English, 04.02.2021 09:20 florochoa217
Read the following except from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.
The bagel data also reflect how much personal mood seems to affect honesty. Weather, for instance, is a
major factor. Unseasonably pleasant weather inspires people to pay at a higher rate. Unseasonably cold
weather, meanwhile, makes people cheat prolifically; so do heavy rain and wind. Worst are the holidays.
The week of Christmas produces a 2 percent drop in payment rates-again, a 15 percent increase in theft,
an effect on the same magnitude, in reverse, as that of 9/11. Thanksgiving is nearly as bad; the week of
Valentine's Day is also lousy, as is the week straddling April 15. There are, however, a few good holidays:
the weeks that include the Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Columbus Day. The difference in the two sets of
holidays? The low-cheating holidays represent little more than an extra day off from work. The high-
cheating holidays are fraught with miscellaneous anxieties and the high expectations of loved ones.
The excerpt is an example of inductive reasoning because the authors
O work from a generalization to formulate specific examples
O arrive at a generalization after starting with another generalization.
O formulate a generalization by studying specific examples.
O arrive at specific examples by studying other examples,
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English, 21.06.2019 23:30
Based on the cause-and-effect relationship in this sentence, what is the meaning of the word revert? the brownies kali made using a new recipe were too dry, so she reverted to her original recipe. a) to alter or change completely; revise b) to dispose of or remove; to throw away c) to prepare for something; assemble or make d) to go back to a previous state or practice
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English, 22.06.2019 06:00
As you read in this lesson, satire depends on the audience recognizing and agreeing with the satirist’s implicit criticism of his or her target. how effective can satire be in shaping behavior or opinions if the audience is always in on the joke and thus never the target? your answer should be at least 250 words.
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