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1/04/2010

The ten key mistakes made by candidates

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To make this I had to read through 6 Examiners' Reports: 1. Rubric error was mentioned in all of them - sometimes candidates answer on m...
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12/31/2009

Why demand for transport is a derived demand

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Well, first of all: Derived demand - demand for a good or service not for its own sake, but for what it produces. In case of transport we ca...
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Characteristics of the main modes of transport

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Passenger transport: Private car. Advantages: most flexible and convenient, the only mode of transport that is able to give door to door ser...
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10/05/2009

Market failure in transport economics

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yeah, blah blah blah, I was going on and on about the market failure topic last year and you probably know all about it. but yeah, I need to...
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10/01/2009

Oligopoly

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An oligopoly is another type of market structure. It means that there are several firms in the market, which are dominating. The concentrati...
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9/30/2009

Monopoly

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A theory suggests that a monopoly in its purest form has total control of a market. A firm itself becomes an industry in this case, this mea...
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9/27/2009

A2 Socio - Crime Stats

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There are two main measures of crime in Britain: 1) Police recorded crime - those recorded by the police from which official stats on crime ...

If we tax petrol, this does not efficiently internalise the externalities that are attributed to motor vehicle transport.

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Internalising either positive or negative effect on the third party, also known as internalizing the externalities, is an attempt to deal wi...
9/26/2009

What is 'inflation adjusted' and is such an adjustment a valid way of comparing prices?

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Inflation-adjustment of economic indicators and the prices of goods and services from different tie periods to the same price level. To adju...
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9/24/2009

Firms and their objectives: Profit maximisation

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Firm is a unit of decision making, aims of which are: - profit maximisation - avoidance of risk - growth in the long-term It could be a sole...

Economies of scale

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If over a period of time the short run average cost becomes lower due to a number of reasons, a firm gains benefits through this expansion. ...
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Revenues

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Revenues are the receipts from sales. As well as costs there are several types: Total revenue is calculated simply - quantity sold multiplie...
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9/23/2009

Costs

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Costs are values of inputs. There are several types of costs: Fixed costs, those are independent of output produced. For transport it is usu...
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9/22/2009

A2 Econs Transport

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Transport is the movement of people and goods for personal and business reasons. It takes an important part in economics, the demand for tra...
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9/21/2009

A2 Sociology - Crime and Deviance intro

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While the further maths group was away on a maths trip, the first A2 Sociology lesson had a place to be. I'm catching up with the class ...
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9/20/2009

Philosophy AS, Reason and Expirience notes

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'Tabula rasa' theory. Tabula rasa means 'blank slate', which stand for an idea that every idea of an object or even that we ...
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9/09/2009

a pair of spectacles

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the monthly DAILY blog is back!!! today i'm going to summarise an article on a philosophy topic on our perception of "right" ...
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5/14/2009

Positivists vs Interpretivists

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Halfpenny (1984) said that there are two main researcg traditions: interpretivism and postivism. Their views on the aims of researches diffe...
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5/13/2009

Choosing a topic

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This is the first thing you have to do when you decided to conduct a sociological research. You should consider the following factors: - Who...

Choosing a research method

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When choosing an appropriate research method for a chosen topic, sociologists consider the following issues: 1. PRACTICAL - Is it dangerous?...
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