Calculate a modularity statistic using these subgroups and interpret the results. What do the results imply for assortativity in your network?

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Present and study Network


– Late submission results in penalties, see: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/academic–manual/chapters/chapter–4–assessment–
framework–taught–programmes/section–3–module–assessment#3.12. There is no exception to late submission
penalties, unless an extenuating circumstances application has been successfully made.

– Submit on Turnitin a single document that includes the main body of your report and any tables and figures you
may use in your report. Any R code you use to produce your results should be given in an appendix. If you use some
other software than R, do include any code you have used with details of the software you used.

– On the cover page of your essay include the number of words of your report, excluding the tables, figures, table and
figure legends, the references (if you used any), the appendix with the code (R code if you used R and your code if
you used other software).

– Word limit is 1,500. This excludes tables, figures, table and figure legends/captions, references, and the appendix,
but includes footnotes and endnotes. Exceeding this limit will result in penalties.

– This is an assessed piece of coursework for the SOCS0081 module; collaboration and/or discussion of the
assessment with anyone is strictly prohibited. The rules for plagiarism apply and any cases of suspected plagiarism
of published work or the work of classmates will be taken seriously.

– If you use any reference in your report, list full bibliographic details at the end of your report. Any referencing style
(ASA, APA, Harvard, Chicago etc.) is fine, provided that the style is used consistently.

– The coursework will be assessed against the criteria set in the UCL UG–ESSAY GRADING SCHEME, a pdf of
which could be seen in the assessment submission area of the course on Moodle. In addition to those general
guidelines, further specific factors will affect the marks: correctness of the solutions and interpretations of results,
clarity of arguments, rigour in presenting and analysing the network, creativity in your approach, and the ability to
demonstrate that key concepts treated in the course are understood well.

In the 1st summative assessment, you built your own network. In this second assessment, you will continue using
your network from assessment 1. You may build a new network for this exercise too (bearing in mind that this may
require extra work for you). If you decide to build a new network, adhere to the constraints given in assessment 1
on how your network should look like (e.g. the network should have at least 10 nodes, the network should be
original etc.) Consult Assessment 1 on Moodle for the requirements for your network. Note that you may need to
ignore weights, directions, or signs of edges for some of the algorithms you’ll use below. If this turns out to be the
case, mention briefly that the algorithm you use ignores (or you choose to ignore) some characteristics of the edges.
Some algorithms you’ll use below may fail to converge. If this happens, report the case, modify the algorithm, the
statistical model, of your network until you get a solution.

You will write 1,500 words report. Your report should discuss the items given below. Structure your report in four
parts corresponding to the four groups of items below. Each section is equally weighted in the final grade.

A: assortativity and communities
First describe briefly your network (i.e. what are nodes and edges) and how you constructed the network (i.e. how
you collected the data). Also provide a plot of your network. The purpose is to remind us your network. If you
chose to build a new network for this assessment, you will need give more details here.

1. Divide your network into two or three mutually exclusive subgroups. There may already be natural subgroups in
your network (e.g. defensive versus offensive football players, actors from different teams, war lords from different
clans, gender, students from different schools or countries etc.). If this is the case, use these natural divisions. If
your network does not have such natural subgroups, impose an artificial division yourself and justify your division.
Calculate a modularity statistic using these subgroups and interpret the results. What do the results imply for
assortativity in your network?

2. Now study assortativity with respect to a continuous variable. This continuous variable could be degree or any
other variable (e.g. age, income, etc. of a node). Interpret the results. What do your results imply for the level of
assortativity in your network with respect to the continuous variable you study?

3. Ignore now the division you imposed/studied in A–1. Run a community detection algorithm to detect hidden
communities. Settle on a final community structure. Compare the communities you find here with those in A–1.
Interpret the results of your community detection algorithm.

B: Small–world and scale–free networks
Discuss briefly what a scale–free network is and what the small–world phenomenon means. Report the degree
distribution in your network and some measures of distance between the nodes in your network. Discuss if your
network looks like a scale–free network and exhibits small–world characteristics (Your network will likely be rather
small to discuss these properties which apply to very large networks. But imagine you expand your network by
adding many more nodes or by collecting additional data from many other similar networks. Would you expect to
see scale–free or small–world network characteristics?). Briefly discuss the mechanism that may or may not result
in a scale–free and a small–world network in your case.

C: Exponential random graph modelling
Discuss briefly what Exponential Random Graph Modelling (ERGM) can tell us about your network that other
approaches we treated in this class cannot tell. Formulate at least two or three hypotheses that you can test using an
ERGM. Test these hypotheses by fitting an ERGM with at least two or three independent variables. Interpret the
results. Carry out a simulation analysis to assess the goodness–of–fit of your ergm. [NB: not all ERGMs converge.
If non–convergence (R failing to find reasonable solutions) occurs in your case, report this, and try different
specifications (e.g. adding geometrically weighted terms, varying the decay parameter of these terms, removing
terms, adding alternative terms) until you achieve convergence. If you cannot achieve convergence by this way, try
modifying your network by e.g. adding a few new links or removing certain links, expanding your network by
adding a few new nodes etc. If nothing works after all these steps, contact the teaching team.]

D: Self–reflection on Social Network Analysis
Based on your personal experience of the analysis of your network in assessment 1 and assessment 2, and
comparing it with other social science approaches you have seen during your study discuss in ~350 words: “What
are the key features of social network analysis that are different from other approaches in the social sciences?”

What is the communication context? Describe the location, time of day, clothes each is wearing, gender of each, estimated age of each person, and any other relevant information to set up the observation.

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Nonverbal

Observe two people in a conversation from a distance – you should not be able to hear what they’re saying. Make sure you are in a public place and the people you are watching do not know you are observing them. Watch the two individuals as they converse or interact for about five to ten minutes and make note of their artifactual communication, kinesics (gestures, body movements and posture), affect display — facial expressions/emotional expressions, eye movements, proxemic (distance), and haptics – touch communication (or lack of it). From your observations write a short two page – about 600 words — descriptive essay about the nonverbal communication and the nature of the relationship that you observe. The essay must have an introduction, body, and conclusion. Explain your choices. Be sure to integrate and underline at least five book terms from the chapter on nonverbal communication – use some of the terms I underlined in this paragraph – 10 points will automatically be deducted if the book terms are not incorporated into the essay – not listed, but actually used correctly to describe part of the observation.

The following questions should be answered within your essay:

1. What is the communication context? Describe the location, time of day, clothes each is wearing, gender of each, estimated age of each person, and any other relevant information to set up the observation.

2. What does the nonverbal communication of the individuals reveal to you? Give examples.

3. What is the relationship between the two people? What makes you think so?

4. Is there a more dominant member of the pair? What makes you think so?

5. What is the emotional state of the two persons? Why do you think so?

6. What have you learned as a result of this assignment? Is this useful?

7. Should have a general introductory paragraph before describing conversation and at the end, a separate conclusion paragraph that wraps up whole essay

The following are NOT ‘book terms:

Eye Contact​​​Eye Movements​​Nonverbal Communication

Facial Expressions​​Dominance​​​Submissive

Appearance​​​Body Language​​Posture

Gestures.

Discuss the history of housing discrimination in this country Discuss the impact it has had on individuals who were discriminated against; the children and grandchildren of those who were discriminated against and the impact it will have on future generations if not addressed.

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Systemic Racism focus on structural policy – book study

This book will give students many examples of systematic racism and the impact it can have on groups of people.
In this assignment, students will take what they learned from the Color of Law and develop an advocacy paper that is intended to influence and persuade the listeners’ opinion and that demonstrates why they should care about eliminating systematic racism in housing. Students will use a combination of the advocacy tips that were learned throughout the class such as: supporting one’s argument with statistics and data, social science literature, examples of the impact of systemic racism, and personal stories of how they have been impacted, changed or benefitted at the expense of others. They will also develop recommendations for how to eliminate systemic racism.

Directions
1. Read the Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
2. Write an 8-10 page paper that is structured in the following format:

I. The Problem •
Establish why systemic racism in housing is a problem (support your statements with references)
• Discuss the history of housing discrimination in this country
• Discuss the impact it has had on individuals who were discriminated against; the children and grandchildren of those who were discriminated against and the impact it will have on future generations if not addressed
• Consider the discriminatory effects these laws and practices had on African Americans and other minorities. Think broadly. In addition to considering effects on housing, also consider the impact on other areas of a person’s life such as education, economics, food security, safety, health, etc. •
Use evidence to demonstrate the need for a solution
• Use a combination of evidence sources. This can include but is not limited to: statistics and data, social science literature.

II. The Solution
• What solutions have been tried in the past to change the problem
a. What laws/programs were enacted to combat systemic racism in housing?
b. Have they been successful?

• Recommendations – Identify your own solution to the problem. Use evidence to support your answer. a. Describe your proposed solution b. Show how your solution addresses the problem and offers a credible solution c. Outline the concrete steps that will/should be taken to enact your solution.

Does your network have any cliques? Describe the k-cores of your network. Are there any structurally equivalent nodes in your network?

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Present and study a network that you will create yourself.

In this first summative assessment, we ask you to present and study a network that you will create yourself. You may draw upon your personal environment (friends, family, colleagues, organisations that you know/have been a member of …) to create a network. You may rely on your memory in creating this network. Alternatively, you can collect secondary data on a network that you may or may not be a member of. For example, you can scrap the web, use secondary sources, books, movies, documents, and so on. But do not collect primary data (for example, do not ask directly to people/strangers about their ties), because collecting primary data is a sensitive issue and may require an ethnical review. Below are some constraints on your network. Apart from these constraints fell free and be creative.

– The network should have at least 10 nodes. There is no upper limit on the number of nodes.

– The network should not be fully connected (that is, not all nodes should have ties with all other nodes). Otherwise, it will be a rather trivial network to study.

– You should not include any personal data in presenting and analysing the network (that is, use pseudonyms or anonymous IDs for the nodes in the network, we don’t want to violate GDPR). If the network you study is freely available in the public domain (celebrities, fictional characters, sportspeople, firms, fictional characters…) you may use real names.

– Any type of network discussed in class is allowed (directed, undirected, weighted, unweighted, bipartite, one-mode, signed, unsigned …)

– Nodes in the network could be of any type (people, organisations, companies, book characters, …)

– The network should be original, that is, it should not be a network studied previously by other scholars, or a network data of which is readily available.

Based on your network write a short (1,500 words) report. Your report should discuss at a minimum the items given below. You may comment on additional properties of your network once you cover all items below. You may write a single report discussing all items. You may also structure your report in four parts corresponding to the four groups of items below. Note that the interpretation of a particular network measure is as important as correctly calculating and reporting the measure. So, make sure to include an interpretation of the network measures you report.

A: Description of your network:

Describe briefly your network. What/who are the nodes? What do the edges represent? What type of a network is it (i.e. directed, undirected, …)? How did you collect the network data (i.e. is it from memory, if it is based on secondary data how did you collect these data …).

B: Characteristics of the network and the nodes:

What is the density and diameter in your network? Apply at least three measures of centrality to study the importance of the nodes in your network. Report the values of these centrality scores for the most central four or five nodes. Interpret these centrality measures. Based on these centrality scores who are the most important two or three nodes in your network and why? Comment on how centralized your network is.

C: Characteristics of groups of nodes:

Does your network have any cliques? Describe the k-cores of your network. Are there any structurally equivalent nodes in your network? Run a formal blockmodeling, comment on any nodes that look structurally equivalent to you and interpret the results of your blockmodeling.

D: Characteristics of the edges:

Study the transitivity of the network by reporting and interpreting the global and local clustering coefficients. If it is a directed network, also calculate and interpret the reciprocity of the network. If it is a signed network, comment on whether your network is structurally balanced.

The student should critically evaluate and compare 2/3 change models and or frameworks that could be used to develop a change management strategy and apply this to practice.

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Leadership and Management within Health and Social Care

The detailed step by step guide word file is attached.

Short Essay

• You will produce an individual essay.

• Approximately less than 1650 words

• References should be input on each paragraph.

• Between 20-25 references (mainly journal articles from UK)

• You will research and discuss all learning outcomes, 1, 2, 3, 4

Guidelines

• LO1 and LO2 – The student should critically evaluate and compare 2/3 change models and or frameworks that could be used to develop a change management strategy and apply this to practice.

• LO3 – The student must choose 2/3 strategies that monitor and measure the progress of change and present a critical evaluation that is applied to practice with some relevant examples included as to how they work or where there are flaws.

• LO4 – The student should select 2/3 tools that are used within leadership and management that impact organisational change and present a critical analysis of the tools explaining when they are effective and where and when they may not be effective and why.

Identify and describe trends of early China’s contact with the outside world. Explain the major issues relating to the development of Western imperialism in China in the nineteenth century.

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This should treat some important issue in China’s relations with the world during the late imperial period 1500-1900

Course Description, Prerequisites, and Corequisites:
This course provides an interpretive account of China’s interactions with the world before 19th century. The
course will concentrate on the political, economic and social impacts of foreigners on China and China’s
responses to the Western challenge. While chronological, we will follow a thematic approach. Major themes
include China’s early contact with the West, Britain’s opium trade and opium wars with China, the
establishment of the treaty systems in China by the Western powers, the confrontations between the Chinese
and the western missionaries, the powers’ division of spheres of influence in China, and the change of
western image of China in the nineteenth century.
This is an introductory course open to all students; no prior knowledge of Chinese history is required or
expected. Class meetings are scheduled for four hours each week. The general pattern will be lectures, group-
discussion and film/video/library research. The course will have discussion sessions once a week, following
the lecture topics and reading materials.

Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to
1. Identify and describe trends of early China’s contact with the outside world.
2. Explain the major issues relating to the development of Western imperialism in China in the nineteenth century.
3. Compare and assess various debates and interpretations concerning the history of interaction between China and the Western powers.
4. Analyze the causes and effects of historical conflicts in the relationship between China and the West.
5. Outline and assess the historical and cultural factors before the 20th century that impact recent
events and relationships in the Asian region and beyond.
6. Lead group discussions and articulate their viewpoints clearly.
7. Collect, interpret, evaluate, and cite information from academic references and sources.

How do the contemporary (local) and global themes relate to each other? What is the significance of this for social work and best practice implications? What is informing your ideas? What are the key sources of information that you have read to inform your ideas?

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Social studies

SW Global Context : This is a personal plan for the assessment which allows you to receive formative developmental feedback from the module tutors. You do not have to use these headings; they are a guide that you may find useful. You can present your essay plan in any format on a word document.
Title of Report

Introduction objectives: How do the contemporary (local) and global themes relate to each other? What is the significance of this for social work and best practice implications?

 

What is informing your ideas? What are the key sources of information that you have read to inform your ideas?

 

Evidence: Provide a brief summary of the key themes that your reading has highlighted

Factors that influences on migration can be divided into Social, Economic, Environmental, Political.

What is the prevalence and care-seeking behavior for non-communicable diseases among refugees in Camp X?

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Research report and Questinnaire

“You are involved with a humanitarian organization who are setting up a refugee camp. It is anticipated that refugees will start to arrive over the next few weeks and months. You are aware that some of the refugees will be elderly and you have been advised that diabetes and other non-communicable disease rates are comparatively high in this population. You have been asked to determine which interventions and services to control, manage and treat non-communicable diseases should be set up in the camp. You only have a couple of weeks to undertake this study that it will be implemented once the refugees will come and being accessible. Prepare a protocol to undertake a study that could help you determine which interventions to manage and treat non communicable diseases need to be set up for this population. You should use a report format and include reference to your research question, aim and objectives, approach, any ethical issues and explaining how you will analyze your data and present your findings. This may mean using ‘dummy tables or charts’ i.e. tables or charts laid out to present your data, with headings, but there will be no data in them.”

– The research question for the scenario given can be (What is the prevalence and care-seeking behavior for non-communicable diseases among refugees in Camp X?)

– Create a questionnaire of 10 questions that will help to address the main research question. The data from this questionnaire will be analyzed in the research report. The questionnaire should not exceed 1000 word and must follow the instructions and specific criteria mentioned in the attached file below (Questionnaire instructions).

– Produce a research report that will answer the research question using data from questionnaire you have created above. The research report should not exceed 2000 word and must follow the instructions and specific criteria as attached below. (Research report instructions)

– Questionnaire and research report must be in a separate documents. (1st document for questionnaire that contains 1000 word) while the (2nd document for research report that contains 2000 word as MAX). Both files must include references.

– Research report: Analyzing data and presenting the findings can be through dummy charts and tables with no numbers on it (just titles). The idea is to design a research report that can answer the main research question on the imaginary scenario given using the questionnaire data.

– See as an example of a research study done attached below as it has more or less same targeted population.

 

What did the scientists find after doing their experiment? Did the news article report the same results? Did they leave anything out or add anything compared to the scientific article?

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Science and Society Journal 2

For each project, you will be given a news story (Links to an external site.) and a scientific journal article (Links to an external site.)that goes with it, posted to Canvas by the instructor. Each of these journal articles will have been published in a reputable online magazine, newspaper, or journal. The news story may or may not be.

You will then write a short essay, 1-2 pages in length, detailing the parts of the scientific method discussed in your article and comparing that information to what was reported in the news story. Each entry will be written in a logical and professional manner.

Entry Content

You will be graded on the following content that combines information you obtain from both the news story and the scientific article:

Introduction: This section identifies the subject of the scientific study. You will also identify the problem or observation that spurred the research. Is this problem or observation the same that is presented in the news story? If they differ, how so? You will then transition into the body of the journal.

Body: In this section, you will identify the hypothesis the scientist was testing. Remember that a hypothesis is a testable educated guess. Thus, it is not appropriate to pose a question here. However, while reading your articles, it can be helpful to ask yourself what explanation scientists tried to use to explain their initial observation. Does the news article report the scientists’ hypothesis? Then, transition into the next section of the body.

Here, you will identify the test or experiment that was performed to address the hypothesis. You can be detailed here. It may be helpful to pull from other sources if you do not fully understand how the experiment was conducted. Does the news article discuss any of the methods that were used by the scientists? Did they explain it correctly? Is the information the same, or did they leave something out? After detailing how the experiment was done compared to how it reported in the media, you will transition into a discussion of the results.

In this section of your entry, you will identify the experimental results that the scientists obtained. What did the scientists find after doing their experiment? Did the news article report the same results? Did they leave anything out or add anything compared to the scientific article? Again, you can be detailed here. After detailing the results, you will transition into the conclusion sections.

Here you will identify the conclusion of the study. In this part, you may address one or more of the following questions: What were the new finding of this study? Were these findings the same that was reported by the news? Did the news interpret the scientists’ conclusions correctly? How were the findings explained by both sources? Finally you will transition into your conclusion section.

Conclusion: Here you will signal the end of your entry. In this section you will discuss whether or not the news story was a representative reporting of the scientific study. Did the news change anything or leave out something important from the scientific study? Summarize the important content from your entry, then you will end with a definitive final statement.

Constructing your journal entry

In addition to the criteria above, you will be graded on the quality of your writing; write with proper grammar, punctuation, and style.

All sources (including the original 2 articles) should be properly documented. You must include an APA style reference page.

Choose a cultural text/artefact which contains images of modern lovers that you hate or love most. Discuss in what ways the representation deviates from or align with your expectation or imagination of modern love.

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Cultural text/artefact

Choose a cultural text/artefact which contains images of modern lovers that you hate or love most. Discuss in what ways the representation deviates from or align with your expectation or imagination of modern love. Evaluate whether the chosen text depicts the love relationship in the liquid modern world accurately.