Maximum likelihood

For this week’s assignment, the class was asked to review an article written by Kempinen and Kurlychek. The article that they wrote surrounded itself with the attempt to determine if rehabilitative programs within a particular setting, such as a boot camp, reduced recidivism. The author’s performed their study regarding this very subject around the state of Pennsylvania’s Motivational Boot Camp Program. The boot camp program had two primary focuses which was to reduce prison overcrowding and…

Journal Article Summary Article reference Dewhurst, S. s., Thorley, C., Hammond, E. R., & Ormerod, T. C. (2011). Convergent, but not divergent, thinking predicts susceptibility to associative memory illusions. Personality & Individual Differences, 51(1), 73-76. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.018 Purpose of the study The aim of the study was to examine the link between creativity and is prone to associative memory delusions in the Deese/Roediger-McDermott (DRM) method and this was further explored…

The Prisoner’s Dilemma certainly gained its reputation for fame in the world of game theory for the paradoxical strategic and moral issues it poses regarding human cooperation. In this game, you and a partner must testify about a crime that you two have committed together, and you each have the option to either cooperate, which would entail staying silent and not giving up your partner, or defecting, which would imply ratting out your partner. There is no way to know what your partner will…

In order to fully understand if prisons are effective or not we must look into what the purpose of prisons are and how they came to be. In modern 21st century the 3 main reasons for prisons are: 1. To punish those who have been found guilty of breaking the law, 2. to rehabilitate those in prison so that they are less likely to commit crimes in the future and 3. to deter those people who consider breaking the law, from actually committing a crime. The purpose of prisons was not always the same.…

are underway, competition will also arise as each project head attempts to gain maximum project resources. This can make it hard for upper management to correctly gauge how successful any single project is or how much more in resources to provide. Upper management must inspect the progress of each project carefully to separate fact from fiction. Confusion • Because project heads can be prone to declaring greater likelihood of project success only if greater resources are allocated, there can be…

Over the past years, scientists from different fields, extending from medicine and biology to applied mathematics and computer science, have teamed up to assess emerging diseases. Mathematical modelling plays an important role in predicting, forecasting and controlling disease outbreaks. Despite control measures, it often happens that outbreaks remain a serious public health risk in areas where recurrent outbreaks have been observed for a long time. Therefore, it is crucial to evaluate the…

cost of a stethoscope does not change my action. With respect to worrying about debt, there are likely other tradeoffs I can make in my personal life to avoid a stethoscope. I would rather go with that route. While some may have the personal integrity to not be influenced by receiving a stethoscope, I prefer not to put myself in that position in the first place. While the taking the stethoscope seems somewhat unsavory, I do not see an issue with listening to the lecture. Taking the opportunity…

available rather than putting the prisoners in proper security levels and places where they have the most beneficial programs available to them. Because of this, it is possible to find inmates who should be held in medium security levels, living in maximum security conditions which are unfair and stressful for the inmate. By not properly placing the inmates where they should be, prison systems are only slowing down the process for inmates and creating for slower exit times which creates for even…

economy, demographics, and civil life. This indicates an emergency manager must identify the likelihood of different environmental changes and hazards and the demographics and socioeconomic status of their…

Every kid in the world that wants to experience being on a youth football team should have a chance to do that. They will have the time of their lives participating in the game of youth football. Parents should allows their kids to play youth football. Football brings people together and creates an unbreakable connection with your coaches and teammates. It improves kids overall mentally and physically. The safety of the game is becoming better and making the game less dangerous. Football is a…