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The Law Of Black Mirror - Syllabus, Yafit Lev-Aretz, Nizan Packin

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Using episodes from the show Black Mirror as a study tool - a show that features tales that explore techno-paranoia - the course analyzes legal and policy considerations of futuristic or hypothetical case studies. The case studies tap into the collective unease about the modern world and bring up a variety of fascinating key philosophical, legal, and economic-based questions.

Tech Policy And Legal Theory Syllabus, Yafit Lev-Aretz, Nizan Packin

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Technology has changed dramatically over the last couple of decades. Currently, virtually all business industries are powered by large quantities of data. The potential as well as actual uses of business data, which oftentimes includes personal user data, raise complex issues of informed consent and data protection. This course will explore many of these complex issues, with the goal of guiding students into thinking about tech policy from a broad ethical perspective as well as preparing students to responsibly conduct themselves in different areas and industries in a world growingly dominated by technology.

Brave New World - Reslience, Rhonda S. Binda

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The trifecta of globalization, urbanization and digitization have created new opportunities and challenges across our nation, cities, boroughs and urban centers. Cities are in a unique position at the center of commerce and technology becoming hubs for innovation and practical application of emerging technology. In this rapidly changing 24/7 digitized world, city governments worldwide are leveraging innovation and technology to become more effective, efficient, transparent and to be able to better plan for and anticipate the needs of its citizens, businesses and community organizations. This class will provide the framework for how cities and communities can become smarter and more …

Global To Local: Creating 'Glocal' Links For Diplomacy, Rhonda S. Binda

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Over the past few years, “smart cities” have led in leveraging technology to modernize their services and infrastructure— and have emerged on the global stage on key issues of international concern. In 2017, Hidalgo and Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Mayor of Buenos Aires, spearheaded the Urban 20 (U20), a platform for major cities in G20 countries to bring their “urban perspective” to the G20 member states in tackling common problems, showcasing their innovative approaches leveraging emerging technologies at the local level to tackle global issues. In April 2018, mayors from 20 cities signed the U20’s first Joint Declaration; six months later, …

Brave New World - Innovation 2.0 And Public Private Partnerhips (P3s), Rhonda S. Binda

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The trifecta of globalization, urbanization and digitization have created new opportunities and challenges across our nation, cities, boroughs and urban centers. Cities are in a unique position at the center of commerce and technology becoming hubs for innovation and practical application of emerging technology. In this rapidly changing 24/7 digitized world, city governments worldwide are leveraging innovation and technology to become more effective, efficient, transparent and to be able to better plan for and anticipate the needs of its citizens, businesses and community organizations. This class will provide the framework for how cities and communities can become smarter and more …

Brave New World - The Rise Of Cities Globally: Urbanizationmeets Technological Innovation And Digitization, Rhonda S. Binda

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The trifecta of globalization, urbanization and digitization have created new opportunities and challenges across our nation, cities, boroughs and urban centers. Cities are in a unique position at the center of commerce and technology becoming hubs for innovation and practical application of emerging technology. In this rapidly changing 24/7 digitized world, city governments worldwide are leveraging innovation and technology to become more effective, efficient, transparent and to be able to better plan for and anticipate the needs of its citizens, businesses and community organizations. This class will provide the framework for how cities and communities can become smarter and more …

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 1: An Introduction To Statistics, Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 2: Types Of Data, Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 4: Picturing Data With Tables And Charts, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• 04_Exercises.xlsx
• 04_FreqDist.xlsx
• 04_M&Ms_Colors.xlsx

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 3: Where Do Data Come From?, Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 5: Statistical Measures, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• 05_BoxAndWhisker.xlsx
• 05_CV_BigMac_Data.xlsx
• 05_DescriptiveStat-ToolPak
• 05_EstimatingMeanSD.xlsx
• 05_Exercises.xlsx
• 05_GeometricMean.xlsx
• 05_MAD.xlsx
• 05_M&M_Colors.xlsx
• 05_Mean_Outlier.xlsx
• 05_Median_Outlier.xlsx
• 05_Mode.xlsx
• 05_Percentiles_Quartiles.xlsx
• 05_Range.xlsx
• 05_TrimmedMean.xlsx
• 05_VAR_SD.xlsx
• 05_WgtMean_Frappachinos.xlsx

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 6: Index Numbers, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• 06_BDIs_CDIs.xlsx
• 06_Exercises.xls
• 06_GEOMEAN_index.xlsx
• 06_SubwaySystem_Stations.xlsx
• 06_UnweightedPriceIndex
• 06_WeightedIndex.xlsx

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 7: Basic Concepts Of Probability, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module

• 07_Gombaud_Solution.xls
• 07_FACT_COMBIN_PERMUT.xlsx
• 07_Exercises.xlsx

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 8: Discrete Probability Distributions, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• 08_Examples.xlsx
• 08_Exercises.xlsx
• BinomialTable.xlsx
• Hypergeometric_Calculator.xlsx
• PoissonTable.xlxs

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 9: Normal Probability Distributions, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• 09_Examples.xlsx
• 09_Exercises.xlsx
• 09_NormalCurve_ShadedArea.xlsx
• 09_SolvingForX.xlsx
• z-Values_AreaBetweenMean&X.xlsx

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 10: Sampling And Sampling Errors, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• 10_Exercises.xlsx

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 11: Confidence Intervals, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• 11_Examples.xlsx
• 11_Exercises.xlsx
• 11_GallupMarijuana.xlsx
• Student-t_tables.pdf
• Student-t_tables.xlsx
• z-values_AreaBetweenMean&X.pdf

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 13: Introduction To Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (Nhst), Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Z-Values_Areabetweenmean&X.Pdf, Edward Volchok

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This file is associated with Clear-Sighted Statistics, Module 14: One-Sample Null hypothesis Significance Tests.

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Z-Values_Criticalvalues_Z_P-Values.Pdf, Edward Volchok

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This file is associated with Clear-Sighted Statistics, Module 14: One-Sample Null hypothesis Significance Tests.

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 14: One-Sample Null Hypothesis Significance Tests, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• z-Values_AreaBetweenMean&X.pdf
• z-Values_AreaBetweenMean&X.xlsx
• z-Values_CriticalValues_z_p-Values.pdf
• z-Values_CriticalValues_z_p-Values.xlsx

• Student-t_tables.pdf
• Student-t_tables.xlsx

• Finding_CVs_p-values.xlsx
• 14_Examples.xlsx
• 14_NHST_Workbook.xltx
• P-Value_Calculators.xlsx
• PowerTable.xltx

Clear-Sighted Statistics: F-Distribution_.05.Pdf, Edward Volchok

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This file is associated with Clear-Sighted Statistics, Module 15: Two-Sample Null Hypothesis Significance Tests.

Clear-Sighted Statistics: F-Distribution_.01.Pdf, Edward Volchok

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This file is associated with Clear-Sighted Statistics, Module 15: Two-Sample Null Hypothesis Significance Tests.

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 16: One-Way Anova Tests, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• F-Distribution_.01.pdf
• F-Distribution_.01.xls
• F-Distribution_.05.pdf
• F-Distribution_.05.xlsx

• p-value_Calculators.xlsx

• 16_Exercises.xlsx
• 16_ANOVA_Power_PostHoc.xlsx

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 17: Chi-Square Tests, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• ChiSq_Distribution.xlsx
• ChiSq_Distribution.pdf

• p-value_Calculator.xlsx

• 17_ChiSq_Examples.xlsx
• 17_ChiSq_Exercises.xlsx

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Chisq_Distribution.Pdf, Edward Volchok

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This file is associated with Clear-Sighted Statistics, Module 17: Chi-Square Tests.

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 18: Linear Correlation And Regression, Edward Volchok

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The following files accompany this module:

• Module18_Examples.xlsx
• Module18_Exercises.xlsx
• Student-t_table.xlsx
• Student-t_table.pdf

Clear-Sighted Statistics: Appendix 1: Math Review, Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Module 19: Wrapping Up, Edward Volchok

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Clear-Sighted Statistics: Appendix 2: Statistical Tables, Edward Volchok

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