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March 6, 2010
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Thanks!Dr. Guy,
I really enjoyed this class. It was well structured and your website is wonderful! I learned a lot and I appreciate your eagerness to help! Thanks for a great half of a semester!
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FINALThank you Dr. Guy for a great semester! I must say this class kept me on my toes as far as thinking and applying the concept. It was fun and challenging!
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March 5, 2010
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Unit 7 Multiple Choice Practice QuizQuiz 3 was the hardest one for me. I'm not sure how to work this problem and I want to try to figure out before I take the Final Exam today. Thanks!
7. For a population with mean equal to 1...
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March 3, 2010
March 2, 2010
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"Race"/ Ethnic GroupsI was very surprised to hear that there is no such thing as "race." Growing up in the south, you hear so much about racial issues and tensions. I was raised to view everyone as being the sam...
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Domestic ViolenceDomestic violence has truly been on the rise in Memphis lately. In the case of Taffi Crawford I wonder if her life could have been saved. It was later reported that the accuser of her death ...
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Multiple choice Practice Quiz Unit 11given:
x: 7 3 4 6
y: 11 9 6 1
what is the correlation coefficient? I am getting -3.6 but it is not an answer choice.
the answer choices given are:
-.68
-.41
-.04
+.41
Can someone pl...
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Victim Blaming and Cultural ExplanationsA few years ago in a visual journalism class, my teacher cited a study done on the way people react to color.
She said poor people responded more to blue and middle class people preferred red...
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Native American WomenI was surprised to find out that Native American women had more power within their society before colonization. We assume this view, that men are always the dominate of the two in all societie...
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Talk about SojournersI go to the nail shop every two weeks and the same person does my nails. On this particular day I asked my nail artist Lam do he ever think about returning home or do he send money home? After...
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March 1, 2010
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Discrimination"Complex Fined in Racial Discrimination" by Orlando News Story WKMG Orlanda.
Before taking this class, I thought prejudice and discrimination was the same. Knowlege is good. As I was reading...
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Discrimination"Complex Fined in Racial Discrimination"by Orlando News Story, Orlando, Flordia, March 1,2010.
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Class So FarI came into this class thinking it was going to be boiring, but I have actually learned some things. I learned that race does not exist. It was made for colinization, to magnify the importance...
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What instincts?Before attending this class, I believed that everyone had basic human instincts. However, after a few classes I realized I was rather ignorant and should have known better. This class let my m...
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The Strength of WomenWe are always taught that men are stronger than women and that the man is the head of the household. I found it very interesting that in most cases when looking at the history of all the ethni...
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What I have learned...After this first session in the class I have learned a few things.
1. It was not easy being an immigrant from anywhere. Each group had to work very hard and some harder than others jus...
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socio 3422-006I feel very enlight for having taken the sociology 3422 for the fact that it clarify our views on certain concepts, and also give us a better understanding on the world organisation. Am also p...
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Born with Privileges..Through this class and after reading the text I had a much greater understanding of what is meant through the Social Reproduction Process. When first understanding the definition that just by ...
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Learning..I found it interesting that Native American women held power before colonization. I was always led to believe that men were always the dominant group when it came to men and women. Some of the...
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Eye Opening InformationI am so excited that i decided to take this class to substitute a history course because it is turning out to be an eye opening experience for me. Learning the truth about how America became w...
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Religion in SchoolWhy is it that we are not allowed to have Religion, (God) in school? Why can?t we pray out loud or bring bibles?
I think it?s because if they did a whole lot of riots and protesting will start...
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Thoughts On the CourseThus far I have learned many new things in this course. Although very informative up until current, this course has left alot of questions unanswered for me. One question is particular is wh...
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Hard Working WomenI found it very interesting that well educated white women went into prostitution to take care of their family. It wasn't suprising that their husbands knew about. I don?t understand why did t...
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Chilean earthquakeSo in recent news, Chile suffered an 8.8 earthquake. I'm extremely interested in this beause I've been planning a study abroad to Chile for about a year now, and today is the application dead...
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Don't Ask Don't TellWith the white house under new management its time to make a few changes. Obama is seeking to repeal the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy with the support of Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Two hig...
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February 28, 2010
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RacismI've always known that there where different types of racism but I never really understood them in dept. So far this class has helped me really understand racism. Now I know the difference bet...
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Who's defining our youth?As we have learned sociology is the study of people as they are withinn their natural enviornments. I often wonder how much of our history, is actually history? It saddens me to see some of th...
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Comment toAfter reading your blog, I started thinking about what it is exactly that makes a "strong black man" or if in fact a caucasian couple could raise a child to be a strong black man or woman. I h...
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Wal-mart IncidentYesterday I was in the Wal-mart and came across something very discriminating. There was a African American lady at the front door who was checking receipts before customers were walking out ...
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FinalWill the final exam cover the same quizzes that we been doing throughout the course??
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February 27, 2010
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Informative!When I first signed up for this class I didn't know what to expect. I thought that this was going to be the most boring class ever. Now that we have gotten into alot of important and informati...
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Breaking the Mold--Interracial AdoptionSo I am going to go against the grain, and not talk about how great the class is, I feel that that has been overstated enough. I have taken the history 19-whatever to present, African American...
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Sexual ExplortationI think the sexual explortation in society period will never go away.The rape of women happened along time ago during slavery and other periods of time and the rape of women in todays society ...
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Homework 5-5Can someone please explain to me how to do this problem? I am having trouble determining how to do this.
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Contact InfoI wanted to give my telephone number 901-674-7989. I would appreciate any one who may be able to assist me to understand. Thank You
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HELPI have been looking at this computer and e-text for the last five hours and I can not get this. Can anyone met me at school or anywhere I will travel. I can not get this and the clock is tic...
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February 26, 2010
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Sorry, but I need help.I don't get Assignment 5
1.4
when did we ever talk about z score conversion?
also is this okay for number 5?
5.
H(0): The crime rate is independent of outdoor temperature.
H(1): The crime ...
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assignment 5Can someone help with 3.1 , 3.2, 3.3 I think im doing something wrong because when I put the data in and hit complete nothing comes up. Any help will be appreciated.
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HW Assign 4 Question 2:5,2:6,2:7I do not understand Degrees of Freedom. I have read unit 10 and still can not read the information to understand the following questions. Please help...
Answer 2:6 N-1, 2:7 Population ?
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Interesting link...I was a bit surprised when Ms Warren said the first day of class that Racial and Ethnc Minorities was going to be like a history class. I was like "dang I was hoping it would be more like the ...
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February 25, 2010
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test 1I am glad that we have learned how all the groups came over to America. I hope that we learn how they made a living and survived in the 21st century. I think the Italian Americans are my fav...
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QuizzesHi Pr Guy. One student asked you about the quizzes that when she click on it its saying no exam schedule.. I have the same problem? What should I do?
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Thoughts On Class So Far....I really ahve enjoyed this class so far. I can not believe that i was so ignorant about so many things in my life. It is a shame to be taught a certain way and be blinded your whole life until...
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ASSIGNMENT 5Can someone please help me with these? I'm having a little trouble with them is:
4-1. is it suppose to say positive correlation instead of high?
4-2. I'm not sure about this one at all?
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