book Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner uses a number of specific examples to demonstrate the idea that incentive shape society. Although the basis of their argument is generally true‚ how they present their position on each question throughout the book ends up weaken their point. One example of an aspect that harmed Levitt and Dubner’s argument was how they went about making the book more accessible for the average reader. The everyday person who picks up Freakonomics isn’t
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The Hidden Side of Freakonomics Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner is a book aimed at exposing the secret within everything. The authors prove that in many cases‚ two items don’t have to be connected because they are correlated. Moreover‚ two unrelated items can in fact be connected. Proving so was less difficult than it would seem. All it took was the right information. They were able to prove the most unlikely of correlations. The authors stress that in a world where incentives
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207 1/16/14 Freakonomics Theme Analysis Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner shows that in life‚ everything has a hidden side. The book also discusses many topics‚ such as: incentives are the cornerstones of modern life‚ the conventional wisdom is frequently wrong‚ dramatic effects often have distant causes‚ “experts” often use their informational advantage to serve their own agenda‚ and knowing what to measure and how to measure it makes a complicated world much less so
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Chapter 3 Review Questions 1. What is different about the method used to boost a digital signal’s strength‚ compared with the method of boosting an analog signal’s strength? (D) A digital signal requires a repeater‚ which retransmits the signal in its original form‚ and an analog signal requires an amplifier‚ which increases the strength of both the signal and the noise it has accumulated. 4. What is the origin of the word “modem?” (B) Modulator/ demodulator 5. With everything else being
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Chapter 4 — Intro—1 1 CHAPTER 3 Topic Scopes: Stoichiometry and Solution Concentration • Molarity‚ molality‚ parts per million & percentage (w/w‚ w/v and v/v) • Stoichiometry calculation • Limiting reactant • Theoretical yield‚ actual yield and percentage yield 1 2 Mole Concept No. of Moles = Molarity (M) • Molarity (molar concentration) is the number of moles of a solute that is contained in 1 liter of solution Mass (g) molar mass (g/mol) No. of Moles = Molarity (mol/L) volume (L) Molarity
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Chapter 3 #2 - When is a company’s competitive advantage most likely to endure over time? A company’s competitive advantage is most likely to endure over time when the company has built barriers to imitation‚ which make it difficult for a competitor to copy the company’s distinctive competencies. Another element needed is the ability to quickly react to changes in the customer’s needs and have a high absorptive capacity in order to identify‚ value‚ assimilate‚ and use new knowledge. Lastly‚ the
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Freakonomics – Focal point. While watching the documentary on freakonomics‚ the topic that stood out to me the most was the baby names topic. It was made very clear that names were important and it determined how people perceived you. It was also made very clear that names do not guarantee you to be an absolute success or an absolute failure. A topic that stood out the most in the documentary was the “black” names. I would put this in quotation because this documentary did state that some names
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ASSIGNMENT CHAPTER 3 In chapter three‚ you learned about prefixes. In order to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts presented‚ respond to the following: (1) Using the lecture notes provided‚ your textbook‚ and the Taber’s: select a word root and add three different suffixes to build three different medical terms. Apply a different prefix to each of your medical terms built in order to further build new medical terms. Make sure that in doing so‚ you build legitimate medical terms
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From reading chapter 3 about “The Hidden Origins of Slavery” in the book titled A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki it is found that there is much evil spoken of about black skinned people and their relationships with white people. Takaki mentioned‚ “In the English mind‚ the color black was freighted with an array of negative images: deeply stained dirt‚ foul‚ dark or deadly in purpose‚ malignant‚ sinister‚ wicked. The color white‚ on the other hand‚ signified purity‚ innocence‚ and goodness.” Today
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Globalization and the possibility of the DeMcdonaldization of society On the last chapter of his book‚ Ritzer tries to show us that there are proofs out there that we are moving away from mcdonaldization‚ that not everything is controlled or predetermined by society or gigantic fast food chains. He starts the explanation of the Demacdonalization by tying it to Globalization and the several examples given throughout the book. On the first couple paragraphs Ritzer talks about the elements of the
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