Essays on Negative Correlation

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Research Objective The objective is to determine and examine the role of the stock market in economic development. This research would analyze data gathered and demonstrate the significance of stock markets in the development of economies. Insights would be gathered on what factors can support the notion that the stock market is an indicator of economic health and a guidepost for a better understanding of economies.

Literature Review

Kelly, 2010 The article is a direct expository address to the relation between the stock market and the economy. It focuses on the conceptual aspects rather than on the data and analysis and ...

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between social networking and face-to-face communication with respect to their influence on the social interaction skills. The first aim of the research has to determine whether there is a causal relationship between use of social networking tools and face-to-face communication behaviors. The research aims to investigate the hypothesis. There will be a statistically significant difference in change/gain scores for communication behaviors between the experimental group and the control group; Face-to-face communication is associated with the students’ social media networking habits (i.e. time spent on social media networking). There will ...

Impact of Debt Structure on Financial Performance of Saudi Arabian Firms

The study uses a sample of 125 firms that are listed on the Saudi-Arabia Stock Exchange. The sample was drawn from 13 different sectors (see Table 1). Firms from the Energy & Utility and the Real Estate sector formed the highest proportion (13.6%) while Agriculture/Food formed the lowest proportion (1.6%).

Descriptive Statistics of Sampled Firms

The highest ratio of short-term debt to total assets was 100 percent. In other words, the firm financed all of its assets with short-term debt. The lowest ratio of short-term debt to total assets was 0 percent. The average ratio of short-term debt to total assets was 21.56 percent with ...

Human development is a process of providing mechanisms through which people can flourish and attain self-actualization in their lives. The rationale of human development as a process goes beyond focusing on economic development as an indicator of people’s wellbeing. It therefore incorporates other dimensions which are crucial in establishing the extent to which people would describe quality life. Traditionally, most economists have used quantitative indicators such as GDP Per capita as a measure of people’s wellbeing in a particular economy. The reality is however, different because quantitative indicators such as these are limited to assessing economic success ...

Introduction

This paper responds to relationship between finance and governance by evaluating how financial decisions are connected to corporate governance. In the rise of limited exceptions to corporate governance and finance seem to have natural tension, if there is no direct opposition. The polarity between finance and governance are two research areas that have been studied separately. It is essential to understand why these two areas function individually and separately. Certainly, the connection between financial decisions and governance are largely unmapped. The most relevant area relates to capital structure decision and their implications in creating a company’s value. Capital ...

EXAM QUESTIONS

Q2. A proportion is the mean of a variable that is 1 when the individual has a characteristic and 0 otherwise. The standard deviation of any variable is given by:

The mean of n of these observations give the sample proportion. The standard error of the proportion is expressed as the SD of one of them divided by the square root of the sample size or by the formula: Standard error of the mean is the estimation of the variability that exists between sample means that are obtained from picking multiple samples from same population. The variability between the ...

Abstract

Studies documenting substance abuse have shown that it is deadly. Studies done in these areas have shown a trend in the abuse of substance among the youth. Substances such as marijuana, alcohol and cannabis are continually being abused by the youth. Tobacco consumption by youth is yet to be mitigated. The government, has in some cases, not helped the situation but has served to escalate the crises by making potent substances available to users without regulation. The objectives of this research are to analyze the opinion of researchers I this field and their opinions on the matter at hand. ...

Risk is defined as uncertainty in broad terms. This uncertainty can be due to a large number of factors, which depend on the type of risk. Some of the common factors which result in this uncertainty can be changes in input parameters, miscalculation of parameters etc. (Kuritzkes, Schuermann, & Weiner, 2002). Risk can result in large and unexpected losses and can really hurt the profitability of companies. However, risk is not always bad and little bit of risk can lead to better financial results. However, the relationship between risk and better results is a lot more complex and depends on ...

Introduction

Health insurance coverage is a sensitive issue in the USA. A case in point is the recently enacted Obamacare in the USA. The law intended to widen coverage of health insurance to all American citizens including the vulnerable groups that are often disadvantaged in market-driven health insurance schemes. The reason that is always given for government provision of health insurance and health services is that the very poor cannot afford to pay market premiums for health insurance since they can barely meet their basic needs. Therefore, there is a need to subsidize health insurances and costs to those groups. ...

Findings

Based on the 2010 HSE data, we have done statistical analysis of all the variables as potential attributing factor to asthma. Variables such as salary, Smoking habits, Ethnicity, Drinking habits and Sex were analyzed. It was found that salary is negatively correlated with asthma or in simple words as the income of a household increases, chances of asthma reduce. Drinking was also found as a contributing factor to asthma. Heavy drinkers are less prone to asthma than non-drinkers. Also, it was established that there is not enough evidence that smoking causes asthma. It was also found that asthma is not biased ...

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Section one

Georges (2012) carried out a research to establish relationship between varieties of religious experiences and manifest hate. In his article which was published in journal of religion and society data was collected in different states of USA. The data on level of religiosity was collected and grouped into three categories i.e. high religiosity, moderate religiosity and low religiosity. In determining whether one belongs to any of the group the researcher considered person’s belief on existence of supernatural being. Then manifest of hate index in each state was calculated. A regression analysis which was carried out showed: moderate strong ...

Business Report based on Excel Sheet workings and calculations

For the application of this paper, it is required that a comparative study in different scenarios be conducted to understand the implications of economic models and pricing theories on two products – brand X and brand Y. The data for this paper has been collected from actual supermarkets and by using analytical techniques it would be seen how the marginal cost, revenue and other economic functions react when the market scenario changes. These two brands – X and Y, are available in two versions, one is the regular version and the second one is a light version or the lite version. For ...

The decrease in world’s petroleum and oil supply has led the nations to look for alternate sources of energy. As a result of this short-supply, unconventional gas reserves are gaining importance as alternative source of crude oil, where the unconventional gas reserves are estimated to contribute to 45% of the US gas production by the year 2035. Large-scale extraction of unconventional natural gas has resulted in the development of new and untested extraction technology such as hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking, which is expected to develop rapidly in the next few decades near human settlements and pose a health hazard (Adgate, ...

Math Studies

Introduction: In a recent Time Magazine article, Leon Botstein, the President of Bard College wrote that the SAT is biased, and “the only persistent statistical result from the SAT is the correlation between high income and high test scores” (Botstein 2014), In statistical research, there has been an observable relationship between SAT scores and the test-takers’ family income. Generally, the wealthier a student’s family is, the higher the SAT score. Does this hold true for average state mean income and education expenditure invested per student? The strong correlation has been attributed to a number of factors, better school districts, more ...

Interpreting Market Trends for BMW Dealership in Sydney, Australia

Specializing in the sale of automobiles in Sydney’s BMW dealer has been a top premium brand choice. However, with an ever-changing environment and new trend factors, the General Manager, Helga Schmit would seek to re-think the dealership’s marketing strategies in order to assist it produce batter sales results. Thus, there will be a need for collecting data on various market factors that are specific to the Sidney’s BMW market. In that view, the collection of data will be focused on the capital city of Sydney, Australia. The data factors are summarized as follows: - Disposable income: Employment ...

The study entitled “Intestinal permeability, gut-bacterial dysbiosis, and behavioral markers of alcohol-dependence severity” by Leclercq et al., (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111.42 (2014): E4485-E4493) explores the possibilities of links between alterations in gut permeability, composition of gut-microbiota, as well as the activity of the gut metabolites and the increased depression, anxiety, and alcohol craving in alcohol-dependent subjects. Thus, the study aims to establish an association between gut dysfunction and the psychological symptoms resulting from alcohol dependence. In addition, reversibility of behavioral as well as biological parameters, after a short term alcohol detoxification was determined. There is a ...

Interpreting Market Trends

Data on various market factors will need to be collected for identification of their effect on demand of vehicles in the Australian market. Those factors are summarized as follows

Disposable income is the level of income that households can spend for their consumer purposes. It is the income after taxation whose level determines the income that consumers have at their disposal. In that respect, it is determined by employment level within an economy.

Purchasing power: Price index/inflation:

Purchasing power refers to the ability that the income held has in buying goods and services. The change in purchasing power determines the quantity of goods ...

The Spearman Coefficient Correlation Coefficient also called the Spearman’s rho (abbreviated-rs) is a statistical nonparametric measure of statistical dependence between two variables. In other words, it is a measure of the strength of association between two ranked variables. When a change in one variable leads to a change in the other variable, the two variables are said to be correlated (Hauke and Kossowski 88). The spearman product moment correlation coefficient can be calculated when the data is in ratio scale or intervals. The numerical value of the coefficient ranges from -1 to +1. In when rs > 0 indicates a positive agreement among ...

The advent of new technologies (Internet, virtual realities) is altering the conventional settings of psychological practice and research (Wiederhold, 2013). Cyberpsychology, a recent branch of Psychology, presents the advantage of shedding light on various aspects of personality from a unique perspective. Contemporarily relevant cyber tools of personality analysis can be used to extract valuable insights about issues of psychological well-being like self-esteem, narcissism and loneliness. This paper will explore the relationship between self-esteem, self-image and social networking, as well as the potential of cyberpsychology to investigate human behaviors. The impact of online communities on the formation of identity has already ...

Abstract

Econometrics analysis is crucial in developing models that are useful in estimating economic variables. However, development of suitable models is crucial in ensuring that their forecasts are accurate. That involves applying suitable model estimation techniques as well as testing for the estimated parameters’ significance. This study applies multiple regressions to analyze the determinants’ of CPI in United Arab Emirates considering the economy’s data for 30 years with an objective of establishing those factors that have a significant effect on CPI. In that respect, the study analyzes five variables including GDP per capita growth (annual %), Money and Quasi money (M2) ...

As Scott Weber points out in his journal article on the relationship between depression and, among other factors, self-esteem, “adolescents today are living in complex and challenging times” (Weber, 2010). With depression and other psychiatric disorders common among youth, it is adults who they rely on to build a health care and education system that understands this and provides antiquate support for adolescents. Self-esteem has a negative correlation with depression (Weber, 2010) and so environments and strategies to improve self-esteem in adolescents have the effect of also reducing the frequency and severity of depression in these populations. It has also been ...

Report about Relationship between the age, height, and body mass

Abstract This research investigates the nature of the relationship between the age, height and body weight. The nature of the relationship between these three variables determines a person’s body health and fitness according to professionals. Therefore, this research will aim at ascertaining the nature of the relationship between the variables and, thereafter, a deduction of its relativity to a person’ health status will be made. In the literature review, some authors bring in the gender aspect while others do not fully agree that a perfect ratio between body mass and height indicates good health. This ratio is referred to as ...

Predictors of Sexual Risk Taking Behaviour among Adolescents in the U.S.A

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This study sought to determine the predictors of sexual risk taking behaviour among adolescents in the U.S.A. Based on theory and previous studies this study identified three predictors which informed the research questions and hypothesis for the study; knowledge of HIV/AIDS, attitude towards avoiding sexually risky behaviours and adolescent egocentrism. Three hypotheses were developed. First, knowledge of HIV/AIDS predicts the sexual risk taking behaviour of adolescents. Secondly, attitude towards avoiding risky behaviour predicts the sexual risk taking behaviour of adolescents. Thirdly, adolescent egocentrism predicts the sexual risk taking ...

Gold is one of the most popular metallic elements. It has the symbol Au which means “shining dawn” or Latinaurum. The word “gold” however, comes from the old English word that means “yellow” (WiseGeek, 2013). Belonging to the group 11 in the periodic table of elements, Gold is known as a “transition metal” which means it is highly ductile and malleable. It is also very precious. Gold was known and used as early as 6,000 B.C. for jewellery and other ornamentation. In early times, it was not used for much anything else other than decoration, even though it ...

In the present generation, the workplace environment has changed greatly especially as regards the laws set in place to govern employee behaviour and relations. As opposed in the past, the law has been relaxed from the ideal situation that had eaten much into the personality of individuals to a more flexible and efficient working environment. This is evident from the way organizations have lately embraced the social and human aspects of their employees. As concerns human capital, the diversity in character, intelligence and behaviour of humans is now being appreciated as a factor that gives the organization a competitive advantage and a better ...

For centuries, calling someone an atheist has been intended as an insult. Only a few centuries ago, admitting to being an atheist was to open oneself to severe consequences. For example, one of the greatest British poets, Percy Bysshe Shelley, was expelled from Oxford University after he and a fellow student published the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism in 1811 (Jager). In 2013, a student stating publicly that he or she is an atheist is unlikely to be expelled from a university, unless the university is a private religious institution. Yet there are still some serious consequences to a public declaration of atheism. One only ...

I selected speed and accuracy as my topic because both abilities are critical in the majority of popular sports today and useful in many other movement-based skills. However, speed and accuracy often contradict each other, so it is hard to execute together. Most models and research papers consider those two abilities opposite and emphasizing one should result in trading off the other, and Fitts’ law explains that target size and movement distance are the factors responsible for that trade off. Although there are apparent tradeoffs between speed and accuracy, a better understanding of both abilities and how they can ...

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This research comprehensively examines the relationship between academic self-efficacy and perceived stress, and how the two concepts are of effect to the academic performance. A survey instrument was developed to measure the perceived stress and self-efficacy connected to the college related tasks. The study examined 182 students from the Campbelltown and Parramatta campuses of the University of Western Sydney that were involved in the study of the Organizational Behavior. The study involved both males (105) and females (76). Both scales proved to be highly reliable with the correlation being moderately negative. The structural equation models were estimated for the ...