Compare carbon taxes with emission trading schemes as government policy tools. Introduction Why do we need environmental control Over the last century and a bit the world have added 40% more CO2 to the Earth’s atmosphere. Every year the World collectively add more again than we did the year before. The Earth is on an accelerating drive to change our planet’s atmosphere. The main source of this additional CO2 is the burning of fossil fuels. There is a common consensus that global warming
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to solve a problem is NOT acceptable. QUESTION 1 1.1 Mean = 1.2 1.3 ∑x i =1 n i n = 408 = 21,47 19 408 19 answer (2) answer (2) Standard deviation = 7,81 The one standard deviation limits are ( x − 1σ ; x + 1σ ) = (21,47 – 7,81; 21,47 + 7,81) = (13,66 ; 29,28) ∴ 13 people lie within 1 standard deviation of the mean. 5 21 12 22 13 23 15 23 18 26 18 29 18 33 19 35 20 37 21 interval 13 people (2) Q 1 = 18 Q 3 = 26 IQR = 8 (3) box whiskers 1.4
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Motion Picture Industry November 24, 2013 Traci Wells MTH 410 Marilyn Simon Motion Picture Industry Creating a major motion picture to release to the masses can be a difficult task for any movie maker. Certain methods can be used to support and reassure the movie makers will have a return on their investments. The most effective method is the use of descriptive statistics, including the average, median, mode, range, and deviation of Opening Weekend Gross Sales (OWGS), Total Gross Sales (TGS)
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measures to discourage gold imports is shutting the door on top exporter Dubai, where trade activity has fallen by as much as 60 percent over the past two months. The gold standard was also an international standard determining the value of a country's currency in terms of other countries' currencies. Because adherents to the standard maintained a fixed price for gold, rates of exchange between currencies tied to gold were necessarily fixed. Each market have their own operating times depending on the
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Assignment Task 1: The Advertisement - Term of contract, Misrepresentation or Mere Opinion? The initial issue is to classify the University of Kew’s advertisement that induced Brad to enter into a contract. If it constitutes a term of the contract, then contractual remedies would be awarded if there was a breach[1]. If it is a misrepresentation, then Brad would be provided with remedies for common law misrepresentation. However, if it is a mere statement of opinion or a prediction about the
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Can Sleeping Affect Your GPAs? Our statistics project is about how the amount of sleeping hours can affect your GPA. Researchers have shown that lack of sleeping will affect the ability to study of the students. We are told that sleeping is very important as it restores your energy after a whole day working. Having lack of sleep can weaken the ability to concentrate, stay alert, think critically and solve problems of the student and thus, can affect their academic performance. Is it true and
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STATISTICS TEST Length: 1090 words (3.1 double-spaced pages) Rating: Red (FREE) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Statistics are necessary for scientific research because they allow the researchers to analyze empirical data needed to interpret the findings and draw conclusions based on the results of the research. According to Portney and Watkins (2009), all studies require a description of subjects and responses that are obtained through measuring central
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through the internet (Working Groups). Within the IETF, there are many different working groups. Working groups in the IETF have primary mechanisms so that the development of IETF and the specifications and guidelines have certain recommendations and standards (Working Groups). Working groups were created so that it can address and fix certain problems. Working groups usually do not last long because once it completes what it was out to do then they no longer are generally needed. There are many
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SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS 1. six sigma corresponds to design tolerances that are +3 standard deviations on either side of the mean. 2. Designing features and characteristics which are then are developed into near final form. 3. Knowledge of SPSS 4. Attribute measurement 5. It is a type of graph that is similar to a histogram and summarizes the shape of the set of data 6. Studying the consequences of failures 7. Drum-Buffer-Rope 8. Same, different
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used to describe the length of labor? Provide a rationale for your answer. Length of labor was described for both the experimental and control groups using means (14.63) and standard deviations (7.78). The exact length of labor was obtained, providing ratio level data that are descriptively analyzed with means and standard deviations. 4. Were the distributions of scores similar for the experimental and control groups for the length of labor? Provide a rationale for your answer. No, the distributions
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