Essays on Bell Curve

1.1. Early on, Dr. Vasella was able to identify that the company’s turnover rate is more than acceptable. It was becoming a problem for them to make people stay. He noted that it is not enough for the company to pay good money to their employees. They also must be able to solicit their commitment and drive for excellence at the same time. 1.2. One of the factors affecting this high turnover rate was the inability of the company to recognize talent for promotions within. By the time they do so, these potential senior executives were already on ...

PART A- Questions related to ‘The Mystery of the Invisible Hand’

Jevons Marshall is a fictitious pen name used by the true author(s) of the book. Who really wrote the book? What makes ‘Jevons Marshall’ a clever choice for the pen name in this case? Answer. The pseudonym Jevons Marshall is used by two renowned professors of economics who are William Breit and Kenneth G. Elzinga. The pen name is derived from the surnames of two famous economists named Alfred Marshall and William Jevons. The pen name made from the names of these two economists is deliberately used for writing mystery novels based on economics as where the former ( ...

The high school education system, or any learning set-up for that matter, is designed at a certain phasing that is expected to fit the majority, if not all, of the students' learning curve at the age bracket it was meant to support. But, as to any trend of data in most statistics, the speed or phasing of learning of student follow, say, a bell curve, which is to say that there are those who would be learning at a faster phase than the standard phasing in which the high school curriculum is set. A popular fictional example of this is Hermione Granger ...

Hernstein & Murray’s The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life, offers a controversial statistical argument about social stratification and race being concretely linked to intelligence. However, the book more effectively investigates the consequences of American social stratification. The rich and educated members of society are increasingly isolating themselves in zip code enclaves instead of contributing to the American ideal of diversity. As a result, society has become increasingly divided by education, class and race. Overall, the book attempts to deconstruct complex socioeconomic issues of race, class and intelligence using statistical analysis. Intelligence is an important part of social ...

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American Society has its own set of challenges since the initial days. Historically, what plagued the society was a challenge of race. There were clear challenges that the American society faced that were directly or indirectly attributed to race. The issues of unwed mothers, single parents and lower education were seen to be those affecting and impacting the African-Americans and the Asian-Americans. Over the last decade or so, thanks to the initiatives to even out racial differences – race seems to have taken a back seat and it is the class that seems to have become the new differentiator. Unlike the European ...

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American Society has its own set of challenges since the initial days. Historically, what plagued the society was a challenge of race. There were clear challenges that the American society faced that were directly or indirectly attributed to race. The issues of unwed mothers, single parents and lower education were seen to be those affecting and impacting the African-Americans and the Asian-Americans. Over the last decade or so, thanks to the initiatives to even out racial differences – race seems to have taken a back seat and it is the class that seems to ...

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Introduction There are many types of investments in the market. Some of the types of investments include bonds, property, cash, and fixed interest investments. Different investments have different levels of risk and returns. Some of the risks that face investment include changes in interest rates, and inflation which affects the purchasing power of players in the market. It is also worthwhile to note that the longer the period of returns the higher the risks that investments are likely to experience. This paper compares and analyses the various dynamics in 1-year return and 3-year return investments.

 Consider the distribution of 1 year returns

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