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Computational statistics methods

  apply computational statistics methods to a topic of your choice using an analysis-friendly dataset. Analysis ideas: Below are some suggestions to help you get started: •Using bootstrap algorithm to estimating model coefficients, or population statistics •Implement a random variable simulation algorithm (such as Metropolis-Hastings) using different type of proposal functions •Using non-parametric methods to …

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Computational statistics methods

  apply computational statistics methods to a topic of your choice using an analysis-friendly dataset. Analysis ideas: Below are some suggestions to help you get started: •Using bootstrap algorithm to estimating model coefficients, or population statistics •Implement a random variable simulation algorithm (such as Metropolis-Hastings) using different type of proposal functions •Using non-parametric methods to …

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Conflicts between Natives and white settlers in the early 19th century

    Consider the following statement: “In preparing for the Cherokee removal, state and federal officials were motivated solely by desire to seize the natives’ land.” In your post, consider the following: Does this statement present the full picture? Revise this statement to present a more complex explanation of the motivations that drove state and …

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Conflicts between Natives and white settlers in the early 19th century

    Consider the following statement: “In preparing for the Cherokee removal, state and federal officials were motivated solely by desire to seize the natives’ land.” In your post, consider the following: Does this statement present the full picture? Revise this statement to present a more complex explanation of the motivations that drove state and …

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Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize winner economist and an advocate of free trade

  PART A: Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize winner economist and an advocate of free trade answers questions about the effect of free trade on employment in the following 6-minute video. Please watch the following and reflect on the employment argument for protectionism. Should we protect certain industries against foreign competition through tariffs and quotas …

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Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize winner economist and an advocate of free trade

  PART A: Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize winner economist and an advocate of free trade answers questions about the effect of free trade on employment in the following 6-minute video. Please watch the following and reflect on the employment argument for protectionism. Should we protect certain industries against foreign competition through tariffs and quotas …

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