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In this article, the writer discusses correlation and linear and nonlinear regression with respect to WidgeCorp's cold beverage sales.

From the Paper
"The term correlation refers to a statistical technique that demonstrates whether pairs of variables are related and to what degree. The correlation of two variables can be positive negative or minimal. Positive correlation means that as one variable gets larger the other gets larger while negative correlation means that as one gets larger the other gets smaller a relationship also known as an inverse correlation. A minimal correlation exists when the two variables are barely correlated and ..."

Tags:correlation, WidgeCorp, cold beverages, linear regression, nonlinear regression, minimum sum of square

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The paper looks at how Richard Taylor, in his article, "Interpretation of the Correlation Coefficient: A Basic Review" examines the statistical concept of the correlation coefficient. The paper looks at how Taylor stresses the wide use of correlation analysis and how correlations can be either negatively or positively linked. The paper outlines Taylor's explanation of why interpretation of correlation is so essential and also how correlation coefficients can be used in conjunction with regression analysis to predict unknown values.

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"This analysis of Taylor is germane to any discipline, including the social as well as the natural sciences, where statistics are used to 'prove a point' when validating conclusions. The author does not only present examples of how the effect may be relevant to the sonographer at a medical facility, despite the where the article was published but draws from a wide range of disciplines including simple common sense. Correlation is an important concept because "it is often useful to determine if a relationship exists between two different variables. If so, how significant or how strong is this association between the two variables?" (Taylor 1990, p.36)"

Tags:statistics, conclusions, relationships, validity, regression, analysis

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This paper looks at how juvenile delinquency is linked to the families the offenders come from. Links are examined in regards to the abuse of children during childhood, low levels of family affection and high levels of family conflict, the use of ineffective or inconsistent disciplinary practices and the structure of the family.

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"The first and most obvious cause in the family is most probably the lack of parental affection or parental rejection. This happens mostly in families whereby the parents are very busy, broken homes or those where arguments are part of a daily routine. Cernkovich and Giordano (1987) found that ?delinquent behavior in a large sample of high-school students was associated with parent-adolescent conflict, low parental acceptance and low parental caring and trust.? Children that feel rejected or unloved may sometimes find ways to attract attention. The ways children do so varies from just crying all day long or calling their parents every single second, to committing crimes. This is why some children of rejecting parents display aggressive behavior. Interactions between parents and child are also important to prevent the child from feeling rejected. J. Pincus said, ?Parenting that promotes interpersonal and communicative relations, academic and professional skills, as well as encourages the development of normative values and positive behavioral standards in children.? This positive interaction between parent and child is important in establishing a strong bond and the formation of appropriate behavioral characteristics in children."

Tags:delinquency, juvenile

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This paper explains that these correlates are important, since they represent the leading organizational indicators that affect student learning. The author states that the correlates include instructional leadership, clear and focused mission, safe and orderly environment, a high expectation climate, frequent monitoring of students' progress, positive relations between the home and school, and an opportunity to learn. The paper stresses that the uniqueness of these correlates is that they are the only set of research-based characteristics of a school's climate associated with improved and better learning.

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"By mastery, it means the completion of an established set of instructional objectives, which indicates the students' readiness to go forward to the next level. The level of thinking and teaching must be parallel to the students' abilities. There must be multiple teaching methods and high level thinking skills made available to all students. Any failure to demonstrate mastery of the subjects must be acted upon immediately with alternatives. School skills must be defined and explained to students. Goal setting and self-reporting exercises may be emphasized. Skills that are basic could be in the area of reading, writing, math, technology and citizenship. These are understood with clarity and taught by teachers. To breed expectation, the lessons must be reviewed while curriculums defined. Mastery level is not communicated but developed although the expectation for success is communicated."

Tags:unique, leadership, team, monitoring, expectation

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This paper discusses the correlations between environmental factors and hereditary and looks at how these factors together result in specific individual characteristics. As optimum individual development is of great concern to psychologists, educators, and mental health experts, the author explains how genetic research can help gain valuable insights into human behavior. However noting that the influence of one's environment on one's behavior, the paper concludes that apart from inherited genetic traits, the shared and non-shared environmental experiences that are a pert of the lives of all human beings play an important role in the development of their unique and distinctive personalities as part of the human cognitive developmental process.

Outline:
Behavioral Genetics
Correlations between Heredity and Environment
Shared and Non-Shared Environmental Experiences
References

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"Agreement exists among most psychological science that both environment and heredity play a significant role in the development of human traits; however, disagreement does exist with regard to the extent of contribution of one or the other. Factors such as behavioral genetics are associated closely with the nature nurture argument, and involve the evaluation of the genetic, biological, and psychological effects on behavior and environmental conditions that affect that behavior. Research has provided strong evidence of the correlations between cognitive development, genetics and the role of environment as a factor in cognitive development."

Tags:genetics heredity, environment influences, personality development

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The scope of this paper is to identify ten individual independent variables, such as economic or industrial growth and to test their significance in the prediction of variance in the percent defense expenditure within individual nations throughout the international community, through correlation to the dependent variable Percent GDP Army.

Outline
Introduction
Statistical Analysis of Variable Correlations
Hypotheses and Findings
Conclusion

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"An individual nation's defense expenditures can be clearly correlated to a variety of domestic and international factors. The importance of discovering such correlations has been clearly evidenced through the repetitive events of global history. In the event the international community becomes able to accurately monitor and predict defense expenditures by individual nations in a timely and efficient manner, future conflicts, humanitarian crises, and global economic depressions may be effectively identified prior to occurrence and effectively circumvented."

Tags:anova, conflict, defense, globalization, industrialization

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Between 1992 and 2002, the production of pornographic videos increased by 500%. During the same time frame, internet usage increased at near exponential rates. Revenues in both sectors have expanded each year at increasing rates. This paper examines the relationship between these two zones of commerce at attempts to draw correlations based on statistical inference.

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"The growth of the internet as a viable communications medium has proven to be a fascinating field of study and research. It is estimated that in 1990, 7 out of 1,000 U.S. citizens had regular access to the internet. Today, the estimate is around 600 out of one thousand. In a twelve year period, the number of internet users doubled over six times. America Online's revenues exploded from $20 million in 1990 to $6.9 billion in 2000. The number of websites accessible to the public in 1990 was never accurately counted, but many researchers approximate it could not have exceeded 1000, and in fact was most likely much less. Today, www.google.com indexes over 3.1 billion web pages for searching, and many estimations have the number of actual public websites numbering anywhere from 35 million to 50 million. An important point of clarification and web terminology is that a web page can be any page accessible through the internet, which would include all sub pages of a major news site. A website is the primary page, for example, www.cnn.com is a website, when a link is clicked forwarding the user to a news article, he/she are then at a web page. It is thus understandable why the number of websites is so high, as there can be numerous sub web pages to one main web site."

Tags:age, aol, family, internet, moral, morality, morals, online, porn, porno, pornography, technology, value, values, verification, www

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This essay will analyze the history of the IQ-Race controversy with a view to questioning both the function of IQ as a predictive factor, and the validity of associations between IQ scores and racial origins. It will be argued that, from a layman's perspective, the sheer number of uncontrolled variables in such associations seem to undermine the theory that IQ is closely associated with race. Thus, general correlations between IQ scores and racial origins do not signify a causal relationship between the two.

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This study explores the association between both deviant and non-deviant sexual behavior as a coping strategy employed by sexual offenders. It suggests that sexual activity, discovered during adolescence, is reinforced as a coping mechanism to alleviate emotional distress. The paper discusses adolescent behavior and sexual offences that are associated with this age group.

From the Paper
"The correlates of sexual offending have been studied by researchers who seek to discover common patterns in relation to past and present behavior as well as lifestyle variables. Evidence has supported the use of sexual activity as a coping strategy, as a mechanism to full intimacy voids, and as a response to childhood abuse. Sexual offending has also been correlated with higher measures of deviant sexual arousal in response to audio stimuli, and with drug and alcohol use. Evidence suggests that due to parental abuse and modeling of parental behaviors, such as drug and alcohol use, adolescent sexual offenders fail to learn appropriate social skills and thus lack healthy peer and familial relationships. Due to a lack of emotional support in their lives, sexual offenders turn to sexual activity to fill intimacy deficits without fearing rejection from others. Because adolescent sexual offenders commonly suffer verbal abuse in the form of parental rejection and neglect, sexual activity serves as a reinforced mechanism which offers temporary relief from feelings of isolation."

Tags:abuse, alcohol, drugs, emotional

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"This research examines an application of the statistical procedures of correlation and regression analysis. The initial part of the examination describes correlation and regression procedures, and illustrates the use of the procedures in an application. Following the description and illustration, the accuracy and appropriateness of the application is discussed.

Description of the Procedure, and An Illustration of the Use of the Procedure in An Application
Correlation and regression procedures are described in this section. This description is followed by an illustration of the use of the procedures in an application."