Essays on Statistics Literature Reviews

From the paper "Analysis of Cloud Atlas Movie" it is clear that Cloud Atlas is a tale well put together with almost mechanical accuracy in its probe of several themes, many of which were focused upon the harmony of good and evil that existed within mankind.... .... ... ... A brilliant movie, an excellent novel, and an intense plot that keeps the audience glued to the screen till the movie ends....

In the paper “Spare the rod, spoil the child” the author analyzes the Christian concept of making children follow the rules laid down by people in authority.... Another important purpose of the research is to get children to want to do what is expected of them.... ... ... ... “Spare the rod and spoil the child” is a saying that describes this traditional form of discipline....

In James Dickey's novel Deliverance, four Southern uptown males begins a canoe tour that offers them one irksome suffering after another: Bobby is raped; Ed is bound, slash with a knife, susceptible to be raped, and later speared by his own shot; Drew is murdered by a sniper; Lewis is thrown into an intense river and escapes with a badly broken leg....

The primary difference between book and film versions of All the President's Men is length.... Readers of the book may be shocked to learn that the film comes to a rather brusque end at about the midway point of the book.... This decision was obviously made for two reasons, and it does nothing to lessen the intensity of the story....

Professor Date Nothing in this World Option Ethnic and Political struggles in Former Yugoslavia The former Yugoslavia had the most challenging time in terms of politics and ethnicity.... During this time, the nation had a lot of wrangling and this was the major point of conflicts.... ... ... ... The former Yugoslavia was made of different republics that sought to free themselves and have their own independence....

Kaysen, in "Girl, Interrupted," writes subtlety opting to state her point but not overly emphasize the same.... A careful reading and rereading of the novel will lead you to the points that she wishes the reader to learn from her own experiences and understanding. ... ... ... ... ... And it is easy to slip into a parallel universe....

BOOK REPORT/REVIEW, HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (Name of the Student) Topic: Anthony Lewis: Gideon's Trumpet Introduction Gideon's Trumpet is the ‘story' of an epic legal battle.... I give full marks to this story, for it depicts the will power, grit and determination of a simple prison inmate to take on the legal system of USA....

The review "Andrew Carnegie and His Impact on American History" focuses on the critical analysis of the features of the life of Andrew Carnegie and his impact on American history.... Andrew Carnegie's remarkable life began on the 25th of November in 1835.... ... ... ... It was specifically at the attic of their one-story house located at Moodie Street and Priory Lane, Dunfermline, Scotland (Carnegie, 6)....

This paper tells that studies of females exposed to high testosterone levels prenatally contribute to our comprehension of sex disparities in conduct and cognition through revealing how prenatal hormones could be the principal determinant of adult sexual direction.... ... ... ... The studies show how testosterone could be the determinant of a co-factor with genes, ecological as well as social conditions, or biological factors....

The paper "Orientalism In Hollywood Movies" discusses how the Hollywood musical 'The King and I' tries to unveil the concept of "Thai orientalism" from the perspective of a westerner and examines the post-war theory of modernization, which is very evidently represented in this movie.... ... ... ... The movie is based on a romantic relationship that develops between Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut, and it depicts the issue of modernization quite clearly....

This book review "The Verbally Abusive Man by Patricia Evans" presents is of great help to people who want to evaluate their relationship and helps them to differentiate between what is abuse and what is not.... The book uses uncomplicated language to provide us with numerous helpful solutions.... ...

This book review highlights that the book authored by Robert Burke is entitled 'Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders' is a wonderfully written book intended primarily for firefighters and other emergency personnel who will respond to fires and other emergency situations.... ... ...

The study "Gender-Related Issues in the Business Disciplines" focuses on questions concerning discrimination particular to their gender.... It aims to determine whether there is still prejudice in the academe which ironically is supposed to be one of the most liberal in terms of acceptance to diversity....

This movie review "Realistic Representation of Psychological Concepts in the Film A Beautiful Mind" presents the film "A Beautiful Mind" indeed contains elements in its plot and character development that can be analyzed from points of a few strict psychological concepts and theories.... ... ... ...

In this work, Eady displays 'a sharp satiric sensibility' which was rare in his previous works.... Brutal Imagination has political implications as it reflects on either race, gender, class or status.... However, the predominant motif is a race.... ... ... ... The poem contains a larger message the author wants to bring to the public and this message is evident – racial prejudices persist till nowadays....

"Mental Health Services" paper discusses the contrasting views on how support might be best provided to people experiencing a mental health crisis.... It appears that an institutionalized, contained environment such as that found in a mental hospital may be suitable only for the most disturbed patients....

The objective of this literature review is to provide an in-depth summary of the chemical constitution of micronutrients that are required for the proper functioning of the human body.... Moreover, the review will discuss the physiological effects associated with the digestion of those nutrients....

The following review "Mindless Eating Why we Eat more than we Think" dwells on the art of consuming food.... As the author puts it, "I have always focused on what I eat, and have strived to maintain my weight in a range in which I have felt healthy and comfortable".... ... ... ... Of course, society gives us many markers of what the 'perfect' body is, or what we should eat and shouldn't eat, but until I read Cornell Professor Brian Wansink's eye-opening book, I realized that much of the battle we fight in today's society against weight gain, certain foods, and poor eating habits is the wrong battle....

This book review discusses the novel entitled As Nature Made Him: the Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl, that is a real-life story of David Reimer, which was written by John Colapinto.... The author has unveiled different topics regarding culture and psychology.... .... ... ... The story of the novel revolves around the medical case of a boy who was turned into a girl during a minor surgery performed to do his circumcision....

His assigned top positions to persons with questionable backgrounds for example Hugo Black to the position of the US Supreme Court. ... ... .... Although the new decisions, and the announced retirement of.... ... ... stice Willis Van Devanter seemed to undercut the chances of passing the court packing plan, FDR continued to press for passage for all but one of the following reasons....

The author examines "Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692" book by Richard Goldbeer in which the writer describes the events surrounding the lesser known witch hunt of 1692 Stamford.... He presents a very interesting read in which he strikes a fine balance between accurate and reliable history....

This book review "The Vagina Monologues: Expressing the Female through the Female Body" presents a play that consists of one woman who embodies a series of characterizations that express the female experience.... The play was first performed at the Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village....

This paper ''Blood Diamond'' tells that the film is a literary focus on Africa, given the conflicts that arise due to the exploitation of its resources.... In this case, the resource focused on is diamond.... utside forces influence most of the life that the characters live.... It describes the war that is happening in Africa....

The paper " A Field Guide to Boys and Girls by Susan Gilbert " addresses many issues that mainly affect a child during the development process especially with more emphasis on the concept of gender.... Many people have different perceptions when it comes to establishing which gender is superior.... ...

The paper "Finding Solutions to Problems of Concern to Patients" tells that therapist tries to find out how long the patient has had the problem and the perception of the family regarding the problem.... Is the problem a result of poor communication or any other significant problem?... ... ... ... The outline in this chapter is relevant and is applicable in practicing therapy and psychology....

The review "Language and Education in Life-Span Human Development in Life-Span Human Development" critically analyzes chapter 10 of the book, Life-Span Human Development, talking about language and education with regards to human development, very comprehensively and rationally.... ... ... ... The author starts with the discussion about mastering a language in the early years of life....

The paper "Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat " discusses a biography written with a fictional appeal about a family making a new life in America and anxious about those they left behind in their native land in Haiti.... ... ... ... The story revolves around the life of two men close to the author – her father and her uncle....

The paper "The Impending Crisis by David Potter" highlights that the writer's attempt to attack the negligence given to a possible war was right.... Clearly, authorities and other stakeholders concerned with peace could have smelled the impending crisis.... ... ... ... The review has established strong respect for personality by the writer....

The researcher of this essay aims to analyze "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.... The setting of the Awakening is in the Grand Isle in the 19th Century.... The temporal setting, which is chosen, is necessary because of the kind of restrictions imposed in the society in which Edna lives.... ... ... ...

The main character at the movie is Andrea ‘Andy' Sachs (played by Anne Hathaway) a recent graduate who starts working at the Runway Fashion Magazine, run by the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep).... .... ... ... This movie represents the fashion industry as a world full of narcissistic and shallow people....

The author examines "Debating the Presidency" book in which Ellis and Nelson have been inspiring the study of the presidency their power and how they create power and institutions in order to survive and deliver good services to the citizens of America.... ... ... The two authors in this book have been impressive in the form in which they air their views....

The paper 'The Education System in the World Today' presents 'Panopticism' by Michel Foucault and 'The Banking Concept of Education' written by Paulo Freire which are two books that have raised divided opinions on what the two authors are talking about.... ... ... ... Some have argued that Foucault and Freire are talking about the same concept while others have stated that the two are not talking about the same concept....

The paper "Kublai Khan's Great Achievement" discusses 'Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times' that is combination of different cultural, traditional, religious, militants, and other aspects during the life of Khubilai Khan, and also his management system to run a huge state with peace and love.... ... ...

The purpose of this study "The Secret Life of Bees Story Examination" is to analyze the narration and particularly character interactions in the book "The Secret Life of Bees".... The paper represents a close-look examination of characters 5-13 of the story.... .... ... ... Lily had lived peacefully with black people....

The paper "Leach and Energy Usage in Wireless Networks" estimates to the hierarchical and clustering mechanism in wireless sensor networks aids in the reduction of the overhead created and the consumption of energy when all the nodes within the network are sending information to a focal point.... ...

This research review, The Freshman Orientation - House Style and Home Style, highlights that the eight chaptered and 154-page book provide readers with what it entails a person to transition from an elections candidate to a freshman US congressman.... .... ... ... As the paper outlines, the book trails the life of Joe Schwarz as he transitions from a candidate to a freshman congressional representative in the US House of Representative....

"The Films of Alfred Hitchcock" paper tries to evaluate this with respect to the relationship that is depicted between the unnamed heroine and the character of Rebecca in the film.... The film is more or less concerned with the woman's problem of over-identification with another woman.... .... ... ...

The paper "Water and Kalahani - Obstacles to Establishment of the Truth" supports the claim that finding truth and seeking justice proves a difficult task.... In "Water", Mehta says many Indian communities hide the truth from women and kids for their benefits.... The "Kalahani' gives a similar statement....

This literature review "Ethical Concerns about Memory Dampeners" discusses the councils' analysis that states that the degradation of our humanity via memory-dampening hands us too much control of our lives, which violates the respect of the balance.... ... ... ... Pharmaceutical medication in memory control is not always acknowledgeable and evident in cases of Alzheimer's disease....

This literature review "Racial Triangulation" discusses the Asian immigrants that were racially triangulated.... Towards the end of the 18th century, the USA's alien land laws promoted racial triangulation.... American Indians and African Indians were considered unfit to belong to the American society....

The paper "Zero Dark Thirty Action Movie" describes that the objective of the film was to capture and bring justice to the individual responsible for the attacks in September 2001.... The government has the responsibility of protecting its citizens from terrorism.... ... ... ... The Navy Seals efficiently captured the terrorist according to the time assigned to them by their superiors....

The author of this book report "Pearl Bucks The Good Earth" focuses on the story of a young man, Wang Lung, who struggles through hard labor on his farm in some remote area in China to make ends meet.... Reportedly, the land has high value and just as depicted by Wang.... ... ... ... Buck writes that 'the earth lay rich and dark and fell apart lightly under the points of their hoes....

The paper contains the critical review and analysis of the book entitled "The Frenchman Orientation: House Style and Home Style" written by Sidlow Edward, a political science professor with the diverse experience of the political process in the region.... ... ... The book is simple in language as the author did not limit the audience on how to comprehend the important messages he portrayed in the textbook....

This essay discusses the analysis of the Greenstein book; The Presidential Difference.... This has a study of first hundred days of Franklin D.... Roosevelt.... Fred Greenstein gives a good survey on individual president's vision, political skill, organizational capacity, cognitive style, emotional intelligence....

The present book review "How the Media Shapes your World and the Way You Live in It" is focused on how the Media at large has had an impact on our day to day lives.... It is stated that it gives a vivid picture of how the media has been able to position itself between a human being and the real world....

Richelson's “The Wizard of Langley” offers an interesting view of the scientific features of intelligence assortment (Richelson 8).... There are different ways of.... ... ... Richelson's text has an appalling lot of humdrum account of the rigid structure of CIA scientific wings.... It focuses mainly on satellite Jeffrey gives a summary of how the different programs came into being....

"Source Evaluation on Gay Marriage" paper examines the book Gay Marriage: Why It is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America by Jonathan Rauch that presents helpful information ion why gay marriage is beneficial both to the straights, the gays, as well as the entire American community ....

The author gives a detailed review of Hopi history, culture, arts, religion, and language it is no wonder they are of such interest to archeologists, anthropologists, scholars, and researchers.... When a culture has withstood as much as the Hopi culture has and is a testament to the deep core roots ....

The paper investigates the training and development requirement of an organization and along with that the other tasks include suggesting two key ways in which the proposed teamwork project would affect organizational performance, recommending where the company should set limits on spending.... ... ...

This report comprises the explanation of the concept of pain in accordance with the views presented by Eula Biss in her article titled 'The Politics of Pain'.... The essay has represented pain as one of the usual experiences of human beings, which needs to be redefined and understood by every individual....