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A POSTERIORI: A conclusion reached through logical reasoning based on facts and observations about the real world. This notion is closely related to the scientific verification of hypotheses and the identification of principles. A similar sounding, but opposite term is a prior, which is a unverified presumption made before an analysis is undertaken. For example, in the study of economics of crime you might assume, a priori, that people are basically "good", and conclude, a posteriori, that people are more likely to commit crimes when the threat of capture and conviction is lower.
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PRODUCTION FUNCTION A mathematical relation between the production of a good or service and the inputs used. A production function captures the general relation between total production and one or more inputs. The standard production function includes labor and capital as the inputs. However, a production function is general enough that any number of inputs can be included
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time looking for a downtown retail store looking to buy either a green and yellow striped sweater vest or a Boston Red Sox baseball cap. Be on the lookout for vindictive digital clocks with revenge on their minds.
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Rosemary, long associated with remembrance, was worn as wreaths by students in ancient Greece during exams.
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"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. " -- Seneca, statesman, dramatist, philosopher
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