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In descriptive statistics, a decile is any of the nine values that divide the sorted data into ten equal parts, so that each part represents 1/10 of the sample or population. [1] A decile is one possible form of a quantile ; others include the quartile and percentile . [ 2 ]
The pub Docile in Hamar acquired Olsen's acceptance to use Docile's name and likeness, both on the pub itself and on caps and clothing. [6] The newspaper Dagbladet arranged a letter column in Docile's name during the 1994 World Cup. People would contact Docile's supposed fax machine number and have the chance to win a book by Tor Røste Fossen. [7]
At the beginning of the story, he tells that he has a mistress, a farmer who mistreats him. Therefore, he decides to escape and lives for a while in the woods. He will have other masters. Some will treat him well, and he will return the favor by being docile and helpful. For example, he saves little Pauline from a fire.
Automaton (worldwide) – self-operating machine; most famous example is Greek mythology's Talos; Blodeuwedd – wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes; Brazen head (Medieval legends) – living head of brass purported to be able to answer any question given to it; Doll Woman- (Lenape) lifelike doll spirit.
As an example, the "factory model of schools are 'designed to create docile subjects and factory workers.'" [3] The phrases are also used to incorrectly suggest the look of American education hasn't changed since the 19th century.
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (French: Surveiller et punir : Naissance de la prison) is a 1975 book by French philosopher Michel Foucault.It is an analysis of the social and theoretical mechanisms behind the changes that occurred in Western penal systems during the modern age based on historical documents from France.
The education system as we know it is only about 200 years old. Before that, formal education was mostly reserved for the elite. But as industrialization changed the way we work, it created the ...
Lap dogs historically have been kept in many societies around the world by individuals with the resources to support a non-productive animal, and a lifestyle which allows for much contact with the dog. They are docile companion animals with no working function other than companionship. Genetic analysis reveals that lapdogs are among the ...