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THE POLITICS OF JOBLESSNESS: HOW A HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CAN DERAIL A PRESIDENT

At the time of the election, the U.S. was in a recession with unemployment starting to tick upward. Clinton was able to focus on B...

UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE CONNECTION TO CRIME RATES

gas station, supermarket and bank robberies; shoplifting; residential burglaries and theft of motor vehicle parts). For each targe...

Analysis of Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scales

93 items that are considered to be associated with ADHD in adults (Knouse and Safren, 2010). The final 66 items, which comprise th...

CHF Guidelines and Readmission Rates

the highest readmission rates for congestive heart failure (CHF), as well as other conditions (DeFelice, et al, 2010). Initially, ...

An Overview, Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS)

the observer form by utilizing sample groups of 1,026 and 943 individuals, respectively. The qualification level for administering...

Target Symptom Rating: An Overview

medical care - the effect of the health care process on the health and well-being of patients and populations" (Foundation for Hea...

Depreciation and Exchange Rates

dollar over the next twelve months. At such a juncture, the CFO would recognize that the financial balance that made the financing...

The Impact of Changing Credit Rating on Equity Prices

the measures are not a precise measure of the risk of default that a firm presents, but they are used as a standardised measure ag...

Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return As Investment Assessment Tools

that can be used compared to other potential investments. The internal rate of return takes a similar approach, in seeking to cre...

The Use of Antidepressants and Increased Suicide Rates in Adolescents

adolescents there were no real treatment alternatives for these children (Brent, 2004). The common belief, in fact, was that thos...

Improving High School Graduation Rates for Texas Minorities in the Presence of Exit-Level Testing

U.S. District Court Judge Edward C. Prado observed: "The receipt of an education that does...

Drop in Homicide Rate in New York City 1992-2006

that happened during the 1990s that could explain the drop, including the decrease in cocaine usage, the general aging of the popu...

Monetary Policies their Impact on the GDP Unemployment, Inflation and Interest Rates

This 10 page paper considers how monetary policies and the tools that implement them can impact on an economy. The paper looks fir...

Fixed or Pegged Exchange Rates and How They Are Used

over years in terms of international trade has been the exchange rate fluctuations. There have also been many attempts to use a ra...

The Bank of England Base Rate Increase of November 2006

to control inflation the final decision as to whether or not interest rates would increase was seen as residing with the governmen...

Burglary Rates and the Issue of Gun Ownership

In 2005, 3,984 burglaries were committed in the municipality. This translates to a rate of 0.011 burglaries per citizen (Nemerov,...

Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

one tool, there are also others, such as international rate of return, this is an alternative measure, and for some this is a bett...

Overview of a Hospital's Reduced Rate Prescription Drug Plan

to bring a new drug to market, and the developer has patent protection only for relatively few years. To recoup its investment in...

Hedging and Exchange Rates Risks

ability of Australian companies to pay their debts and interest payments as a weak dollar would escalate the level, of debt. This ...

Purpose of the Second Edition Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale

particularly useful in determining the prevalence of at-risk students in academic populations. Uhing et al (2005) note how the BE...

Reaction Paper to the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research Report 'Wake Up America: A National Sleep Alert'

they are tired, or not getting enough sleep, they can quickly understand how a large number of people in the nation could make a b...

Whites v. Blacks and Dropout Rate Disproportionment

2005). Despite the changes in college attendance levels noted above, black males are much less likely to graduate from co...

How to Use Net Present Value (NPV)

The calculation will look like this however, although we are told there are savings, which we will treat as revenues, of 100,000 a...

Executive Summary on Englewood, Chicago, Illinois' Rates of Infant Mortality

in the state of Illinois. In assessing the statistical data provided by organizations like the World Health Organization, the Na...

Why in December of 2005 the Fed Will Raise Interest Rates

if he likes. He wont, but the idea that he would skip December for no reason at all is wishful thinking. If anything, he could lea...

December 2005 Rates Will Not Be Raised by the Federal Reserve

year in order to ward off inflation. All bets may be off now though, given the disruptive effect that Katrina may have on the econ...

Statistical Research Project on Rates of Infant Mortality

of 7.2 (deaths) per 1,000 live births, a rate comparable to countries like Cuba (8.0), Slovakia (9.9) and Kuwait (11.5) (March of ...

NJ and Turnover Rates of Teachers

educator performance (NJBE, 2005). The plan called for educators to implement strategies supporting exemplary educational practic...

Unbiased Expectations Hypothesis and Interest Rate Parity Theory

sufficient to overcome this expected drop in currency value and be equal to the lower inflation countries lower interest rate when...

Qualitative Research Rating Scales

range of response choices placing study participants responses along a continuum of agreement. The Likert scale is that which pro...