what is the role of volunteerism in the evolution of social work and social welfare in the United States?
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Societal, cultural, religious similarities and differences between the United States and Ireland
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Summarize the evolution of civil liberties in the United States.
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Discuss United States current health policies and health practice in COVID-19 ?
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Discuss the Market Revolution and the rise of American ingenuity as the United States expanded westward.
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1. The current population of the United States is 328.2 million with 2.2% of the population is engaged in R&D at an efficiency rate of 1/500 per million persons per year.
(a) If R&D is the only source of total-factor productivity growth what is the growth rate of labor efficiency in the United States?
(b) If the growth rate of total factor productivity is 0.75% per year, what is the value of α in the Cobb-Douglas production function?
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B. Theorems--True or False?
For each proposition, considered independently: (a) State whether True or False. (b) Then explain your answer. Define the important terms in your explanation. You may use graphs in your answers.
B1. A country's potential output can increase while its actual output decreases.
B2. China will likely surpass the United States in per-capita GDP before it surpasses the United States in GDP itself.
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Chapter 4
1. Violent offenders make up more than half of the prison population. How can violence be curtailed in the United States? What public policies may have the effect of reducing the rate of violence in American civil society? Finally, how can the incarceration rates be explained in terms of race and gender? Why are African Americans and Latino Americans more likely to be jailed in the United States?
Minimum 350 word count.
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Random samples of 900 people in the United States and in Great Britain indicated that 60% of the people in the United States were positive about the future economy, whereas 66% of the people in Great Britain were positive about the future economy.
a. Does this information provide strong evidence that the people in Great Britain are more optimistic about the economy at 5% significance level?
b. Find a 98% confidence interval for the difference between two population proportions.
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While life expectancies continue to increase, differences exist between men and women. As a general rule, women outlive men, yet there are a few countries where men survive longer than women.
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