to 60 mph (sec) 30 20 10 0 0 Horsepower 100 200 300 1 Preface These lecture notes have been used at Basics of Statistics course held in University of Tampere, Finland. These notes are heavily based on the following books. Agresti, A. & Finlay, B., Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences, 3th Edition. Prentice Hall, 1997. Anderson, T. W. & Sclove, S. L., Introductory Statistical Analysis. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. Clarke, G.M. & Cooke, D., A Basic course
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The Auditor, an instructional novella written by James K. Loebbecke, tells the story of Jack Butler, a man from the San Francisco Bay area, who goes to college, majors in accounting, and goes to work for a large accounting firm referred to as “The Firm.” The story is loosely based upon the real world experiences of the author, and is written to give students a look into the world of public accounting that goes beyond a textbook. The Auditor not only gives students a chance to follow Jack Butler’s
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First of all, The Alchemist starts off with a young adventurous boy. Who name is Santiago. Santiago is a shepherd and lives in a little city called Andalusia. As Santiago lies under a sycamore tree that grows by a church, he has this dream every time he goes to sleep. During that dream, a boy tells Santiago to go look for a treasure on the Egyptian Pyramids. As Santiago goes on an adventure to Egypt, he meets an old man name Melchizedek. The strange thing is that Melchizedek claims to be a magical
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With an estimated history marking the mid-seventh century, the Book of Durrow is introduced as the first example of a “blending of Irish and Germanic influences,” as quoted by the Metropolitan Museum of New York’s published article, “Treasure of Early Irish Art.” Considered as one of the first illuminated Gospel manuscripts, it is one of the most important books in the Irish culture and remains to be one of the best examples of the Evangelists. Through the ornamentation of the carpet pages and Evangelists
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Luke The Book of Luke is of gospel genre. After a small introduction, Luke tells of how Zechariah was told of the birth of John the Baptist by the angel, Gabriel. Gabriel was sent to Nazareth to Mary and told her of Jesus’ birth. Luke tells of the birth of Jesus and that He was presented in the Temple on the eighth day after His birth. John the Baptist is already preparing the way of the gospel. When Jesus was about thirty years old, He was baptized by John. Luke then lists Jesus’ genealogy. Luke
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Sybill’s problem is all about the hidden books and for him, the present bible does not depicts all truths about God. Sybill wants Quelle to satisfy and inspire him better. He feels the church is hiding something by taking some books out of the scripture. Sybill states that they are Horus and Isis in the bible, just as there are hidden truths in the Hidden books. If the church’s mission is meant to give her children a sense of direction, then they will look for inspiring documents to enrich her children
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Theoretically, the law on the books and law in action are opposites that attract. Law on the books is in the constitution, it is a law established by the legislative bodies. However, the cases are decided by officials in high ranking positions. Law on the books explains the legality of the law, but it does not explain the law in action and how it should be done. Law on the books was written in law books, whereas law in action is the reality. According to Neubauer & Fradella (2014), the law in action
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Numbers The book of Numbers is a narrative that explains how the fledging nation journeyed from Sinai to the Trans-Jordan. The book of Numbers was written by Moses between 1450 and 1410 B.C. The narrative begins at Mount Sinai. This includes, Kadesh, Mount Hor, the plains of Moab, the Sinai desert, and it completes at the boundaries of Canaan. Numbers is a census that helped as an organizing structure. These numbers were the numbers that showed how many men were able to go to war. It also served
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time. So this book embodies the poor dreams to turn them to become rich shortly. The book presents a realistic experience of turning out some poor to the richest layer by following simple ways and applicable mechanisms. For benefit the people, especially the poor classes, I embarked writing this book to become accessible to everyone. It is written in a simple way to make it easier for the reader to understand and apply it and take advantage of its knowledge. One of the goals of the book is to ease
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Dweck, C.S. (2006). Mindset. New York. Ballantine Books Chapter 1 of this book discusses the concept of mindsets and begins to define the two different types of mindsets. The first is the fixed mindset where these people believe that your “qualities are carved in stone which creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over again” (pg.6). The other is the growth mindset is “based on the belief that your basic qualities are things that you can cultivate through your efforts” (pg. 7). The author
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