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take any value within a given range and are termed continuous. However, even continuous variables can only be measured to a certain degree of accuracy. Thus age is Table 1.1 Examples of types of data. Quantitative Measured Blood pressure, height, weight, age Counted Number of children in a family Number of attacks of asthma per week Number of cases of AIDS in a city Categorical Ordinal (Ordered categories) Grade of breast cancer Better, same, worse Disagree, neutral, agree Nominal…

into increasingly aggressive competition with Boeing and, from 1999, has consistently captured 50% of the market for airplanes of over 100 seats. The aeronautic industry is a very specific sector, one that, in particular because of its economic weight, is considered highly strategic: it is important in terms of jobs, development and international trade. Moreover, the barriers to entry are so high that competition takes place only between the two giants, making the rivalry between…

this book, its author, or related books and websites, please click here. iii I dedicate this book to My brother, Demba who left me too soon Rest in peace President Leopol Sedar Senghor and Professor Cheikh Anta Diop For showing me the way Monsieur Cisse, my very first elementary school teacher. I will never forget how you used to hold my little five year old fingers to teach me how to write. Thank you! You are my hero. iv ABOUT THE AUTHOR ISSA BASS is a Six Sigma…

captures the notion of relevance”: relevance exhibits the properties of identity, transitivity, permutation and self-distribution. PHILOSOPHY Philosophers have involved, in a general way, the notion of relevance in the explanations of “aboutness” and in the theory of meaning. And, in a very specific way, relevance has been involved in explication of relations between different realities. In modern times the most powerful philosophical discussion of relevance was provided by…

Accordingly, a small but important cog' nitive school has also developed that seeks to use the messages of cognitive psychology to enter the strategist's mind. Each of the four schools that follow has tried to open up the process of strategy formation beyond the individual, to other forces and other actors. For the learning school, the world is too complex to allow strategies to be developed all at once as clear plans or visions. Hence strategies must emerge in small steps, as an…

pre-colonial period in developed parts of sub-Saharan Africa, are also sometimes termed "medieval." Modern historians are far more reluctant to try to fit the history of other regions to the European model, however, and these applications of the term beyond Europe have fallen out of favor. ------------------------------------------------- Origins: The later Roman Empire The Roman Rmpire reached its greatest territorial extent during the second century. The following two centuries…

research you have done and how well you can formulate your arguments. The previous steps, “What and why” and “Who” influence the type of information. For example: what depth of analysis should you go into? How serious or light-hearted can you be? The way you structure your information is essential because the audience must be able to follow your line of reasoning. The less familiar the audience is with your topic, the more important your structure will be. Related points should be…

field. The manual is most useful when used in conjunction with on-the-job training. Well drilling is an art, not an exacting science. This manual does not cover all issues which will arise and it does not replace common sense or experience. The best way to learn how to construct good wells is to go and do it with experienced workers. Most importantly, learn from your failures, talk to others and then try again again! The guiding principle is "Do the easy ones first"! There is plenty of…

manuscript), but they had not been made explicit in the text. The 4 blocks are: the general model of negotiation, the role of the individual, negotiator interaction, and negotiation outcome. In either form, this framework has a contemporary usefulness beyond what was first foreseen. It provides a “profile” of the negotiation attitudes and practices of any counterpart. Inspired by cultural considerations, it is not, however, inherently limited in use to “foreign” counterparts. The…

Labels 21 Expand/Collapse 21 Show/Hide 22 Data 22 Define Dates 22 Insert Variable 23 Insert Case 23 7 viii Contents Go to Case 23 Sort Cases 23 Transpose 24 Merge File (Add Cases) 26 Merge File (Add Variables) 26 Split File 27 Select Cases 29 Weight Cases 31 Transform 31 Compute 31 Count 36 Recode into Same Variables 37 Recode into Different Variables 39 Categorize Variables 39 Rank Cases 41 Replace Missing Values 41 3 Statistical tests Analyze 44 Reports/OLAP (Online…