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What are the principles of Islamic belief? How do they relate to key worship practices?

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Respond to the following essay questions. Cite quoted material and other sources (MLA), pay attention to supportive detail, correct grammar, edified diction and thorough approach.

1.What are the principles of Islamic belief? How do they relate to key worship practices?
2.What is a prophet in the Islamic tradition? What does a prophet do? Give examples of one or more prophets.
3.Explain and describe the Five Pillars as components of Muslim worship practice
4.What do Judaism, Christianity and Islam share? How do they differ?

Choose one of the clips from the “Editing” section and analyze the use of editing in one short paragraph.

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Choose one of the clips from the “Editing” section and analyze the use of editing in one short paragraph. In your analysis, describe the transitions between specific shots and the overall effect this has on the scene.
Choose one of the clips from the “Cinematography” section and analyze the use of cinematography in one short paragraph. In your analysis, describe the way specific shots are composed, paying particular attention to the camera angles, types of shots, framing, color, and the overall effect this has on the scene.
In your discussion, evaluate the dramatic impact of the scene and interpret the scene based on your analysis. In your view, what mood, symbolism, or meaning results from the scene’s creative editing and cinematography?
Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. You must use at least two outside sources, in any combination of embedded video clips, still photos, or scholarly sources. All sources should be documented in APA style as outlined by the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center (Links to an external site.). Please view the video Posting in a Discussion in Canvas (Links to an external site.) for guidance on how to integrate multimedia with your response.
Guided Response (due Monday, Day 7): Respond substantively (150 to 175 words) to at least two classmates who analyzed at least one different clip than you did in your initial post, focusing on the clip that you did not discuss. In your responses, reference your initial post and show how your ideas relate to those of your peers, extending the discussion. Provide support for your position. Substantive responses use theory, research, experience, and/or examples to support ideas and elaborate on the discussion topic.

What ethical framework in our society allows for this kind of fraud to happen?

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Before beginning work on this discussion forum, review Enduring Illusions: The Social Organization of Secrecy and Self-Serving Justifications: Doing Wrong and Feeling Moral, and watch Bernie Madoff The $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme (Links to an external site.) video. Identify one other example of a similar instance of corporate fraud that allows for ethical analysis, and then discuss the following questions:

What ethical framework in our society allows for this kind of fraud to happen?
What ethical or moral framework are perpetrators of corporate fraud operating under?
Is this kind of fraud an inevitable result of corporate expansion, or can the profit motive undergird corporate growth be controlled through moral regulators? Should it be controlled?

Describe how conscious decisions affect movement. What are some of the objections to the theory of how this occurs?

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– Describe how conscious decisions affect movement. What are some of the objections to the theory of how this occurs? What sounds most plausible to you as a description… the results of studies or one or more of the objections to the theory?

— Describe a movement disorder and possible therapies.

Prepare an expository essay about the role of the nurse practitioner as a health educator.

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Prepare an expository essay (no more than 3 pages) about the role of the nurse practitioner as a health educator.

Propose a conceptual replication of loftus and palmer’s (1974) reconstruction of automobile destruction

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Propose a conceptual replication of loftus and palmer’s (1974) reconstruction of automobile destruction

Discuss the Principles and practices of marketing.

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Discuss the Principles and practices of marketing.

Write a 2000-word essay critically evaluating Francine’s experiences of transition during her athletic career.

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Drawing on relevant concepts, research and models discussed in Study Topic 5, write a 2000-word essay critically evaluating Francine’s experiences of transition during her athletic career.

Explain the difference between nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio scale. 

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i) You will need to design a questionnaire for the study you stated in Part A as a vehicle to find solutions for improving continued usage of e-learning/user satisfaction. Your questionnaire must include an introduction and 20 questions.

Guidelines: The 20 questions include:

1.                  Two filtering questions (Hints: you want to exclude respondents who cannot provide useful and relevant information);

2.                  Three classification questions (two demographic variables and one lifestyle variable) (hint: a lifestyle variable is one that classifies interests, opinions, behaviours, or behavioural orientations of an individual);

3.                  A 5-item scale developed by you for measuring the “X” you stated in Part A;

4.                  A 5-item scale developed by you for measuring the “Y” you stated in Part A.

5.                  A 5-item scale developed by you for measuring the “Z” you stated in Part A

show your questionnaire on one A4 page.

 

 (20 marks)
ii) Discuss whether you would choose to use 5-point, 6-point or 7-point scales for i)(3), i)(4) and i)(5) and justify your selections. (4 marks)
iii) Explain the difference between nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio scale.  Use some of your 20 questions in part i) as example.

 

 (16 marks)

 

Part C (30 marks)

 

Your reseach team decided to use one of the following sampling methods to select a sample of 300 respondents from OUHK students. Your reseach team would like to estimate the continued usage of e-learning/user satisfaction of all OUHK students based on the selected samples.

The selection of the sampling method depends on the 3rd numerical value of your student ID. For example, the 3rd digit of s1243657 is “4”, then the selection would be “Stratified Sampling” according to the table below. You are then required to use “Stratified Sampling” to complete your analysis.

 

The value of the 3rd digital of your Student ID

e.g. s1243657

 Sampling method
0 or 4 or 8 Stratified Sampling
1 or 5 or 9 Quota Sampling
2 or 6 Simple Random Sampling
3 or 7 Convenience Sampling

state your own research question and suggest an appropriate research method with your own reasons.

Describe how you could collect data using the stated sampling method and state whether the sampling method is probability or non-probability sampling method.

Additionally, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the selected sampling method and explain whether or not it is the best alternative among other methods in your case.

 

Discuss Market failure related to Staycation 2021 in the UK.

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Discuss Market failure related to Staycation 2021 in the UK.