Assignment 3: Research Design Questions

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Assignment 3: Research Design Questions

Suppose you were going to create your own study to examine what course-delivery format (online, blended, or face-to-face) leads to the best performance in a psychological statistics class. In a paper identify the following for your study:

  • What is your research question?
  • What is your hypothesis (both null and alternate)?
  • Is this a qualitative or quantitative design (based on type of variable collected) and why?
  • Is this a descriptive, correlational or experimental design and why?
  • What would be an example of a variable for this study that could be measured on a nominal scale? Ordinal scale? Interval scale? Ratio scale?
  • Once you have collected your data, would you use inferential or descriptive statistics and why?
  • Create a sample frequency distribution for one of the variables. Choose either a simple or grouped frequency distribution and explain your choice.

By Monday, October 5, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox.

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Identified an appropriate research question
3
Correctly identified the null and alternative hypotheses.
6
Explained whether your study would be classified as a qualitative or quantitative design and why.
6
Explained whether your study would be classified as a descriptive, correlational or experimental design and why.
10
Provided an example of a variable for this study that could be measure on a nominal scale, ordinal scale, interval scale, and ratio scale.
13
Explained whether inferential or descriptive statistics would be used to analyze the data collected and why.
6
Created a sample frequency distribution for one of the variables. Selected either a simple or grouped frequency distribution and explained choice.
20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
16
Total:
80

 

Case Study – Global Business

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The answers I have for the four questions case study questions below and the feedback from the professor was not good. He did give feedback on what is missing in the answers. I need someone to edit the answers in line with the feedback that was given by the professor by Sunday evening, June 7th

Case Study Answers to Questions with Professor Feedback on what was missing in the answers – https://www.mediafire.com/?5v13i7x2s9ye35w

Case Study Questions and instructions – https://www.mediafire.com/?xqvylva5rxu457p

Case Study – https://www.mediafire.com/?kqgsijl6ter3b82

Table 4.2 – http://www.mediafire.com/view/y184lzojxbe2anw/Table_4.2.docx

Pg 74-76 – http://www.mediafire.com/view/oj83pq20cflcr7f/pg_74-76.docx 

Homework for jaque

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ME 101 HW

 

HRA360 HR Management Assignment

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HR Application 5: Team Players!

 

This is a collaborative assignment. Form teams of 2-3 students to complete this HR Application. Yes, it is a team assignment about teams!

 

Nearly everyone seems to agree that being a good team player is critical to today’s organizations. Find at least 2 outside sources (an outside study or peer-reviewed journal article is best) and list what the author(s) describes as the major knowledge, skills, and competencies required of people in teams.

 

Be sure to address the following:

  • Summarize the information proposed about teams in the articles you read.
  • What team behaviors would you look for if you were in charge at your own organizations?
  • How would you measure team behavior at your own organizations?
  • Specifically, how would you reward the demonstration of team-based behaviors in your organizations?

 

Expect to take approximately 2-3 pages written in APA format (double-spaced, 12 point font) to complete this assignment. Your work will be graded on completeness, clarity, originality, interest, APA format, grammar, spelling and punctuation. (see HRA written assignment grading rubric for more information).

etics

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Select an organization you work for or one in your chosen field.

Conduct online research on the ethics of your organization and the industry it belongs to.

Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper describing how ethical principles can address organizational issues. Include the organization you selected and discuss the following with regards to that organization and its industry: 

  • What role do external social pressures have in influencing organizational ethics?
  • How might these issues be relevant to organizational and personal decisions?
  • What is the relationship between legal and ethical issues? 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

Environmental Science Lab 4

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In this lab, you will see the time progression of impacts associated with either coal-fired or nuclear power plants for electricity generation to help you write up a scientific paper that centers on the following:

  • Given that the current 2 primary sources of electricity generation are coal and nuclear power plants, which of these sources is better for human sustainability?

Analyze Energy Sources Lab

Everything people do in their daily lives involves the consumption of resources—particularly energy. With respect to energy, electricity is one of the most important resources consumed and also one of the highest in demand. Traditionally, fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, and oil have dominated the U.S. energy mix; however, as it is well-known, carbon-emitting energy sources are very detrimental to the environment and are contributing to global warming. Fortunately, alternative energy resources such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal power are becoming more efficient and prevalent in today’s energy economy.

Using the M.U.S.E. link, review the background information and gather your data.

Use the Lab 4 worksheet for assignment instructions and data collection.

Who was Sequoyah and what were his accomplishments?

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Who was Sequoyah and what were his accomplishments?

Inventory Drivers

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Inventory Drivers

For this discussion, respond to the following questions:

  • What is an inventory driver?
  • Is any inventory sign of waste?
  • Can managers simultaneously justify holding inventory and still seek ways to lower inventories?
  • What is the difference between a controllable and an uncontrollable inventory driver?
  • Is it possible to make all inventory drivers controllable?

Business Metrics

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Assignment 1: Discussion—Business Metrics

Understanding business metrics as key performance indicators (KPIs) is a key part of business strategy and management. In this assignment, you will look at financial performance measures.

Financial performance measures are vitally important to assessing corporate performance. However, financial measures are primarily backward looking in that they measure the results of past actions, and do not always give a reliable indication of future direction.

Using the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, respond to the following:

  • For your own organization, give three examples of key performance indicators (KPIs) and how they are measured that are forward looking and more predictive.
  • What aspect of the value chain are they measuring?
  • How do these measures tie to specific strategies in your business unit?

Write your initial response in approximately 300 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Friday, June 8, 2013, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Monday, June 10, 2013, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.

Assignment 2: SWOT Analysis and Strategic Scorecard

One of the most common business tools during organizational assessment is the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) model. Another is developing a balanced scorecard based on a prescribed or planned set of performance objectives that will be measured and evaluated regularly. In this assignment, you will learn about both and how to apply them in business.

Integrate the research and analysis from the previous three assignments and produce a SWOT analysis and a strategic scorecard for your business unit.

Part 1—SWOT Analysis (2 pages)
Your SWOT analysis should summarize the opportunities and threats from the external environmental scan with the strengths and weaknesses from your organizational assessment or internal environmental scan.

Your output should include a matrix depicting strengths or weaknesses on the horizontal axis and opportunities or threats on the vertical axis. This matrix will reveal a set of strategy forces that can be used to assess the current strategy and identify important potential changes to the strategic direction of the company.

In creating your SWOT analysis, look for natural pairings of internal and external factors that match internal resources and capabilities to the external environment. Internal strengths and external opportunities depicted in the upper left quadrant on your matrix might form complementary pairs that suggest necessary strategic focus for the business unit to pursue opportunities that fit its competitive strengths. Conversely, internal weaknesses and external threats shown in the lower right quadrant of the matrix may combine to illustrate the need for a defensive strategy to avoid becoming highly susceptible to competitive threats.

Your matrix should not simply be a collection of four lists compiled together in a matrix. Your analysis should combine factors and explain why specific strengths complement specific opportunities, and selected weaknesses are amplified by external threats. In addition to your matrix, provide a brief narrative that summarizes the main findings in your analysis and the implications for the current and projected strategy.

Part 2—Balanced Scorecard/KPIs (4 pages)
Use the balanced scorecard or another similar tool to recommend indicators and measurements that will tell you if the company is successful or unsuccessful in progressing toward your vision through execution of strategy.

A balanced scorecard presents organizational performance on four primary groups of measures:

  1. Financial
  2. Customer (external stakeholder)
  3. Learning and Growth
  4. Internal Process

You should develop a strategy scorecard that ties the performance of your business unit in these areas to its overall business strategy. The challenge you face is selecting 2–3 measures in each of the four areas that give a measurable and reliable indication of the business unit performance in the key activities that promote strategic fit, customer value, and sustained competitive advantage.

Write a 6-page report in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M6_A2.doc.

 

By Monday, June 14, 2013, deliver your assignment to the M6: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Advocacy for diverse clientele

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The population I would like to target is adolescents

 

For your first project assignment, identify a culturally diverse population within your community. This population will serve as the basis for your course project. Then draft a 3-4 page paper that includes:

  • A brief description of your target population.
  • Advocacy processes for policies, programs, and services that are equitable and responsive to the unique needs of your target population and that address institutional and social barriers that impede access, equity, and success for this target population.
  • How local, state, or national public policies may have impacted the delivery or accessibility of these services to your target population.
  • A description of three individual, couple, family, group, or community strategies appropriate for working with and advocating for your specific culturally diverse population within your community.
  • At least three community resources (internet links with brief explanations are acceptable) currently available to assist the members of your target community and an explanation as to how you can promote client understanding of and access to these resources.
  • Reference materials from your studies and additional academic research from the Capella Library that support the approaches, strategies, and techniques you have described.