want the log file to be saved. Use command: log using filename [, append replace text] where filename is any name you wish to give the file. The append option simply adds more information to an existing file, whereas the replace option erases anything that was already in the file. Full logs are recorded in one of two formats: SMCL (Stata Markup and Control Language) or text (meaning ASCII). The default is SMCL, but the option text can change that. If you want to temporarily turn off the
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH Instructional Goals 1. To generate interest in research for the students by driving home the point that successful managerial problem solving is nothing other than understanding and analyzing the situation at hand, which is what research is all about. 2. To help students differentiate between research‐based problem solving and “going by gut‐feeling”, the latter of which might sometimes help to solve problems in the short term, but might lead to systemic long‐term adverse consequences
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THE EFFECT OF THINK ALOUD STRATEGY TOWARD STUDENTS READING SKILL: STUDY AT 9TH GRADE SMP NEGERI 19 MATARAM IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION This chapter presents the discussion on the background of the study, statement of the problems, objective of the study, scope and limitation of the study, significance of the study, assumption of the study, and definition of key terms. 1.1. Background of the Problem Language is one of the most important things in communication and
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the part of the rationale (“promote adaptation and successful aging”) provides a clear declaration of the content of the study, it increased the word count by five words (two of which contain 10 letter's each). Alternatively, it could have opted to use a shorter three-word phrase “quality of life” (with no word containing more than six letters), which can adequately represent the content (and mentioned in the first sentence of the abstract) without sacrificing length and, simultaneously, allowing
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Abstract: The stroop effect can be reduced through stroop dilution and this is achieved through the use of neutral words. This paper focuses on a study undertaken on a sample where n = 30 and the participants were exposed to three tests, one test included testing time taken to read colour words which had the same colour as the word stated, the second test was to record the time taken to read words colour words that had different colours as the colour word stated and the third and final test was
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room for individual responses * Interviewee is limited in the answer they can give * Only quantitative data is collected * Interviews: This is a type of spoken questionnaire where the interview records the responses. There are two types of interviews. * Structured Interview- Where all the
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empec, Vol. 13, 1988, page 223-249 Nonparametric Estimation and Hypothesis Testing in Econometric Models By A. Ullah ~ Abstract: In this paper we systematically review and develop nonparametric estimation and testing techniques in the context of econometric models. The results are discussed under the settings of regression model and kernel estimation, although as indicated in the paper these results can go through for other econometric models and for the nearest neighbor estimation. A nontechnical
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areas in Edo state Nigeria. The title of the study is stated clearly and gives information about the subjects but does not give the location of the study. In the abstract the researcher has elaborated adequately the method of study which is survey. Two hypotheses are stated, three research instruments used and the results clearly given. It also gives suggestions for further investigations with a view of helping the adolescents in career decision making. The researcher has clearly defined the terms
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PART A- Exploratory Data Analysis Introduction & Overview AJ Davis is a department store chain, which has many credit customers and wants to find out more information about these customers. The total sample set of 50 credit customers is selected with data collected. The below data was provided in order to perform the analysis. 1. Location: a. Urban b. Suburban c. Rural 2. Income 3. Household Size (number of people living in the household) 4. Years (the number of years that the customer
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conduct a survey of a sample of 25 members of this year’s graduating marketing students and find that the average GPA is 3.2. The standard deviation of the sample is 0.4. Over the last 10 years, the average GPA has been 3.0. Is the GPA of this year’s students significantly different from the long-run average? At what alpha level would it be significant? Null hypothesis H0: µ=3.0 Alternative hypothesis H1: µ≠3.0 Given the sample mean xbar=3.2, sample standard deviation s=0.4 and sample size n=25. We can
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