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Explore the World Values Survey (WVS). Discuss the range of questions asked on the WVS, explore how and why questions are worded in specific ways, and find questions that have value in public safety.

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Survey research is still one of the most common ways to collect data in the public safety system. In this discussion, you will explore the World Values Survey (WVS). Specifically, you will discuss the range of questions asked on the WVS, explore how and why questions are worded in specific ways, and find questions that have value in public safety.

The specific steps are as follows:
Review the 2010–2012 WVS.
Read this overview of best practices in survey design.
Find at least 5 questions from the survey that you believe display best practices, and share those with the class.
Explain why these questions reflect best practices.
Find at least 3 questions from the survey that you believe have value in public safety.
Explain why you believe these questions have value.
Engage in a discussion with your classmates concerning your agreement with their selected questions.

Describe market forces that are relevant to pricing and company decision-making; includes information to make sound pricing decisions, such as risk or uncertainty assessments and responses to competitors’ pricing actions

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1) Describes market forces that are relevant to pricing and company decision-making; includes information to make sound pricing decisions, such as risk or uncertainty assessments and responses to competitors’ pricing actions
2) Discusses overall economic ups and downs, such as business cycles, to inform financial strategies used at different times; includes important trends and impacts for business owners.
3) Describes the impact of local economic trends on supply and demand, equilibrium prices, and business decisions; includes potential impact of a major fluctuation in inflation and unemployment rates or interest rate outlook.
4) Describes factors that influence price based on price elasticity; includes an average-price-level recommendation and revenue-maximizing price based on estimated demand, considering pricing versus competitors’ prices.
5)Determines the resulting revenues, costs, and operating income; defines opportunity costs, budget constraints, overhead, and other fixed and sunk costs and explains how they relate to pricing decisions.
6)Explains key takeaways from a competition analysis to inform pricing strategies; recommends further analysis and decisions based on the estimated effect on revenues, costs, and profit, and uses financial information to support.
7)Discusses how an import tariff might affect pricing and costs for the company and its competitors; includes potentially raising prices, lowering costs, and alternative options for purchasing materials, and the potential impacts of those decisions.

The researcher identifies two facilities and recruits volunteer participants. In one of the facilities, life review therapy is conducted for eight weeks, the other no-treatment support group takes place. What type of research design is this? What is the greatest threat to internal validity in this type of design? Explain.

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  • Methods in Behavioral Research:
  1. How may a researcher enhance the generalizability of the results of a single-case design?
  2. What is program evaluation? Provide an example.
  3. What are researchers examining in an efficacy assessment?
  4. Unlike true experiments, quasi-experimental designs lack.
  5. Why might a researcher use a quasi-experimental design rather than a true experimental design?
  6. A researcher is investigating the effects of life review group therapy on depression among older adult residents of assisted care facilities. The researcher identifies two facilities and recruits volunteer participants. In one of the facilities, life review therapy is conducted for eight weeks. In the other facility, a no-treatment support group takes place for eight weeks. Depression is measured after the program is administered. What type of research design is this? What is the greatest threat to internal validity in this type of design? Explain.
  7. A researcher wants to investigate patriotic behavior across the lifespan. She samples people in the following age groups: 18–28, 29–39, 40–50, 51–60, and 61 and above. All participants are interviewed and asked to complete questionnaires and rating scales about patriotic behavior. This type of developmental research design is called?What is the primary disadvantage of this type of design? Explain.

Is the increasing use of social media leading to more enhanced, meaningful connections than ever before, or is it detrimental to people’s relationships with one another? Can real relationships begin on social media?

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Using social media has become a way of life. We can now easily connect with old friends, keep in touch with people across the world, and even form relationships with people we may never meet face-to-face.

Is the increasing use of social media leading to more enhanced, meaningful connections than ever before, or is it detrimental to people’s relationships with one another?

Can real relationships begin on social media? Consider these questions as you write an essay on your position regarding whether the use of social media is beneficial or harmful for creating and maintaining relationships.

How does the presentation of Moore’s poem—the ragged lines, the uneven breaks—shape our understanding of the poem? How does Moore distinguish her work from the work of her predecessors like Dickinson and Whitman?

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“literalists of the imagination”—above insolence and triviality and can present
for inspection, “imaginary gardens with real toads in them,” shall we have it. In the meantime, if you demand on the one hand, the raw material of poetry in all its rawness and that which is on the other hand genuine, you are interested in poetry

How does the presentation of Moore’s poem—the ragged lines, the uneven breaks—shape our understanding of the poem? How does Moore distinguish her work from the work of her predecessors like Dickinson and Whitman?

Economic theory suggests that technological innovation is an important factor of economic growth. The article, on the other hand, opines that new technologies destroy more jobs than they create. Is this statement true?

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The purpose of this problem is to make you acquainted with Statistics Canada’s website. Open http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html and look for “Real gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory.” Answer the following questions based on this table.
Which three provinces had the greatest real GDP per capita in 2017?

Calculate the shares of each of these provinces in Canada’s real GDP in 2017.

Now, look for another table “Inter-city indexes of price differentials in consumer goods and services.” In which city was the consumer price index the highest in both of the years 2017 and 2018? Can you think of an explanation for that? (3 marks)

Read the article “Are jobs obsolete?” by Douglas Rushkoff, Special to CNN September 7, 2011(http://goo.gl/0aUXL).

What are the main points of the article?

One of the principles of economics is that a country’s standard of living depends on the country’s ability to produce goods and services, while one of the main points of the article suggests that productivity is no longer a goal in the U.S. because the American economy is already able to produce enough for all its people. Does the author’s opinion contradict the economic principle?

Economic theory suggests that technological innovation is an important factor of economic growth. The article, on the other hand, opines that new technologies destroy more jobs than they create. Is this statement true? (Look for extra information that might or might not support this statement.) Does this statement contradict economic theory? (14 marks)

 

Identify the global societal problem within the introductory paragraph.Conclude with a thesis statement that states your proposed solutions to the problem. Describe background information on how that problem developed or came into existence. Show why this is a societal problem.

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Based on the topic that you have chosen, you will need to use critical thinking skills to thoroughly understand how this topic can be a global societal problem and determine some logical solutions to the problem.
Write: This Final Paper on Climate Change, an argumentative essay, will present research relating the critical thinker to the modern, globalized world. In this assignment, you need to address the items below in separate sections with new headings for each.
In your paper,
• Identify the global societal problem within the introductory paragraph.
o Conclude with a thesis statement that states your proposed solutions to the problem.
• Describe background information on how that problem developed or came into existence.
o Show why this is a societal problem.
o Provide perspectives from multiple disciplines or populations so that you fully represent what different parts of society have to say about this issue.
• Construct an argument supporting your proposed solutions, considering multiple disciplines or populations so that your solution shows that multiple parts of society will benefit from this solution.
o Provide evidence from multiple scholarly sources as evidence that your proposed solution is viable.
• Interpret statistical data from at least three peer-reviewed scholarly sources within your argument.
o Discuss the validity, reliability, and any biases.
o Identify the strengths and weaknesses of these sources, pointing out limitations of current research and attempting to indicate areas for future research. (You may even use visual representations such as graphs or charts to explain statistics from sources.)
• Evaluate the ethical outcomes that result from your solution.
o Provide at least one positive ethical outcome as well as at least one negative ethical outcome that could result from your solution.
o Explain at least two ethical issues related to each of those outcomes. (It is important to consider all of society.)

Explain the cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary pathophysiologic processes that result in the patient presenting these symptoms. Explain any racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning.Explain how these processes interact to affect the patient.

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An understanding of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems is a critically important component of disease diagnosis and treatment. This importance is magnified by the fact that these two systems work so closely together. A variety of factors and circumstances that impact the emergence and severity of issues in one system can have a role in the performance of the other.
Effective disease analysis often requires an understanding that goes beyond these systems and their capacity to work together. The impact of patient characteristics, as well as racial and ethnic variables, can also have an important impact.

An understanding of the symptoms of alterations in cardiovascular and respiratory systems is a critical step in diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. For APRNs this understanding can also help educate patients and guide them through their treatment plans.
In this Assignment, you examine a case study and analyze the symptoms presented. You identify the elements that may be factors in the diagnosis, and you explain the implications to patient health.

Case Study/Scenario

76-year-old female patient complains of weight gain, shortness of breath, peripheral edema, and abdominal swelling. She has a history of congestive heart failure and admits to not taking her diuretic, as it makes her “have to get up every couple hours to go to the bathroom.” She now must sleep on two pillows in order to get enough air.

In your Case Study Analysis related to the scenario provided, explain the following
• The cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary pathophysiologic processes that result in the patient presenting these symptoms.
• Any racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning.
• How these processes interact to affect the patient

Which ethical standards or broad areas do you think are most challenging to observe for practitioners in your field? Why? How? What is an area (or multiple areas) of ethics in your field you would like to learn more about to prepare for as you enter the field?

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In this course, you have had the opportunity to explore numerous aspects of the school environment that forms the foundation for your roles as teachers and speech-language pathologists. From multiple intelligences to curriculum to diversity to educational history, we’ve surveyed a lot of Big Ideas in education. It is a complex environment to work in, and you have a lot to learn and juggle as you seek to understand it.

In this project, we turn to the concept of ethics. According to Merriam Webster Online, ethics is “an area of study that deals with ideas about what is good and bad behavior”

As adults, we don’t always appreciate being judged as “good” or “bad.” In fact, because we are adults, it’s our job to judge others—namely, our students and clients. Still, just like our younger counterparts, we also must behave. We serve in highly visible, public roles. Ethical guidelines represent our fields’ (teaching and speech language pathology) best efforts to outline principles to guide our best behavior.

It is important that you are aware of the ethical guidelines governing your profession. This will help you to perform ethically as well as help others you work with to do the same

Locate an example in the news of a professional ethical breach in your field or in a closely related field .Summarize what happened. Where did the person or group of people go wrong? Do you have any empathy for the person or group of people? Why or why not?

2. Summarize (give the main idea of what these mean to you) the ethical standards for your field. What are your overall reactions to the ethical standards?

3. Which ethical standards or broad areas do you think are most challenging to observe for practitioners in your field? Why? How?

4. What is an area (or multiple areas) of ethics in your field you would like to learn more about to prepare for as you enter the field?

What are tangible reinforcers? Define the concept. Describe at least one specific example of a tangible reinforcer that you observed and describe how the recipient responded to the tangible reinforcement.

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Observe and listen closely to an adult who is in a supervisory or instructional capacity interacting with a child or group. You might find these interactions at an after school program, instructional class, softball or soccer game, basketball practice, daycare center, or Boy Scout or Boy’s and Girl’s club session. You might also observe them in families dining at a restaurant, checking out in a grocery store line, or attending church. You will probably need to observe in a variety of settings in order to find all three types of reinforcement included in this observation report. Observe adult-child or coach-player interactions for at least 30 minutes in each setting, being sure to sit where you can hear words and see reactions. Read the questions below so that you know what to listen for in your observations. Take “field notes” by writing down examples of reinforcement that you hear.
Review your field notes. Then synthesize the observations to respond to each question below. Type your response to each question in bold beneath each question. Be sure to use the content and academic language from the lesson in your answers. Academic language that is appropriate for this report includes: social reinforcement, tangible reinforcement, activity reinforcement, positive reinforcement, scheduling, reinforcement menu. Save the document as a Word document, then submit it through the CourseDen Dropbox. Please refer to the Stages of Reflection document if you are unclear about what to write or how to write your answers for this assignment.
1. Describe the locations where you conducted observations and how much time was spent observing at each site: who was there, what were they doing, when and where did you observe, how was it being conducted. Briefly describe the people and setting at each site.
2. What are social reinforcers? Define the concept. Then, describe two specific examples of social reinforcers that you observed, and describe how the recipient responded to the social reinforcement.
3. What are activity reinforcers? Define the concept. Then, describe at least one specific example of an activity reinforcer you observed and describe how the recipient responded to the activity reinforcer.
4. What are tangible reinforcers? Define the concept. Next, describe at least one specific example of a tangible reinforcer that you observed and describe how the recipient responded to the tangible reinforcement.

5. Reflect on and describe your reactions to this observation experience. How did you feel or react to the use of reinforcement in these settings? Value the experience for you: was it a meaningful, helpful, relevant experience for you or not? Please explain and support your value judgment with examples that you observed.

6. Analyze the event. Based on your observations, what type of reinforcement seemed to be most effective? Use academic language from the lesson and provide examples from your observation that support your analysis.
7. Reflect on the event. Think back on your own experience growing up…and even now! What types of reinforcers worked best to shape your behavior and habits? Which types of reinforcers did not work for you? Share a specific example and be sure to use academic language.