Essays Tagged: "Statistics"

A Statistical Analysis of Religious Attitudes in America

early on Sunday mornings. However, this situation has changed quite a bit. After reviewing the 1994 statistics I gathered from the Micase system and comparing them to the statistics received in class, ... cling tightly to their beliefs and traditions in order to preserve them for future generations.The statistics presented show a trend away from Christian sects, most notably the Roman Catholic church, ...

(3 pages) 143 0 4.3 Feb/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Boxing: Down for the Count

ake some time to answer: should boxing be practiced as a sport? Examination of medical findings and statistics and re-examination of our views and goals as a modern society will lead us to the one ine ... helmets in professional boxing (as in amateur boxing) should be brought up-to-date with the current statistics. The study conducted by the NHMRC of Australia also revealed that from 1985 to 1993, six ...

(6 pages) 99 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Children in the Holocaust

people that were killed were the children, their families destroyed and their dreams shatterd. Full statistics for the tragic fate of children who died during the Holocaust will never be known. Some e ...

(3 pages) 117 1 4.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

The War America Can't Win

ls, who use the war as a reelection tool. To study this problem, I visited government web pages for statistics and facts dealing with the war, and was surprised what I found.To most people the fiscal ... effect, it is the corruption thatis tied to the huge profits that doing illegal business commands. Statistics show that illegal drugs kill far less people than obesity - that is, an addiction to food ...

(5 pages) 188 1 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Living in estonia as an architect

lling houses in Estonia inefficiently and seeminglyscientifically (where would I have got competent statistics from), I simply try to express thethoughts which are connected with that topics somehow a ...

(4 pages) 44 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays

Epidemiology of Varsity Sports

for one or more days, because performance has been impaired (Hanes and Murray, 1982). The following statistics will deal with injuries of collegiate sports incurred by athletes involved in Men's and W ... ndings of injury to the lower extremity (67% and 60% respectively).COMMENTIt becomes evident as the statistics are revealed throughout this article that it is very difficult to compare such a wide var ...

(5 pages) 115 1 4.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

this is a college paper on MENTAL ILLNESS AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM

Table of ContentsI.Overview of Mental IllnessA.Statistics and Aspects of Mental Illness .......................................p.1II.Mental Illness ... or the stigma that comes with being diagnosed from illness, as if their illness was their own fault.Statistics of Mental IllnessThe most common forms of mental problem in the United States are panic a ... can cause conflict and consequences to both the patient and the people they come into contact with.Statistics say that there are about 350 million mentally ill individuals in the world. Approximately ...

(15 pages) 1401 4 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Children in the Holocaust

people that were killed were the children, their families destroyed and their dreams shatterd. Full statistics for the tragic fate of children who died during the Holocaust will never be known. Some e ...

(3 pages) 49 0 4.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Jury Nullification and Its Effects on Black America

ts in which discrimination, or at least disparity, is obvious. Even whites are forced to admit that statistics indicate that the Black community is disproportionately affected by the American legal sy ... lso found that of all federal death row inmates, 67 percent are Black.11Despite the fact that these statistics are startling and important, they are insufficient to justify race-based jury nullificati ...

(15 pages) 254 1 4.0 Apr/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Death Penalty, to be or not to be

creasing, a full 93 % felt that crime was either increasing or staying the same. And it is not just statistics: I consider myself along with those 93 %. Because while Guiliani administration is talkin ... c's awareness of lawlessness, crime in America is far from a media - created phenomenon. Government statistics support the image of a nation which has overwhelmingly lost the war against crime. For in ...

(7 pages) 397 1 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Domestic Violence

Each day, the statistics on domestic violence get more and more horrifying. A woman is beaten every 15 seconds, 22 ... user. Also domestic violence is the leading cause of injuries to women between 15 and 44. All these statistics prove that domestic violence is a big problem in our country.Battering in a relationship ...

(2 pages) 137 0 4.2 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Police Brutality

lice BrutalityA. Racism as a causeII. Police Brutality is not a problemA. Quotes from authoritiesB. Statistics of Declining BrutalityIII. Stopping Police BrutalityA. Police Stopping themselvesB. Publi ...

(3 pages) 202 0 3.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia

the permanent damage caused in the physiological make up of the body. I will prove this by means of statistics, nationwide studies, and explaining the damage to the body.To give a complete definition ... the permanent damage caused in the physiological make up of the body. I will prove this by means of statistics, nationwide studies, and explaining the damage to the body.To give a complete definition ...

(7 pages) 61 0 3.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Why Restaurants Fail

n exceedingly high rate, the highest failure rates in the U. S. economy. In researching this topic, statistics numbers and percentages fly around routinely. All give somewhat the same concept; in the ... n exceedingly high rate, the highest failure rates in the U. S. economy. In researching this topic, statistics numbers and percentages fly around routinely. All give somewhat the same concept; in the ...

(19 pages) 335 0 4.3 Jan/1995

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The Population Problem

thesis paper on the population problem Well writeen, excellent arguments and evidence. Good use of statistics.Two hundred years ago, Thomas Malthus, in An Essay on the Principle of Population, reache ... n doubled, much more than the increase in population in those 34 years. More recently though, these statistics have become reversed. From 1950 to 1984, the amount of grain increased at 3 percent annua ...

(12 pages) 621 1 3.9 May/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

The Economics of Clean Air

Well written, a lot of statistics noneAir is a part of all of our lives. Without clean air, nothing we know of can exist. T ...

(5 pages) 143 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

"Injustices of the Justice System"

come victim to a faulty verdict. Since these cases are inconspicuous there can only be inconclusive statistics to go along with them. Anything that is run by human beings will always have its mistakes ... few cases of wrongful convictions. These naive thoughts have not even scratched the surface of the statistics on occurrences of this measure. A book written by Michael Radelet, "In Spite of Innocence ...

(4 pages) 134 0 4.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Injustices of the Justice System. Why do wrongful convictions of the death penalty occur? This research paper describes many reasons for why wrongful convictions occur.

come victim to a faulty verdict. Since these cases are inconspicuous there can only be inconclusive statistics to go along with them. Anything that is run by human beings will always have its mistakes ... few cases of wrongful convictions. These naive thoughts have not even scratched the surface of the statistics on occurrences of this measure. A book written by Michael Radelet, "In Spite of Innocence ...

(4 pages) 140 0 3.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Ways to find if a web-site is credible.

manded for all websites.2. According to Robert Harris there is opinions, facts, reasoned arguments, statistics, narratives, eyewitness reports, descriptions, stories and interpretations all available ... distort? Some indicators that there is a lack of support on the information would be that there are statistics presented without a source, there is no source for documentation, and there are not other ...

(5 pages) 134 0 1.2 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Prescription Drug Abuse - 10 page paper that I wrote for a Toxicology class in my Sophomore year. Excellent resource with bibliography for anyone needing a little help getting started! Grade: 300/300

t ordered by a physician is deemed as prescription drug abuse. In this paper, I will explore recent statistics in prescription drug abuse, the misconceptions behind prescription drug abuse, and the mo ... men.Even if everyone in America over the age of 12 could have been surveyed for the aforementioned statistics, there would still be a large margin of error in these already staggering numbers. The re ...

(11 pages) 439 1 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs