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[EDITORIAL] Let there be light and there was not

While countries around the world like Netherlands, United Kingdom, France and a host of others are making plans to halt the production of gasoline cars in favor of electric cars as soon as 2025; we can’t boast of stable power supply. This is the sad reality of a 57-year old nation. Political manifestos over time are characterized by grand, rather unrealistic, goals for the power sector. These promises are usually snubbed by the administration once it assumes power. In September 2013, ExPresident Goodluck Jonathan handed over control of 15 state-owned electricity companies to new private owners. It was hoped that the move would encourage essential investment, but in reality, it has been a disaster (for lack of a better word). Even the President, Muhammadu Buhari, admitted that the issue is ‘no longer a laughing matter.” The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has highlighted lack of sufficient financial investment as one of the factors hindering adequate...
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Understand the basics of Levels of Measurement

Attached are compiled materials to deepen your understanding of the Introduction to Statistics I course 1. Resource on Discrete Variable: http://onlinestatbook.com/ glossary/discrete_variables. html 2.  Resource on Continuous Variable: http://onlinestatbook.com/ glossary/continuous_variables. html 3. Understanding the 4 levels of Measurement: http://psc.dss.ucdavis.edu/ sommerb/sommerdemo/scaling/ levels.htm 4. Understand the Types of Data: https://surfstat.anu.edu.au/ surfstat-home/1-1-1.html Utilise it well. If you have any questions, reach out to me via my email or through any of my social media platforms: Facebook: www.facebook.com/theolajide Twitter: @bami_olajide Instagram: @bami_olajide
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What are Normative Theories?

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AD: Get your Black Friday Deals: Normative theories were first proposed by Fred Siebert, Theodore Peterson and Wilbur Schramm in their book called “ Four Theories of the Press ”. At first the word “Normative Theory” was pronounced in USA during the height of ‘cold war’ with communism and soviet. Often it called as western theories of mass media. A Normative theory describes an ideal way for a media system to be controlled and operated by the government, authority, leader and public. These theories are basically different from other communication theories because normative theories of press are not providing any scientific explanations or prediction.  At the same these “four theories of the press” were came from many sources rather than a single source.  Sometimes media practitioners, social critics and academics also involved to develop these normative theories. Normative theories are more focused in the relationship between Press and the Government than press and the a...
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