Name: Pratik Patel R.A. 3: The Electoral College 1. What is the minimum number of states that a candidate needs to win in order to win the election? What are those states? 11 states are sufficient to win the Electoral College which requires a simple majority of 270 votes. The states you need are: States # Electoral College California 55 Texas 38 New York 29 Florida 29 Illinois 20 Pennsylvania 20 Ohio 18 Michigan 16 Georgia 16 New Jersey
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1. What is external validity? a. External validity is the extent to which findings may be generalized. (Page 292) 2. Why should a researcher be concerned about generalizing to other populations? a. Researchers should be concerned about generalizing to other populations‚ because if their research is not generalizable then their findings will be limited to only one population and will not have a far-reaching effect. (Page 292) 3. How can the fact that most studies are conducted with college students
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1. Describe the major differences between Maslow’s need hierarchy and Alderfer’s ERG explanation of motivation. According to Gibson‚ Ivancevich‚ Donnelly‚ and Konopaske the Maslow’s need hierarchy depends on what people already have and then grows up hierarchically‚ when the Alderfer’s states that needs depends more on three factors: existence‚ relatedness and growth. Maslow’s needs are more of pyramid‚ going from the simplest needs to the more complex one to fulfill being from bottom to top:
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sing Scholarship Application 1. Leadership a. How have you demonstrated leadership in the past? b. How does your past leadership experience influence your potential as a nurse leader in the future? c. What do you think may be unique about being a nurse leader? In the past‚ I have demonstrated leadership as both the assistant manager of a frozen yogurt shop and as a leader in the University Honors Program as a member of the Honors Student Council. I have also exhibited leadership throughout my
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T he Sisyphean Corporation The Sisyphean Corporation is considering investing in a new cane manufacturing machine that has an estimated life of three years. The cost of the machine is $30‚000 and the machine will be depreciated straight line over its three-year life to a residual value of $0. The cane manufacturing machine will result in sales of 2‚000 canes in year 1. Sales are estimated to grow by 10% per year each year through year three. The price per cane that Sisyphean will charge
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Infancy: Socioemotional Development I. | Attachment: The Basic Life Bond | | | Define attachment. bond between caregiver and child (or 2 people) | | | What time period categorizes toddlerhood? (1-2 yrs. old) | | | Contrast Watson’s and Bowlby’s views on attachment * John Watson: warned about the danger of too much mother love. Wants babies to be cared for by many different people * John Bowlby: "no such thing as too much motherly love" | | | What did Lorenz
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QUE 1. a) Examine the key messages of motivation theory to organizations. (5mks) I. Motivation puts human resources into action. Every concern requires physical‚ financial and human resources to accomplish the goals. It is through motivation that the human resources can be utilized by making full use of it. This can be done by building willingness in employees to work. This will help the enterprise in securing best possible utilization of resources. II. Leads to achievement of organizational
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Kristine Palisano HW week 6 Individual-work 2 August 24‚ 2013 1. Describe the general characteristics of a future contract. How does a clearinghouse facilitate the trading of financial futures contracts? 2. How does the price of a financial futures contract change as the market price of the security it represents changes? Why? 3. Explain why some futures contracts may be more suitable than others for hedging exposure to interest rate risk. 4. Will speculators
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1. What abilities made it possible for Katniss to survive the Hunger Games? The abilities Katniss had to survive the hunger games were been able to hunt for her food with her archery skills. Knowledge from her father teaching her about the good and bad plants to eat. Knowing how to climb trees for hiding/sleep protection. She had good strategy’s with been alert to what was actually going on around her and a logical thinker for ways to get her opponents out the game without actually having to kill
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1. Explain what is meant by the term wireless. Wireless is a term used to describe telecommunications in which electromagnetic waves (rather than some form of wire) carry the signal over part or all of the communication path. 2. What is a frequency-shift-keying system? Describe two methods of generating FSK. Frequency-shift keying (FSK) is a method of transmitting digital signals. 6. Explain a method used to generate BPSK using Figure 10-5 as a basis. Need for modulation 1) to reduce the antenna
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