTS Abstract……………………………………………………………………………….ii Introduction…………………………………………..……………………………...iii A. Social stratification‚ social inequality‚ social division..………..………………..1-2 B. Social class……………………………………..…………….………………….2-3 B1. Sociological overview and theories of stratification and social class………….4-5 C. Races‚ ethnicity

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    REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE: reflects/represents important characteristics of the population * RANDOM SAMPLING: every member population has equal chance of participating * portrays population as a whole * unrepresentative sample inaccurate generalizations; desirability/research bias; cannot conclude cause-and-effect relations * CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH: measuring statistical relationships between 2+ variables * correlation studies measure variables; NOT manipulate:

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    In the United States‚ over 62‚000 arsons are committed annually‚ amounting to over $1 billion in damages (Burton‚ McNeil‚ & Binder‚ 2012). There is a strong correlation between arson and individuals with psychiatric illnesses and substance abuse tendencies (Burton et al.‚ 2012). There are many terms associated with arson‚ often which are confused. Fire-setting refers to the actual act of setting a fire‚ arson is the crime charged for fire-setting‚ and pyromania is a psychiatric diagnosis often too

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