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    probability. Results showed syphilis prevalence increased in women and Tijuana in comparison to men and Cd. Juárez. The results show that network size and gender are both potential confounders. The qualifiers for network size are subjective thus relate to the recruitee and syphilis level. Because female prostitutes are more likely to be IUD users, gender also relates to IDU and syphilis level. In conclusion, there was a low HIV prevalence, high syphilis prevalence, and

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    provide a sample of the fundamental concepts in statistics. During research there is usually variance between individuals within a group or between different groups. During hypothesis testing the researcher wants to know if the sample of data collected is truly representative of the entire population. Null hypothesis testing is concerned with the correlation or differences in means (continuous data) between groups. The null hypothesis works on the premise that there is no difference between two groups

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    year of education increases returns to the log of wages of 13.21% and 22.39% for men and women respectively. Once again, our IV estimates are higher than OLS which could be to a few reasons such as measurement error, causing OLS to suffer downward bias, and LATE. In the case of both men and women there are many observable factors such as ability and skills on the impact of the years of schooling which can also affect the individual’s earnings. Moreover, IV captures the average return of an extra

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    market’s affinity to post-graduate degrees is a direct result of the lack of faith in the public school system. Employers do not believe that incoming recent high school graduates are prepared for the workforce. Current Issues in Education High-stakes Testing Test-based accountability systems, the application of tests to hold individuals or institutions accountable for achievement and to reward accomplishment, have transformed into the cornerstone of United States federal education policy. The past decade

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    Forensic biology is very important to many criminal investigations by being able to use scientific evidence in entomology, odontology, anthropology, DNA testing, serology, toxicology, microbiology, and pathology. These different subfields are to provide an unbiased result that can identify a suspect, a victim, eliminate a suspect, exonerate the wrongly accused, corroborate a timeline of events, establish a time and cause of death, or even identify a weapon. Forensic biology should be applied to

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    Rights and how it supports the people to understand their rights and obligations under the City’s Human Rights Law that prohibits discrimination and harassment in employment, housing, and public accommodations and forbidsdiscriminatory harassment and bias-based profiling by law enforcement. This chapter has included many things for instance, description of is human rights, NYC Human Rights Law, Discrimination, and Protected Classes, (race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, religion, intersectionality

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    Speaking of sex : the denial of gender inequality By Rhode, Deborah L Publication: 1999 “Speaking of Sex” by the author Deborah L. Rhode, the title itself of the book attracts your curiosity. She skillfully hints at the real material of the book by providing her readers with an appealing title with a subtitle of, The Denial of Gender Inequality. The idea of Speaking of Sex challenges the audience to look further or explore the problems associated with gender inequality. The author follows a mere

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    and Refining Solutions: Hate crimes can be described as criminal activities that are perceived to be fueled by prejudice against and hostility towards the victim based on an individual characteristic. In most cases, hate crimes are motivated by gender, disability, sexual orientation, race, identity, and religion or faith. The increase in hate crimes in the recent past has not only made it a major issue that needs to be addressed in the modern society but has also attracted several legislative

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    across the United States stand by their mailboxes, waiting anxiously for the envelope containing the score that will seal their academic fate. College admission hinges on how well students perform in standardized testing. However, standardized testing has long-standing problems of bias, inaccuracy, coachability, and misuse. Because of these flaws, the college admission process places too much value on standardized test scores, such as the ACT and SAT, and are therefore insufficient predictors of

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    “Gender Differences in Managerial Communications: Fact or Folk-Linguistics?” A response to Smeltzer and J. Werbel’s study “Gender Differences in Managerial Communications: Fact or Folk-Linguistics?” Devin Lowe MGMT 647: Organizational Behavior and Development   Article Summary “Gender Differences in Managerial Communication: Fact or Folk-Linguistics” seeks to test the qualitative and stylistic differences that have been purported to exist between genders. The authors question the credibility

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