Locate a program evaluation study published in a professional journal. Construct a 2 page reflection paper identifying key variables in the study and their operationalization. Discuss the following: How was the program’s success measured? Did the program use an explanatory theory- etiological or interventive, or both?

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Module 1 Assignment

Locate a program evaluation study published in a professional journal. Construct a 2 page reflection paper identifying key variables in the study and their operationalization. Also discuss the following: How was the program’s success measured? Did the program use an explanatory theory- etiological or interventive, or both? Consider the ethical guidelines presented in the text (pages 43-47), and discuss whether your article appears to meet each of these guidelines. If there is not enough information provided in each area, make a judgment and explain your process for making this judgment, based on the information provided in your article. Be sure to review the entire article, as you may find relevant information to include in the discussion and recommendations section, in addition to the methods and analysis sections. Submission must be in APA format and include a cover page and reference page.

What job sequencing rule do you see most often in healthcare? Why? Can you think of any additional job sequencing rules not described in this text? How could advanced-access techniques be used for the following types of facilities?

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Scheduling schemes

What job sequencing rule do you see most often in healthcare? Why? Can you think of any additional job sequencing rules not described in this text?

How could advanced-access techniques be used for the following types of facilities?

  • An ambulatory surgery center
  • A freestanding imaging center

What are the consequences of using advanced access in a multispecialty clinic? How might these tools be applied to provide same-day scheduling?

Can advanced-access techniques be used with appointment scheduling schemes? Why or why not?

Using your sets A and B along with what you just outlined to prepare, determine an algorithm that you can use to see whether A ⊆ B. State the algorithm that you would use to compare these sets.

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Post 1: Initial Response

Imagine you are responsible for your organization’s analytic tasks, and you are currently brainstorming how to query a relational database of marketing information for the organization. You want to test your understanding of how you might relate the database tables with the use of set theory, and particularly subsets. To carry out your test, complete each of the following:

  • To define two sets, set A and set B, first conduct an online browsing trial, in which you spend 10–20 minutes looking at different websites, such as for national news, social media, sports, hobbies, recipes, etc. Let set A represent exactly three distinct company names from any online advertisements you saw during your browsing trial. Let set B represent at least three distinct company names for any online retailers you have purchased from in the past year.
  • To prepare to use your algorithm, answer the following questions:
  • How many elements are in set A? This is what you will set as m = ___.
  • How many elements are in set B? This is what you will set as n = ___.
  • What are your first and last elements of A? Show these as a[1] = ____ and a[m] = ___.*
  • What are your first and last elements of B? Show these as b[1] = ____ and b[n] = ___.*

*Note: Recognize that there are other elements you will cycle through as you trace the algorithm. While you are not required to list all elements in this form, you will need to use them, in addition to the first and last elements, as you complete your trace.

  • Using your sets A and B along with what you just outlined to prepare, determine an algorithm that you can use to see whether A ⊆ B.
  • State the algorithm that you would use to compare these sets.
  • Based on your algorithm, did you find that A ⊆ B or that A ⊈ B? Explain. If A ⊈ B, how are they related (e.g., disjoint, intersecting)?

 

Draw the search tree that is generated by the best-fit algorithm below in an attempt to solve the eight-puzzle from the state shown in the first problem if the number of tiles out of place is used as a heuristic.

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Algorithms & Data Structures

Assignment: 1.3 Ozobot Shape Tracer

Browse to https://games.ozoblockly.com/shapetracer-basic and investigate the “line tracing games” there. After you become familiar with the coding tasks in “Shape Tracer 1,” browse to “Shape Tracer 2” –

https://games.ozoblockly.com/shapetracer-advanced and complete levels 1, 2, and 3. [home for these and others is, https://ozobot.com/create/challenges]

Using a screen capture app (and not your phone or camera), capture your code for each level after you successfully complete it. Ensure both your code and the path traced by the ozobot are visible in the screen capture.

Insert your screen images into a Microsoft Word data file. Save your file with the name assignment 1.3 and upload it here. Be sure your name is in the document and you have labeled the images with the level number.

Homework Assignment 1.3 is worth 10 points and will be graded based upon accuracy and completeness of information along with properly inserting the images into the document.

See the Technology Assignment Rubric for grading criteria.

Assignment: 1.4 Ozobot Programming

Using your Ozobot, create code, load it into the robot, and execute it to perform the following:

A – travel in a square

B – travel in two “back to back” triangles [imagine a crude bow tie shape]

C – travel in the shape of an infinity sign [imagine two crude circles back to back]

Upload your code pasted into a document here. You can test out your code before downloading it to your Ozobot (or in the absence of a real robot) by using the simulator https://games.ozoblockly.com/shapetracer-freeform or by using https://games.ozoblockly.com/shapetracer-advanced?… and “ignore” the challenge and just code the assignment

See the Technology Assignment Rubric for grading criteria.

 

Assignment: 1.5 Search Trees

After you have thoroughly read sections 11.1 – 11.3 in chapter 11 of Computer Science: An Overview. Answer the following questions

  1. A) Draw the search tree that is generated by a breadth-first search in an attempt to solve the eight-puzzle from the following start state without the assistance of any heuristic information. Continue the tree for 5 levels or until a solution is obtained.

1 3

4 2 5

7 8 6

  1. B) Draw the search tree that is generated by the best-fit algorithm below in an attempt to solve the eight-puzzle from the state shown in the first problem if the number of tiles out of place is used as a heuristic. [the first heuristic]
  2. C) Draw the search tree that is generated by the best-fit algorithm as detailed in the previous question in an attempt to solve the eight-puzzle from the following start state, assuming the heuristic used is as follows:

Measure the distance each tile is from its destination and add these values to obtain a single quantity. [the second heuristic]

1 2 3

5 7 6

4 8

  1. D) When solving the eight-puzzle, why would the number of tiles out of place [the first heuristic] not be as good a heuristic as the one described in the question above [the second heuristic]?

 

Based on the readings in our text and the above article and video, should New Jersey Governor Chris Christie have remained silent on the issue of the George Washington Bridge?

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George Washington Bridge

Read the article,

“Chris Christie’s Biggest Issue Isn’t the Bridge: It’s His Brand (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.” and watch the video,

Chris Christie and the Bridge (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Based on the readings in our text and the above article and video, should New Jersey Governor Chris Christie have remained silent on the issue of the George Washington Bridge?

Support your position by using at least two of the seven ethical principles in Chapter 4 of the text. Include in your position your assessment of Governor Christie’s ethical and legal considerations

 

How does Heathrow Airport drive passengers to spend money while at their facilities? Based on the video, explain why Heathrow does not offer too many domestic flights? Explain.

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Supply Chain

  1. Watch the video: How airports make money.Links to an external site.
  2. Answer the following questions:

Q1. Present the economics of running the Heathrow Airport in London, including the sources of income and major costs of running the airport.

Q2. How does Heathrow Airport drive passengers to spend money while at their facilities?

Q3. Based on the video, explain why Heathrow does not offer too many domestic flights? Explain.

 

Analyze the key problems of the existing system used by the company. Discuss the Information Systems used within the company.

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Operating Systems

1- Analysis of Existing System ( ch 11 )

– Analyze the key problems of the existing system used by the company .

– Also, discuss the Information Systems used within the company for example:

  • Transaction processing systems (TPS)
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems
  • Functional Area Information Systems
  • Business intelligence
  • DSS (Decision support systems)

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and it’s related to your selected organization)

Notes: (For each point two systems are mentioned)

An explanation of the system, not just an example.

An example of the system used by Amazon Such as (Logistics system) for tracking and inventory management.

2- System Evaluation .

– Evaluate the current system that the company use (your chosen company) with one of the following options :

  • Success
  • Partial failure/partial success
  • Total failure

(Then, State the reasons for your choice )

3- Suggestions for the company

Design or choose a system to help the company solve its main problems. State the following:

  • The new system name
  • Its features
  • Problems that will be solved

(If the system that the company uses is successful and does not need to be changed, you can mention that , mention its features , and mention the problems that it solved or prevented from happening.

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and it’s related to your selected organization)

4- Conclusion .

Summarize your report

5- References .

Use APA referencing style format

(should be between 1500 to 2000 words)

 

How did the options compare to your usual grocery store? How do the prices compare? Why would someone choose to go to a farmer’s market instead of a traditional grocery store?

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A reflection on Farmer’s Market

How did the options compare to your usual grocery store? How do the prices compare? Why would someone choose to go to a farmer’s market instead of a traditional grocery store?

What is a planetary body from the Star Wars Universe and a parallel/similar version in our solar system or in a detected extrasolar system?

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Earth and Space Exploration

Questions to answer (3 total questions):

  1. What is a planetary body from the Star Wars Universe and a parallel/similar version in our solar system or in a detected extrasolar system? At least 1 complete sentence. [1 point]
  1. What are the similarities and differences between the Star Wars planet/moon and the real planetary body that you chose in Question 1? For example, you can discuss their size, mass, atmosphere, surface properties, temperature, moons, etc. You have to discuss both similarities and differences for the same planetary bodies picked in Q1 for full credit. At least 2-3 complete sentences [2 points]
  1. What is realistic and unrealistic in the portrayal of the Star Wars planetary body you chose in Question 1, in particular as it relates to habitability (e.g., is it realistic for life to exist or not exist in this planetary body and why?)? You have to discuss both what is realistic and unrealistic AND directly link back to habitability for full credit. At least 2-3 complete sentences [2 points].

 

Discuss what information about an endpoint and the paths leading to it can be gathered from the length of its binary strings and the number of 1s in them. Explain the addition rule of Pascal’s Triangle in your own words in terms of the path coding scheme you worked with in this assignment.

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Discrete Math

Suppose you want to create a path between each number on Pascal’s Triangle. For this exercise, suppose the only moves allowed are to go down one row either to the left or to the right.

We will code the path by using bit strings. In particular, a 0 will be used for each move downward to the left, and a 1 for each move downward to the right. So, for example, consider the first five rows of Pascal’s Triangle below, and the path shown between the top number 1 (labelled START) and the left-most 3.

This path involves starting at the top 1 labelled START and first going down and to the left (code with a 0), then down to the left again (code with another 0), and finally down to the right (code with a 1). Hence, this path would be coded with binary string 001. This code is then recorded at the ending location on the triangle.

For Option #1, complete the following tasks based on the coding scheme described above:

  1. Determine if there are additional paths between the START (number 1 at the top) and end point (leftmost 3). If so, describe them in words, by tracing the path on the triangle, and as binary strings. Then record all such binary strings at the ending location.
  2. Find and record at least 5 paths using binary strings between the START location and numbers in rows 4 and 5. Compare the binary strings for each number and discuss why those similarities and differences might exist. Also, explain any connections you notice between the number of possible paths ending at each location and the corresponding entry of Pascal’s Triangle.
  3. Discuss what information about an endpoint and the paths leading to it can be gathered from the length of its binary strings and the number of 1s in them.
  4. Explain the addition rule of Pascal’s Triangle in your own words in terms of the path coding scheme you worked with in this assignment.
  5. Note the type of symmetry that Pascal’s Triangle has and explain it in terms of the paths.