The 2020 election was historic in many ways. It was the largest overall turnout in history, there was more access to voting than in prior elections, and there were a slew of new protocols due to the pandemic. Also, after the election, in part due to former President Donald Trump claiming the election was ‘stolen’, … Read more
ECON 103: The Benefits and Costs of Economic Growth Purpose: Your case study paper is due at the end of Week 7. The purpose of the assignment is to apply your knowledge of the costs and benefits of economic growth. This assignment is based on Chapter 19 in Meyer’s Everything Economic Book and on supplementary … Read more
1. 1. How is state different from nation and regime (2 points)? 2. What are some of the indicators to measure state capacity according to the Fragile States Index, list 2 of them (1 point)? 2. 1. What are the two views of defining democracy, briefly explain them (2 points)? 2. What are the three measures of … Read more
Voting & Elections Assignment The closest thing Harris County government has to a CEO is the Harris County Judge. Despite the title, it’s not a judicial position. The Harris County Judge presides over Harris County Commissioners’ Court – like a city council, but for the county, and has certain other duties, particularly with regard to … Read more
PLEASE read the following directions carefully. Most points are lost for not following directions. Find a current news article (within one year of today) that is directly related to a specific topic featured in the video or textbook for this chapter. Include the link to the article at the top of your submission and write … Read more
Is lack of preschool associated with reading scores? Using the AECF state data, the regression below measures the effect of the state’s percentage of younf children not in preschoolon the percentage of 4th graders with below basic reading scores. %belowbasicread = β0 + β1x%nopreschool + u Stata Output 1) Please write out the regression equation using … Read more
Instructions: Please submit your response that completely answers the essay questions below. Use information you learned in the assigned reading/videos to answer the questions. Do not use any outside sources found via Google, etc. Posts should be between 250 – 300 words. Has the change in how people consume news caused more or less media bias? … Read more
Is concentration of single parent families associated with reading scores? Using the AECF state data, the regression below measures the effect of the state’s percentage of single parent families on the percentage of 4th graders with below basic reading scores. %belowbasicread = β0 + β1x%SPF + u Stata Output 1) Please write out the regression equation … Read more
Go to the required website: Natural Disasters and COVID-19: Preparedness Information for Specific Groups. Pick 1 from the 7 specific groups: How is preparedness different from other groups, what are the specific precautions? CDC is the governmental health sector involved in hurricane preparation during a pandemic; give an example of a private sector agency also being … Read more
Scatterplots and Correlation Scatterplots Scatterplots show the relationship between two (usually) continuous variables. Recall that continuous have many different numeric values; age or income are examples. Scatterplots are very useful for data visualization because they can give us an intuition for the direction of the relationship between variables (positive or negative) and the strength of … Read more