Open Question: Implied population statistics question Help!?

The archaeological site of Tara is more than 4,000 years old. Tradition states that Tara was the seat of the high kings of Ireland. Because of its archaeological importance, Tara has received extensive study. Suppose an archaeologist wants to estimate the density of ferromagnetic artifacts in the Tara region. For this purpose, a random sample of 55 plots, each of size 100 square meters, is used. The number of ferromagnetic artifacts for each plot is determined Identify the implied population: A) Number of ferromagnetic artifacts per 100 square meters B) Number of ferromagnetic artifacts in some of the plots C) Number of ferromagnetic artifacts per each distinct 100 sq m plot in the Tara region D) Number of ferromagnetic artifacts per 100 sq m in some plots in the Tara region E) None of these more

Open Question: What are my chances at getting accepted at cmu?

Summer of my Junior Year 3.9 GPA (4.0 scale) top 6% of class two AP classes currently (AP Chem and APUSH) 98 ave in AP chem 91 ave in Apush Best of the Best Award for AP Chem (chosen by teachers) Outstanding Recommendations 9 honors classes so far Plan on taking 2 sciences next year: Honors Physics II, Honors Human Anatomy Others next year: AP Economics AP Statistics AP Calculus National honors society President of the Health careers club at my school Science Bowl attendant Westinghouse Science honors institute member Pitt Medical School Summer Program member Who's who Church Food Bank Volunteer (4 hours per saturday) Varsity Golf, Tennis Student Government Volunteering at a hospital this summer FBLA (Next year) TSA (Next Year) SAT: CR:550 :( Math: 670 :( Planning on majoring in chemical engineering and minoring in finance Also planning on retaking the SATs and taking SAT II more

Open Question: did you know the Bureau?

of Labor Statistics reports that women still earn only 80 cents for every dollar men make. The implication is clear. Women, it is assumed, are victims of a chauvinistic work world that undervalues their contributions. But is that assumption correct? No…women have mostly themselves - and their career choices - to blame for their plight because women are less likely than men to put money first when making career decisions. Instead, women sacrifice fat paychecks in exchange for work that is flexible, less risky and more fulfilling. The fact is, when hours worked, areas of responsibility, and amount of uninterrupted experience are factored in men routinely earn less than women. Do you agree that women need to reject their feelings of discrimination and take matters into their own hands by making better career decisions? For example: Concentrate on career options in the hard sciences, not the social sciences. Engineers and computer scientists get paid more than teachers, journalists, and social workers. Female engineering managers earn an average annual salary of $83,000, but only 10 percent of professionals in the field are women. Get hazard pay without the hazards. Women in the military have an 8-to-1 safety ratio over men (i.e., not a single woman in the Marines or Air Force has died in the War in Iraq). Women cab drivers routinely work safer shifts (and sometimes areas) than their male counterparts, as well as get higher tips, in spite of not necessarily helping with the baggage. For women willing to think big, there's the lucrative option of starting up a company in a male-dominated industry such as construction. Thanks to laws governing federal contracts and woman-owned businesses, they'll have government agencies, universities, and other organizations competing for their services. Choose fields with higher financial and emotional risks. Male doctors and lawyers earn more than females in part because they are more likely to be in private practice. Risk is a huge reason venture capitalists earn between $100,000 and $300,000 a year - substantially more than supermarket cashiers who receive a regular paycheck and "check out" at the end of the day. About 91 percent of venture capitalists are men. Put in the hours. People who work just ten hours more per week earn almost twice the pay. Know the fields that pay women more than men. Female statisticians, for example, earn one third more than men, while female speech-language pathologists make 29 percent more. Farrell lists 39 fields that pay women at least 5 percent more than men. Be willing to move - and to travel. Women account for half of today's professionals, but only 18 percent of all employees transferred abroad, and only a similar percentage of frequent fliers. Women who move up are willing to both travel on the job and to relocate, especially overseas. Consider a higher-paying specialty. A nurse, for example, who wishes to become a nurse anesthetist can make twice the pay of a general nurse. A nurse with a bit of wanderlust can earn much better income as a traveling nurse. Do agree that many women will prefer to embrace the victim mentality - and continue to seek the wrong remedies instead of admitting the problem is in themselves? From: Why Men Earn More by Warren Ferrell more

Voting Question: Wondering about my chances at getting accepted to Case Western University?

Summer of my Junior Year 3.9 GPA (4.0 scale) top 6% of class two AP classes currently (AP Chem and APUSH) 98 ave in AP chem 91 ave in Apush Best of the Best Award for AP Chem (chosen by teachers) Outstanding Recommendations 9 honors classes so far Plan on taking 2 sciences next year: Honors Physics II, Honors Human Anatomy Others next year: AP Economics AP Statistics AP Calculus National honors society President of the Health careers club at my school Science Bowl attendant Westinghouse Science honors institute member Pitt Medical School Summer Program member Who's who Church Food Bank Volunteer (4 hours per saturday) Varsity Golf, Tennis Student Government FBLA (Next year) TSA (Next Year) SAT: CR:550 :( Math: 670 :( Planning on majoring in chemical engineering and minoring in finance Also planning on retaking the SATs and taking SAT II more

Voting Question: Can someone help me with this econometrics problem?

1.Some investors feel that since AT&T is such a large utility, its earning per share (EPS) should be related to GNP (gross national product), using the latter as a predictor of the former. From the data in the accompanying table, perform the following operations: a.Estimate the least-square line; the standard error of each of the regression coefficients; the actual t-values; the coefficient of determination; the standard error of estimate; and the actual F value. b.Interpret all the information conveyed by the regression statistics above. c.Construct a 99% confidence interval estimate for the true regression slope and interpret your findings. d.Construct a 95% confidence level estimate of (EPS) when GNP=800. Is this a precise estimate? Year/ (GNP) Billions of Current Dollars/ AT&T Earnings Per share (Dollars) 2001520.1 .82 2002 560.3 .86 2003590.5 .88 2004632.4 1.02 2005684.9 1.08 2006747.6 1.18 2007789.7 1.22 2.According to Irving Fisher’s theory of interest, the real rate of interest equal the nominal rate of interest minus the expected rate of inflation; since the expected rate of inflation is likely to be highly correlated with the actual rate of inflation, the latter is often used as proxy for the former. To test this theory, the nominal rate of interest on three-month treasury bills (RTRS) was regressed against the rate of change in the implicit price deflator (INF) using annual data for the period 1948 to 1983. The result of the regression is: ^ RTRS = 1.658 (0.793) + 0.785 (0.161) INF where figures in parentheses are the corresponding, estimated standard errors. Use these results to test the following hypothesis: a.The nominal rate of interest increases as the rate of inflation increases. b.The nominal rate of interest increases by 1 percent for each 1 percent increase in the rate of inflation. c.The real rate of interest (i.e., the nominal rate of interest when INF = O) is positive. Please Help Thanks!!! more

Open Question: how to make money online?

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Resolved Question: Statistics HW Help! Only 10 Questions?

1. Richard has been given a 12-question multiple-choice quiz in his history class. Each question has four answers, of which only one is correct. Since Richard has not attended the class recently, he doesn't know any of the answers. Assuming that Richard guesses on all 12 questions, find the probability that he will answer all questions correctly? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. A. 0.00 B. 0.50 C. 0.33 D. 0.25 E. 0.02 There are 5 radar stations and the probability of a single radar station detecting an enemy plane is 0.75. What is the probability that the number of stations that detect a plane is no more than 2? Round your answer to nearest hundreth. A. 0.01 B. 0.75 C. 0.10 D. 0.09 E. 0.35 Richard has been given a 9-question multiple-choice quiz in his history class. Each question has five answers, of which only one is correct. Since Richard has not attended the class recently, he doesn't know any of the answers. Assuming that Richard guesses on all 9 questions, find the probability that he will answer no more than 2 questions correctly? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth. A. 0.738 B. 0.044 C. 0.500 D. 0.222 E. 0.302 Compute the expected age of a British nurse in 1851. Assume that the table below shows the age distribution of nurses in Great Britain in 1851. Round your answer to nearest hundredth. Age range (yr) 2029 3039 4049 5059 6069 7079 80 Midpoint (x) 24.5 34.5 44.5 54.5 64.5 75.5 84.5 Percent of nurses 5.7 9.8 19.4 29.3 25.0 9.0 1.8 A. 54.50 B. 53.82 C. 53.79 D. 43.82 E. 59.50 Jim has a 5-year-old car in reasonably good condition. He wants to take out a $60,000 term (that is, accident benefit) car insurance policy until the car is 10 years old. Assume that the probability of a car having an accident in the year in which it is x years old is as follows: = age 5 6 7 8 9 (accident) 0.01191 0.01292 0.01396 0.01503 0.01613 Jim is applying to a car insurance company for his car insurance policy. Using the probabilities that the car will have an accident in its 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, or 9th year, and the $60,000 accident benefit, what is the expected loss to Car Insurance Company for the respective years? Round your answers to the nearest dollar. A. $715, $775, $838, $892, $968 B. $715, $780, $838, $892, $968 C. $705, $780, $838, $902, $968 D. $715, $775, $838, $902, $968 E. $705, $775, $838, $892, $968 Give an example of a continuous random variable. A. The number of traffic accidents in a city B. The number of fish caught by a fishing boat C. The number of coins contained in a slot machine D. The number of tables sold at a furniture store E. The number of gallons of water in a reservoir The college hiking club is having a fund raiser to buy new equipment for fall and winter outings. The club is selling Chinese fortune cookies at a price of $2 per cookie. Each cookie contains a piece of paper with a different number written on it. A random drawing will determine which number is the winner of a dinner for two at a local Chinese restaurant. The dinner is valued at $33. Since fortune cookies are donated to the club, we can ignore the cost of the cookies. The club sold 718 cookies before the drawing. Lisa bought 18 cookies. Lisa's expected earnings can be found by multiplying the value of the dinner by the probability that she will win. How much did she effectively contribute to the hiking club? A. $35.17 B. $31.97 C. $15.15 D. $17.17 E. $16.17 The college hiking club is having a fund raiser to buy new equipment for fall and winter outings. The club is selling Chinese fortune cookies at a price of $2 per cookie. Each cookie contains a piece of paper with a different number written on it. A random drawing will determine which number is the winner of a dinner for two at a local Chinese restaurant. The dinner is valued at $36. Since fortune cookies are donated to the club, we can ignore the cost of the cookies. The club sold 719 cookies before the drawing. Lisa bought 35 cookies. Lisa&# more

Resolved Question: what is the probability that a stock increases in price every second?

I read from a financial book that even if your stock portfolio was to increase substantially in a year, its price change per second change is actually almost 50%. I would like to know WHERE may I read up on this info again as i forgot the name of the book? or does anyone know the exact statistics??sorry i mean the probability of the portfolio increasing in price is only slightly greater than 50%, not that the price will increase by 50% more

Resolved Question: The media is giving intense coverage to the accused murderer Van der Sloot I believe more because of his?

involvement in the disappearance of Natalie Holloway. Don't get me wrong - I feel very sorry for the Holloway family. But for the last year that I saw statistics there were 17,000 murders in the U.S. which works out to about 46 per day. Surely in the whole world there must have been over 100,000 murders per year which works out to over 274 murders per day. Would it be accurate to say that the media only focuses great attention to a murder when it involves a pretty, middle class white girl or young woman? It also seems that media prefers to focus on murders that involve blondes. Do you agree or disagree? more

Resolved Question: Wondering about my chances at Virginia Tech?

Junior 3.9 GPA (4.0 scale) top 6% of class two AP classes currently (AP Chem and APUSH) 98 ave in AP chem 91 ave in Apush Best of the Best Award for AP Chem (chosen by teachers) Outstanding Recommendations 9 honors classes so far Plan on taking 2 sciences next year: Honors Physics II, Honors Human Anatomy Others next year: AP Economics AP Statistics AP Calculus National honors society President of the Health careers club at my school Science Bowl attendant Westinghouse Science honors institute member Pitt Medical School Summer Program member Who's who Church Food Bank Volunteer (4 hours per saturday) Varsity Golf, Tennis Student Government FBLA (Next year) TSA (Next Year) SAT: CR:550 :( Math: 670 :( Any other reputable engineering colleges that would fit my credentials? Plan on majoring in either chemical or mechanical engineering more

Resolved Question: Wondering about my chances at Georgia Institute of Technology?

Junior 3.9 GPA (4.0 scale) top 6% of class two AP classes currently (AP Chem and APUSH) 98 ave in AP chem 91 ave in Apush Best of the Best Award for AP Chem (chosen by teachers) Outstanding Recommendations 9 honors classes so far Plan on taking 2 sciences next year: AP Physics, Honors Human Anatomy Others next year: AP Economics AP Statistics AP Calculus National honors society President of the Health careers club at my school Science Bowl attendant Westinghouse Science honors institute member Pitt Medical School Summer Program member Who's who Church Food Bank Volunteer (4 hours per saturday) Varsity Golf, Tennis Student Government FBLA (Next year) TSA (Next Year) SAT: CR:550 :( Math: 670 :( I really want to get accepted so what else can i make better? Plan on majoring in either electrical or mechanical engineering more

Resolved Question: Should i go cornerback or safety?

In the last 3 years from 8th grade to sophomore year, i have played safety, cornerback, and weakside linebacker in that order. Some stats right here: Age: 16 Height: 5'7'' Weight: 147lb. Bench: 241lb. Squat: 416lb. 40 yard dash: 4.6 seconds Shuttle: 4.1 seconds Im aggressive, but i dont have the best "football instincts" per say. I dont always react as quick as my statistics will indicate, but i am relentless in pursuit and i have good closing speed. I also have pretty small hands and short arms. I can jump up and switch directions well. I dont totally understand how to play safety, but i heard it's easier than cornerback??? Why is that, and what do you guys think i should play? ***I WILL award a best answer*** more

Resolved Question: Is this how illegals train to get across our border?

LLOYD: In yesterday's show we talked about a tourist attraction in Mexico that aims to turn immigration into entertainment -- where people pay admission to find out what it might take to cross the border. Today, Soledad O'Brien takes you inside a live-action game, with a loaded message. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN REPORTER: Gun fire rings out. U.S. border patrol agents discover illegal migrants near the Mexican border. The action is captured on our night scope camera. But it's all fake. In reality, you are hundreds of miles from the border in central Mexico. The real border patrol says they don't fire on illegal migrants. This is a tourist adventure run by the Nanu indigenous people. They say the goal is to keep their people from crossing the border. Their tribe has been decimated, ninety per cent of the Nanu has migrated to the United States. PONCHO, TOUR GUIDE (Translated): This is not training, it's a method of awareness. O'BRIEN: Human rights groups say it's shocking and insulting. But, it's a full house tonight-more than fifty people are in our group...and many are 7-year-olds in Scout troops. We hide in the bushes, cling to rocks to cross the river. We slog through deep mud. We make our way through a tunnel. Our guides urge us to hurry. It's after midnight as we approach the fictional border. We've paid 20 bucks a piece for this tourist adventure, and Poncho estimates more than 5000 people, a mix of Mexicans and others, have done it. O'BRIEN: Pilar Saucedo is a Mexican, working in Mexico City for an American pharmaceutical company. PILAR SAUCEDO: It's not making fun or anything like that...It's not a sorta training to really cross the border, its to understand that it's difficult. O'BRIEN: One o'clock in the morning, and we've made it to the fictional border. Poncho says we're in for a surprise. In the distance, we see-hundreds of little fires, a surprising end to our grueling four hours. Soledad O'Brien, CNN. (END VIDEO CLIP) Promo LLOYD: We've got the subject of immigration covered at our web site. From the categories of immigration to statistics about how many immigrants live in the U.S. today. Head to CNN.com/EDUCATION! You'll find what you're looking for in today's CNN Student News "Extra!" Don't get me wrong, it sounds like fun but don't you think this is a little.........convenient? more

Voting Question: Wondering about my chances for Northwestern University?

Junior 3.9 GPA (4.0 scale) top 6% of class two AP classes currently (AP Chem and APUSH) 98 ave in AP chem 91 ave in Apush Best of the Best Award for AP Chem (chosen by teachers) Outstanding Recommendations 9 honors classes so far Taken regular english though :( Plan on taking 2 sciences next year: AP Physics, Honors Human Anatomy Others next year: AP Economics AP Statistics AP Calculus National honors society President of the Health careers club at my school Science Bowl attendant Westinghouse Science honors institute member Pitt Medical School Summer Program member Who's who Church Food Bank Volunteer (4 hours per saturday) Varsity Golf, Tennis Student Government FBLA (Next year) TSA (Next Year) SAT: CR:600 Math: 750 I really want to get accepted so what else can i make better? Plan on majoring in Mechanical Engineering and economics more

Resolved Question: How do I get into my dream college?

I'm starting 9th grade this fall, but I've had the same plan since the 3rd grade on how I want to spend my life. I want to major in psychology and minor in dance (some of the schools I want to go to don't have majors or minors in dance so that will depend on which ones I get into,) and then become a psychiatrist. The top colleges I want to go to; Stanford, Princeton, Columbia, UCLA and U Miami. Also UT Austin and NYU are my second choices. What are some things I should do? This is my plan so far, tell me some things I should adjust: ACADEMICS: This year I had straight A's (one A-, three A's and one A+ per quarter usually.) I plan to do the same next year. I go to an all girls boarding school, and I plan on taking honors English 9-11 grade and AP English 12th grade. I plan to take AP Chem, AP Psychics and AP Bio sometime in high school and a psychology class as well (which counts as science credit.) If I can convince my principal I can handle AP Bio (an 11-12 grade course) next year. For math, I plan to take Algebra II next year, then either honors geometry or trig (which one should I chose?) and then AP Statistics and AP Calculus. For social studies, I plan to take honors world history in 9th grade and AP US History in 10th grade (not sure yet for 11th and 12th.) I've been taking Spanish since 6th grade and am neatly fluent and was going to take Spanish III for 9th grade and French 10-12 grade, but I heard it looks bad to take more than one language for high school so should I continue learning Spanish using Rosetta Stone and then take French in 9-12 grade or should I take Spanish III in 9th grade and French 10-12 grade? AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: *I horseback ride *I dance (Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Modern, Pointe) *I play violin and piano *I am a member of my schools orchestra *I'm in a community service / giving back club *I draw *I've written 10 novels and plan to publish them soon (I read on a college app "past jobs you've had." I don't think I'll be working anytime in high school. I go to a boarding school, as I said, so I can't work an after school job and over the summer I go to dance camp for 6 weeks and then the 4 weeks that I'm not at camp I'm on vacation with my family. Will it look bad on an application if I don't write down any jobs?) Any advice and answers to my questions would be amazing! I know I have 4 more years, but junior year will be here before I know it, and I've had the same plan since the 3rd grade. Thank you! more

Voting Question: more help in statistics!?

The number of accidents per week at a hazardous intersection varies with mean 2.2 and standard deviation 1.4. This distribution takes only whole-number values so it is certainly not normal. a. Let X be the number of accidents per week at the intersection during a year (52 weeks). What is the approximate distribution of x according to the CLT? b. What is the approximate probability that x is less than 2? c. What is the approximate probability that there are fewer than 100 accidents at the intersection in a year? (Hint: Restate this event in terms of x.) more

Voting Question: Which schools should I consider transferring to?

So I have been posting many transfer questions, and I think I will make this my last "transfer-related" question. I am currently a mathematics major attending SUNY Geneseo going to my sophomore year this upcoming fall. The main reasons why I chose this school is to save money and take advantage of the great liberal arts education the school has to offer. Now that most of my general education requirements are being fulfilled, I plan on transferring to a school with a strong math program and a strong statistics program. Looking at many options, I couldn't really decide whether the school is academically, personally, and socially fit for me. I am a very hard worker, but I also like to have some fun inside and outside of campus. Although this doesn't strikes problematic for me, I would prefer schools closer to home (I am a NY resident) and prefer schools in nonurban areas. My awful current Geneseo's cumulative GPA is a 3.3 and I plan on raising that to at least a 3.5 next semester (I will be focusing solely on academics this upcoming semester). Although this GPA doesn't seem striking, I have received A's in all of my math classes so far. I plan on transferring during the fall semester of my junior year. Throughout high school, I am the valedictorian of my graduating class with a 95.8 unweighted average. I took many AP classes in high school, and participated in many math contests, played Varsity Tennis, and participated in many selective choruses ranging from Bass II to Tenor I. However my SAT score of 1270 (490CR, 780M) is abysmal. I am an Asian though, which could help me in some ways (or possibly hurt me). I scored 770 on the Math Level I and a 790 on the Math Level II on the SAT Subject Tests. There are a bunch of extracurricular activities to mention, but I am lazy to do that now. In college, I have participated in a few math contests including the Putnam Examination (which I didn't do well my freshman year), and the University of Rochester exam (getting honorable mention surprisingly!) I also devote 5 hours per week to tutoring in the Math Learning Center. I am also in a selective chorus called the Chamber Singers last year. I plan on doing research, take the US Sudoku Qualifying Test, scoring well on math competitions, raise my GPA, and devote some time to the Math Learning Center all before I apply to schools I should consider. Being stereotypical, my parents wants me to consider transferring to Cornell. Aware that the acceptance rate to the School of Arts and Sciences is as low as 15%, my statistics, especially my current GPA and my SAT scores is discouraging me. However, I feel that it academically meets all of my needs, and that Cornell is a school I should consider applying to. If anything, I will apply to the School of Engineering and major in Operations Research, a unique program that many schools don't have to offer. Other schools that I plan on transferring to are UNC, UMichigan, and NYU. Feel free to chance me at these schools. My question: What schools should I consider transferring to? I am always open for suggestions. Thank you! more

Resolved Question: Will the Madden curse affect Drew Brees?

Madden Curse Prior to 1999, every annual installment of the Madden NFL series primarily featured John Madden on its cover.[24] In 1999, Electronic Arts selected Garrison Hearst to appear on the PAL version's cover, and has since featured one of the league’s top players on every annual installment.[25] Since then, much like the Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx, certain players who appeared on Madden video game box art have experienced a decline in performance, usually due to an injury. * Daunte Culpepper led the Minnesota Vikings to the playoffs in 2000, but after appearing on the Madden 2002 cover, he threw 23 interceptions as the Vikings slumped to a 5-11 record. He also broke the record for most fumbles in a single season. While his career looked to be back on track in 2004 with a career season, he blew out both knees in 2005 and 2006 and never resembled the player he was at the start of the decade. * Marshall Faulk appeared on the 2003 cover, and his career (and the success of the St. Louis Rams) severely declined afterwards. He did not register another 1,000 yard rushing season and his yards per carry average dropped from a consistent 5.4 over the previous three years to 4.5 in 2002 and 4.0 in 2003 and 2004. He started 21 out of a possible 32 games from 2002-2003 as knee injuries got the better of him. He underwent reconstructive knee surgery in 2005 and retired that same year. * After appearing on the cover of Madden NFL 2004, Michael Vick broke his leg in pre-season and missed the first 12 games, with the Atlanta Falcons going 5-11. * Ray Lewis, 2005 cover athlete and middle linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens, had his season cut short in week 15 with a wrist injury. It was also Lewis' first season without an interception. * In 2006, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus in his right knee while jumping out of bounds in a game versus the Tennessee Titans, ending his season. McNabb also suffered a sports hernia in the first game of the season. * Running back Shaun Alexander, then the league’s reigning Most Valuable Player, was featured on the cover of Madden NFL 2007, and sustained a foot injury that caused him to miss six starts.[26] As a result, Alexander’s rushing statistics were substantially less than those from the previous season, and he never returned to true form.[26] Alexander himself has asked, “Do you want to be hurt and on the cover, or just hurt?"[27] * Madden NFL 2008's cover featured Vince Young, the starting quarterback of the Tennessee Titans. Young missed one game of the 2007 season due to a minor injury, but for the rest of the season was roughly even with his 2006 performance. When Young appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to officially announce that he would appear on the cover of Madden NFL 2008, he derided allegations of becoming the curse’s next victim, and stated, “I've done prayed about it and we're gonna go home and try to get to the playoffs and try to get to the Super Bowl. We'll see what happens."[28][29] * Brett Favre appeared on the cover of Madden NFL 2009 as a Green Bay Packer, under the impression that Favre was retired. However, shortly after the decision, Favre came back out of retirement and signed with the New York Jets, forcing EA to release a new cover online. Though he did not miss any games, later admitted to suffering a torn biceps injury, which Favre says may have affected his gameplay during the final five games of his first and only season with the New York Jets, who missed the playoffs at 9-7 after starting the season 8-3.[30] Favre threw 2 touchdowns and 9 interceptions in the last 5 games of the season. * On September 10, 2009, Strong Safety Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers, who was featured along with Larry Fitzgerald, wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals, on the cover of Madden NFL 10, sprained his MCL in the first half of the season opener and missed the next four games. After returning, Polamalu played in three more games before injuring his posterior cruciate ligament on November 14, 2009 against Cincinnati, and missed more games as a result. Larry Fitzgerald, on the other hand, started all 16 regular season and both playoff games for the Cardinals. He did not attend the pro bowl due to a rib injury, leaving Steve Smith of the New York Giants, to take his spot in the 2010 Pro Bowl. He recorded 97 receptions (third-most of his NFL career), 1,092 yards (fourth-most), and a career-high 13 touchdowns. [31] more

Resolved Question: Where do extremists against immigration get their illegal immigrant crime statistics?

They keep telling us that the "violence has spilled over from Mexico", "Border cities are the most dangerous cities in America ", and that "Phoenix is the number one city for kidnappings because of illegal immigration" etc... BUT! their claims do not add up with the Bureau of Justice Statistics and FBI reports. Where do they get their information from? ========================== According to BJS, crime rates in border states have dropped during past decade Crime rates in Arizona at lowest point in decades. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the violent crime rate in Arizona was lower in 2006, 2007, and 2008 -- the most recent year from which data are available -- than any year since 1983. The property crime rate in Arizona was lower in 2006, 2007, and 2008 than any year since 1968. In addition, in Arizona, the violent crime rate dropped from 577.9 per 100,000 population in 1998 to 447 per 100,000 population in 2008; the property crime rate dropped from 5,997 to 4,291 during the same period. During the same decade, Arizona's undocumented immigrant population grew rapidly. The Arizona Republic reported: "Between January 2000 and January 2008, Arizona's undocumented population grew 70 percent, according to the DHS [Department of Homeland Security] report. Nationally, it grew 37 percent." Crime rates have dropped during past decade in other border states. The BJS data further show that violent crime rates and property crime rates in California, New Mexico, and Texas dropped from 1998 through 2008 -- the most recent year from which data are available: •In California, the violent crime rate dropped from 703.7 in 1998 to 503.8 in 2008; the property crime rate dropped from 3,639.1 to 2,940.3 during the same period. •In New Mexico, the violent crime rate dropped from 961.4 in 1998 to 649.9 in 2008; the property crime rate dropped from 5,757.7 to 3,909.2 over the same period. •In Texas, the violent crime rate dropped from 564.6 in 1998 to 507.9 in 2008; the property crime rate dropped from 4,547 to 3,985.6 over the same period. http://mediamatters.org/research/201004290029 more

Resolved Question: please help with this statistics question?

previous exercise describes a class survey in which students claimed to study an average of xbar (mean of x) = 137 minutes on a typical weeknight. [PREVIOUS EXERCISE: A class survey in a large class for first year college students asked "About how many minutes do you study on a typical weeknight?" The mean response of the 269 students was xbar (mean of x) = 137 minutes. Suppose that we know that the study times follows a Normal distribution with standard deviation = 65 minutes in the population of all first year students] Regard these students as an SRS from the population of all first year students at this university. Does the study give good evidence that students claim to study more than 2 hours per night on the average? (a) State the null and alternative hypotheses in terms of the mean study time in minutes for the population. (b) What is the value of the test statistic z? (c) What is the P-value of the test? Can you conclude that students do claim to study more than two hours per weeknight on the average? I found this entire chapter a bit confusing... I'm not sure what the hypotheses would be or how to find z. Please help! I need your assistance mystery internet goers! Showing me how you did it would be very helpful as well more

Voting Question: Will lifting weights help me? How much?

I am going to be straight up honest, because I think I will get the best educational answer! First of all, I am an obese 23 year old female. I have been fat my whole life. Secondly, I despise cardio with a passion. Third, I discovered that I love weight lifting! On one end, I keep hearing horror stories that lifting weights isn't going to do a THING for me if I don't first do cardio to melt most of the fat. On the other end though, I hear that weight lifting is key; the best overall option, and the fastest yet healthiest way to drop pounds. What are your opinions and experiences with this? Also, if weight lifting now is a good choice in my current obese state, how long should I do it per day, and how soon do you think I will see some sort of a result? I don't plan on giving up if I don't see significant weight loss; I just want to hear any opinions or statistics to enlighten my thought process. Thank you for any and all replies!!! more

Resolved Question: Why do Latina teens have a pregnancy rate that's twice the national average?

NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)--At 25, pushing her 22-month-old son Diego through Brooklyn's sweltering summer streets, Maricela Estrada says she is not planning on any more children. Along with Diego, peeking out from the stroller, the soft-spoken woman, who became a mother at 20, has two other children, ages 4 and 5, at home with her husband of seven years. "For me, it's not bad to have children as a young person," Estrada said in Spanish near her Brooklyn home. Estrada's story is part of the eye-catching fertility statistics among Hispanic American women, who, on average, begin families earlier, have fewer abortions and, in their younger years, produce almost twice as many babies as other groups: 82 births per 1,000 among females aged 15 to 19, compared with the national average of 42 per 1,000. National teen pregnancy rates have declined about 35 percent since 1991, but the rate for Hispanic teens is dropping at half that pace, according to a March report by the Washington-based National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, which has a goal of reducing teen pregnancy by one-third between 2006 and 2015. In the medley of explanations for the sluggish decline, the lack of education about sex and birth control--both in schools and in families--deserves special attention, said Rosie Molinary, author of the 2007 "Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image and Growing Up Latina," which she wrote after surveying 500 Latina women on issues including sexuality. 'Conversations Don't Happen' "Those conversations don't happen," Molinary says. "These girls are in a vulnerable situation." The National Campaign launched a Latino initiative in March that highlights a startling figure: 51 percent of Latina women are pregnant at least once by age 20. The program includes partners such as the New York-based Latina magazine and the Washington-based National Council of La Raza. Bill Albert, deputy director of the National Campaign, said the first step of the Latino initiative was the release of research findings and beginning to work with partners such as La Raza--which works with Hispanic families--to ensure they include teen pregnancy prevention in existing programs. "It is very clear from Latina teens that they really want to hear from their parents on these issues, but parents don't necessarily believe that," Albert said. http://www.womensenews.org/story/reproductive-health/070821/latina-teen-pregnancies-spur-push-family-talks more

Resolved Question: Hasn't it been proven that commonsense Liberals have the solutions to our problems?

Here is what happened after 12 years of a republican congress and 6 years of an entire republican government: Between Jan 2001-2009 under Republican's policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate on stock profits for wealthy people: Budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion (a 5.2 trillion increase) Dow Jones plunged 25% from 10,587 to 7,949 Trillions in bad loans and gambling debts co-signed/guaranteed by the US Govt Two fake wars costing a trillion dollars and 6,000 american lives Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over Congress in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can't name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Both the report and testimony before congress declare a 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) more

Resolved Question: Why send troops to border US-Mexico border isn't so dangerous It's one of the safest parts of America?

MEXICO CITY – It's one of the safest parts of America, and it's getting safer. It's the U.S.-Mexico border, and even as politicians say more federal troops are needed to fight rising violence, government data obtained by The Associated Press show it actually isn't so dangerous after all. The top four big cities in America with the lowest rates of violent crime are all in border states: San Diego, Phoenix, El Paso and Austin, according to a new FBI report. And an in-house Customs and Border Protection report shows that Border Patrol agents face far less danger than street cops in most U.S. cities. The Customs and Border Protection study, obtained with a Freedom of Information Act request, shows 3 percent of Border Patrol agents and officers were assaulted last year, mostly when assailants threw rocks at them. That compares with 11 percent of police officers and sheriff's deputies assaulted during the same period, usually with guns or knives. In addition, violent attacks against agents declined in 2009 along most of the border for the first time in seven years. So far this year assaults are slightly up, but data is incomplete. "The border is safer now than it's ever been," said U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Lloyd Easterling. He said one factor is that with fewer jobs available amid the U.S. recession, illegal immigration has dropped. And responding to security concerns after 9-11, the Border Patrol has doubled the number of agents in the region since 2004. Nonetheless, border lawmakers and governors say their region is under siege and needs more troops. "Violence in the vicinity of the U.S.-Mexico border continues to increase at an alarming rate. We believe that this violence represents a serious threat to the national security of the United States as well as a serious threat to U.S. citizens that live along the 1,969-mile long border," a dozen bipartisan members of Congress from border states wrote President Obama. In Arizona, a stringent new immigration law takes effect next month, requiring police to question suspects' immigration status if officers believe they're in the country illegally. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said in a televised interview last weekend: "We are out here on the battlefield getting the impact of all this illegal immigration, and all the crime that comes with it." In response to the concerns from the border states, Obama pledged to send 1,200 National Guard troops to help and spend an extra $500 million on border security. His one-time rival for the presidency, Arizona Sen. John McCain, said he should send at least 6,000 troops, which are needed because he said Arizona leads the nation in marijuana seizures, suffered 368 kidnappings in 2008 and has the highest property crime rates in the U.S. But FBI crime reports for 2009 says violent crime in Arizona declined. And violent crimes in southwest border counties are among the lowest in the nation per capita — they've dropped by more than 30 percent in the last two decades. Of America's 25 largest cities, San Diego — with one out of four residents an immigrant — has the lowest number of violent crimes per capita. Opponents of increased border security are frustrated by descriptions of a wave of violence when the statistics show the region to be relatively safe. "Politicians are hyping up this incredible fear across the country about the border, but these numbers show these are lies being perpetrated on the American public," said immigrant advocate Isabel Garcia at Tucson-based Derechos Humanos. "The warnings about violence are just an excuse to crack down on migrants who want to work and be with their families." Even residents of the border region who want more security are surprised by the talk of violence. "I have to say, a lot of this is way overblown," said Gary Brasher of Tuboc, Arizona, who is president of the Coalition for a Safe and Secure Border. So why send troops to the region? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100603/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_us_safer_border more

Resolved Question: How do I find the statistics for the number of houses sold?

per year for the whole of New Zealand? more

Resolved Question: Wondering about my chances at Northwestern?

Junior 3.9 GPA (4.0 scale) top 6% of class two AP classes currently (AP Chem and APUSH) High A average in both Best of the Best Award for AP Chem (chosen by teachers) Outstanding Recommendations 9 honors classes so far Taken regular english though :( Plan on taking 2 sciences next year: AP Physics, Honors Human Anatomy Others next year: AP Economics AP Statistics AP Calculus National honors society President of the Health careers club at my school Science Bowl attendant Westinghouse Science honors institute member Pitt Medical School Summer Program member Who's who Church Food Bank Volunteer (4 hours per saturday) Varsity Golf, Tennis Student Government FBLA (Next year) TSA (Next Year) SAT: CR:620 Math: 770 I really want to get accepted so what else can i make better besides regular english? Planning on majoring in Electrical Engineering or Dual Mathematics and Finance more

Resolved Question: z and t score homework help?

Bob loves making candy, especially varieties of caramel, including plain, chocolate dipped caramels and chocolate dipped caramels with pecans. Bob has received lots of compliments from his friends and neighbors, and several have encouraged him to start his own candy making business. After several days of research, Bob finds that the national average amount of money spent annually per person on this type of specialty candy is $75. Bob believes that the citizens in his area spend more than that per year. Knowing whether or not this is true could help Bob make a wise decision regarding his future business plans. Bob wants to use statistics to support his claim, and to help him obtain a small business loan. Bob also wants to find an estimate of the true amount of money local citizens do spend on this type of specialty candy. Bob randomly selects several people from his local phone book and asks the person that answers how much money they typically spend per year on candy like he will make. He obtains the following results (in dollars): 75, 74, 80, 68, 79, 85, 77, 82, 79, 67, 90, 72, 76, 75, 69, 85, 78, 79, 82, 66, 75, 85, 90, 76, 85, 67, 89, 82, 69, 79, 82, 80, 84, 79, 78, 81, 77, 84, 80, 76. Based upon these results, Bob is hoping his area has a good customer base for his new business. Bob also hopes the bank is impressed with his use of statistics and will grant him the loan he needs to start it! Questions: 1. Find the sample mean and sample standard deviation of the amount citizens spend per year. 2. When finding a confidence interval for the true mean spent of ALL citizens, should we use a z-score or a t-score? Why? 3. Find the z/t-values (as appropriate) for a 95% confidence interval and a 92% confidence interval. 4. Find a 95% and a 92% confidence interval for the true mean amount that citizens spend per year. 5. What do you think the lowest possible mean amount spent per year is? Why? 6. Do you think Bob has a good customer base for his new business? Explain. more

Resolved Question: statistics probability questions?

The prosecutor in the OJ Simpson trial claimed that spousal abuse is a prelude to murder. The defense lawyer said that's not true, because fewer than one in 2,500 men who abuse their spouse go on to kill them later. Now, imagine a sample of 200,000 battered women (not all women, just those subject to abuse). Granting the defense claim of 1 in 2,500, we expect about 80 of these women to be murdered by their abusers in a given year (since 200,000 divided by 2,500 equals 80). We can estimate that an additional 10 of these battered women, on average, will be killed by someone else, because the murder rate for all women in the United States at the time of the trial was about 1 in 20,000 per year. A. What's the probability that a battered wife will be murdered in any given year? B. What's the probability, given that she was murdered, that her husband did it? C. Write the Bayesian equation explaining more

Voting Question: Please help with statistics problem?

The Mauna Loa Observatory at 11,000 feet elevation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean sits in a prime spot for measuring carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere without local contamination. Operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory, the observatory has been measuring CO2 levels (in parts per million) since 1958. Below is a table of CO2 levels since 1975. Use as x ___________Use as y Years since 1975___ Year____ CO2 Level 0 __________1975 _______331 5 __________1980_______339 10 __________1985 _______346 15 __________1990 _______354 20 __________1995 _______361 25 __________2000 _______369 a) Use a 0.05 significance level to test for a linear correlation between years since 1975 and CO2 level. b) What percentage of the variation in the CO2 level can be explained by the linear relationship between the CO2 level and years since 1975? c) Find the equation of the regression line that expresses CO2 level (y) in terms of years since 1975 (x). d) Use your equation to estimate the CO2 level in the year 2020. more

Resolved Question: is there proven statistics about muslims having more molesters per capita since Muhammad married a 6 year old?

And then the dirty man they pray to raped her when she was 9. Since this is in ink in a Billion Qurans over the world doesn't it suggest of a seared conscience when it comes to protecting the innocence of defenseless children? and what about this man-boy thang they condone? when one think about what they do to children and women it really makes mowing a few down with machine guns seems justified. more

Resolved Question: Statistics help please ASAP?

The Mauna Loa Observatory at 11,000 feet elevation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean sits in a prime spot for measuring carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere without local contamination. Operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory, the observatory has been measuring CO2 levels (in parts per million) since 1958. Below is a table of CO2 levels since 1975. Use as x ___________Use as y Years since 1975___ Year____ CO2 Level 0 __________1975 _______331 5 __________1980_______339 10 __________1985 _______346 15 __________1990 _______354 20 __________1995 _______361 25 __________2000 _______369 a) Use a 0.05 significance level to test for a linear correlation between years since 1975 and CO2 level. b) What percentage of the variation in the CO2 level can be explained by the linear relationship between the CO2 level and years since 1975? c) Find the equation of the regression line that expresses CO2 level (y) in terms of years since 1975 (x). d) Use your equation to estimate the CO2 level in the year 2020. more

Voting Question: How can republicans do such incredible damage to America in only 8 years?

Here is what happened after 12 years of a republican congress and 6 years of an entire republican government: Between Jan 2001-2009 under Republican's policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate on stock profits for wealthy people: Budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion (a 5.2 trillion increase) Dow Jones plunged 25% from 10,587 to 7,949 Trillions in bad loans and gambling debts co-signed/guaranteed by the US Govt Two fake wars costing a trillion dollars and 6,000 american lives Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over Congress in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can't name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Both the report and testimony before congress declare a 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) more

Voting Question: Why do republican policies always create a total economic disaster?

Republicans controlled the entire govt from 1921-1933 and created a great depression. Nixon ended the gold standard which created a total economic disaster and then he used government price and wage controls to control his massive inflation. Reagan tripled our debt which is like obama overspending by 23 trillion in 8 years. Here is what happened after 12 years of a republican congress and 6 years of an entire republican government: Between Jan 2001-2009 under Republican's policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate on stock profits for wealthy people: Budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion (a 5.2 trillion increase) Dow Jones plunged 25% from 10,587 to 7,949 Trillions in bad loans and gambling debts co-signed/guaranteed by the US Govt Two fake wars costing a trillion dollars and 6,000 american lives Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over Congress in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can't name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Both the report and testimony before congress declare a 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) more

Resolved Question: Why do republican policies always create a total economic disaster? Do you ever cry about it?

Republicans controlled the entire govt from 1921-1933 and created a great depression. Nixon ended the gold standard which created a total economic disaster and then he used government price and wage controls to control his massive inflation. Reagan tripled our debt which is like obama overspending by 23 trillion in 8 years. Here is what happened after 12 years of a republican congress and 6 years of an entire republican government: Between Jan 2001-2009 under Republican's policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate on stock profits for wealthy people: Budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion (a 5.2 trillion increase) Dow Jones plunged 25% from 10,587 to 7,949 Trillions in bad loans and gambling debts co-signed/guaranteed by the US Govt Two fake wars costing a trillion dollars and 6,000 american lives Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over Congress in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can't name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Both the report and testimony before congress declare a 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) more

Resolved Question: Why do Republican policies always create a total economic disaster?

Republicans controlled the entire govt from 1921-1933 and created a great depression. Nixon ended the gold standard which created a total economic disaster and then he used government price and wage controls to control his massive inflation. Reagan tripled our debt which is like obama overspending by 23 trillion in 8 years. Here is what happened after 12 years of a republican congress and 6 years of an entire republican government: Between Jan 2001-2009 under Republican's policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate on stock profits for wealthy people: Budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion (a 5.2 trillion increase) Dow Jones plunged 25% from 10,587 to 7,949 Trillions in bad loans and gambling debts co-signed/guaranteed by the US Govt Two fake wars costing a trillion dollars and 6,000 american lives Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over Congress in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can't name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Both the report and testimony before congress declare a 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) more

Voting Question: Do you ever breakdown and cry about the total destruction Republicans did to America?

Here is what happened after 12 years of a republican congress and 6 years of an entire republican government: Between Jan 2001-2009 under Republican's policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate on stock profits for wealthy people: Budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion (a 5.2 trillion increase) Dow Jones plunged 25% from 10,587 to 7,949 Trillions in bad loans and gambling debts co-signed/guaranteed by the US Govt Two fake wars costing a trillion dollars and 6,000 american lives Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over Congress in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can't name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Both the report and testimony before congress declare a 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) more

Resolved Question: Is it true that there are 20 000 murders in South Africa each year?

I have seen that there are between 20 000 and 25 000 murders in South Africa each year. Is this true? Most wars don't have body counts this high. And I also see that there are close to 50 000 rapes per year. If this is true, how can the World Cup be hosted there? Are these statistics typos? more

Resolved Question: Do we comprehend the disasters of the moment???????????

...the nurding home fire, the river in flood pouring over the sandbag levee, the airplane crash with fragments of burnt bodies scattered among the hunks of twisted metal, the grenade in the marketplace, the sinking ship. But how to grasp a thing that does not kill you today or tomorrow but slowly from the inside in twenty years. How to feel that a corporate or governmental choice means we bear twisted genes and our grandchildren will be stillborn if our children are very lucky. Slow death can not be photographed for the six oclock news. Its all statistical, the gross national product or the prime lending rate. Yet if our eyes saw in the right spectrum, how it would shine, lurid as magenta neon. If we could smell radiation like seeping gas, if we could sense it as heat, if we could hear it as a low ominous roar of the earth shifting, then we would not sit and be poisoned while industry spokesmen talk of acceptable millirems and ~O2 cancer per population thousand. We acquiesce at murder so long as it is slow, murder from asbestos dust, from tobacco, from lead in the water, from sulphur in the air, and fourteen years later statistics are printed on the rise in leukemia among children. We never see their faces. They never stand, those poisoned children together in a courtyard, and are gunned down by men in three-piece suits. The shipyard workers who built nuclear submarines, the soldiers who were marched into the Nevada desert to be tested by the H- bomb, the people who work in power plants, they die quietly years after in hospital wards- and not on the evening news. The soft spring rain floats down and the air is perfumed with pine and earth. Seedlings drink it in, robins sip it in puddles, you run in it and feel clean and strong, the spring rain blowing from the irradiated cloud Over the power plant. Radiation is oppression, the daily average kind, the kind youre almost used to and live with as the years abrade you, high blood pressure, ulcers, cramps, migraine, a hacking cough you take it inside and it becomes pain and you say, not They are killing me but I am sick now. Marge Piercy more

Resolved Question: What do you think about his quote on the wage gap?

Most people seem to think that the reason the wage gap doesn't exist is because women work more part-time. "However, most gender wage comparisons leave out part-time workers and focus only on full-time, year-round workers. A close look at the earnings of women and men who work 40 hours or more per week reveals that the wage gap may actually widen as the number of hours worked increases. Women working 41 to 44 hours per week earn 84.6% of what men working similar hours earn; women working more than 60 hours per week earn only 78.3% of what men in the same time category earn (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics). " http://www.womensmedia.com/new/Lips-Hilary-gender-wage-gap.shtml I'm just (genuinely) curious as to your take on this. Btw, please try to be polite in your answers - I'm sick of having pointless arguments with people here when it's completely possible to have diplomatic debates without people having hissy fits.@The Above Normal - The wage gap is most prominent among high-paying work, and in women of colour in low paying work. If you look at the wage gap by race, it's far worse for women of non-white ethnicities: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0882775.html @PC tool - Your answer was the exact type thing I was tyring to avoid. I don't hate men, i continually state that i blame society and not men. You don't know me for sh*t, so who are you to make that assumption? And what does the fact that I'm Nordic have to do with anything? Your source says that " there is a definite narrowing of the gap and increase in education for all women in big cities." - I think that's great. I don't deny that, I encourage it.*trying@ShriekoftheVulture - You have 10 minutes from when I submit this to either delete your answer or answer properly, or else I will report.@ShriekoftheVulture - I would be happy to listen to your facts if you had included them and if they were relevant. You have been reported. Have a nice day (: more

Resolved Question: What are my transfering chances in Fordham/Baruch/NYU? Thanks?

To give a little background of myself, about 6 years ago, I've attended an cuny for about 3 years and accumulated about 80 credits with a 2.0 GPA. I have never really attended classes and I eventually dropped out because school wasn't interesting enough for me. Yes I was young and naive......Instead of going to school, I went to work for about 2/3 years. Long story short, I went to an community college for a fresh start. I was only here for about one year and I will accumulate over 50 credits. I was taking over 6+ classes per semester while taking additional classes during the middle sessions. I'm going to graduate with a 4 GPA and I'm wondering what are my chances with the schools I've named? I'm looking to major in Finance. Some of the classes that stood out were statistics/precal/cal and I can get recommendations from my professors as I was the top student of the class. Are they going to avg in my 80credits along with my 60? How will they view my unique situation? I'm not here to worry, whats done is done...I'm only looking here realistically at my options for the future. Can anybody with experience/knowledge of this matter help me? Thank you for your time. more

Resolved Question: How many cigarettes are smoked per year worldwide, and in usa?

first, how many cigarettes are smoked per year worldwide, then usa. and no per person statistics, just everybody. thankssorry its in the wrong category more

Resolved Question: How many car accidents are there in Canada per year?

I'm having trouble finding out the statistics for the number of car accidents each year : ( I'm trying to figure out if the number of car accidents have increased or decreased as each year pass. If anyone could help me out with a website that shows this information, i'd really appreciate it! more

Resolved Question: when will it be too late for the people to say "the BNP were right all along"?

The Office for National Statistics says the great majority of Britains future population growth will come from international migration rather than a rise in the settled population.Britons are currently reproducing themselves at a rate of 1.64 births per woman,the lowest rate since the deaths of millions of young men in WW1.France & Germany have rates slightly lower than the UK & Italy currently records only 1 birth per woman.That is why the white population of the UK grew by only 1% over the 5 years from 1999.Yet the UK ethnic minority population grew by 15% over the same periodIn the year 2000,almost 75% of of Britains increase in population was the result of immigration@Beastie - Then do your research, the facts are there to see@Joey - We CANT control immigration, because its in the hands of the EU@hello- you are the very definition of brainwashed@hello- you are the very definition of brainwashed more

Resolved Question: Why are homosexual men more promiscuous than straight men?

A far-ranging study of homosexual men published in 1978 revealed that 75 percent of self-identified, white, gay men admitted to having sex with more than 100 different males in their lifetime: 15 percent claimed 100-249 sex partners; 17 percent claimed 250- 499; 15 percent claimed 500-999; and 28 percent claimed more than 1,000 lifetime male sex partners. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has reported an upswing in promiscuity, at least among young homosexual men in San Francisco. From 1994 to 1997, the percentage of homosexual men reporting multiple partners and unprotected anal sex rose from 23.6 percent to 33.3 percent, with the largest increase among men under 25. Despite its continuing incurability, AIDS no longer seems to deter individuals from engaging in promiscuous gay sex. A 2003 U. S.- based, Urban Men’s Health Study, reported that over 30% of the homosexual men studied frequented bathhouses with an average of 27 partners per year. In a 2003 study, Amsterdam “singles” averaged 22 casual partners/year, while those with a “steady partner” averaged eight (8). The average duration of partnerships was 1.5 years. In a 2005 Canadian vaccine trial, homosexual individuals reported 7 partners in the last 6 months. Excessive sexual promiscuity results in serious medical consequences — indeed, it is a recipe for transmitting disease and generating an epidemic. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has remained a predominantly gay issue in the U.S. primarily because of the greater degree of promiscuity among gays. A study based upon statistics from 1986 through 1990 estimated that 20-year-old gay men had a 50 percent chance of becoming HIV positive by age 55. A 2010 CDC data analysis reveals that the rate of primary and secondary syphilis among MSM (men who have sex with men) is more than 46 times that of other men and more than 71 times that of women. http://factsaboutyouth.com/posts/promiscuity/ more

Resolved Question: Why do republicans always create a total economic disaster?

Here is what happened after 12 years of a republican congress and 6 years of an entire republican government: Between Jan 2001-2009 under Republican's policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate on stock profits for wealthy people: Budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion (a 5.2 trillion increase) Dow Jones plunged 25% from 10,587 to 7,949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Both the report and testimony before congress declare a 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) more

Resolved Question: Do black people ever adopt children?

I get the feeling black people rarely or never adopt kids - due to the overwhelming 'single parent' problem in the black community. If they are generally less capable of caring for their own kids, then why would they ever consider taking care of someone else's? Why can't I find any racial statistics about people who adopt? Is it to protect black people's dignity? I can find plenty of stats about the race of the children oddly enough, so why not? It's important because black kids represent almost 50% of foster children in the US. As such, adoptive parents (nearly all white) usually end up adopting black kids. I just want to know if *some* black people are actually helping to solve the problem instead of just making it worse because they know whitey will clean it up. QUESTION: How many black families adopt children (of any race) per year?"protect black people's dignity?" Protect black people's dignity FROM WHAT EXACTLY? There is no rule that says you HAVE to adopt someone else's kid." The truth that black people are negligent? Its nice to see the first black responder both validating, and justifying my claim that black people never adopt. The only thing atypical here is that you're female.. or is it?"this site allowing this divisive ****" when you cant answer a question and need to shut someone up, you're automatically wrong. more

Resolved Question: Why do republican policies always destroy the economy?

Here is what happened after 12 years of a republican congress and 6 years of an entire republican government: Between Jan 2001-2009 under Republican's policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate on stock profits for wealthy people: Budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion (a 5.2 trillion increase) Dow Jones plunged 25% from 10,587 to 7,949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Both the report and testimony before congress declare a 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) more

Resolved Question: statistics! sampling distribution from a normally distribution?

Annual per capita (average per person) chewing gum consumption in the United states is 200 pieces. Suppose the standard deviation of per capita consumption is 145 per year. Let x bar be the average annual chewing gum consumption of 84 randomly selected Americans. Find the mean and the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of x bar. What is the shape of the sampling distribution of x bar? Do you need to know the shape of the population distribution to make this conclusion? Explain why or why not? so confused... thank you for your help yahooers. more

Resolved Question: Multiple Choice Statistics Problem Please Help?

The mean number of travel days per year for a salespeople employed by hardware distributers needs to be estimated with a 0.90 degree of confidence. For a large pilot study the mean was 150 days and the standard deviation was 14 days. If the population mean is estimated within +/- two days (inclusively), how many salespeople should be sampled. A) minimum of 133 B) minimum of 452 C) minimum of 511 D) minimum of 2,100 Ive looked through all my notes but cant seem to find a formula or any way of working out this problem. Any kind of help would really be appreciated. more

Resolved Question: Why do republican polices always lead to a total economic disaster?

Here is what happened after 12 years of a republican congress and 6 years of an entire republican government: Between Jan 2001-2009 under Republican's policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate on stock profits for wealthy people: Budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion (a 5.2 trillion increase) Dow Jones plunged 25% from 10,587 to 7,949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Both the report and testimony before congress declare a 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) more