STAT2008 – REGRESSION MODELLING LECTURE NOTES - CHAPTER 1: SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION I. Introduction The basic aims of this chapter are: • Review of the simple linear regression material covered in Statistical Techniques II; • An introduction to some new notation‚ including matrices; • A more detailed study of the properties of the regression estimates; and‚ • An investigation of diagnostic procedures to check the credibility of the underlying assumptions of our regression model. We will‚ as much
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LAW NOTES!!! LECTURE 1: Introduction 2 main braches of Law • Criminal – state vs. accused • Common – judge made law 2 sources of law: • Legislation – Federal or Provincial Legislations/ statutes / regulations. • Common (case law) – judge made. Civil Law: about a party bringing an action for a personal remedy of some kind. Definitions: Tort – a legal wrong which entitles you to some sort of remedy. • Intentional Tort – ex. Assault and battery.
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Lecture 19 Notes Atropine blocks cholinergic transmission ( which would normally cause the pupillary constrictor muscles to narrow the diameter of the pupil Presbyopia – far-sightedness Retinal Pigment Epithelium(RPE) - contains pigment granules that absorb photons passing through the retina. Also responsible for producing a molecule called a 11-cis retinal. Hendry’s First Law of Lamination – states that layers exist in the central nervous System where a single structure performs more
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Parity Conditions - Lecture 4 Help to determine if foreign exchange rates are predictable. eliminate risk doing business abroad By parity there means there is some sort of equilibrium or equality. 4 Variables - Outline the Parity Condition Exchange Rates Forward Currencies Inflation rates Interest Rates *Note: If parity conditions are to hold (equality) we must assume that exchange rates are fully floating and there are no capital controls 5 Parity Conditions: Purchasing Power
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Lecture Notes on Culture: Why we do what we do • Anthropology – study of culture • How and why cultures differ and are similar • Theoretical orientation – attitude about how cultural phenomenon is to be explained. Early evolutionism(Tylor and Morgan) - culture evolved from simple to complex- 3 stages of development savagery‚ barbarism‚ civilization - to account for variations – societies in different stages of evolution Historical Particularism – (Boas) disagreed with evolutionists that
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HU 123 LECTURE NOTES BEOWULF Genre A heroic folk epic rooted in the oral tradition of the Anglo Saxons‚ Beowulf is an anonymous poem committed to paper by an unknown Christian monk in 1000 Common Era‚ some 300 years after it was first composed. The manuscript is part of a document known as Cotton Vitellus A housed in a British Library. Beowulf belongs to the epic genre of long‚ narrative poems dealing with heroic deeds against a background of war and the supernatural and themes of grandeur
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Lecture Notes—Wednesday‚ August 28‚ 2013 There is no class Monday‚ September 2‚ 2013‚ Labor Day. The University is closed. Class started with Will Hilton’s dropbox video of Hubo dancing with the Drexel Dance Team. Professor Humpert showed the ‘Rise of the Machines” from Announcements. We did some discussion from Monday’s lecture to start the class today and to review what was discussed on Monday. Websters defines a robot as: 1: a machine that looks like a human being and performs various
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8/08/2012 BUSS5000 Critical Thinking in Business Week 2: Business key concepts (1) Dr Leanne Piggott Director‚ Business Programs Unit BUSS5000 UoS Coordinator THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY BUSINESS SCHOOL Preview of today’s lecture › What is Business? - What do all businesses have in common? › Sustainable Competitive Advantage: the internal dimension - Strategy‚ structure‚ behaviour ›Next week 2 What is business? 1 8/08/2012 Wilcannia › Paul‚ M. 2012‚ ‘Wilcannia’s
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LEXICOLOGY. Interpreters’ Department Lecture I. Lexical units: their properties and specific features 1. Lexicology; a myth or reality. The object and the subject matter of lexicology. 2. Lexical units: their properties and specific features. 3. The description of the lexicon in generative grammar. 4. The function of lexical units. Nomination (verbalization) processes: causes‚ ways‚ types and results. 5. Motivated versus non-motivated lexical units. 6. The word – why? Why is the
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MASTER LECTURE 1/5 What Makes A Short Story A Short Story? Dr. Rica Bolipata-Santos June 30‚ 2014 Structure of Lecture - Definitions - Conflict - Blowfish Definitions "Defining is never a complete process." SHORT STORY - Mac dictionary: a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel - Merriam-Webster: an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and often
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