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This book offers hands-on statistical tools for business professionals by focusing on the practical application of a single-equation regression. The authors discuss commonly applied econometric procedures, which are useful in building regression models for economic forecasting and supporting business decisions. A significant part of the book is devoted to traps and pitfalls in implementing regression analysis in real-world scenarios. The book consists of nine chapters, the final two of which are fully devoted to case studies. Today's business environment is characterised by a huge amount of economic data. Making successful business decisions under such data-abundant conditions requires objective analytical tools, which can help to identify and quantify multiple relationships between dozens of economic variables. Single-equation regression analysis, which is discussed in this book, is one such tool. The book offers a valuable guide and is relevant in various areas of economic and business analysis, including marketing, financial and operational management.

Intro -- part one: -- Throwaway Kids -- Modern Street Gangs: A History -- To "See" Again -- Being Solid in the World -- Warning: Don't Get Involved! -- The Power of Hanging in There -- Hungers and Angers -- Fear and Fury -- "Don't Give Up on Us!" -- part two: -- Doors, Story, Purpose -- Human to Human -- The Truth of Consequences -- A Handmade Life -- Governance and Gangs -- part three: -- Abundance or Scarcity -- Dying for Something to Live -- Premises and Principles -- "What You Be About?" -- The Power of Now -- The Way of Discipline -- Looking for the Milky Way -- Be Your Word -- part four: -- Children Whispering -- New Economy, New Outlooks -- Safe and Sacred Space -- Between Two Worlds -- Nurturing the Genius -- About the Author -- Other Books by Luis J. Rodriguez.

Luis J. Rodríguez's stunning memoir-a brave, unflinching account of life in a Los Angeles street gang Luis J. Rodríguez joined his first gang at age eleven. As a teenager, he witnessed the rise of some of the most notorious cliques and sets in Southern California and knew only a life of violence-one that revolved around drugs, gang wars, and police brutality. But unlike most of those around him, Rodríguez found a way out when art, writing, and political activism rescued him from the brink of self-destruction. Always Running spares no detail in its vivid, brutally honest portrayal of street lif

This book explores why states with more undocumented immigrants get more congressional seats.

Military contingency bases require substantial resources and funding sustain and are often not connected to an infrastructure grid. Infrastructure assets produce the required outputs for sustainment, but are often expensive and inefficient, producing a significant logistical burden. With the increasing near-peer threats of opposing military forces, there is a need for more self-sufficient contingency bases with alternatives that reduce resources usage and the cost of sustainment. Accordingly, the goal of this research is to develop an optimization model capable of selecting infrastructure alternative combinations that minimize the overall resource usage and cost of sustainment at the contingency base level.