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What is the purpose of the test (personality, screening, diagnosis, marriage counseling, placement for children, etc.)? Who developed it and why?  How is it used?

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Test Evaluations Paper Instructions.

The purpose of the current assignment is to evaluate the psychometric properties of a psychological assessment of your choice.  For this paper, each student will select ONE psychological test that is NOT covered in the textbook or in any class presentations.  Students will use the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) database available through Liberty University’s Jerry Falwell Library website to find resources to aid in evaluating the test.  In grading your paper, your instructor will look at the following:

Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Test

Your evaluation of the test should include the following areas of consideration:

  1. Purpose of Test: What is the purpose of the test (personality, screening, diagnosis, marriage counseling, placement for children, etc.)? Who developed it and why?  How is it used?
  2. Type of Test/Scoring: What kind of items does the test utilize (T/F, likert, etc)? How is the test scored?  What kind of score(s) do respondents receive (percentile rank, z score, T score, total and /or sub scale scores?)
  3. Normative Sample: Describe the normative sample (including the number of participants and their know demographic characteristics). Indicate whether or not the normative sample is adequately representative of the intended test-takers.
  4. Administration: How is the test administered? Paper and pencil? Computer based?  Who can purchase/administer the test (i.e., minimum qualifications)?
  5. Reliability: Correctly use terms from the textbook/course materials to define the types of evidence for reliability reported in the review articles, and provide the specific numerical values of the reliability statistics. If no reliability data are provided, then explain what type of evidence for reliability you would need in order to fully evaluate the test.
  6. Validity: Correctly use terms from the textbook/course materials to define the types of evidence for validity reported in the review articles, and provide the specific numerical values of the validity coefficients. If no validity data are provided, then explain what type of evidence for validity you would need in order to fully evaluate the test.


Justification for Selecting the Test

Your justification for selecting the test should include the following areas of consideration:

  1. Explain why you selected this test for review. Specifically, explain how the test is relevant to what you are doing now and/or your future career plans.
  2. Explain how the test that you chose fits in with the goals and responsibilities of Christian professionals who might utilize the test. Choose at least one scriptural citation to support your argument.

Assignment Parameters

  1. Use of current APA formatting guidelines is expected throughout your paper.
  2. Your assignment should include an APA-formatted Title Page.
  3. You will choose one (1) psychological test to evaluate, and you will find two (2) articles from the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) database that assess the psychometric properties of the test that you chose.
  4. In your evaluation of the test, you will use information gathered from both review articles to write a comprehensive evaluation of the test.
  • The written evaluation of the test itself (the body of your paper) should be 2-3 pages in length.
  • Your paper should be written in a scholarly writing style with a formal, college-level tone that utilizes appropriate grammar, diction, spelling, and punctuation.
  • Your paper should appropriately utilize in-text citations of all sources (2 review articles and 1 scriptural citation), and citations should be presented in accurate APA format.
  1. Your paper will include an APA-formatted References Page.
  • Your references page should include the reference information for the 2 review articles that you obtained from the MMY.
  • You also may include the class test-book as a reference if you cite information from the textbook when writing your paper.
  • Make sure that you reference every source that you cite and that you cite every source that you reference. (Referencing the Bible is not required in APA-formatted manuscripts, but you can choose to reference it if you would like.  Citing the Bible is required.)
  • Your references for articles obtained frm the MMY should include the following information: 1) Last name, first initial of author(s) of the review, 2) year of publication of MMY edition, 3) name of test being reviewed, 4) name(s) of MMY editors, 5) title of MMY edition, and 6) electronic retrieval statement
  • See the MMY Reference Template document provided in the Assignment Instructions folder for visual guidance on how to format your references.

Be sure to carefully review the Grading Rubric posted in the Assignment Instructions folder so that you know exactly what is expected of you when completing this assignment.

 

 

 

Identify and describe five or more types of personal / private information or data that will be collected, stored, processed, and transmitted in conjunction with the use case.

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Research Report #2: Emerging Issues Risk Analysis and Report

Scenario

The Entertainment Team (ET — part of Resort Operations at Padgett-Beale, Inc.) is excited about a new event management platform and is ready to go to contract with the vendor. This platform is a cloud-based service that provides end-to-end management for events (conferences, concerts, festivals). The head of Marketing & Media (M&M) is on board and strongly supports the use of this system. M&M believes that the data collection and analysis capabilities of the system will prove extremely valuable for its efforts. Resort Operations (RO) also believes that the technology could be leveraged to provide additional capabilities for managing participation in hotel sponsored “kids programs” and related children-only events.

For an additional fee, the event management platform’s vendor will provide customized RFID bands to be worn by attendees.

The RFID bands and RFID readers use near-field communications to identify the wearer and complete the desired transactions (e.g. record a booth visit, make a purchase, vote for a favorite activity or performer, etc.).

The RFID bands have unique identifiers embedded in the band that allow tracking of attendees (admittance, where they go within the venue, what they “like,” how long they stay in a given location, etc.).

The RFID bands can also be connected to an attendee’s credit card or debit card account and then used by the attendee to make purchases for food, beverages, and souvenirs.

For children, the RFID bands can be paired with a parent’s band, loaded with allergy information, and have a parent specified spending limit or spending preauthorization tied to the parent’s credit card account.

The head of Corporate IT has tentatively given approval for this outsourcing because it leverages cloud-computing capabilities. IT’s approval is very important to supporters of this the acquisition because of the company’s ban on “Shadow IT.” (Only Corporate IT is allowed to issue contracts for information technology related purchases, acquisitions, and outsourcing contracts.) Corporate IT also supports a cloud-based platform since this reduces the amount of infrastructure which IT must support and manage directly.

The project has come to a screeching halt, however, due to an objection by the Chief Financial Officer. The CFO has asked that the IT Governance Board investigate this project and obtain more information about the benefits and risks of using RFID bands linked to an external system which processes transactions and authorizations of mobile / cashless payments for goods and services. The CFO is concerned that the company’s PCI Compliance status may be adversely affected.

The Chief Privacy Officer has also expressed an objection about this project. The CPO is concerned about the privacy implications of tracking both movement of individuals and the tracking of their purchasing behaviors.

The IT Governance Board agreed that the concerns expressed by two of its members (the CFO and CPO) have merit. The board has requested an unbiased analysis of the proposed use cases and the security and privacy issues which could be reasonably expected to arise.

The IT Governance Board has also agreed to a request from the Chief of Staff that the management interns be allowed to participate in this analysis as their final project. Per the agreement, their involvement will be limited to providing background research into the defined use cases for cashless purchases. These use cases are:

  1. Purchases for craft materials and snacks by children (under the age of 13) attending a hotel sponsored “kids club” program.
  2. Purchases by Individuals attending a music festival or other event where IDs must be checked to establish proof of age (legal requirement for local alcoholic beverage consumption).
  3. Purchases by attendees at trade shows (attendees are “adults”).

Your Task

Pick one of the three use cases listed above. Then, follow the directions below to complete the required research and write your final report.

Research

  1. Read / Review the readings in the LEO classroom.
  2. Read this introductions to RFID technologies: https://www.gettoken.com/beginners-guide-rfid-technology-events/
  3. Research one or more of the Use Cases
    1. Children: 8 Benefits of Using RFID Wristbands for Resorts & Attractions (see section 4: Family Freedom) https://www.idcband.com/en-us/blog-us/8-benefits-of-using-rfid-wristbands-resorts-attractions/ and https://tappit.com/rfid-wristband-safety/
    2. Managing Adult Attendees at Music Festivals (includes RFID bands linked to twitter, Facebook, and credit/debit card) http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/rfid-wristbands-vs-nfc-smartphones-what-s-winning-the-contactless-battle-1167135
    3. Tracking Adults at Trade Shows http://www.universalrfid.com/product/rfid-labels-provide-technology-at-trade-shows/ and https://blog.printsome.com/rfid-wristbands-good-bad/
  4. Choose one of the Use Cases then find and review at least one additional resource on your own that provides information about privacy and security related laws that could limit or impose additional responsibilities upon Padgett-Beale’s collection, storage, transmission, and use of data about guests. (Note: laws may differ with respect to collecting data from or about children.) You should also investigate laws, regulations, or standards which impact the use of the RFID bands for mobile purchases.
  5. Using all of your readings, identify and research at least 5 security and privacy issues which the IT Governance Board needs to consider and address as it considers the implications of your chosen use case upon the adoption or rejection of the proposed IT project (Event Management Platform & RFID bands).
  6. Then, identify 5 best practices that you can recommend to Padgett-Beale’s leadership team to reduce and/or manage risks associated with the security and privacy of data associated with the event management platform.

Write

Write a five to seven (5-7) page report using your research. At a minimum, your report must include the following:

  1. An introduction or overview of event management systems and the potential security and privacy concerns which could arise when implementing this technology. This introduction should be suitable for an executive audience. Provide a brief explanation as to why three major operating units believe the company needs this capability.
  2. An analysis section in which you address the following:
    1. Identify and describe your chosen Use Case
    2. Identify and describe five or more types of personal / private information or data that will be collected, stored, processed, and transmitted in conjunction with the use case.
    3. Identify and describe five or more compliance issues related to the use of the RFID bands to make and track mobile purchases.
    4. Analyze and discuss five or more privacy and security issues related to the use case.
    5. Identify and discuss 3 or more relevant laws, regulations, or standards which could impact the planned implementation of the event management system with RFID wrist bands.
  3. A recommendations section in which you identify and discuss five or more best practices for security and privacy that should be implemented before the technology is put into use by the company. Include at least one recommendation in each of the following categories: people, processes, policies, and technologies.
  4. A closing section (summary) in which you summarize the issues related to your chosen use case and the event management platform overall. Include a summary of your recommendations to the IT Governance Board.

Additional Information

  1. To save you time, a set of appropriate resources / reference materials has been included as part of this assignment. You must incorporate at least five of these resources into your final deliverable. You must also include one resource that you found on your own.
  2. Your research report should use standard terms and definitions for cybersecurity. See Course Content > Cybersecurity Concepts for recommended resources.
  3. Your research report should be professional in appearance with consistent use of fonts, font sizes, margins, etc. You should use headings to organize your paper. The CSIA program recommends that you follow standard APA formatting since this will give you a document that meets the “professional appearance” requirements. APA formatting guidelines and examples are found under Course Resources > APA Resources. An APA template file (MS Word format) has also been provided for your use.
  4. You are expected to write grammatically correct English in every assignment that you submit for grading. Do not turn in any work without (a) using spell check, (b) using grammar check, (c) verifying that your punctuation is correct and (d) reviewing your work for correct word usage and correctly structured sentences and paragraphs.
  5. You are expected to credit your sources using in-text citations and reference list entries. Both your citations and your reference list entries must follow a consistent citation style (APA, MLA, etc.).

What do I understand by the working alliance and how does this understanding enhance my integrative practice?

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  • Essays to be 4000 words (+/- 10%) excluding titles, subheadings, quotes and

references (footnotes & appendices are not permissible)

Essay 1

  • What do I understand by the working alliance and how does this understanding enhance my integrative practice?

Essay Descriptor:

At a minimum, you will need to:

  • Refer to your understanding of what is meant by ‘the working alliance’ and its place within the therapeutic relationship, using counseling theory
  • Include your view of how the working alliance sits within your integrative framework
  • Describe how your own experience has led to this understanding
  • Include your view of how difference could impact you within your integrative practice
  1. Essays should demonstrate a self-reflective and non-oppressive attitude to clinical practice and should include current research of the discipline.

Critically evaluate and select appropriate research in the area of learning organizations to inform practice.

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a) Assessment criteria for each task

Your portfolio will consist of 4 tasks:

Assessment task Learning outcomes covered

 
Task 1 – Context (@ 1,000 words) Brief account of the role of mentoring/coaching, your school context and specific problems/issues/challenges in developing leadership in others. Brief account of your role, interests and concerns in relation to this Brief discussion of the problems/issues/challenges to you/your school and their relationship to relevant national and school policy.

 

 2.   Critically reflect on their professional values, concerns, priorities and actions and to understand them in broader social, political and economic contexts.

 
Task 2 – (2000) Informing your

approach to development

Identify a specific area/aspect of development for your school AND/OR yourself as a mentor/coach, in relation to mentoring/coaching, that you will focus on for the rest of this assignment. Justify your choice of focus with brief reference to the context.

Present a referenced account of the discussions, ideas, and findings from research that relate to your specified

 1.   Demonstrate a systematic understanding of knowledge and critical awareness of issues relating to coaching, mentoring and developing others.

3.   Critically evaluate and select appropriate research in the area of learning organizations to inform practice.

 

 
development focus and that can help to inform your approach to addressing the issue. Clearly express your argument/rationale for your chosen approach to addressing the issue and how that relates to your reading.  
Task 3 – (2,000 words) Planning a development activity (@1,500 words) and personal evaluation

(@500 words)

Plan how you will carry out / want you would need to be done to carry

out your proposed development

activity in relation to the issue. This might include a pilot of a specific mentoring/coaching strategy that you want to develop yourself and/or with others, and an evaluation of the pilot that informs your longer-term development plan. You will also need to show how you will evaluate your plan.

Task 4 Self-evaluation of learning on the module (@500 words)

A brief statement to summarize key and significant learning from this module and how it will impact of your future practice.

 4.   Demonstrate an ability to engage colleagues in professional development. 5.   Demonstrate the development of skills of communication for interpersonal learning and

organizational development

 

 

Examine the ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors, and possibly the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics, as well.Identify the various and specific codes related to your case.

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For your initial post to this discussion, complete the following:

Find at least one article that describes evidence-based school interventions related to the elements of your scenario.
Find at least two articles related to interventions appropriate for individual or group counseling and connected to your theory of choice.
Find at least one article that discusses the ethics related to your selected case.
Cite the articles in APA format in your discussion along with 3–5 sentences about each article. For example, what did you take away from the article that informs your case interventions, such as outcomes, data and statistics, application, population, and culturally relevant factors?
Examine the ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors, and possibly the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics, as well. Identify the various and specific codes related to your case. This should be an in-depth exploration of the codes of ethics.
American School Counselor Association. (2016). ASCA ethical standards for school counselors [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.schoolcounselor.org/asca/media/asca/Ethics/EthicalStandards2016.pdf
American Counseling Association. (2014). 2014 ACA code of ethics [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org/docs/ethics/2014-aca-code-of-ethics.pdf

Conduct a close reading of the article, keep detailed notes on the author’s thesis, and sources of evidence.

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This essay assignment (2-3 pages) is intended to foster your information and data literacy by asking you to compare and contrast an author’s argument about an historical figure or trend that differs from prior interpretations and assumptions discuss in Spring, J. (2018). The American school, a global context: From the Puritans to the Trump Era. McGraw-Hill Higher Education. It is important to also reflect on whether the author’s argument might challenge your own conceptions of the past.

Conduct a close reading of the article, keep detailed notes on the author’s thesis, and sources of evidence. For example, you should note what types of evidence is provided and from what types of sources (primary sources).

You also must compare and contrast the author’s claims with others found in the textbook. How does the author’s argument challenge other scholarly views? How does the authors’ argument challenge your own perceptions of the past?

Evaluate the creditability of the sources used by the author. Do these sources directly or indirectly support the author’s claim? Is the evidence factual or speculative? Does the evidence support other interpretations?

Take a position on the author’s claim based on your evaluation of evidence and your interpretation of the evidence.

Provide a detailed description of the activities leading to achieving the objectives identified, including your rationale behind their selection, their sequence, and your reasoning behind why these methods may work.

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IV. Planning

Provide a comprehensive program plan that includes its objectives (that is, measurable improvements in behavior, performance, process, or a tangible item that will result from your program); ethical and legal considerations and their anticipated effect on healthcare reimbursement, policy, and governance; anticipated issue-related outcomes and your plan to address them; how your identified resources will support the success of the program;
target population being served (if applicable); and a timeline for meeting program objectives.

V. Implementation

Provide a detailed description of the activities leading to achieving the objectives identified, including your rationale behind their selection, their sequence, and your reasoning behind why these methods may work.

VI. Evaluation Methodologies

Provide a comprehensive description of how your organization (and potential funders) will know the program is successful. Items to consider include methods for measuring success, who will be performing the evaluation, and how the methods will be selected. You should also include your plan for gathering data, using test instruments, analyzing data, using evaluation for program improvements, and any specific evaluation reports that should be produced.

Reducing maternal mortality due to sepsis in Uganda: What would you propose to do with this money? A detailed justification of your spending is required.

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PBL 1: Reducing maternal mortality due to sepsis in Uganda.

Despite significant investment, much from oversees Aid, maternal mortality rates in Uganda have barely declined in recent years and remain amongst the highest in the world. This failure is particularly frustrating given that a WHO blueprint for reducing maternal morbidity and mortality based on provision of skilled birth attendants and better management of obstetric emergencies, in particular sepsis, is well established. Research focused on improving provision of these resources is likely to have a significant impact, and thus the UK’s National Institute for Health Research is offering up to £5 million over 4 years to support research initiatives in this area. What would you propose to do with this money? A detailed justification of your spending is required.

Write about:

  • What preventive methods can be taken?
  • Sensible diagnostic approaches in Uganda

250 – 300 words max, 10 references Harvard APA (*use sources from 2013 – 2020)

Explain your position on this issue and provide evidence to support it.

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Identify a current policy or political issue in the current news (within 2-4weeks). Describe the issue and its potential impact on any aspect of healthcare. Explain your position on this issue and provide evidence to support it.  Include ethical, economic, and (nursing) practice perspective. What can you do and how can you do it? Offer possible actions to address the issue. Provide appropriate references and resources. All references have to be professional organization websites, such as .org/.gov. (NO .com)

Identify each item of physical evidence, and fully justify your decision to collect it as evidence.

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FORENSIC BIOLOGY:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, New York, USA
9781498733960
So far in this course, your study has been concentrated on the origin, developmental stages, and many uses of DNA to solve crimes. You have studied how various body fluids such as blood, saliva, and semen are tested, as well as identified the importance of DNA and nuclear DNA in DNA profiling. Below are several case studies that were solved using the procedures and analyses studied in class, and the application of the information obtained was used to solve the criminal investigation.
Choose only 1 of the cases listed below and explain how the physical evidence recovered from the crime scene was tested and analyzed to solve the crime.

Case Study 1
A man and his wife were on vacation in Paris. On the way back to the hotel, they were approached by two men with weapons who demanded their jewelry. A physical interaction occurred in which the robbers violently wrestled the man to the ground and removed his watch and rings while his wife tried to run away. The man and his wife were shot and killed. The bodies of the two victims were pulled into an alley. Multiple scratches were on the body of the male victim, and blood was also found on the female victim because the robbers tore the necklace, rings, and earrings off that she was wearing. The two men committing the crime both had previous records for assault and robbery. How were the men convicted of the crime?

Case Study 2
After 10 years of being free, a man was convicted of a rape after DNA evidence was allowed to be used. The female he raped was not able to make an identification, so the attorney had to get permission to do a DNA profile on the suspect. The suspect had lived as a neighbor of the victim, only a few houses away. This man was considered a family friend; however, after the rape incident occurred, he abruptly moved to another state. How was he convicted or exonerated?

Assignment Guidelines
Address the following in 4–5 pages:
What exactly is DNA profiling? Explain in detail.
How it is used to solve crimes? Explain in detail.
Regarding your selected case study:
What physical evidence would be retrieved from the crime scene?
Identify each item of physical evidence, and fully justify your decision to collect it as evidence.
What type(s) of DNA tests are required to investigate the crime you have chosen? Explain in detail, and fully support your argument.
What is the testing process for the technique(s) used to test each piece of evidence? Be specific, and explain in detail.
After analyzing the evidence, explain how the evidence exonerated or convicted the suspects.