...Tannen states: "...all communication is more or less crosscultural." What does she mean by this statement? Why is it important to approach communication among people as an exercise in understanding possible cross-cultural differences among them? Illustrate your points with examples. Tannen states in her book, page 14, “all communication is more or less cross-cultural:” What she means is that the culture in which a person grew up has a great influence on how this person will behave among others. Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music, arts, it serves as the patterns of behaviors and interactions among people in the same culture, it is also how people interact and understand what are learned by socialization. Communicate with others encounters many barriers implemented by the family and society, i.e. culture which we grew up. As mentioned by Tannen “We learn to use language as we grow up, and growing up in different parts of the country, having different ethnic, religious, or class backgrounds, even just being male or female— all result in different ways of talking, all due to the culture each person absorbed growing up. And diverse in culture causes differences in conversational style which might result in individually minor but cumulatively overwhelming misunderstandings and disappointments. Despite good intentions and good character all around— our own...
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...1 According to C.S. Lewis, what are the three alternatives for Christ’s claim to be God? p45 (madman, lunatic, the Devil of Hell) Hide 2 What empirical evidence sets Christianity apart from other belief systems? -The Bible's demonstrated ability to predict the future. -Chrisitianity is the only religion that gives fulfulled prophecy as one of its bases for crediblity -The Bible has a transforming power to change the lives of individuals 3 Name two sources that establish an early date of scripture. -Septuagint and the Dead Sea Scrolls p49 4 What is the unified theme of the Bible? Redemption of God? 5 What are the four qualities of inspiration? -Inspired guidance by the Holy Spirit -Inspried personality of the authors -Inspired words -Inspired text p60 6 T/F: Inspiration incorporates the personality of the writer into the final product? TRUE p60 7 According to conceptual inspiration, what was inspired? Ø God inspired theideas of Scripture, yet failed to direct the authors to record specific times Ø It is not thethoughts of the Bible that were inspired but the men who wrote the Bible whowere inspired. p62 8 What does Partial Inspiration state? -God inspired parts of Scripture -failed to identify which parts of Scripture were inspired p62 ...
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...dispersed bits of incomplete and frequently contradictory knowledge which all the separate individuals possess (H.3)” i. What does Hayek mean by a “rational economic order”? a. The economic problem of society is thus not merely a problem of how to allocate "given" resources—if "given" is taken to mean given to a single mind which deliberately solves the problem set by these "data." It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society, for ends whose relative importance only these individuals know. Or, to put it briefly, it is a problem of the utilization of knowledge which is not given to anyone in its totality. ii. What does Hayek mean by “dispersed bits of incomplete and frequently contradictory knowledge”? b. The economic problem of society is thus not merely a problem of how to allocate "given" resources—if "given" is taken to mean given to a single mind which deliberately solves the problem set by these "data." It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society, for ends whose relative importance only these individuals know. Or, to put it briefly, it is a problem of the utilization of knowledge which is not given to anyone in its totality. iii. Why is Hayek critical of the common assumptions in economic analysis that buyers, sellers, producers and the economist all know every relevant thing about the economy? c. Hayek is critical...
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...Show all your work Chapter Seven Problem 1) Look at the scatter plot below. Does it demonstrate a positive or negative correlation? Why? Are there any outliers? What are they? Answer: This scatter plot demonstrates a positive correlation because the values of Y increase with the increasing values of X with the correlation becoming stronger forming a positive slope. Yes there is an outlier. The second to the last data element is an outlier because it stands out from the rest of the data elements. Problem 2) Look at the scatter plot below. Does it demonstrate a positive or negative correlation? Why? Are there any outliers? What are they? Answer: This scatter plot demonstrates a negative correlation because the values of Y decrease with the decreasing values of X with the correlation becoming weaker forming a negative slope. Yes there is an outlier. The second to the last data element is an outlier because it stands out from the rest of the data elements. Problem 3) The following data come from your book, problem 26 on page 247. Here is the data: Mean daily calories Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 births) 1523 154 3495 6 1941 114 2678 24 1610 107 3443 6 1640 153 3362 7 3429 44 2671 7 a) For the above data construct a scatter plot using SPSS or Excel (Follow instructions on page 244 of your textbook). What does...
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...Problem 1) Look at the scatterplot below. Does it demonstrate a positive or negative correlation? Why? Is there any outliers? What are they? Problem 2) Look at the scatterplot below. Does it demonstrate a positive or negative correlation? Why? Is there any outliers? What are they? Problem 3) The following data come from your book, problem 26 on page 247. Here is the data: Mean daily calories Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 births) 1523 154 3495 6 1941 114 2678 24 1610 107 3443 6 1640 153 3362 7 3429 44 2671 7 a) For the above data construct a scatterplot using SPSS or Excel (Follow instructions on page 244 of your textbook). What does the scatterplot show? Can you determine a type of relationship? Are there any outliers that you can see? b) Using the same data conduct a correlation analysis using SPSS or Excel. What is the correlation coefficient? Is it a strong, moderate or weak correlation? Is the correlation significant or not? If it is what does that mean? Problem 4) Bill is doing a project for you in the marketing department. In conducting his analysis regarding consumer behavior and a new product that has come out, he tells you the correlation between these two variables is 1.09. What is your response to this analysis? Problem 5) Judy has conducted an analysis for her supervisor. The...
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...Svein Olav Nyberg What is selfishness? I asked about “what egoism means”. I should perhaps also have asked what egoism does not mean. For there are a lot of misconceptions about what egoism is. Religious literature incessantly warns us not to think about our own best interest, but the interest of the heavenly, of Man, and of just about everything else. But seldom is there found any advise to follow exactly this own interest. Why then these warnings against self interest, on and on, again and again? Surely not to counter any opposing system of ideas. For there have been close to none. What then is left to counter but — the individual himself! But to counter the individual is not a position that looks very good, so it has to be disguised, disguised as an attack on some “Deep Evil” lurking in self interest — in egoism. So the common view of egoism is far from formed by observation of actual egoists, but by propaganda in its disfavour. I therefore find it fruitful to list what I consider the types most typically mistaken for egoists, both by critics of egoism and by “egoists” themselves: THE PSYCHOPATH: The psychopath is characterised by a tendency of always being in the right and of manipulating others. He typically takes little heed of the interests of people he confronts. The reasoning displayed by those who identify psychopaths with egoists are usually of the type “He does not care for others — thus he must care only for himself ...”, which sets up a dichotomy without any...
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...Anonymous 1. What does this mean? 2. With rigidity of mind, what happens to the team? 3. Team players who exhibit adaptability have certain characteristics: - explain -Teachable -Have emotional security -Have creativity -Service minded (put the team first) Quote 2: “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape” Michael McGriff 1. What does this mean? 2. Why is it important to be flexible? 3. How can being flexible help our chances of being successful as a team? Quote 3: “Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one’s self” Horace Mann 1. What does this mean? 2. How can we help others on the team? 3. The first key to being a team player is being willing to adapt yourself to the team, not an expectation that the team will adapt to you- explain Collaborative: Working together precedes winning together Quote 1: “To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.” John Maxwell 1. What does this mean? 2. Teammates should perceive themselves as a unit working together, and they should never allow competition between teammates to get to the point where it hurts the team. – explain. 3. When something happens do you say “What’s in it for me?” or “What does this do for the team?” Where you focus your attention says a lot about whether you compete with others or complete them. –explain Quote 2: “True progress in any field is a relay race and not a single event.” Cavett Roberts 1. What does this mean...
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...Student: Write your answers in this column. The cell will expand as you type. A. Core Christianity (textbook): Chapter 2 1. What does dual authorship mean? It means both God & Man were writing the Bible at the same time. 2. What was the Old Testament written on? Vellum or Parchments that were sewn together and rolled into a scroll. 3. What are the three divisions of the Old Testament? Law of Moses, Prophets, and Psalms 4. What did the Psalms scroll contain? The Major Prophets 5. What is a codex? The first title for the books ( New Testament) 6. Where does the name “Bible” come from? Ta Biblia – Latin for “the book”, later translated to Bible in English 7. Where does the term “Scripture” come from? Scriptus which is the act of producing writing. 8. What are three ways the Bible can influence its reader? It’s convicting, convincing, converting power to all who honestly accept its message and believe in Jesus Christ. B. Theology for Today (online excerpts) Arguments that the Bible is the Word of God 1. What three arguments form the basis for arguments from revelation? (1) that the Bible is consistent with itself, (2) that the Bible corresponds with reality, and (3) that the Bible’s claims can be scientifically demonstrated. We shall examine the Bible’s claim that it is the Word of God. 2. What empirical evidence sets Christianity apart from other belief systems? 1. Unique revelation of the Jesus Christ 2. The Bible is from...
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...chloride (NaCl). You check the stock in the pharmacy but discover you have only a 3% solution of NaCl. Hint: 2g NaCl:100mL of solution::3g NaCL:x mL of 3% solution. Showall your calculations in a Microsoft® Word document Completethe following exercises. Refer to p. 22 for worked examples. 1. Solve the equation for x to determine how many mL of 3% solution you need. 2. Convert 3% to a fraction. 3. Convert 2% to a decimal. 4. Percents are often used to show the strength of solutions. Which solution is stronger, the 2% or the 3%? 5. What does 3% of sodium chloride mean, i.e., how many parts are in a 100? 6. Referring to the proportion regarding NaCl in the scenario, show the product of the means equals the product of the extremes. 7. Convert 25% to a fraction. 8. What percent of 15 ounces is 5 ounces? 9. Convert 1/8 to a percent. 10. Convert 40% to a decimal. Post your work and answers to all problems along with a signed copy of the Certificate of Originality as an attachment under the Assignment link. HCP 220 Week 2 Checkpoint Mathematical Functions https://hwguiders.com/downloads/hcp-220-week-2-checkpoint-mathematical-functions/ HCP 220 Week 2 Checkpoint Mathematical Functions Accuracy and...
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...ENG 101-D23 LUO Professor Desiree B. Sholes 11/12/2012 To be or not to be well-educated: A Narrative Response to Alfie Kohn’s “What does it mean to be well-educated?” To be or not to be well-educated: A Narrative Response to Alfie Kohn’s “What does it mean to be well-educated?” Alfie Kohn’s essay “What does it mean to be well-educated?” begins on a personal note using his wife as an example to substantiate his hypothesis. Encountering Alisa at the very beginning of the essay was indeed a refreshing way to initiate thought into a subject not often considered. Today not everyone ponders the real relevance behind education nor does anyone contemplate just how much of education is needed to be considered well-educated. Alisa has a doctorate in anthropology and is an excellent physician yet her lack of knowledge in basic math and English leads her husband to question the implications behind what true education is all about (Kohn, 2003, pars. 1-4). My first response to this startling line of thought was that something like this had never occurred to me before. One is either educated or not. But where does one cross over from educated into well-educated and what does the latter term encompass? These were interesting premises that galvanized me into Kohn’s text, rapidly seeking a resolution for my questions. The first question that Kohn tackles involves the purpose of education. Is education meant to create better individuals or introduce better...
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...and fill in the space than corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Hear is an example; on the recording you here I don’t like this painting very much. Neither do I. what does the man mean? An your book you read: A. He doesn’t like the painting either B. He doesn’t no how to paint C. He doesn’t have any paintings D. He doesn’t no what to do You learn form conversation the neither the man no or the woman likes the painting. The best answer to the question. What does the man mean? Is A. He doesn’t like the painting either. There for the correct choise is A. Go on to the next page. Now we will begin part A with a first conversation. 1. Thanks a lot. This scarf be perfect with my blue jacket. Made it good choice did I. what does the man mean? 2. My cousin Bob is getting married in California and I can’t decide whether to go. It is long trip. But I think you have good time. What does the man imply? 3. Ecxusme me Could you bring me glass of water please. Sorry but I am not waiter. What does the man mean? 4. … ten. It is little after ten. What does the woman mean? 5. You didn’t excellent job an presentation. Thanks a free lot of time …. what does the woman mean? 6. Are you go to jugging. Almost I have to warm up first. What does the woman mean? 7. I feel calling David with past half hour. But I keep getting an busy signal. Well if you don’t getting as soon will just have to the goes movies without them. Why are the woman...
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...Reading Guide, Mauss, The Gift Anthropology 125A/Econ 152A Economic Anthropology Reading Guide for Mauss, The Gift NOTE: use this guide to the extent that you find it helpful. You will hopefully have already read through the reading once. The guide is long because I often include quotations from the book. You can use this to reexamine points that I think important. I ask many questions. I do not expect you to be able to answer them. Ponder over the quotations and questions for a second. That pondering, even for a second, will help you focus better on sections in the coming week as we figure out the answers together. ------------------------ Consider this quote. Don’t worry if you don’t know everything he is referring to. Be sure to think about the sentence in bold: Note: “Utilitarianism” in Mauss refers to “liberalism,” (or economics as you are taught it and ‘market society’ as we have studied it in this course: focused on the individual as homo economicus, who puts individual self-interest first, and in where society is organize through and via the free market) “{In The Gift] Mauss summarily eliminates the two utilitarian ideologies that purport to account for the evolution of contracts: “natural economy,” Smith’s idea that individual barter was aboriginal; and the notion that primitive communities were altruistic, giving way eventually to our own regrettably selfish, but more efficient individualism. Against the contemporary move [i.e. at the time that...
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...Top 10 data mining algorithms in plain English 1.1K Today, I’m going to explain in plain English the top 10 most influential data mining algorithms as voted on by 3 separate panels in this survey paper. Once you know what they are, how they work, what they do and where you can find them, my hope is you’ll have this blog post as a springboard to learn even more about data mining. What are we waiting for? Let’s get started! Contents [hide] 1. C4.5 2. k-means 3. Support vector machines 4. Apriori 5. EM 6. PageRank 7. AdaBoost 8. kNN 9. Naive Bayes 10. CART Interesting Resources Now it’s your turn… Update 16-May-2015: Thanks to Yuval Merhav and Oliver Keyes for their suggestions which I’ve incorporated into the post. Update 28-May-2015: Thanks to Dan Steinberg (yes, the CART expert!) for the suggested updates to the CART section which have now been added. 1. C4.5 What does it do? C4.5 constructs a classifier in the form of a decision tree. In order to do this, C4.5 is given a set of data representing things that are already classified. Wait, what’s a classifier? A classifier is a tool in data mining that takes a bunch of data representing things we want to classify and attempts to predict which class the new data belongs to. What’s an example of this? Sure, suppose a dataset contains a bunch of patients. We know various things about each patient like age, pulse...
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...Ricks-Armstead In exploring what it means to be educated one must take a closer look at how we seek and acquire knowledge beyond the traditional sense. If you take a closer look you will discover that there is an evolution of how knowledge has been shared and obtained throughout human history. And it is with this discovery that we will learn that acquisition of knowledge is not a “one-size-fits-all” process that has dominated most educational institutions in the recent decades. Being well educated does not always mean that you know everything all the time. If that was the case, we would all be perfect. I feel that everyone has a bit of ignorance in them. To define ignorance so no one will be offended; it is the lack of knowledge: lack of knowledge or education, unawareness: unawareness of something, often of something important. Synonyms are the state of unawareness, inexperience, illiteracy, unfamiliarity, obliviousness, witlessness. Now if you look at this, I don’t know how to fly a plane so therefore I am ignorant to that fact but it definitely does not mean that I am not well educated. Some people would argue the ignorant factor asuming that this is a way of calling them stupid. Like it says in the "What does it mean to be well educated story", the husband talks about how his wife is very knowledgable when it comes to medicine and anthropology; she freezes up when you ask her what eight times seven is. (Kohn, 2003). So does this make the wife ignorant? Or...
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...determined precisely by the fact that the knowledge of the circumstances of which we must make use never exists in concentrated or integrated form, but solely as the dispersed bits of incomplete and frequently contradictory knowledge which all the separate individuals possess (H.3)” a. What does Hayek mean by a “rational economic order”? Hayek “rational economic order” refers to the use of knowledge in a rational form. According to Hayek “data”, from which the economic calculus starts, are not “given” for the whole society. Knowledge is limited when given to us, therefore the need for the best allocation of resources in order to be economically efficient. b. What does Hayek mean by “dispersed bits of incomplete and frequently contradictory knowledge”? It means that people of different spheres of life will have a specific knowledge that they will utilize when needed. For example, business managers possess knowledge in regard to management and profit maximization, whereas a worker might have the knowledge on how to economize in the way he makes product, which perhaps the business manager does not know about it. c. Why is Hayek critical of the common assumptions in economic analysis that buyers, sellers, producers and the economist all know every relevant thing about the economy? Because according to Hayek, Economic theory has been refined through the use of mathematics. For example, economists rely extensively on statistical aggregates, but this data leaves out...
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