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Ch 12 Anova

Goal/purpose: Evaluate mean difference between 2 or more treatments

• Factor: The IV that designates the groups being compared
• Levels: Individual conditions or values that make up a factor
• Factorial design: A study that combines two or more factors

The Logic:

• Between treatment variance
  • Variability results from general differences between the treatment conditions
  • Variance between treatments measures differences among sample means
• Within treatments variance
  • Variability within each sample
  • Individual scores are not the same within each sample

Notations:
k= # of treatment condition
T= sum of squares for each treatment
G= grand total of all scores in study
N= total number of scores
kn= when all samples are same size
n1,n2= # of scores in each treatment

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Fronting Comparative or Superlative Phrases: So, Such (When Not Followed by a Noun), Also (+Inversion)

Particularly striking was his indifference to truth.

So exhausted did he feel that he went straight to bed.

Such is his commitment to the job, that he often works at weekends.

Also worth a trip is the Louvre Museum.

Fronting As and Though

While he tried very hard, he just couldn’t do it. Hard as he tried, he couldn’t do it.

Although the exam was difficult, he passed it easily. Difficult though the exam was, he passed it easily.

Fronting Noun Clauses

It is clear that his theories were revolutionary. That his theories were revolutionary is clear.

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Cultural Factors in Global Marketing

The following statements highlight key aspects of cultural understanding in international business and marketing:

1. The cultural environment of a country is best defined by its citizens':
   • C) Attitudes, beliefs, and values.
2. If you have a friend from India who is a vegetarian:
   • A) "Vegetarian" represents a value, and the way they eat represents an attitude.
3. There is nothing inherently "good" or "bad" about any color:
   • D) Red color is highly preferred in many countries.
4. The use of this color dates back millennia:
   • C) Blue.
5. Cultural influences are also quite apparent in food preferences:
   • C) Italians perceived McDonald's products negatively at first.
6. While some food preferences remain deeply ingrained:
   • C) The growing number of

• Lexeme: The abstract vocabulary item listed in the lexicon with a common core of meaning.
• Word-forms: Physical realizations of the lexeme.
• Paradigm: The list of word-forms that belong to a word.
• Morpheme: The smallest unit of analysis with semantic content or grammatical function that words are made up of.
• Morph: The physical realization of the morpheme. Morphs are made up of one or more morphemes.
• Syncretism: Identical word-forms that belong to the same lexeme but are different grammatical words.
• Root: The basic form that remains when you get rid of all the affixes.
• Stem: A term that we only use in inflectional morphology; it is the form to which you attach an inflectional affix (only suffixes in English).
• Base: Anything; any root and any stem are

GNP/GDP 4 elements:

Currently, it can hardly be denied that climate change is a topic which worries the western population. In fact, there is a study carried out by some scientists which reveals that this situation could worsen, and for that reason, we should question ourselves: is there any solution?

Excessive Pollution and the Greenhouse Effect

First of all, excessive pollution is increasing the greenhouse effect. Therefore, we must work together to change this situation, such as implementing new recycling models.

Governments Taking Action

Secondly, governments should make new arrangements to decrease global warming by applying new measures like promoting more public transport and punishing those who pollute excessively.

Conclusion

In light of the outcome, the situation... Continue reading "Solutions to Climate Change: Working Together to Save the Planet" »

Understanding Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Crawling and Indexing

Web crawlers, also known as bots, robots, or spiders, are software programs designed to follow links, gather information, and send it back to search engines for indexing. This process allows search engines to understand the content and structure of websites.

Evolution of Google Search Algorithms

Over the years, Google has implemented various algorithm updates to improve search results and combat spam. Some notable updates include:

• Google Dance (2002): Click-through rates started influencing search rankings.
• Austin (2004): Targeted websites with keyword stuffing.
• Google Suggest (2008) & Google Instant (2010): Introduced predictive search based on search history.
• Hummingbird (2013)

AMAZON

*Unique Customer *empathetic employee *help w/little thing *maintain trust and connections

APPLE

*Aproach Warm welcome *Probe polite understanding *Present solution *Listen to concerns *End with advice and invitation

DISNEY

*Employye Out of comfort zone *10% product 90% service *attitude skills *empathy Creativity

NORDSTROM

*return policy *focus on detail *vision attitude *personal help

4 SEASONS

*Care for Guests *eye contact smile *reward employee *unfergatable experience

ZAPPOS

*exceed Expectations *100% return policy *call center *passionate employees

Chapter 1 Review: Understanding Risk

Key Risk Management Terms

Types of Risk

• Systemic Financial Risk: Risk that affects the entire economy or system, not just individuals.
• Risk: Uncertainty about a future outcome, particularly a negative one.
• Pure Risk: Risk with the possibility of loss but no chance of gain.
• Speculative Risk: Risk with the possibility of both gain and loss.
• Fundamental Risk: Risks that are pervasive to the whole economy, also known as "systemic" risk.
• Diversifiable Risks: Risks that can be mitigated by having a broad mix of risk exposures.

Risk Attitudes

• Risk Averse (Avoider): Prefers to avoid risks and seeks security.
• Risk Seeker (Taker): Enjoys taking risks.
• Risk Neutral: Preference lies between risk averse and risk seeker.

Risk Management