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Collect, document, and integrate evidence from research material. Design and compose communication that is based on a well-defined purpose. Identify rhetorical strategies and apply rhetorical theory to read, interpret, and analyze a variety of texts.

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Purpose

Whether you are trying to solve a challenging problem or learn a valuable skill, research is an essential part of the process. As you research, exploring multiple perspectives and engaging diverse sources is ideal for developing nuanced understanding and making discerning choices. In this major assignment, you will write a research essay that integrates at least two different primary perspectives on a topic and uses at least 4 quality sources. Ideally, this assignment can also help you develop expertise in an area that will be valuable for your personal development.

Challenge

For this assignment, you’ll write an unbiased research paper comparing and contrasting at least two different viewpoints on a topic of your choice. Your essay should be approximately 1250 words plus a Works Cited page.

Your audience for this assignment is someone who is unfamiliar with your topic.

This challenge focuses on four major goals:

Discover an opportunity for learning based on academic research

Select a topic for which there are multiple, diverse perspectives and arguments

Create research questions to guide your exploration of these diverse perspectives

Narrow your topic appropriately. The goal is offer an in-depth examination of small part of a broader, more complex topic.

Collect, document, and integrate evidence from research material

You must use at least four credible sources for your essay.

Sources must not be used in class (such as a textbook reading or assigned article).

Research and summarize expert knowledge and diverse perspectives on the topic to develop a mediated argument that clarifies your understanding and contributes to the conversation

Identify and present the reasons why some people think one way and others think another way

Your goal is not to discover who is “right.” Your goal is to remain unbiased and understand the issues that impact how people view this topic without arguing for a side.

Utilize skills used in previous modules:

Accurately summarize and analyze others’ arguments and perspectives

Evaluate sources for credibility while conducting research

Use direct quotes and paraphrases strategically and correctly

After writing your essay, you’ll deliver a presentation on your paper.

Skills & Knowledge

The purpose of this assignment is to help you practice the following skills that are essential to your success as a communicator:

Course-Level Skills

CO 1: Collect, document, and integrate evidence from research material.
CO 2: Design and compose communication that is based on a well-defined purpose.
CO 3: Identify rhetorical strategies and apply rhetorical theory to read, interpret, and analyze a variety of texts.
CO 4: Design cohesive arguments based on credible sources using framing and support.

Module-Level Skills

MO 4.1 Select and use reliable resources to determine research questions (CO 1).
MO 4.2 Draw critical connections between different sources and arguments (CO 1, 2, 3).
MO 4.3 Evaluate effectiveness of essay using analytic support (CO 3, 5).
MO 4.4 Compare and contrast different authors’ purposes, rhetorical strategies, and motivations (CO 2).

How is “good” determined? Explain in one or two sentences what the theory argues is the correct way to determine what is right.

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Complete the Ethical Theories Comparison Chart

Over the course of thousands of years, various theories have been offered to explain the best way to determine what is ethical. The search for “good” or correct actions and thoughts has provided several strong approaches that are actively used today. While all of the various ethical theories seek to lead one to be ethical, they differ on how this should be accomplished. Each approach has its own strengths and weaknesses. It is important to understand these differences when analyzing ethical decisions from various perspectives.

For this Assignment, you are to add to the chart you constructed in Units 2, 3, and 5 by adding Ross’ prima facie duties and ethics of care. As with the other chart assignments, you will be providing the following for prima facie duties and ethics of care, using your own words:

How is “good” determined? Explain in one or two sentences what the theory argues is the correct way to determine what is right. This is the main argument of the theory in a nutshell.
Most Noted Philosopher(s): Name the philosopher or philosophers most closely associated with the theory.

Major Strengths: Using phrases or sentences, list at least two major strengths that are specific to that theory.

Major Weaknesses: Using phrases or sentences, list at least two major weaknesses that are specific to that theory.

Have you come across news features or analysis that indicate where the live music industry and hip-hop might be headed? In what ways has hip-hop transformed as a musical, cultural, and/or political voice in the last year?

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Weekly reflection 10

We would like you to select a news article or opinion piece related to hip-hop culture and the Covid-19 lockdown and/or political protest and transformation. Have you come across news features or analysis that indicate where the live music industry and hip-hop might be headed? In what ways has hip-hop transformed as a musical, cultural, and/or political voice in the last year (either in the United States OR internationally)? Your assignment should analyze and explain your chosen article or link (it could be a feature article in a magazine; an article about a new artist, etc.). Be sure to include the URL link and a work cited entry at the end for your chosen news item.

Select the appropriate calendar date. It is highly recommended that you enter all three food diaries at once, using consecutive days on the Cronometer calendar, and use dates closest to today’s actual date.

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NUTR Diet Ana

Step 1: Creating a Profile

1. Go to the following website: https://cronometer.com/ IMPORTANT: Instructions below apply to the web-based Cronometer application. Do NOT use the mobile device App.

2. Click on Sign Up for Free in the middle of the screen.

Create your profile by entering your school email and password (8 characters).
Next, enter your sex, birth date, height, and weight. For females, leave as normal unless you are pregnant or lactating, which can be selected from the drop down menu.
Click the check box to agree to Terms of Service and click Create Account at the bottom of the screen.

3. Once you have entered the Cronometer site, click on SETTINGS at the top of the screen. Once you open SETTINGS, go to ACCOUNT to confirm your email settings. Under email, be sure to uncheck any checked boxes. Leaving these boxes checked results in promotional emails from Cronometer. Cronometer is not endorsed by UMGC, and we do not support any fad diet information that may be sent to you.

4. While in SETTINGS, go to the tab PROFILE + TARGETS to set your ACTIVITY LEVEL. Use the drop down menu to adjust your Activity Level to the appropriate selection based on your habits and lifestyle. Clicking on Activity Level can provide guidance on which activity level is appropriate for your lifestyle.

Note: for this project, do not link your Cronometer account with any fitness tracking devices as it may alter the accuracy of your results for this project.

Step 2: Using the Food Database

1. To begin entering your foods for Day 1, ensure you are under the Diary tab at the top of the screen.

2. Select the appropriate calendar date. It is highly recommended that you enter all three food diaries at once, using consecutive days on the Cronometer calendar (even if your log days were not consecutive), and use dates closest to today’s actual date. Because we are using the free version of the site, reports can only be done for the last 7 days so you will be unable to get a report for the days you enter if they are more than 7 days away. It’s not a problem to edit the dates in this way–it will not impact your results.

3. Click on Add Food at the top of the screen. Type the first food from your food log into the search bar and click Search. Select the food item that best matches the food you ate in the Search Results.

4. Choose the amount that you consumed at the bottom of the search box. Use the drop menu to select the most appropriate serving measurement and enter the number of servings. If less than 1 serving, use a decimal to indicate the percentage of one serving consumed. Click on Add Serving.

Note: Do not include any supplements into your food diary as you are doing an assessment of your dietary intake only.

5. If you need to delete a food item from your diary, simply right click on the food item and select Delete Selected Items.

6. Continue Steps 1-4 for all food items for your Day 1 Food Diary.

7. After you have entered all food and drink items for the first day, click on the three vertical dots (ellipsis) found at the top right of the screen. Select “Mark Day Complete”.

8. Repeat for Days 2 and 3 by changing the date in the calendar. Again, ensure dates are consecutive in the Cronometer calendar; are within a 7-day window; and are as close to today’s date as possible.

Step 3: Obtaining Your Nutrition Report

1. Once you have entered all of your foods into the Diary for all three days and marked all three days as complete, you need to create your nutrition report to analyze your average intake of nutrients over the three days. Click on the Trends tab at the top of the screen. Select Nutrition Report.

2. At the top, select the parameters for your search [see screenshot below]. Ensure your 3 days are included in the last 7 days as the free version of this site only allows for averages from the last 7 days.

Select include today only if one of your three days was entered on today’s date in the Cronometer calendar.
From the drop down menu, select “Completed Days” instead of the default “All Days”. This will ensure your report is accurate and includes values for only days in which food was entered.
Do not include supplements in this report.

3. After your report is generated, take a screen shot of your Nutrition Report to show all nutrient values from Nutrition Report, including dates at the top of the report and down to the last mineral Zinc. You will likely need to take two screen shots in order to include the required data. This step must be done as it is a requirement that you turn in your full Nutrition Report for the three days with the analysis.

4. Open this file to complete the rest of the assignment. Using the Nutrition Report above, fill in the Average Eaten columns of Tables of 1 and 2 of the file you just opened. To fill in Table 1, Energy and Macronutrients (percent of calories), use the top of the report as shown below. You will need to hover over each macronutrient name to see percent of calories from each. Do NOT use information from the sections that are crossed out on the image below.

These values are not an indicator of health or nutritional status– this is only a snapshot of one day, one meal and is not intended to diagnose any deficiencies. If you have concerns about your nutritional status, please feel free to contact me personally or another healthcare professional prior to making any drastic dietary changes or adding supplements.

For remaining macronutrient components and the micronutrients, use the Nutrition Report tables to obtain the information to fill remaining average intakes for Tables 1 and 2 .

Your Chronometer report will tell you the amounts consumed in grams, which then need to be converted into a percentage based on the average amount of calories (energy) consumed.

Keep in mind the following:

Carbs = 4 grams/kcal

Fat = 9 grams/kcal

Protein = 4 grams/kcal

After looking at those three resources, put on your debating hat once again. Provide an argument, based on the resources for Natural fibers and than an argument for synthetics.

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The Case For Natural Fibres vs Synthetic Fibres

1. Watch this https://youtu.be/NGon1IythFE

2. The second is an article by Compare Ethics, an organization that looks to verify sustainability claims. In this article they look at the pros and cons of natural and man-made fibers.

3. The final article in the Global Fashion Business Journal discusses if organic cotton is authentic.

The Organic Cotton Trap

After looking at those three resources, put on your debating hat once again. Provide an argument, based on the resources for Natural fibers and than an argument for synthetics. Attach as a PDF or Word document. Each argument should be a well-developed paragraph

Develop a succinct corporate email to your manager on the importance of mission and vision statements, and the code of ethics for a business. What do you think? What is the real purpose of having a mission statement for a business? How does it impact the success of a business? Do you know the mission and vision of your workplace?

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Code of ethics for a business

  • Develop a succinct corporate email (approximately 1-2 pages) to your manager on the importance of mission and vision statements, and the code of ethics for a business.

Introduction

What do you think? What is the real purpose of having a mission statement for a business? How does it impact the success of a business? Do you know the mission and vision of your workplace?

Companies such as Google and Microsoft spend a considerable amount of money on their corporate websites to illustrate and describe their company mission, vision, and values. Even small business entrepreneurs are encouraged to formulate these statements as part of formal business plans shared with banks and angel investors.

A code of ethics is also an important guide for businesses of all sizes, especially when the future depends on sustainability for humans and the planet.

As a stakeholder (customer, employee, or investor), your ability to analyze an organization’s code of ethics can help you understand the ethical considerations and values that guide business transactions and decisions.

In your first assessment, you explored a company’s functional areas and reflected on your skills in relation to them. Now you’ve been assigned to the IT Department and selected to help improve the website. You’ll develop a corporate email on the importance of mission, vision, and code of ethics statements that you will send to your manager. You’ll use the same company website from Assessment 1. Analyzing this company’s mission, vision, and code of ethics in relation to the work that the business does will give you a view of how these statements provide a foundation for the strategic direction of an organization.

Scenario

Your manager was pleased with the work you did in your internship and has temporarily placed you in the IT department. Your first task is to help design the mission, vision, and ethics page on the corporate website.

For this assessment, you will:

  • Research the company website you selected as an example of a mission statement.
  • Prepare an internal corporate email about the importance of the mission, vision, and code of ethics. In the email you will also include recommendations about two design elements for its mission, vision, and code of ethics web pages and how these design elements would support the organization’s business goals.

Instructions

Develop a succinct corporate email (approximately 1–2 pages) to your manager on the importance of mission and vision statements and the code of ethics for a business. Research your chosen website and be ready to give some design suggestions for the website.

Do not send the email to faculty as a real email. Use the Assessment 2 Template [DOCX] to write the email using professional grammar, mechanics, and references. Research the mission, vision, and code of ethics on the corporate website of the business you selected for the last assessment. The interactive activity Mission, Vision, and Ethics can take you through these first few steps and getting a start on your assessment.

  • Find the mission and vision statements on the website.
  • Look for ways the company puts its mission and vision into action and note 1–2 examples.
  • Locate the corporate code of ethics. How is it displayed? Is it directed mostly at employees or at consumers? What kind of examples are given?
  • What improvements would you recommend for these statements, and why?
  1. Review the interactive activity QuickStart: Mission, Vision, and Ethics to learn the key purposes of these statements. This activity is linked in the Assessment hub page and counts toward engagement. Gather any additional background you need on the topic, including reading the resources in “First Steps,” if you choose, and the resource below. Be prepared to cite at least three reputable resources to support your ideas, including the website you researched.
  1. Write a 1–2 page internal corporate email using the Assessment 2 Template [DOCX]and include the following:
    • TO: (audience for the email).
    • FROM: (writer of the email).
    • RE: (reason or topic for the email).
    • Describe the chosen website reviewed.
    • Briefly state the purpose of the email.
  • Body paragraphs.
    • Explain the purpose and key elements of mission statements.
      • Use real-world examples and supporting evidence from your chosen organization
    • Explain the purpose and key elements of vision statements.
      • Use real-world examples and supporting evidence from your chosen organization
    • Explain the purpose and key elements of a code of ethics.
      • Why should the code of ethics be directed toward all stakeholders, including leadership, employees, and customers?
    • Evaluate the effectiveness of the examples you provided from your website by explaining how they support the business goals, explaining what improvements you would recommend for these statements, and why.
    • Describe two elements (graphics, buttons, links, menus, other items specific to the design of a webpage) to include on your selected company’s website on the mission, vision, and ethics web page on the corporate website.
      • Explain the rationale for adding each to the website.
      • Explain how these elements could support business goals.
      • Review the purpose of the mission, vision, and code of ethics.
      • Review how the suggested elements for the website could support business goals in the future.
    • References (This is in addition to your 1–2 pages of content).

Submit your email as an assessment. Do not send it as a real email or course message to faculty.

It is recommended to submit your work to Smarthinking to get feedback at least two days before you turn it in.

Planning

Consider the following as rough guide posts for setting aside the time you need to do your work. You’ll want to adjust these as you learn more about your own pace and working style.

  • Research and Reading: 4 hrs.
  • Interactive activities: 30 mins.
  • Writing: 5 hrs.
  • Revising: 2 hrs.

Requirements

  • Font: Times New Roman, no larger than 12-point font.
  • Organization: Based on the intended audience, your internal corporate email should be well organized and written in clear, succinct language.
  • Template: Use the Assessment 2 Template [DOCX]to help you organize your email.
  • Length:1–2 pages of content, in addition to a reference page.
  • Resources: Include at least three reputable resources in the body of the email to support your ideas, including your chosen website.
  • APA:Follow APA rules for citing sources that support your analysis and conclusions. See Evidence and APA.
  • Reminder:Submit your email as an assessment. Do not send it as a real email or course message to faculty.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Explain the underlying principles of successful businesses.
    • Explain the purpose and key elements of mission and vision statements.
    • Explain the purpose and key elements of a company’s code of ethics.
    • Evaluate the effectiveness of mission, vision, and code of ethics statements.
  • Competency 2: Examine ethical principles associated with the field of business.
    • Describe two elements to include on the mission, vision, and ethics web page of a corporate website.
  • Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for the field of business.
    • Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
    • Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.

Using the Sun Coast data set, perform a correlation analysis, simple regression analysis, and multiple regression analysis, and interpret the results.

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Unit 5 Scholarly Activity Research Methods

Correlation and Regression Analysis Using Sun Coast Data Set

Using the Sun Coast data set, perform a correlation analysis, simple regression analysis, and multiple regression analysis, and interpret the results.
Please follow the Unit V Scholarly Activity template to complete your assignment.
You will utilize Microsoft Excel ToolPak for this assignment.

Example:
Correlation Analysis
Restate the hypotheses.
Provide data output results from Excel Toolpak.
Interpret the correlation analysis results
Simple Regression Analysis
Restate the hypotheses.
Provide data output results from Excel Toolpak.
Interpret the simple regression analysis results
Multiple Regression Analysis
Restate the hypotheses.
Provide data output results from Excel Toolpak.
Interpret the multiple regression analysis results.
The title and reference pages do not count toward the page requirement for this assignment. This assignment should be no less than two pages in length, follow APA-style formatting and guidelines, and use references and citations as necessary.

Synthesize your own insights about a text that we have read with the analyses of at least two other scholars.

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Research Paper, (English Lit)

This assignment is designed to help you organize the structure and the content of your research essay. Your outline will include a draft of your introduction and thesis statement, and an outline of each body paragraph you plan to write that comprises your topic sentences, evidence from the text you plan to use, and citations from the scholarly sources you plan to integrate into your argument.

Write a detailed outline that includes:
a. A full introduction

b. A description of each body paragraph in which you bullet point:
–The paragraph’s topic sentence (use complete sentences)

–The quotation(s) you plan to use in that paragraph, whether they be from the primary text or secondary sources; alternatively, if you are writing on film or television, describe the scene(s) you will be focusing on in the paragraph.

–Your explanation of what is important about the scene/quotation and how you will use it to support the claim you make in your topic sentence.

Overall essay prompt: For this essay, you will synthesize your own insights about a text that we have read with the analyses of at least two other scholars. Scholarly work may include letters, journals, and interviews with the author of your chosen text, theoretical works that discuss themes present within the text, and/or literary analyses of the text.

Define and calculate the remaining six major cost elements of a business, when given the total costs and the quantity produced. Clearly explain how the average total cost of a new output level is affected by its share of fixed costs and variable costs.

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Major cost elements of a business

In this assignment, you will define and calculate the remaining six major cost elements of a business, when given the total costs and the quantity produced. You will also use the computed costs to determine a minimum cost output level for that business. Finally, you will clearly explain how the average total cost of a new output level is affected by its share of fixed costs and variable costs.

Identify two variables that are positively correlated and two variables that are negatively correlated. Explain why your correlation examples are positive and negative.

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Unit 5 Discussion Research Methods

Consider your work environment, domain of interest, or everyday life, and identify two variables that are positively correlated and two variables that are negatively correlated. Explain why your correlation examples are positive and negative.