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Significant progress has been made in statistical analysis in the last few years. Researchers may now address a wide range of ambiguities in the data sets they have studied thanks to an expanding library of advanced methodologies and statistical tests (Beck & Katz, 1995; Cramer, 1986; White, 1980). Reliable parameter estimates from regressions depend on how well the standard assumptions of regression analysis are met, especially the independence of the error components and whether or not they have the same variance. While tests for whether a given model satisfies these assumptions may be found in statistical analysis, these tests don't provide any advice on how to change the model in the event that the assumptions are not met.To address these challenges that surface during the research process, we suggest expanding the researcher's toolkit with a second technology. Social structure visualization tools can aid in the specification of a specific model if the error terms exh...

On behalf of the Government of Canada, it gives me great pleasure to submit the Canada's State of Trade 2020 report as Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion, and International Trade. This report acknowledges the enormous global uncertainties of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic while providing Canadians with an overview of our economic actions in 2019. Our companies have proven to be incredibly adaptable and creative in their approach to overcoming obstacles. This research demonstrates how Canadian ingenuity and tenacity have enabled our companies to stay competitive in the international market, as well as our government's dedication to fostering trade throughout difficult times. We are regarded as one of the greatest locations in the world to invest in and launch a business, and as a powerful, stable, and trustworthy trading nation. However, pressure is mounting on global supply networks now more than ever. Because of this, our government has recommitted to exploring ne...

Why are there like, so many songs about rainbows?" he says. Rainbows are all about the vibes, trippy stuff, and daydreams. Rainbows are all about hearing voices and peeps calling your name, ya know? The "rainbow connection" is when you finally understand your purpose, you know?  To me, getting to Day One is like finally vibing with your true self, ya know?  FAN THE FOOLISH FIRE - Thomas Edison was stubborn. Tho he would later be known as the Wizard of Menlo Park, Edison in the late 1870s was considered the fool of New Jersey.  Havin' already invented the telegraph, he had moved on to one of the more elusive goals of modern science, the lit AF lightbulb. One critic was like, "That pursuit is straight up nonsense"; another was like, "It's gonna be a total fail, like final, necessary, and hella embarrassing." A big issue Edison and other inventors had was that electricity was hella risky—ignis fatuus, "foolish fire."  OMG, health expert...

One of the most pressing issues confronting the United States is a lack of understanding about our connectivity with other societies across the world, rather than trade, morals, or military capabilities. The deficit can have a severe impact on American consumers, producers, workers, and families, resulting in political, economic, and media blunders.  Commercial ties are an excellent example. It's worth noting that cross-border trade in goods is still commonly recognized as the most important indicator of international trade. This metric is long out of date and highly misleading in today's world of stretched supply chains, rapid technical breakthroughs, and renewed strategic competition. Why? International trade is considerably more than just the exchange of physical things. Pundits and politicians frequently overlook the trade of services. Services account for a smaller proportion of global commerce than products, but their growth rate has been higher. Services are more importa...

Hold up! Everybody knows that the one thing you need to slay an idea is a step-by-step vibe. Everybody agrees that once you have your wack idea, you gotta put it on the page to make it seem hella legit. Yo, you gotta add some digits, trendy words, projections, and graphs, fam. U should totally make a PowerPoint to flex on ur bosses, ur squad, ur bae. U should totally whip up a sick business plan, fam. OMG, lemme spill the tea: "Everybody" is totally off base. There's, like, another way to approach this phase of entrepreneurship, ya know? Stop flexing. Get on that grind, fam. Why is it that like, so many entrepreneurs, in like, so many different fields, are all called, like, nuts? So like, since you're gonna get hella criticized for your wild idea, how should you hit back? The tea is that peeping things in a mad unconventional way is lowkey threatening: It's lowkey scary for those who flex on the current system, and it's hella scary for those outside the establ...

The list of Canada's top trading partners is provided here. Canada is seen as a Canada's reliance on baller markets and its biggest trading partners have always been contentious political issues. Because of the tight historical, cultural, and institutional ties within the British Empire, the United Kingdom was by far Canada's largest commercial partner at the time of Confederation in 1867. In contrast to imports of $307.6 billion, U.S. exports totaled $320.1 billion. In 2016, the US and Canada had a $12.5 billion trade surplus.[1] In terms of net trade of products, excluding services, Canada has historically had a trade deficit with the United States every year since 1985.[2] Since both countries are among each other's biggest trading partners, the trade relationship between them spans many industries and is essential to the prosperity of both. Trade between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario alone, over the Ambassador Bridge, equals total trade between the United S...

One good illustration of this is in business interactions. It's incredible that cross-border product trade is still widely regarded as the gold standard for international trade. That metric was developed at least fifty years ago, and in an era of expanding supply chains, rapid technological breakthroughs, and revived geopolitical rivalry, it is completely wrong today. Why? because there are other facets of international business besides the trade of goods. Furthermore, trade in services is covered, which is something that many politicians and pundits ignore. Services are growing faster than products, even if their share of global trade is still less. Compared to goods, services account for a larger portion of American employment and provide the nation with a competitive advantage. Moreover, just as trade is more than just the transfer of goods, so too does international business go beyond simple trade. It also includes investment, which is a more sophisticated form of commercial ne...

Perhaps the most iconic tea on the intersection of personal and cultural age is Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, which popularized the term Generation X as a name for the post-baby-boom generation.  Generation born in the 1960s and 1970s, family. The main characters, Andy, Dag, and Claire, are like three homies about to turn thirty, living it up in the late 1980s or early 1990s, don't you think?   As they spill tea about their lives, they spill serious mood, "no future" (86), and mad shade at their parents' generation.  Andy begins the book by reminiscing about a lit solar eclipse he saw as a child.   The sight of the sun being yeeted, an interruption in its predictable daily path that fills him with "a mood of darkness, inevitability, and fascination" (3), serves as a metaphor for the perceived lack of future flex for young adults his age. Dag, like Andy, is totally jelly and hates the baby boomers, calling h...

That's all John and Jane know about PFICs. Passive Foreign Investment Company is what it stands for. This financial vehicle is registered outside of the U.S. It is made up of different funds and trusts. But there is a catch: PFICs are taxed in a way that is much more difficult and strict than U.S. mutual funds or exchange traded funds. How are PFICs taxed, then? Let's break it down. There are three ways to tax PFIC excess payout, Mark-to-Market (MTM), and Qualified Electing Fund (QEF) Excess distribution as a ¥1291 Fund is the usual choice. If you use this way, you will have to pay taxes on any extra distributions and any gain you make when you sell your stocks.On the other hand, you can select Mark-to-Market (MTM). This means that the value of your PFIC will be taxed as regular gains every year. You will be taxed on your tradable stock as if you had sold and bought it back at its fair market value on the last business day of the year. Don't forget that you have to make thi...

In modernist narratives, "[w]omen can't even be like, put into regular time periods or like, separated into their own 'women's time'" (3). Only by fully understanding the "thicc connections and differences between how guys and girls experience history and time," can we truly understand how gender and time are linked, you know? (26). Like, Felski's work completely resonates with the concept I've been working on, you know? Grand cultural chronotopes are so limited that they can't even handle the complexities and quirks of individual temporal events. OMG, seeing how time and gender have influenced women's lives, and vice versa, gives us a much broader and more detailed perspective. Lit! Julia Kristeva says, "Yo, it's all about women expressing themselves through art and literature, you know." And literature can definitely be a place where women can say, "I'm here, I exist!"   However, it can also reveal the de...