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  2. Credibility theory - Wikipedia

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    The problem is then to devise a way of combining the experience of the group with the experience of the individual risk to calculate the premium better. Credibility theory provides a solution to this problem. For actuaries, it is important to know credibility theory in order to calculate a premium for a group of insurance contracts. The goal is ...

  3. Roland G. Fryer Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Roland Gerhard Fryer Jr. (born June 4, 1977) is an American economist and professor at Harvard University. Fryer joined the faculty of Harvard University and rapidly rose through the academic ranks; in 2007, at age 30, he became the second-youngest professor, and the youngest African American , ever to be awarded tenure at Harvard. [ 1 ]

  4. Sur La Table - Wikipedia

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    Sur La Table has a blog, A Sharp Knife & Salt, that focuses on food, chefs, restaurants and products. [2] Many of the company's stores offer culinary classes [3] with plans to include a kitchen in every new store. [4] The company's corporate headquarters is located in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. In French, sur la table means on the table.

  5. Michel Maffesoli - Wikipedia

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    Michel Maffesoli (born 14 November 1944) is a French sociologist. He is a former pupil of Gilbert Durand and Julien Freund, and an emeritus professor at Paris Descartes University. His work touches upon the issue of community links and the prevalence of "the imaginary" in the everyday life of contemporary societies, through which he contributes ...

  6. Wikipedia:How to increase Wikipedia's credibility - Wikipedia

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    Conversely, when pro-fringe editors leave Wikipedia, it becomes more trustworthy. [13] The recipe for increased credibility is simple: be anti-fringe; be factual and call things by their right names; and firmly oppose pro-fringe editors. This requires discerning and opposing pro-fringe editors. They insidiously subvert our core content policies ...

  7. Credibility - Wikipedia

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    Credibility comprises the objective and subjective components of the believability of a source or message. Credibility dates back to Aristotle theory of Rhetoric. Aristotle defines rhetoric as the ability to see what is possibly persuasive in every situation. He divided the means of persuasion into three categories, namely Ethos (the source's ...

  8. Bühlmann model - Wikipedia

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    Bühlmann model. In credibility theory, a branch of study in actuarial science, the Bühlmann model is a random effects model (or "variance components model" or hierarchical linear model) used to determine the appropriate premium for a group of insurance contracts. The model is named after Hans Bühlmann who first published a description in 1967.

  9. Jacques Ellul - Wikipedia

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    Jacques Ellul (/ ɛ ˈ l uː l /; French:; January 6, 1912 – May 19, 1994) was a French philosopher, sociologist, lay theologian, and professor.Noted as a Christian anarchist, Ellul was a longtime Professor of History and the Sociology of Institutions on the Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences at the University of Bordeaux.