PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT #3 Write a C program that calculates and prints the average of several grades entered by the user. 

The program should first prompt the user to enter the number of grades to process (at least 2 grades must be entered by user!) . 

It should then prompt the user for each grade. As each grade is entered, the program should ensure that the grades entered are in the grade range of zero to 100. If the grade is not in that range, an error message should be displayed (as shown below), and the user should be re-prompted for a grade. Any bad grades entered should not be included in the average calculation. 

Once all values are entered, the program should calculate and print the average of all of the positive values entered, rounded to the nearest whole number. 

At the end display a message for the appropriate letter grade as shown here: 

90 – 100: A 

80 – 89: B 

70 – 79: C 

60 – 69: D 

0 – 59: F 

This program will feature the if statement as well as programming techniques for data validation. I call it a trap loop. It traps the user into entering valid data. 

The dialog with the user should be as follows: 

This program calculates the average of as many grades you wish to enter. 

First, enter the number of grades to process: 4 

Now enter the 4 grades to be averaged. 

Enter grade #1: 100 

Enter grade #2: 80 

Enter grade #3: -20 

*** Invalid entry. Grade must be 0 to 100. *** 

Enter grade #3: 25 

Enter grade #4: 54 

The average of the 4 grades entered is 65 

You have a letter grade of D 

Recall: The blue text represents the “output” from your program and is shown for clarity only here. It is not required that your output be in this color. (Do not even attempt to try!). Also note that what the user types in is indicated by the bold black area above; Again, for clarity only. 

A user-friendly message of your choosing should precede the dialog and explain the program (you can change the first sentence if you wish). 

Notice the trap in grade #3 in the above. 

Hints: 

 This program requires variables of type int and float. 

 Use printf and scanf statements to first prompt the user for the number of grades to be processed. 

 This program requires loop structure(s) (for, while or do — your choice). Note that the loop in the input flushing code (to clear input buffer) does not count. 

 The loop requires some a printf and scanf statement to prompt user for a grade. 

 The loop also requires a selection structure (if, or if else) statement to check for bad data values. 

 The selection structure requires a printf statement to output error message if improper grade. 

 The program requires an accumulator to keep track of the sum of good grades entered. 

 Once all grades are entered, determine the average rounded to the nearest whole number. A printf statement will then be used to output the average. 

 Use another selection structure to determine the appropriate letter grade as described above. The selection structure will contain a printf statement to output the letter grade.

  

Assignment 2: LASA: Comparison and Contrast of Research Designs

Description of LASA:

Choose an industrial/organizational (I/O) topic of interest. A nonexhaustive list of research topic suggestions includes leadership, job satisfaction, organizational culture, measuring performance, work–life balance, compensation, selection, recruitment, retention, employee engagement, training, and emotional intelligence.

Once you have selected your topic, you will conduct a literature review on that topic. Locate three scholarly peer-reviewed articles (published within the last five to seven years) that have investigated your research topic:

· One of the articles needs to have employed an experimental research design.

· One of the articles needs to have employed a quasi-experimental research design.

· One of the articles needs to have employed a mixed-methods research design.

Tasks:

Read, summarize, analyze, and critique each of the articles. For each article, your analysis should:

· Summarize the results of the study.

· Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the research.

· Discuss the appropriateness of the research design for the study, the reliability, the validity, sampling methods, and any potential bias.

· Identify any ethical or diversity issues.

Having reviewed the same topic from a variety of research design approaches, reflect on what you have learned about the specific industrial/organizational (I/O) topic itself, as well as the impact that the research method employed had on the knowledge gained from the study. Be sure to include these reflections in the conclusion of your paper.

Write a 7- to 9-page paper based on your literature review, utilizing the three scholarly sources you review. Make sure you employ proper grammar and spelling and apply current APA standards for writing style to your work.

Use the following headings to organize your paper:

· Research design methods defined:

o Experimental

§ Strengths and limitations

o Quasi-experimental

§ Strengths and limitations

o Mixed methods

§ Strengths and limitations

· Industrial/organizational (I/O) topic area of interest

· Experimental design study summary:

o Results

o Experimental design study analysis and critique

§ Strengths and weaknesses of the study

§ Ethical, legal, and/or diversity considerations

· Quasi-experimental design study summary

o Results

o Quasi-experimental design study analysis and critique

§ Strengths and weaknesses of the study

§ Ethical, legal, and/or diversity considerations

· Mixed-methods research design study summary:

o Results

o Mixed-methods research design study analysis and critique

§ Strengths and weaknesses of the study

§ Ethical, legal, and/or diversity considerations

· Conclusion

· References

Submission Details:

· By the due date assigned, save your paper into a Microsoft Word document as M5_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc and submit it to the Submissions Area.

This LASA is worth 280 points and will be graded according to the following rubric.

  

Assignment Components

Maximum   Points

 

Summarize the results of the   study.
 

48

 

Evaluate the strengths and   weaknesses of the research.

60

 

Discuss the appropriateness of the   research design for the study, the reliability, validity, sampling methods,   and potential bias.

60

 

Identify any ethical or diversity   issues

60

 

Reflect on what you have learned   about the specific I/O topic itself, as well as the impact that the research   method employed had on the knowledge gained from the study.

24

 

Academic   Writing

 

Write   in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in   accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e. APA); and display   accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

28

 For this project assume that bobcats have a mean birth rate of 0.4 with a standard deviation of 0.1 and a mean survival rate of 0.68 with a standard deviation of 0.07. In this model, assume that these demographic parameters follow a normal distribution. Environmental stochasticity can take many forms. For this project it will take the form of a catastrophe which occurs an average of once every 25 years or 4% of the time. These catastrophes affect both the bobcat birth and bobcat survival rates by decreasing both rates by 30% during the year that the catastrophe occurred. For all parts of this project, assume an initial bobcat population of 100. 

1. Deterministic. Construct and run a deterministic model for the bobcats using the birth rate of 0.4 and the survival rate of 0.68, but ignoring all random factors. Graph94 2.7 Projects the population over a 20-year period with these parameters and make a table of this information. 

2. Demographic Stochasticity. Create a new model using only the demographic stochastic information. Make a graph and a data table with at least 50 runs for 20 years. 

3. Environmental Stochasticity. Now construct a model using only environmental stochasticity. Again construct a data table and graph for at least 50 runs of this case for 20 years. 

4. Take the data from the 20th year of both stochastic models and, if necessary, export it to a program that calculates statistics. Make histograms and box plots. Make reports of the following summary statistics: mean, median, 25th and 75th percentiles, standard deviation, range, inter-quartile range, minimum, and maximum. Compare the results from these two models. 

5. For each model construct a graph with side-by-side box plots for the first 10 years showing the change in distribution over time. Compare both of these models with each other and with the deterministic model. 

6. From the work so far, which stochastic effect is more pronounced? Either construct and analyze a model with both demographic and environmental stochastic effects, or argue that the combined effects will not be significantly different from the individual effects so there is no need to complicate the model. 

Please do in python. 

The critical assignment for ECH 395 is the Applied Design Project. For this project, you will be required to create an ideal design for an early childhood classroom which includes a complete indoor and outdoor space and a comprehensive set of elements for both of these spaces. To begin, you must familiarize yourself with some early childhood environment designs. Hopefully, in doing so you will find some environments that inspire you and assist you in developing a vision for your own design project in ECH 395.

For the Design Inspiration poster, you should review and collect images of early childhood environments that you would like to use as inspiration for your design project. You can find hundreds of beautiful images of early childhood environments by conducting some internet searches. The images you choose can depict any aspect of the environment (indoors, outdoors, particular interest centers, etc.). When you have collected 8 to 10 images, put them together in one document and discuss each of them briefly in a paragraph, describing what elements of each image you want to include in your own design.

APA requirements for this assignment are as follows: Title page (no headings need to be included); pages numbered; overall APA formatting with one inch margins, double spacing, and recommended font. No reference page is required, although you should include the website where you found each picture.

Advanced human services professional practitioners who regularly engage in critical reflection about their own power and privilege are often more likely to recognize and challenge practices, procedures, and policies that perpetuate discrimination and oppression. Practitioners who do not engage in this type of critical reflection may unknowingly do harm to service users, their organization, and their community. For instance, a practitioner may unconsciously impose their values and beliefs on a service user of a different culture, condone long-standing organizational practices that are discriminatory, and fail to recognize opportunities to effect systemic change to better serve the historically oppressed populations in their community.

Last week, you had an opportunity to engage in critical reflection about your level of power and privilege when you completed the Power Flower exercise. In doing so, you may have realized that every person has a unique combination of social identities from which they derive some level of power and privilege. In this Discussion, you will share insights you had and conclusions you drew about your level of power and privilege as a result of completing the exercise. You also will consider how your awareness in this area may impact how you practice human services at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.

As previously mentioned, the conversation about power and privilege is not an easy one. It is not meant to be. It also is not an indoctrination about a certain way of thinking. It is important to understand the unintended results of being part of a certain group. This is a reality that, as a society, we cannot deny. It does not mean one group is “better” than another. It is important to understand where your privilege and power exists and how that will impact your work as an advanced human services professional practitioner.

Note: Before you begin this Discussion, keep in mind that power and privilege are sensitive topics that often generate difficult conversations not unlike those you might have when practicing human services. Remember to be respectful of your classmates and open to how they may perceive and experience their level of power and privilege.

To Prepare

• Review your Course Announcements for possible information related to this week’s Discussion and Assignment.
• Reflect on the Power Flower exercise you completed last week and revisit the Learning Resources on power and privilege.
• Review the Learning Resources on working with culturally diverse service users and leading systemic change. Consider the examples of how to better serve diverse service users, human services employees, and the community as a whole.
• Consider how a greater awareness of your own power and privilege could influence your work with service users, your leadership in a human services organization, and your role as a social change agent interested in effecting systemic change.

Post one insight you had or conclusion you drew about your level of power and privilege as a result of completing the Power Flower exercise last week. Then explain how gaining a greater awareness of your level of power and privilege could influence your work with service users, your leadership in a human services organization, and your role as a social change agent interested in effecting systemic change. Be specific.

Below I included the previous coursework PowerFlower document.