Week 1 assignment : variables, measures, and spss

Quantitative research consists of testing and understanding relationships between variables. Researchers construct these variables as measureable expressions of social phenomena. Modern statistics provides you with a host of resources to answer questions, but each statistical test has a set of assumptions regarding the measurement of the variables. It is therefore important to understand how variables are measured because their measurement will influence the type of analytic tools available to you.

SPSS is a statistical software program that allows you to enter these variables into a spreadsheet format and record the measurements from a sample. Additionally, SPSS allows you to perform statistical analysis. Before launching into your analyses, though, it is important to understand how the variables are measured. That understanding will help you interpret the SPSS output.

In this week’s Discussion, you considered topics with social change implications. For this Assignment, you will examine data to analyze independent and dependent variables, determine how they are measured, and decipher whether a social change question can be answered and the implications for such change.

To prepare for this Assignment:

  • Review the Learning Resources as well as the SPSS resources found in this week’s Learning Resources.
  • Review, download, and install the SPSS software on your computer using the IBM SPSS Installation and Registration document for PC or for MAC in this week’s Learning Resources.
  • Using the SPSS software, open the Afrobarometer dataset or the High School Longitudinal Study dataset (whichever you choose) found in this week’s Learning Resources and then choose two variables that interest you.

For this Assignment:

Write a 1- to 2-page summary and include the following:

  • Early in your Assignment, when you relate which dataset you analyzed, please include the mean of the following variables. If you are using the Afrobarometer Dataset, report the mean of Q1 (Age). If you are using the HS Long Survey Dataset, report the mean of X1Par1Edu.
  • A description of what the each of the variables measure.
  • A description of the unit of analysis.
  • A description and explanation of the levels of measurement for each variable (i.e., nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio).
  • Explain how you might conceive these variables to be used to answer a social change question. What might be the implications for social change?

Support your summary using appropriate scholarly citations and references. Use proper APA format.

The arbitration case study of jesse stansky

  

  1. Which arguments should be given more weight: those based on company policy, the employee handbook, and the labor agreement or mitigating factors given by the grievant and his witnesses? Explain.
  2. How might unprofessional conduct be defined? Explain.
  3. If you were the arbitrator, how would you rule in this case? Explain fully the reasons for your decision.

 

The following requirements must be met:

Write 1,300 words using Microsoft Word in APA 6th edition style.

Use an appropriate number of references to support your position, and defend your arguments. The following are examples of primary and secondary sources that may be used, and non-credible and opinion based sources that may not be used.

Primary sources such as government websites (United States Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Census BureauThe World Bank), peer reviewed and scholarly journals in EBSCOhost (Grantham University Online Library) and Google Scholar.

Secondary and credible sources such as CNN MoneyThe Wall Street Journal, trade journals, and publications in EBSCOhost (Grantham University Online Library).

Non-credible and opinion based sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. should not be used.

Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased statements, information, etc.) in the paper and list each source on a reference page using APA style. An overview of APA 6th edition in-text citations, formatting, reference list, and style is provided here.

Download an APA sample paper from the Purdue OWL here.

1-2 worksheet – describe the case

For Final Project I: Malpractice Case, you will analyze a provided on the Final Project 1 Guidelines and Rubric. 

First, you will complete the Describe the Case Worksheet to start the analysis of your case. One common method of case analysis is called the Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion (IRAC) method. For this task, you will only be completing the “Issue” portion of the IRAC method.

To complete this assignment, review the Describe the Case Worksheet Rubric document.

Attached below is the link to the case thats needed to answer the worksheet and the rubric and guidelines for all

Metrics in evaluating the success of the total rewards program

3.Select metrics that are aligned with the organization’s objectives in order to ensure organizational success

4.Formulate a plan for implementing a total rewards program in order to ensure success of the program

In this assignment, you will write and submit a MS PowerPoint Presentation that describes and justifies the total rewards metrics that you propose. The course material provides examples of metrics and how they are used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Total Rewards Program. These metrics will be used as a portion of the final paper due Week 8 (the final assessment for the class). Feedback from the instructor may require some revision to the chosen metrics prior to use in the final paper. At least three scholarly references from the course materials are to be presented in APA format, as well as respective in-text citations and relevant Web site documentation if information about the organization is taken from a Web site.

You will define the term metrics, explain how metrics are used to evaluate the success of the total rewards program, identify, describe, and provide examples of at least three metrics and share how you will collect the data for each metric and how you will set the benchmark or goal target for each that you would use to compute and analyze the Total Rewards Program in the organization you are studying in the course. Justification for the metrics linked to the organizational objectives, requisite competencies, and challenges should also be included.

At the least, the presentation should include the following segments:

1.  Title Page

2.  Introduction and Purpose of the Paper

3.  Academic Definition of the Term Metric

4.  Explanation of the Use of Metrics in Evaluating the Success of the Total Rewards Program

5.  Three Metrics (Identify, Describe and Provide Examples AND share how you will collect the data for each metric AND how you will set the benchmark or goal target for each).

6.  Justification of the Metrics Selected (Links to the Organization’s Success, Requisite 

    Capabilities, Competencies and Challenges)

7.  Conclusions

Week 9 case study 3 kesha gray

 

Case Study 3: Choice Hotels International

Due Week 9 and worth 140 points

Read the case study titled “Choice Hotels International” found at the end of Chapter 17 and linked here as a PDF.

Write a fully developed paper in which you:

  1. Assess the two distinct networking functions. 
  2. Analyze the issues Choice is likely to experience as it expands its network to full global reach. Provide a rationale for your answer. 
  3. Critique the Choice implementing free high-speed Internet access for all guests in its Clarion Hotels and Comfort Suites from the security point of view. 
  4. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
  • Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or Dia. The completed diagrams/charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Evaluate the internal mechanisms and user-network interfaces that have been developed to support voice, data, and multi-media communications over long-distance networks.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Ccj2650 – chap 4 | Criminal homework help

“I just found out that my daughter is smoking crack I knew something was up, but never imagined it was this She has been living in complete filth, and neglecting my grandson I keep him for weeks at a time, when suddenly she will call, using him as a way of manipulating me If I don’t give her money, she won’t let me see him I have picked him up at her so-called friends houses; where he is being watched by strange men, that I know are drug dealers I don’t know how to even go about getting custody of the baby I love my daughter, but realize no matter what, I can’t help her ‘til she can admit she has a problem ”

• What would you do in this situation?

• Knowing that crack and cocaine do not have strong physical addictive properties, why does it seem like the withdrawal symptoms are so much worse than opiates?

• What forms of treatment are warranted for this situation?

Remember that your post must be at least 300 words and you are required to respond to a classmate with at least a 150-word response.

reflection | Philosophy homework help

 his Self-Reflection  should explore your personal beliefs, values, unconscious biases, ethical considerations, feelings and reactions related to working with individuals who have received a mental health diagnosis. 

  

In your , reflect on the following questions:

  • What are some of your personal beliefs, values, thoughts, and feelings about mental illness? Reflect on what has influenced and shaped your beliefs, values, and reactions.
  • How has exposure to mental health stigma influenced and shaped your beliefs, values, thoughts, and feelings to mental illness?
  • As you move forward in your social work training, what can you do to address some of the negative beliefs, values, thoughts, and feelings you may have?

The Self-Reflection  should be 2-3 pages in length. Please adhere to the writing assignment policy in the Syllabus.

Construction cost analysis and bidding | Construction Cost Analysis and Bidding | University of Texas at El Paso

Your company is interested in bidding for a commercial building project (you can choose any location). Use the hint below to estimate all job overhead and assumed home office overhead costs for that project. Please note that DRAWINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY and you will not need to use all of them for this assignment. The site plan will provide an overview of the project that is helpful to plan for some of the temporary facilities. The duration of the project is 2 years. You can make assumptions on the annual revenue of your company. 

HINT

1. You should follow the examples in chapter 6 (Overheads and Contingencies) to make assumptions and calculate these overheads (For home office overhead follow figure 6.1, example 6-1 and for job overheads follow details on pages1 68- 70). 2. Please go through the estimating checklist under week 2 folder for various indirect costs.

New case | Management homework help

MUST BE ORIGINAL!!! WRITTEN IN USING APA. 

The purpose of this assignment is to explain core concepts related to lease vs. purchase and tactical financial decisions.

Read the Chapter 19 Mini Case on pages 796-797 in Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Using complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please answer questions a through f.

 

Health information systems and the electronic health record

earning Outcome:  Examine required documentation and record structures

 

Students will utilize the Neehr Perfect EHR for this assignment.  Prior to the assignment, students will need to complete some introductory activities in order to become familiar with the product.

It is recommended that students complete the following activities, however, you will not turn in these activities.  They are useful in having you learn about how to navigate in the Neehr Perfect EHR.  Completing these activities will make the assignment flow more easily.

a. Neehr Perfect Scavenger Hunts Levels I – III

Level I

Level II

Level III

b. Neehr Perfect Activity:  Data Entry

c. Neehr Perfect Activity:  Communication in the EHR


Assignment 1:  : Neehr Perfect: EHR Documentation Evaluation

Once these are completed, you should have the tools to complete the EHR Documentation Evaluation.   

Enter your answers directly on the sheet.  Save the document with the following naming convention:  neehr perfect 1-lastname.first name