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Open Question: spending on golf instruction?

I'm looking for statistics on how much money U.S. spends on golf instruction. Looking for an industry wide figure. Done some searching and looking through research reports but can't seem to find anything. help? more

Resolved Question: How many lives were saved yet by the high gas price?

People drive less since the gas is expensive. Fewer miles driven should result in fewer deadly accidents, so I am wondering how many lives were spared already by the higher gas price. In an average year in the past over 40,000 people died on the streets. Now assuming people drive 10% less on average, and assuming the number of victims is proportional to the miles driven, this would save 4,000 lives this year! Certainly saving that many lives is worth spending a few more dollars - or isn't it?Btw, I tried to find statistics on this (e.g., how many people killed in April 2008 vs. April 2007, 2006, etc.) but couldn't find any. I'd appreciate a pointer. more

Resolved Question: I need supporter (fans) statistics for British football for 1880s to 1965 - help!?

I need to find out about how popular football was with men from about 1880 onwards (or from the start onwards) until about 1965. Can anyone point me to some quotable statistics? I'm looking at how people spent their social time up until the 1960s, and I suspect football was high on the list for most men, but I need to demonstrate this. Could someone please help? Maybe it is possible to work it out from how big the stadiums were before and after the two world wars, demonstrating the growing popularity of the game? Any suggestions would be useful! Thanks!! (Would any other sports have had big supporter following were people attended most weeks?) more

Resolved Question: How do you tackle a A4 172 page textbook based on inferential statistics?

I just cant seem to get going with this subject, I read one page and I'm all tired out.. Only 1 page!... then I spend the rest of day lazying. I dont like this style of mine. Would like some study tips, please help. more

Voting Question: how many Uk men would feel confident working with a mentally ill and aggressive compulsion disordered person?

Reform of long-term sick benefit Employment Minister Chris Grayling described the figures as "outrageous" and promised action to get people off benefits and back into work. The disclosure comes as Prime Minister David Cameron made cutting the cost of welfare a key priority in the new coalition Government's drive to tackle Britain's record deficit. The figures come from an analysis carried out by Mr Grayling of the latest official statistics. He found there were 889,000 people who had spent all of the last 10 years on sickness benefits, at an average annual cost of £4.2 billion. "The sheer amount of people who have been left behind without any help or support to get back into work is outrageous," Mr Grayling said. "Thousands of people who have simply been cast aside by a welfare system that does nothing but put them in a queue for benefits and then forgets about them. "Well those days are over. We will no longer accept a system which writes people off at a drop of the hat and expects the taxpayer to foot the bill." The Government already said it intends to reassess all incapacity benefit claimants to see if they are capable of working. Pilot projects are due to start in Burnley and Aberdeen to examine claimants to see if they can start work right away or need help through the Government's new work programme. The scheme is due to be rolled out nationwide from next year - and that means lots of manic depresives and psychotic people returning to the work place. and some like me have complex disorders . and have been placed on disability for the publics own safety ... the saving from this is just 0.9% of what the contry needs to save.889,000 people - there are 64 million people in the UK, The uk aid to other countries bill is 14 billion .... then add the cost of keeping immigrants in benifits and housing and grants for clothes and furniture then the cost of legal aid ...just to clarifie thats 4 billion over 10 years and 14 billion a year in aid ... more

Resolved Question: Is Arizona's Governor asking the Gov't to spend unnecessary money and troops by pushing lies?

Jan Brewers claims on beheading and all the so-called violence spilling over have been found to be false and don't add up compared to FBI statistics and what other law enforcement along the border towns report. So is Arizona's Gov. Jan Brewer asking the Gov't to spend money and send troops that aren't really necessary? The U.S. Mexico Border Is Safer Than You Think http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20100812/wl_oneworld/world3694381281622010 With the Crime rate flat in Arizona, Gov. Brewer turns to the mythical "beheading" narrative to attack Latinos http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/crime-rate-flat-arizona-gov-brewer-turn Crime stats test rationale behind Arizona immigration law http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/29/arizona.immigration.crime/index.html?hpt=T2 more

Voting Question: Earth’s largest economy…American Women. Women how do you feel about being treated as a consumer object?

"Women’s marketplace dominance is clear in every area. Statistics overwhelm and convince us that women are the market and the economy as demonstrated not only by the Business Women’s Network but Marty Barletta in her new book on marketing to women. Marty Barletta notes, “Women are responsible for 83% of all consumer purchases. * Home furnishings (94%) * Vacations (92%) * Houses (91%) * Consumer electronics (51%) * Cars (60% of purchases and influence 90%)" http://www.roadandtravel.com/newsworthy/newsandviews04/womeninmarketplace.htm ------------------------------------------------------ Women are the dominant spending force in almost every retail/business category and are the most affluent and influential consumers of today. * Of all consumer purchases, women are responsible for 83% * Homes: Directly purchase or influence the purchase of 91% of all new homes * Home fix-up purchases: More than 55% * Retail: Account for 88% of customers in the US & Canada * Auto: Make more than 50% of all auto purchases and influence 85%. * Home furnishings: 94% * Vacation choices: 92% * House purchases: 91% * Consumer electronics purchases: 51% (women are involved in 89% of all consumer electronic purchase decisions) * Home Computers: Account for 66% of all purchases * Bank Accounts: Hold 89% of all accounts * Credit Cards: Women carry 76 million credit cards, 8 million more then men—(Fast Company, 2004) * Healthcare: Make 80% of Healthcare decisions and account for 67% of spending * Health: Purchase 65% of herbal remedies, vitamins and minerals and purchase 80% of all healthcare * Beauty and hygiene: Purchase more than 90% * Clothes, accessories: Wear more than 90% of items such as jewelry and perfume * Meetings: Plan the meetings and comprise the majority of certified meeting planners * Office Supplies: Purchase $44.5 billion * Lawn movers: Purchase approximately 81% of riding lawn mowers All facts noted above are from the 2005 Wow! Quick Facts book and the U.S. Census Bureau, 2004 http://www.ewomennetwork.com/specialoffers/advertise.php ------------------------------------------------------ If we follow the money trail, the system makes it easy for male resources to be transfered into female hands, AA, quotas, family law. The media which is mostly aimed at women (80% of all advertising is aimed at women), tells you that men are always wrong so when he says dont buy you are less likely to listen and it tells you what to buy so the resources transfer up to the corporations that make the products and your media with relative ease. The question is, while we hear so much about women being sexually objectified and how evil it is, why is there no good or accurate discussion and analysis on the objectification of women as consumer units whos behaviour patterns are inputted via the mass media? In fact, this hype monetising and controlling of gathering behaviour is often depicted as being sucess, by certain groups.***In fact, this hyper monetising and controlling of gathering behaviour is often depicted as being sucess, by certain groupsYes dark eyes, family necessities and office supplies are covered in the categories above. more

Voting Question: can you give me your honest opinion on my college application essay?

I cannot say I’ve completed every homework assignment that was given, or passed every test. I cannot say I’ve aced Honors Physics, or achieved a 4.5 GPA. I definitely cannot say I’ve figured out how to be an organized and productive member of society. What I can say is that I’ve learned a lot in the past few years. You may be thinking, “Well don’t you learn something by passing a test or earning a high GPA?” Perhaps you learned how to memorize names, dates, and formulas to later on forget in order to clear your mind for the next test. In this way, you are not really learning at your fullest. Between these brick walls, we are expected to take orders, to allow ourselves to be reduced to the same safe level. We are expected to study the tools necessary to become workers, so we can serve the interests of big corporations. Only when we are able to blurt out facts acquired in school, are we considered successful. When I entered this high school as a freshmen, my goals were very different from what they are now. I aspired to get into a high rank school, sometimes called the “Ivy League of the West”. I knew virtually nothing about this school, aside from its prestigious reputation. My plans were to major in pre-medicine, so I could have a successful career as a doctor. If you had asked me, at the time, why I wanted to be a doctor, I would not have been able to answer truthfully. I had no real interest, because I viewed every subject as work. I excelled at every subject just for the purpose of excelling. Still, I wanted to be the best at everything, because I was craving that praise from the educational system that would somehow validate the years of work I had done in school. Only when I took a step away from all the academic pressure that had been looming over my head, did I truly learn. I learned a great deal about myself. I discovered that I am more than a worker, more than a robotic bookshelf. I am a thinker, an adventurer, a dreamer, explorer, and an artist. Now I can honestly say I use my mind for innovation instead of memorization. I use my mind for creativity rather than futile activity. This is because I expand my mind, rather than direct it. Ultimately, I learned the most in untraditional ways. Many students will probably talk about how they learned from an experience where they were given a leadership position. In my case, not becoming captain of my school’s colorguard taught me more about leadership than I ever would’ve if I had been awarded the title. When I was blatantly denied the captainship that I was so sure I deserved, my first reaction was to do what any angry teenage girl does: rant about it on Facebook. Once I realized I couldn’t change what had happened, I was forced to look into why I wanted it in the first place. My intentions as a captain would’ve been to raise the team’s performance to higher standards, and lift their vision to higher sights. I was consoled by the fact that, title or not, my goal was still the same. All I really needed to do was reflect on what was truly important to me. As a result, I am much more mature, confident, and pleased with myself. My motivational force is now passion, not numbers or statistics. It may sound like I’ve transformed into some sort of rebellious slacker, a useless shadow of my former overachiever self. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Hard work is as much a part of my plan as it ever was. The only difference is that now I know what I’m working towards: following my own dreams, not someone else’s. I feel the need to make up for the years I’ve spent mindlessly accepting other opinions as truth, so I question everything. In fact, I’m currently in the process of building my own perspective. It’s a pretty easy task if done correctly. While my perspective undergoes construction, I continue to grow intellectually. I hope to continue this at a college that will inspire me, as soon as I am handed my high school diploma - that little piece of paper that verifies I’m smart enough to do so. suggestions are welcome more

Resolved Question: If there are so many more bisexual women than bisexual men,...?

,...YET there's 50% men and 50% women, then aren't there going to be less available women for men who want sex with them. Isn't this going to mean that there are less women for straight horny men to be able to find, and plus, with all the extra cases of bisexual women making out with each other than bisexual men making out with each in a society where the man/woman ratio is exactly 50%, then for all those straight horny men who are missing out and aren't finding any availbale women their type, isn't it imperative and of the utmost importance that we not only have have "easy women" who are willing to sleep with numerous men, and we not only have women who are willing to cheat on their boyfriends and husbands just so we can get the left out men some women their type that they can have sex with, but that we ALSO have prostitition be legalized? It's statistics. If we have 200 million people, where 100 million of them are men and 100 million of them are women, and say 1 million of those men are bisexual, but now let's say 20 million women are bisexual(20 times as much bisexuality here!). NOW, let's say the bisexual are spending half their time with one gender and half their time with the other. Now, as this would mean that there are 500,000 men unavailable to women, this would mean that there are 10 million women unavailable to men! This would leave 9,500,000 men unsatisfied, compare that to just 500,000 women unsatisfied. How are those 9.5 million men supposed to get laid with women their type if all women remain 100% faithful in their relationships, there aren't any "easy women", and if prostitution isn't legalized? Straight Men become more miserable without sex with women than straight women become miserable without sex with men. Men need sex, but women don't. If prostitution should be made illegal to some extent, it should only be illegal where men are male prostitutes. Since women don't need to go to male prostitutes to get sex but some men have no other choice but to go to female prostitutes to get sex, society and lawmakers need to be more understanding to mens' need for sex in a society where there are unfortunately a large number of bisexual women prefering other women instead of them. What are those straight men supposed to do, die virgins? Resort to homosexuality? There are men who have commited crimes simply because they couldn't get sex, meaning, that if they got sex, they got a prostitute without worry of getting in trouble they would have never commited the crime they committed. Or is it simply the man's job to approach women and MAKE THOSE WOMEN prefer them instead of other women? I noticed all of the stats of dating sites like adult friend finder. Practically 30 to 40% of those women are seeking other women, the percentage of men seeking other men is much lower. I suppose men should be able to win women over who are seeking other women on those dating sites. But if many or at least a noticeable number of those women can't be won over for the man, then by logic, the only way we'll ensure that all straight men get the sex they want with the women they desire, is if we make sure we keep having "easy women", we keep having cases of women cheating on their lovers to have sex with other men, and we have prostitution legalized. Maybe the reason we have so many "easy women" is to EQUALIZE the fact that there are unfortunately so many bisexul and lesbian women, and now that I think about that, I now understand why men are more expected to tolerate infidelity in a relationship that women are. In a society where the percentage of women desiring to make out with other women is higher than the percentage of men desiring to make out with other men, men need to be happy with that woman that they get, and since there are straight men who are missing out simply because of womens' higher rate of bisexuality and being lesbian than mens' bisexuality and being gay, those straight men need some women their type out there to satiasfy them sexually. And until we legalize prostitution, we need as many easy women and cheating women as possible so cancel out the high rate bisexual and lesbian women who are prefering other women instead of men. Unless, of course, it is the man's job to turn bisexual and lesbian women straight and to desire those men instead of those other women, and unless it's very possible for most men to do this, then I stand by everything I said before this.And remember, men need and desire sex with women and get more miserable without satisfying the desire than vice versa, so straight horny men who want and need sex with women theit type need to be catered to. Men are just as valubale as women are. more

Resolved Question: Help with Assignment?

Hi, I need help with a homework assignment. Basically the project is that I’m given a bunch of people’s IQs, but also their statistics on a bunch of other things like whether they went to school, how many years they were in school, how much time they spend on social networking site, etc. Basically, my job is to determine which of the other statistics correlate with the IQ scores (I’m being hired by a company who wants to hire based on IQ but they only have all this other data). Any advice? more

Voting Question: Why do we spend 40+ billion a year on the war drugs with absolutely no signs of improvement ever?

You take 1 off the streets, in comes another 10. This cycle is perpetual and history and statistics show it's only getting worse regardless how much we spend. So I ask, why spend 40 billion a year if the streets are no safer, you're not reducing the amount dealers or crime, in fact the war increases those numbers by making more business for them. What good comes out of the 40 billion in tax dollars we spend each year? Are there any pros at all to the war on drugs, this is a serious question?How many years does it take to realize we're playing a game with no chance of winning, why do we ignore the decades of statistics showing us the war on drugs has an adverse effect?The streets would look exactly the same given there's a replacement for every dealer you arrest. more

Resolved Question: Why do so many moms fight over issues?

I am always surprised on how many issues women fight over online, take for instance cirmucision, we spent over an hour discussing this with our doctor and he was very imformative with charts and statistics on why circumcision is necessary, we listened to him, he is one of the top 10 doctors in the USA and works for one of the top 10 hospitals in the USA. Now 3 years later, after no problems at all and he slept through the whole procedure and we were able to watch it, it was not very gruesome at all, his teeth cleaning and first hair cut were far more traumatic I have moms online telling me someone should chop me to pieces, but this is one example only, I have also had moms berate me for supplementing my breast milk, even though I was told to by our pediatrician for both children b/c I could not produce enough breastmilk and they both had lost over 10% of their birthweight, I listened to the doctor who did go through extensive schooling to be a pediatrician and neither one of my children have had any problems at all being supplemented, and yet I have moms berating me (most of them I suspect are nearly 20 years younger than me). I have Moms berate me for sending my kids to public school, and other moms berate me for homeschooling (as I have done both), I have had moms tell me I am a horrible mother for working and moms tell me to get off my lazy ass and get a job when I have stayed at home, (again I have been both a working mother and a stay at home mother). These are just a few examples and my porpuse is not to vent as I am not angry about it, I simply am wondering why do Mothers do this to other Mothers? Is not mothering a hard enough job without having the stress of divisions added to it? Shouldn't we be encouraging and supporting each other in this, not tearing each other up, and this is not just yahoo answers, I have seen this on other parenting websites as well, even christian parenting websites. If you do this, why do you do this, why do you choose to be right all the time and hope to win a disagreement, instead of being encouraging and helpful and maybe not win a disagreement, but let people make their own choices, give the best advice you can and agree to disagree on certain issues? Really want to know why Mothers are so opinionated and down right rude to other mothers these days?I am not worried, but curious why are Moms acting so rude to each other online, I know people do not do this in real life and for society I am concerned about why this generation is so discouraging to one another online instead of encouraging, and again not just on yahoo. As far as religion, we Christians have to tell others the way of salvation, but if they do not listen we are to simply walk away, not push them, we just have to tell them, I can certainly see someone feeling they must tell someone of say a danger like for instance, Breastmilk os so much better it such a shame to not be able to get all, formula can contribute to childhood obesity, allergies and cause your baby to have nipple confusion, I do hope you would contact a Lactation consultant and discuss this and be able do feed all breastmilk in the future. This would be sharing info. in a way that is not condemning and is informative and potentially helpful to the mother. Where have our manners gone? more

Resolved Question: how to talk to my maths teacher?

So I've just done my AS level maths, as well as 3 others, and I've managed to make the maths department hate me :/ I can see why they don't understand, where I'm coming from, because I haven't actually told them anything that's going on with me. This year, and around my GCSEs, I have been ODing on paracetemol and sleeping tablets and drinking excess amounts of vodka in order to "cope" with the exam stress due to the fact that the university course I want to do (vet med) needs minimum AAB. Several times the headteacher and head of sixth form have told the maths department, that I'm stressed over their subject, and yet I've never actually gone and asked them for any help. This is because, it's not really the maths that is/was the issue, but rather the huge amounts of stress and anxiety exams caused me- maths seemed worse because it's either right or wrong, you either know how to answer it, or you don't and so there was no "safety net" there for me to fall back on. I've also skipped a few lessons (not a lot- only about 7/8 all year, and I have 5 a week) when the stress has been too much, and the thought of going to a maths lesson has made me feel physically sick, and I've spent the hour in the toilets gagging and even sometimes actually being sick. My results have obviously been affected by this, I got a low B in January, but I HAVENT got that in the summer modules, because I only answered 1/4 of the statistics paper and about 2/3 of the Core 2, I want to do A2 maths too, and I've gotten over (touch wood) the anxiety and stress of my exams through counselling and courses. However I think the maths department at my school, will want to be sure I'm serious about A2 and so I want to tell them (or at least one of my teachers) everything because I'm hoping they'll see where I'm coming from, and be more willing to help me. I don't know whether to put all of this (and more- the full story) in letters and give it to my teachers, or try and tell them face to face. I would stay whilst they read the letter though? Please help, I know they don't know anything because my Headteacher and Head of sixth form assure me they haven't said anything other than I'm stressed- and I have a good relationship with both of them, so I trust what they're saying. HELP! more

Voting Question: statistics help-Find the range,interquartile range,mean absolute deviation,variance...(10pnts!)?

The numbers of minutes spent in the computer lab by 20 students working on a project are given below: Numbers of Minutes 30 | 0,2,5,5,6,6,6,8 40 | 0, 2, 2,5,7,9 50 | 0, 1,3,5 60 | 1,3 Find the range, interquartile range, mean absolute deviation, variance, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation for this set of data. Thanks in advance! :)300,302,305,305,306,306,306,308 400,402,402,405,407,409 500,501,503,505 601,603 more

Resolved Question: Why do liberals spout useless statistics when discussing illegal Immigration?

They keep saying that more illegals have been deported, more money has been spent, etc. They miss the point completely. The fact is that this is a different breed of illegal Immigrants now. They are violent drug and human trafficking cartels with AK-47's who have put hit contracts on U.S. officials. They have made Phoenix the kidnap capital of North America. This is INVASION! We need to get troops down there and put the kabosh on these criminals! I would think that liberals would be just as concerned because of the human trafficking aspect. I guess votes are more important than human rights to them? more

Resolved Question: Under the freedom of information Act would I be able to ask why......?

To-day the McCann's spent over an hour with the Home Secretary who promised to put the full might of the coalition government behind their search for Madeline. I do not believe that ANY other lost or missing child in this country has ever been afforded this level of government involvement. Why is this ? Take a look at the statistics on missing children and tell me how many receive the same level of publicity or government help. more

Resolved Question: Transfer into Nursing Program Issue?

I'm planning on transferring into a nursing program in a year or so..my issue is that i messed around my first couple years of CC and have some fails in unrelated classes. Not only that but i took classes at both a small University AND CC so i spoofed both gpa's a bit. for example. CC Marketing F Accounting F Intermediate Algebra F Intermediate Algebra F(i did not go to class either time) University History F The last year i spent the majority of the time fixing other F's that were not listed above(humanities, history111, history112, speech) But still have these blemishes on my record. Anyway, at this point with my gpa hovering 2.0 i would work my way towards nursing, to which i took the prerequsites for 2 universities(one required statistics, one required intro to art, while the other did not) My last 2 semesters: Bio I- A MicroBio- A Chem 105- A ____________ Bio 131 Anatomy 1-A Intro Organic Chem-A Nutrition- A Anthropology- A Human Development- A And Ive been taking... Anatomy II, Statistics, and that art class..all of which i should be getting an A... Ive also gotten an A in psych, precalc, B in spanish, english 102 and a C in 101.. Now to my question..even with all of this work, most of it being in the prerequesite field, those 17 credits worth of F's in business classes, the same class i passed at a different college, and a math class that wouldn't be transferred had i passed it, have dragged my gpa to just around 3.0, without those 0/17 credits, my gpa is around 3.6-3.7. Does anyone know if my recent turnaround will be enough to warrant admission, or am i better off re-taking these classes that bare no significance on my career for the gpa boost.(keep in mind it's sacraficing another semester). any advice would be appreciated, thanks. more

Resolved Question: How to buy the right telescope for £300?

I am willing to spend £300 (or slightly more if i am getting value for my money) on a good telescope. I was trying to find one by myself but i dont know what size the lens has to be or anything like that for it to be a good telescope. When you recommend telescopes please state the statistics and tell me what kind of things i would expect to see like saturn, venus, jupiter or even the andromeda galaxy (i know you can see it without a telescope but it would be much appreciated if you would explain how much detail i would expect to see these in. Thank you so much. more

Resolved Question: How much money do the Yankees have?

I was watching the Blue Jays vs Yankees game, and halfway through it, they showed statistics comparing the two teams pitching rotation. The ERA for the Blue Jays was like 4.08, and it was 3.86 for the Yankees. The average age of the Blue Jays was like 26.5, and it was around 32 for the Yankees. But the most shocking statistic was that the Blue Jays were spending about $6 million dollars on their pitching rotation, and the Yankees were spending $65 million! That means that just one starting pitcher on the Yankees, is making more money than the entire Blue Jays pitching rotation combined! Why do the Yankees have so much money and basically buy every good player? more

Resolved Question: Going back with ex husband ... is it possible?

My ex and I have fallen in love again with each other, but he's still moving away, far away. I don't understand... We postponed sending in the divorce forms as we had realized we were still in love with each other. But even though we see each other all the time and spend time together, he still wants to move away to help his aging parents (they're not physically sick or anything), etc. I feel lost, I don't understand. And he says the more I am bringing up the subject of "why" are you moving away, or "why can't you stay", "don't you love me enough to work on the marriage", etc.the more I am pushing him away... IF he fought to keep me as much as I am fighting to keep him from moving away, I would be touched and in awe that he wants me that bad in his life. What is it that I don't get here? Don't say he's using me - I know for a fact he truly loves me. But at the time that I mentioned "divorce", I thought it was the right thing, and he had then made plans to move and be geographically closer to his parents. Then a few months went by, then seeing how close we had become and how well things were between us, I had a change of heart and realized that not only we were still in love with each other, but that the marriage was salvageable... Why then, if I have apologized to him for rushing into this divorce thing, doesn't he forgive me and take me back a 100%, marriage and all? Before I mentioned divorce, our vows and our working on our commitment/marriage was very important to him. Now it's like he has given up. He even says, "I don't want to go back living under the same roof and risking breaking up and wasting a few years more of my life." Is that a guy thing? We are currently separated, but he keeps saying "my mind is made up, I am moving"... Is this a guy thing to be so unflexible? Am I being selfish for expecting him to take me as his number one, and his parents and/or new city as number two in his life? He says we might get together if it's God's will in a few years!!! What's up with that? I am torn... I hurt... Please be gentle in your answers and enlighten me a bit, nothing mean please... I'm in love, but probably blinded by it, or probably not imagining myself with anyone but him at the moment... I've asked him to give me one good reason for divorcing me, and he couldn't come up with one. I don't want to be part of the statistics... I know this marriage can succeed... But I also know the phrase: if you love someone let them go. If they come back to you, good! If they don't, it's because they were never yours to begin with. Help! :(he won't see me every week-end as it is wayyyyy too far. Takes two days of travelling. I can't move with him as my son still needs me down here for a few years still. He has 'sarcastically' asked me if I'd move there with him, knowing I can't.kpop - you don't get it at all. Sorry. more

Resolved Question: Statistics help please - don't know where to start?

The district manager of Jasons, a large discount electronics chain, is investigating why certain stores in her region are performing better than others. She believes that three factors are related to total sales: the number of competitors in the region, the population in the surrounding area, and the amount spent on advertising. From her district, consisting of several hundred stores, she selects a random sample of 30 stores. For each store she gathered the following information. Y =total sales last year (in $ thousands). X1 =number of competitors in the region. X2 =population of the region (in millions). X3 =advertising expense (in $ thousands). The sample data were run on MINITAB, with the following results. Analysis of variance SOURCE DF SS MS Regression 3 3050.00 1016.67 Error 26 2200.00 84.62 Total 29 5250.00 Â Predictor Coef StDev t-ratio Constant 14.00 7.00 2.00 X 1−1.00 0.70 −1.43 X 230.00 5.20 5.77 X 30.20 0.08 2.50 a.What are the estimated sales for the Bryne store, which has four competitors, a regional population of 0.4 (400,000), and advertising expense of 30 ($30,000)? b.Compute the R2 value. c.Compute the multiple standard error of estimate. d.Conduct a global test of hypothesis to determine whether any of the regression coefficients are not equal to zero. Use the .05 level of significance. e.Conduct tests of hypotheses to determine which of the independent variables have significant regression coefficients. Which variables would you consider eliminating? Use the .05 significance level. more

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Resolved Question: I am terrified to fly!!!!!!!! Someone please help!!!!!?

At the end of September I will be flying to the UAE from the US. My flight is a non stop flight. It will take 15.5 hours to get there and I am under the impression we will be taking a polar route. I have never heard of taking a polar route and I am quite scared. I am scared of the plane in general though. I am already terrified to fly as it it, but to fly for almost 16 hours!!!!! I feel like I will spend that entire time in great distress. I can't stand the thought of turbulance and I have every horrible scenario in my head. Can someone please help???? Any tips, statistics even I don't care! I am sick of dwelling on this day in and day out and feeling like I need to make final aggrangements before I get on the plane!!!! more

Resolved Question: Why are people who work for the government allowed to vote?

Why do we allow the employees of the government, whose income and career is dependent on ever-increasing government, to vote? How exactly do people who work in the private sector and pay the salaries of government employees benefit by allowing these people to vote themselves ever higher salaries at the expense of the rest of us? Around the end of last year, I saw statistics to the effect that government employees tend to be paid twice as much on average as people who work in the private sector and receive far better benefits. This has undoubtedly worsened as the current administration has continued to "stimulate" government employment at the expense of private sector employment. To fix this problem, shouldn't we pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody who works for the government directly or as a government contractor from voting in an election? This should, of course, include everybody who receives a paycheck out of tax dollars. If government employees were barred from voting, wouldn't that eliminate the influence of the government employee unions (such as SEIU and NEA) and probably bring about a long-needed reduction in government spending? Of course, anybody who values their "right" to vote more than their government job is perfectly free to quit their government job, find a private sector job, and regain the right to vote. Nobody is forcing anybody to work for the government, so if people are denied the right to vote because they work for the government, then that is completely voluntary on their part. more

Resolved Question: HELP WITH STATISTICS QUESTION!!!!!?

1. The following data show samples of three chain stores in three different locations in one town and the amount of dollars spent per customer per visit. Management wishes to test whether each shopper is spending an equal amount of money at each store. Store A Store B Store C 14 26 9 48 32 13 36 34 8 31 8 22 42 37 14 43 16 Perform a one-way analysis of variance on these data, assuming = 0.05: · State the null and alternate hypotheses · Calculate the sums of squares SS(total), SS(factor), and SS(error) · Calculate the degrees of freedom df(total), df(factor), and df(error) · Calculate the mean square for factor, and the mean square for error · Calculate the F-statistic · Determine the critical value(s) · State your decision: Should the null hypothesis be rejected? more

Resolved Question: Probability and Statistics hw help!?

A fisherman catches fish according to a Poisson process; on average, he catches lambda= 0:6 fish per hour. If after two hours he has caught at least one fish, he quits. Otherwise, he continues until he catches one fish, and then quits. (a) Find the probability that he stays for more than two hours. (b) Find the probability that the total time he spends fishing is between two and five hours. (c) Find the expected total fishing time, given that he has already been fishing for four hours. (Hint question:how many fishes has he caught so far if he has already been fishing for four hours?) more

Resolved Question: Test statistics. If anyone could help and provide a rationale.?

Your instructor claims that on an average the students in summer session spend less than 4 hours a day to prepare for the course. When asked, 50 students reported that on average they spend 4.50 hours a day. Assume that standard deviation =1.2. Use a=.05 to test the instructors claim. What are your test statistics? A 0.998 B 2.95 C 4.50 D 4.00 more

Voting Question: Statistics help...im desperate PLEASE read and help?

14.Evolutionary theories often emphasize that humans have adapted to their physical environment. One such theory hypothesizes that people should spontaneously follow a 24-hour cycle of sleeping and waking—even if they are not exposed to the usual pattern of sunlight. To test this notion, eight paid volunteers were placed (individually) in a room in which there was no light from the outside and no clocks or other indications of time. They could turn the lights on and off as they wished. After a month in the room, each individual tended to develop a steady cycle. Their cycles at the end of the study were as follows: 25, 27, 25, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 25. Using the .05 level of significance, what should we conclude about the theory that 24 hours is the natural cycle? (That is, does the average cycle length under these conditions differ significantly from 24 hours?) (a) Use the steps of hypothesis testing. (b) Sketch the distributions involved. (c) Explain your answer to someone who has never taken a course in statistics. 18. Twenty students randomly assigned to an experimental group receive an instructional program; 30 in a control group do not. After 6 months, both groups are tested on their knowledge. The experimental group has a mean of 38 on the test (with an estimated population standard deviation of 3); the control group has a mean of 35 (with an estimated population standard deviation of 5). Using the .05 level, what should the experimenter conclude? (a) Use the steps of hypothesis testing, (b) sketch the distributions involved, and (c) explain your answer to someone who is familiar with the t test for a single sample but not with the t test for independent means. 17. Do students at various universities differ in how sociable they are? Twenty-five students were randomly selected from each of three universities in a region and were asked to report on the amount of time they spent socializing each day with other students. The result for University X was a mean of 5 hours and an estimated population variance of 2 hours; for University Y, M = 4, S2 = 1.5 ; and for University Z, M = 6, S2 = 2.5. What should you conclude? Use the .05 level. (a) Use the steps of hypothesis testing, (b) figure the effect size for the study; and (c) explain your answers to parts (a) and (b) to someone who has never had a course in statistics. more

Resolved Question: Statistics of a average music lover buying music?

Im doing a persuasive essay : Purpose: why should downloading music be illegal, if a majority of the music artists allows their listeners to download most of their music on certain downloading websites. I NEED to know the statistics on how much a person spends on buying music every year or month doesn't matter. HELP ME SOMEONE. more

Resolved Question: Breastfeeding vs. Pumping vs. Formula?

I am TTC my second child. (My daughter is almost 6) And, I am so stressed out about the bf decision. Let me give you a little background information to explain myself. I have inverted nipples which makes it extremely difficult to nurse. In addition I am very large breasted, which again makes it very difficult to nurse. With my daughter I 'stuck it out' for six months (this is the nicest term I can think of) I was absolutely miserable the entire time. This isn't to say that I don't have very precious memories of the time I spent bonding with her while I was nursing, just that I was extremely miserable the majority of the time. And, for those who will say, 'It gets better with time', it never did. I was so relieved when I began weening her to the formula. Having said all of this, I have always said that when and if I were to have another child I will not breastfeed. As the distant possibility comes closer to reality I am having second thoughts. I see all of the statistics on how much healthier it is to breastfeed than to use formula and wonder if I am being selfish. Again, though, I can not overstress how miserable I was. Is it worth it to be in so much pain to give my baby the added health benefits. Would it be less painful to exclusively pump? But, when I consider that option it seems as if I would be spending all my time pumping and taking away precious time with both my children. Or, would it be better to just use a good quality, organic formula. It would certainly be less stressful on me and therefore on both of my children to go with this option. I have been doing research online but everything I read is so contradictory with everything else I read, I just don't know what to do!! (I apologize if this has been confusing to read, I am not good at writing down my feelings) more

Resolved Question: So, you people up for paying 26.7 trillion more in taxes?

Obama Commission Will Call for Trillions in Tax Hikes Obama debt commission member, Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, launched a scary trial balloon on ABC News. Gregg suggested the debt commission will likely recommend a massive $26.7 trillion tax increase. http://townhall.com/columnists/FloydandMaryBethBrown/2010/07/24/obama_commission_will_call_for_trillions_in_tax_hikes To put this in perspective, last year (FY 2009) the federal Government collected only 2.1 trillion in tax revenue (and spent $3.52 trillion). This new 26.7 trillion tax will cost 137,557.95 per working adult according to today's latest workforce participation statistics: http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LNS11300000 (truthfully, a part of me is thinking that 26.7 trillion figure has got to be a mistake) more

Resolved Question: I need help with my statistics class?

PLease if anyone can help me with this assignment- email me or reply to this post. The bottom of the assignment has charts that you need to see, but this will not let me post the charts. I am willing to $$$ for the help with this assignment as long as it is reasonable of coure. Please help. I have done some/ most of it, but I am lost at the charts. Please email and I will reply with the actual assignment. 1. Place these variables in the following classification tables. For each table, summarize your observations and evaluate if the results are generally true. For example, salary is reported as a continuous quantitative variable. It is also a continuous ratio scaled variable. a.Salary- b.Gender- c.Sales volume of MP3 players- d.Soft drink preference- e.Temperature- f.SAT scores- g.Student rank in class- h.Rating of a finance professor- i.Number of home computers- 2. What is the level of measurement for each of the following variables? a.Student IQ ratings. b.Distance students travel to class. c.Student scores on the first statistics test. d.A classification of students by state of birth. e.A ranking of students as freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior. f.Number of hours students study per week. 3. What is the level of measurement for these items related to the newspaper business? a.The number of papers sold each Sunday during 2006. b.The departments, such as editorial, advertising, sports, etc. c.A summary of the number of papers sold by county. d.The number of years with the paper for each employee. 4. For each of the following, determine whether the group is a sample or a population. a.The participants in a study of a new cholesterol drug. b.The drivers who received a speeding ticket in Kansas City last month. c.Those on welfare in Cook County (Chicago), Illinois. d.The 30 stocks reported as a part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. 5. Alexandra Damonte will be building a new resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She must decide how to design the resort based on the type of activities that the resort will offer to its customers. A recent poll of 300 potential customers showed the following results about customers’ preferences for planned resort activities: •What is the table called? Basic Table •Draw a bar chart to portray the survey results. Bar 1- Like planned activities Bar 2- Do not like planned activities Bar 3- Not sure Bar 4- No answer Professor Salazar- I do not know how to use excel or anything to make charts or pie graphs and I could not get a hold of anyone to help me so this is all I could do. I would rather submit this than nothing. I don’t know what else I can do. The same for the pie chart. I was able to get the percentages and the correct distance between each color, but no labels. •Draw a pie chart for the survey results. Vacation Activities 1.(Purple)- Like planned activities (21%) 2.(Burgundy or red)- Do not like planned activities (45%) 3.(Yellow)- Not sure (26%) 4. (Aqua)- No answer (8%) 6The following chart summarizes the selling price of homes sold last month in the Sarasota, Florida, area. a.What is the chart called? Line chart b.How many homes were sold during the last month? c.What is the class interval? d.About 75 percent of the houses sold for less than what amount? e.One hundred seventy-five of the homes sold for less than what amount? 7.A chain of sport shops catering to beginning skiers, headquartered in Aspen, Colorado, plans to conduct a study of how much a beginning skier spends on his or her initial purchase of equipment and supplies. Based on these figures, it wants to explore the possibility of offering combinations, such as a pair of boots and a pair of skis, to induce customers to buy more. A sample of cash register receipts revealed these initial purchases: a. How many classes would you recommend? b. What class width would you choose? c. Construct a Frequency Distribution table d. Construct a Histogram e. Construct a Frequency Polygon f. Construct a Cumulative Frequency Curve more

Resolved Question: Can someone clarify this for me - concerning child slavery?

Yesterday I received a letter from a child slavery organisation. It was quite clear that its focus was on girls, stating that:- "There are an estimated 100 million girls in forced labour and sex slavery"; 'Girls are at grater risk than boys"; "Girls who get the opportunity...reinvest 90% of their income back into the family (while men reinvest just 30%)";"Statistics show that an increase in the number of girls in secondary eduction boosts a country's wealth..". My research shows that, world-wide, there are an estimated 246 million child 'labourers' (http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/media.htm), and 8.4 million child slaves, primarily in Asia and Africa, and that 1.8 million are in sex slavery (http://www.helpstopchildslavery.org/ChildSlaverytoday.asp). OK - so that leaves around 145 million boys in forced labour of one kind or another; probably around the 4.2 million mark in outright slavery, allowing for an even girl/boy split, and, from that 4.2m, probably a lower figure in sex slavery than girls. Anyway, slavery is slavery. Figures also state that only $50m annually is spent on preventing slavery. So - my questions are:- On these figures - how are girls at greater risk than boys? Where do the figures of 90% of income by women reinvested back into families come from? Plus what do these men in poor countries do, since they only invest 30% back into family? Why is there any difference between the number of girls in secondary schools boosting an economy and the number of boys having the same effect?Wonderful Taco meat - what part of my question said that 'women don't matter'? And the rest of your paranoia? Get your head out of that donkey there, son!OK - Taco - no contacts - 98 points - no email etc - you're a troll! Disregard this fool, everyone!Bee - I figured that they wanted to at least start somewhere - we both agree it is a terrible thing worldwide.Sri - I didn't say boys boost etc - I said the letter I received said girls do when they get into secondary schools. It follows that boys currently held in forced labour would have the same effect. My concern is not the issue - it is the bias involved.Dearest Bea - Hil kinda lost sight of exactly why these women lose their husbands, sons and so on, and of the countless millions of refugee men, and the increasing number of civilian men killed in conflicts. That's not my ID, Baby! Really! Somebody's playing here!Dodge - ya want me ta get over there and kick some child slaver Rs - it'd take a miracle? I have already said how much I personally abhor the practice - let me get on with my limited issue here!She Said - I stand in awe of your global perspective. Can you, just for one moment, multi-task here, and discuss one aspect of the issue without finger pointing? 145m boys -100m girls - are you saying the boys don't matter here? more

Resolved Question: hi did you heard this?

Australians have come out on top as the world's most envious people in a tally of the seven deadly sins. BBC magazine Focus found Australians also scored highly for the other six sins, making Australia the 'most sinful' country on Earth. "Sin-prone" Australia was followed by the US, Canada, Finland and Spain. Researchers used a points system to determine which countries committed the seven deadly sins (lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride), the most. The tally compared national statistics for plastic surgery (pride), theft (envy), violent crime (wrath), number of annual holidays (sloth), annual salary (greed), money spent on fast food (gluttony) and porn (lust). Australians ranked first for envy and third for lust and gluttony. Despite a fondness for the occasional sickie, sloth was was identified as the sin Australians were least likely to commit, with eight other countries considered lazier. Six nationalities were considered more wrathful and three more greedy or proud. Highest in each of the sin categories were the US (gluttony), Mexico (greed), South Korea (lust), Iceland (sloth and pride), Australia (envy) and South Africa (wrath). more

Resolved Question: normal distribution statistics?

2.The U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics reports that the average annual expenditure on food and drink for all families is $5700 (Money, Dec 2003). Assume that the annual expenditures on food and drink are normally distributed and that the standard deviation is $1500. a.What is the range of expenditures of the 10% of families with the lowest spending on food and drink? b.What percentage of families spends more than $7000 annually on food and drink? c.What is the range of expenditures for the 5% of families with the highest annual spending on food and drink? more

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Resolved Question: Statistics and Probability: Compute Sum?

The amount of money, in dollars, that an employee of a bank spent on lunch on six randomly selected days yielded the following data set. 15, 8, 10, 15, 7, 5 Compute \sum(x - ). Hint: Compute sum of all the deviation scores. Deviation = score -mean I really don't understand this question please help!!!!this was the whole question. my teacher doesn't speak english very well or explain the problem well either... more

Voting Question: what is your opinion on this friendship? is her behavior normal?

hey!! i'm a 21 year old girl. in the last two years of highschool i became best friends with this girl who lives across the road. we went to the same school and had always been friends but really grew close in those last few years. its been 5-6 years that we have supposedly been 'bestfriends' in the last 8months to a year she has started dating a guy and they have gotten engaged. since they started dating i hardly speak to her. if i call her- she sounds distracted and i can hear her fiance in the background. if i text her in the evening she doesn't reply until ridiculous hours like 2.30am in the morning (after he leaves her house). we live across the road!! and yet she puts no effort into seeing me. she has spoken about how friends understand if their friends get busy- but i feel that this behaviour goes beyond being 'busy' after 2 months of not really seeing/speaking to each other we made plans to spend a day shopping. on the morning she asked me if it was okay to just get coffee locally beacuse she had stuff to organize with the wedding (which is next September) i said that was fine, and she said we could do something this week. she hasn't text me or called me to organize anything!!!! our break from university ends tomorrow. in the past she has been half an hour late to meet me for coffee, or she has text me 5 minutes before she is meant to come over to reschedule for another time. when she borrows things from me, she doesn't return them. i leant her a statistics textbook that she hasn't given back to me even though she has been finished with the subject for awhile. i went to so much trouble to write a good speech for her 21st but instead of calling me to thank me again she wrote me a FACEBOOK MESSAGE. when i left the venue alone at 12am to walk to my car, she and her fiance and brother let me walk out alone. (my mum told me people have been killed out there before). she wasn't particularly busy then either. HELP? i just want an opinion and to talk to someone who doesn't know me /her more

Resolved Question: Did you know that Obama has spent over five work weeks out on the golf course since becoming president?

http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2010/07/16/obama-played-41-rounds-golf-president/ Obama Has Shot 41 Rounds of Golf as President by Keith Koffler on July 16, 2010, 3:30 pm President Barack Obama has played a remarkable 41 rounds of golf since becoming president, easily outpacing his predecessor and possibly damaging his ability to portray himself in 2012 as a populist advocate of average folks. With the excursions lasting on average at least five hours, the president has devoted a total of more than 200 hours to golf, not counting time spent on the White House putting green. That’s the equivalent of twenty five eight-hour work days, or five work weeks spent smacking golf balls. The former community organizer’s 41 trips around the links – a standard of recreational activity well beyond the budgets of most Americans – compares to only 24 total outings for former President George W. Bush, according to statistics compiled by White House chronicler Mark Knoller of CBS News. Bush, whose golf outings were used to help deride him as a callow, lazy, rich boy, played his 24th and last round on Oct. 13, 2003, saying he was ending the practice out of respect for the families of Americans killed in Iraq. (you can read the full article at the link) more

Resolved Question: Really Hard statistics question! Includes: test statistic, p-value, and significance level!!!! Please help!!!?

The owner of a downtown parking lot suspects that average time cars use the parking lot is actually greater than the one reported by the person she hired to run the lot. The receipts as provided by the employee indicate that, on average, each car is parked for 3.5 hours. To determine whether the time parked is actually greater than the 3.5 hours reported by the employee, the owner observed 82 cars and noticed that the time spent on the lot by those cars was on average 3.73 hours with a sample standard deviation of 1 hour. Assume that the amount of time cars are parked is normally distributed. 1) determine the test statistic A)18.860 B)2.083 C).230 D)-.230 2. Estimate the p-value A) p>.2 B) .2>p>.1 C) .1>p>.05 D) .05>p>.025 E) .025>p>.01 3. Can the owner conclude at the 5% signigicance level that the time parked is actually greater than 3.5 hours? Yes or No 4. Can the owner conclude at the 1.% significance level that the time parked is actually greater than 3.5 hours? Yes or No more

Resolved Question: why are people so ignorant when it come to steroids and other workout supplements?

whenever i tell people that i am taking creatine they tell me that it doesn't work and i am better off without it. But research and statistics prove that it does help you and they just deny it, but they are ones who go out and spend hundreds of dollars a month on supplements that simply do not work! They are the same ones that think that if you inject yourself with steroids that your balls will fall off and your penis will shrivel up. i know many people who take them and not one of them have a single side effect. I watched the documentary "Bigger, Stronger, Faster" today and they showed that they banned steroids based on all the good side effects that it gives you, not because of the bad ones. It just doesn't make any sense! Why are people so ignorant?? more

Resolved Question: What is America exactly the best at?

Killing innocent people? Its just that mostly American Conservatives keep ranting on about how the USA is number one, USA is the best. But what exactly does the USA does that makes it no. 1?, and I dont mean a broad statement. But I mean in a measurable statistic. America's not the richest country in the world, It's 6th by PPP GDP and 14th wealthiest in Nominal GDP according to the World Bank and 10th according to the CIA. America doesnt have the largest economy in the world since the EU economy formed (which is a single economy). America doesnt have the highest quality of living (if it ever had). As France ranks first, followed by Japan and the USA ranks 7th. http://83.138.173.108/Internal-Component… America isnt the most developed country in the world, With Norway ranking first and America ranks 13th. http://hdr.undp.org/en/humandev/reports/ (United Nations) America doesnt have the best education in the world, As Australia ranks first, alongside Denmark and Finland. Whilst the USA ranks above Khazakstan and below Lithuania and Slovenia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_I… (Source: United Nations) America isnt the most prosperous society in the world, as Finland, Switzerland and Sweden rank the top three, Australia 6th with USA rating 9th. http://www.prosperity.com/ No American cities make the top 10 in livability, with four Australian cities making the top 10 and three Canadian cities. http://www.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_na… America cant be considered the most technologically advanced society in the world, as the EU spends more on scientific research and produces a greater quantity of scientific literature than the US. America can't really be considered 'free' or 'democratic'. As it ranks 18th on the Democracy index. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_I… (Source: The Economist) And it also ranks in amongst the lowest in terms of privacy rights as an "Endemic surveillance society" The USA ranks 40th and the Peoples Republic of China ranks 45th. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_Int… http://www.privacyinternational.org/ _________________________ But the point Im getting at, Can you provide me a measurable statistic of what America does that's no. 1? And not things that America has done (e.g. Visited the moon) in the past, but what it's doing now? Also, the countries that rank the highest in these statistics are far more left-wing than the USA aswell. Australia, Norway, Denmark, Sweden are run under governments of a social democratic ideology. And the ruling Australian Labor Party has a large Socialist Left faction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_L… * 1 month ago Additional Details @The United States does one thing better than the whole world. We have the best military and we can create other functioning nations "nation building" better than anyone. Japan - USA built that country after WW2 ___________ Yes, but you dropped two nuclear bombs and destroyed it in the first place! Would it need to be re-built if it was never bombed? 1 month ago @"So if you mean measurable by studies then you have contradicted yourself due to crappy sources." _______ My sources include the United Nations, The Legatum Prosperity Insitute and The Economist. Both private and public organizations. My sources are very valid thank you. If you had bothered to visit the Wikipedia page you would see the reference down the bottom. more

Resolved Question: I'm almost done with my apprenticeship, now I have a choice to make?

I'm 17 from uk, I started working underage at Ferdor's butchery three years ago, I've almost done with my apprenticeship to be liscenced in the uk as a butcher, the only problem is that I started this as a part-time job, not a full career, I applied for the royal navy but they rejected me for schizo, bunch of judging f*ckers, anyway, I want to go to university, but I have spent so much time learning the skills of a butcher, and I like the job, but I don't even know if there is a need for them, could you help me decide, if you could find statistics on the projected job range of butchers that'd be great thanks more

Resolved Question: I want to convince my parents to let me have a Facebook. Will this work?

Ok, so I really want a Facebook. Why? It's summer. I get bored and lonely. It's a good way to keep in touch with friends. But I'm not allowed. I always get good grades, and never get in trouble. But I'm still not allowed. I know the dangers of the internet. I know I can handle it maturely, keep my profile private, not add anyone I don't know in person, don't give away personal information. But my parents don't seem to think so. I just wish they would give me a chance. I've never done anything to make them think I'm not responsible enough. So, I came up with an idea to prove(or at least try to prove) that I'm responsible enough. I want to know what your feedback is. Will it work? What should I include? Any suggestions? Ideas? So here it is: I was thinking of writing a really long and impressive report type thing, to prove I know everything there is to know about internet safety. I will explain to them what not to do on the internet, what I will do on the internet to keep me safe, and reasons why I want a Facebook. I will tell them I won't ever give out my password to anyone(besides them). I'll tell them they can log in and check up on my account anytime they want. They can add me as a friend, and watch what I post. If they ever find anything bad, then bam. I'll be willing to lose my Facebook. I just want to prove I am responsible enough- but how can I do that if I don't have any responsibilities? I'll go in to detail on the subjects, do my research, and give them statistics. It will be really long and impressive. But before I do all that, and spend like a week making it, I want to make sure it will work. If you were a parent, would you accept it? Sorry it's kind of long. Let me know what you think :) more

Resolved Question: I need your insight please. The more people that answer the more it will help me.?

Thx for listening guys I'll make this quick. I love my girlfriend to death I would do any for her literally. I love her to death. The thing is recently I had an epiphany, and realized that in the end hs relationships are just a waste of time. I mean honestly you spend so much time and money on the person and you end up breaking up. So my question is should I break up with her now to save her from all that drama and heart ache in the end. I love her but statistics don't lie, and according to statistics hs relationships most of the time do not work out. I'm so confused should I just break up with her and save us both the trouble. I hate myself for having this epiphany because I lover her, and never want to let her go, but should i just face the facts, and do wht i have to do. more

Resolved Question: What are the most commonly used kinds General Aviation aircraft?

I want to know what kinds of GA aircraft are most common in the skies, not on the ground. I know that the Cessna 172 is the most manufactured aircraft ever, but many of these spend most of their time on the ground while their hobbyist owners are at their day jobs. Business jets are built in much smaller numbers, but some of these fly every day. In terms of flights from one airport to another, or in terms of planes in the sky on any given day, can anyone give me a list of the most common GA aircraft? Or does anyone have statistics on how common are small single engine planes vs. twin engine propeller vs small or medium sized business jets vs privately owned jetliners? more

Resolved Question: Help w/ Statistics Probability Distribution problem please?

According to the Insurance Institute of America, a family of four spends between $400 and $3800 per year on all types of insurance. Suppose the money spent is uniformly distributed between these amounts. a.What is the mean amount spent on insurance? b.What is the standard deviation of the amount spent? c.If we select a family at random, what is the probability they spend less than $2000 per year on insurance per year? d. What is the probability a family spends more than $3000 per year? thanks!! more

Resolved Question: What facts support the claim that the Obama administration is not enforcing immigration laws?

The number of illegal aliens removed from the United States by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was up not down!!! FY 2009 was 298,401 individuals, up from 264,541 in FY 2008. There are more border enforcement agents along the border than ever before. FYI Discretionary spending on border security went from $7.9 billion in 2008; to $9.8 billion in 2009; and to $10.1 billion in fiscal year 2010. Arizona's statistics show the crime rate in dropped in 2009page 14 http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cfo_afrfy2009_vol1.pdf more

Resolved Question: Do you think that feminism, is for the most part a hate movement?

Every once in a while, I spend some of my free time learning about something, which I don’t know so much about. Lately I have been reading up on feminism -which is something that very very few guys seem to do. And well I don’t get it; apparently we are living in a tyrannical “patriarchal” society, whereby men oppress women. And feminism is a movement which seeks to both rectify this imbalance, and promote gender equality in general. However if that’s the case, how come in terms of the kind of rights which you get under the law; the whole system is much more favorable to women than men in terms of things such as: • Employment (positive discrimination, retirement age) • Preference for women in child custody battles • Penal sentences (less harsher, often far less harsher sentences for the same crimes) • Marriage, divorce, divorce settlements • The culture of the modern education system (there is this book called the war against boys by Christine summers which is about this,I was reading it other other day; and its really good check this out: http://www.amazon.co.uk/War-Against-Boys… • Parental leave, childcare etc Furthermore I have looked into some other stuff, and it would seem that statistically men have worse health, die younger, do all the most dangerous jobs, are considerably more likely to be a victim of crime, are more likely to become homeless, mentally ill, go to prison, commit suicide, less likely to go to university, and less government funding is spent on men’s health issues than women’s etc. So if feminism is really about gender equality, why doesn’t it generally work to address these kinds of issues? And how are we living in a “patriarchal society” if the whole system seems to be far more advantageous to women. I suppose most of the people who run big corporations etc are men; however there are sociological reasons which explain this, such as the fact that many women are stay at home mums- like my mum was when I was growing up. Furthermore although people say that their are always a minority of extremists who adhere to a particular political ideology. It would seem that with a few exceptions- Christine summers and a few others are alright and makes some interesting points. Most of these “iconic” feminists such as Andrea Dworking, Germaine Greer, and Naomi Wolf etc clearly have issues to put it nicely. Their books are boring, basically regardless of how eloquently they try to sell their ideas, their books are all pretty much the same, in fact I can’t believe that there are people dumb enough to get taken in by this s.hit. These feminists do not typically base their arguments on logic and reason; rather they try to elicit an emotional response from women by demonizing men, often by using misleading statistics- they especially like to go on about rape and how much men apparently hate women. I love women; I would kill myself if their no women around. Indeed It saddens me that there are women around who hate me so much on account of me being a man, and that these people are given any kind of legitimacy. Here is an article titled “A middle aged princess grows up” which made me feel better about all the hateful bitter women out there: http://awomanagainstfeminism.blogspot.co… I was very moved by this story and I strongly suggest that you check it out. what are your thoughts on feminism?Hayley your answer is indicative of why you are the only feminist who has attempted to answer my question. My argument is very difficult to refute, indeed you answer supports my conclusion that feminism is not about equality. more

Resolved Question: How much money is your state losing in sales tax?

Statistics say many illegal aliens are sending money back to families in the country they came from. Economists say that a dollar will be spent at least ten times before it leaves a community. If your state sales tax is 7 1/2% it would mean that every time the dollar is spent the state gets 7 1/2 cents. If that dollar circulates ten times before leaving the community the state will collect 75 cents on the dollar. For every dollar the illegal alien sends out of the country the community and state loses 75 cents. What is your states sales tax rate? Find out how many illegal aliens are in your state and figure if 25% of them are sending $250.00 a month back to their home country what is your state losing every month in sales tax? Calculate - Number of aliens divided by 4 multiplied by sales tax rate multiplied by $250.00 = amount your state loses in sales tax every month. Tell your elected officials to stop this loss of public revenue! Push for deportation of illegal aliens – NO pathway to citizenship, no amnesty! Can your state afford this? Could your schools, fire, safety, roads, etc. use this money? more