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Assessment 1 – Basics of Research and Statistics, Frequency Distributions, Percentiles, and Graphical Representations

Complete the following problems within this Word document. Do not submit other files. Show your work for problem sets that require calculations. Ensure that your answer to each problem is clearly visible. You may want to highlight your answer or use a different type color to set it apart.

Problem Set 1.1: Identifying Variables (Dependent, Independent, Quasi-Independent)

Criterion: Identify dependent and independent variables.

Instructions: For the following list of examples, identify the dependent variable and independent (or quasi-independent) variable. 

1. A researcher tests whether cocaine use increases impulsive behavior in a sample of cocaine-dependent and cocaine-inexperienced mice. 

Independent Variable: ________ 

Quasi-Independent Variable: ________

Dependent Variable: ________

2. A professor tests whether students perform better on a multiple-choice or fill-in-the-blank test format. 

Independent Variable: ________ 

Quasi-Independent Variable: ________

Dependent Variable: ________

3. A researcher tests whether smoking by parents influences children’s attitudes toward smoking behavior. 

Independent Variable: ________ 

Quasi-Independent Variable: ________

Dependent Variable: ________

4. A social scientist tests whether attitudes toward morality differ based on political affiliation (Democrat or Republican).

Independent Variable: ________ 

Quasi-Independent Variable: ________

Dependent Variable: ________

5. A cultural researcher tests whether individuals from different cultures share or differ in the belief that dreams have meaning.

  

Independent Variable: ________ 

Quasi-Independent Variable: ________

Dependent Variable: ________

Problem Set 1.2: Understanding Sample and Population

Criterion: Describe the relationship between population and sample. 

Instructions: Read the following and answer the question. 

Height and educational attainment: Szklarska, Koziel, Bielicki, and Malina (2007) hypothesized that taller young men are more likely to move up the scale of educational attainment compared with shorter individuals from the same social background. They recruited 91,373 nineteen-year-old men to participate in the study. 

Do these participants most likely represent a sample or population? Explain.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Problem Set 1.3: SPSS Enter Data

Criterion: Enter and display data in SPSS.

Instructions: Use the supplied data to complete Steps 1–8.

Data: Five social media users spent the following number of minutes viewing Twitter:
 15.21, 46.18, 12.45, 65.486, 26.852.

Steps:

1. Open SPSS.

2. Click New DataSet in the New Files area and then click Open.

3. Click the Variable View tab at the bottom.

4. In the cell under Name, type Minutes.

5. The variable of Minutes is continuous. In the Decimals column, type 2.

6. Click on the Data View tab at the bottom of the screen.

7. Enter data in the column labeled Minutes.

8. Take a screenshot of your data in SPSS and paste it below.

  

Problem Set 1.4.a: Grouped or Ungrouped

Criterion: Explain the identification of types of data. 

Instruction: Fill in the table below. For each example, state whether it is grouped or ungrouped and why. 

    

Example

Grouped or Ungrouped

Why

 

The time (in seconds) it takes 100   children to complete a cognitive skills game.

 

The number of single mothers with 1,   2, 3, or 4 children.

 

The number of teenagers who have   experimented with smoking (yes, no).

 

The age (in years) of freshman   students in a local college.

Problem Set 1.4.b: Understanding Descriptive and Interferential Statistics

Criterion: Explain the identification of types of data. 

Instructions: Read the following and answer the question. 

Gun ownership in the United States: Data from Gallup polls over a 40-year period show how gun ownership in the United States has changed. The results are described in the table below, with the percentage of Americans who own guns given in each of 5 decades:

   

Year

%

 

1972

43

 

1982

42

 

1992

48

 

2002

40

     

2012

43

Source: Reported at http://www.gallup.com/poll/1645/Guns.aspx 

1. Are the percentages reported here an example of descriptive statistics or interferential statistics? _____________________________________________________________

2. Based on the percentages given in the table, how has gun ownership in the United States changed over the past 40 years? ______________________________________________________________________

Problem Set 1.5: Reading a Chart

Criterion: Locate data on a chart. 

Instructions: Read the following and answer the questions. 

   

Participant Characteristics

Count

 

Type

Token

 

Sex

 

Women

Men

Unknown

24,541

23,617

479

878,261

751,188

927

 

Total

1,630,376

  1. Do men or      women in this sample speak more words overall (Token Count)?      _______________
  2. Do men or      women in this sample speak more different words (Type Count)?      _______________
Problem Set 1.6: Frequencies and Percents

Criterion: Identify frequencies and percents.

Instructions: State whether a cumulative frequency, relative frequency, relative percent, cumulative relative frequency, or cumulative percent is most appropriate for describing the following situations. For cumulative distributions, indicate whether these should be summarized from the top down or from the bottom up.

Data: 

1. The frequency of businesses with at least 20 employees: ____________

2. The frequency of college students with less than a 3.0 GPA: ____________

3. The percentage of women completing 1, 2, 3, or 4 tasks simultaneously: ____________

4. The proportion of pregnancies performed in public or private hospitals: ____________

5. The percentage of alcoholics with more than 2 years of substance abuse: ____________

Problem Set 1.7: Understanding Percentages

Criterion: Identify distribution type and number of people.

Instructions: Read the following and answer the questions. 

Perceptions of same-sex marriage: In June 2016, a CBS News poll asked a sample of adults worldwide whether it should be legal or not legal for same-sex couples to marry (reported at http://www.pollingreport.com). The opinions of adults worldwide were as follows: 58%, legal; 33%, not legal; and 9%, unsure/no answer.

1. What type of distribution is this? __________________________

2. Knowing that 1,280 adults were polled nationwide, how many Americans polled felt that same-sex couples should be allowed to legally marry? __________________________

Problem Set 1.8: Create an Ascending Frequency Table in SPSS

Criterion: Create an ascending frequency table in SPSS.

Instructions: Complete the following steps.

Data: The number of clicks per hour in forty different tweets: 1, 0, 8, 5, 2, 1, 8, 2, 0, 2, 6, 8, 7, 2, 0, 2, 7, 4, 6, 9, 3, 2, 9, 6, 9, 7, 5, 8, 8, 8, 9, 6, 5, 4, 8, 4, 5, 8, 5, 7

1. Open SPSS.

2. Click New Dataset in the New Files area and then click Open.

3. Click on the Variable View tab.

4. In the cell under Name, type Clicks.

5. The variable of Clicks is discrete, so enter 0 in the Decimals column.

6. Click on the Data View tab at the bottom of the screen.

  

1. Enter all 40 numbers from from the dataset of number of clicks per hour in the column labeled Clicks.

2. In the Toolbar, click Analyze, select Descriptive Statistics, and then select Frequencies.

3. Select Clicks and then click Arrow to send it over to the right side of the table.

4. Click OK. Copy and paste the ascending values frequency table into the Word document.

5. Go back to Data View, click Analyze, select Descriptive Statistics, and then select Frequencies.

Note: Your answers to this problem set should be two separate SPSS outputs. Save your Clicks data to use in the next two problems.

Problem Set 1.9: Construct a Bar Graph in SPSS

Criterion: Construct a bar graph in SPSS.

Instructions: The Clicks data from Problem Set 1.10 is discrete. Complete the following steps to create a bar chart to examine the data:

1. Go back to your SPSS Statistics Data Editor where your Clicks data should be displayed.

2. In the Toolbar, click Graphs, select Legacy Dialogs, and then select Bar.

3. Click Simple, then select Define. Select Clicks and then click Arrow to send it over to the Category Axis box.

4. Click OK. Copy and paste the bar graph below. (Hint: You might need to use Copy Special and click the .jpeg option.)

5. Optional to answer: What is the shape of the distribution?

Problem Set 1.10: Construct a Pie Chart in SPSS

Criterion: Construct a pie chart in SPSS.

Instructions: Complete the following steps to create a pie chart to examine the attendance data from Problem Set 1.10.

1. Go back to your SPSS Statistics Data Editor where your clicks data should be displayed.

2. Select Data View, click Graphs, select Legacy Dialogs, and then select Pie.

3. Click Summaries for groups of case and then select Define. Select Clicks and then click Arrow to send it over to the Define Slices By box. 

4. Click OK. Copy and paste the pie graph below.

response to this student post as a discussion.

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Hello everyone,

I personally think that the headline went well with the theme of the of the story. While the author does not use a dek and jumps right into the summary lead, I do not think that this affects the story in a negative way but rather helps it flow a little better. I think that with the author using first person to tell his story works well. This is because I feel like it allows us to connect with him better and everything he went through while being sick. Using first person makes his story more personable and makes him seem less like a statistic that we hear on the news daily. At the end of the story when the author writes, “I feel like I have my life back. I can breathe again…” really stuck out to me because it really helps us relate to the author more and how he had almost a reality check about what life is after being sick.  This also relates to the one image at the beginning of the of the story, I think that overall it could have been better if the author used a more personable image, instead of an illustration.

As for all the adds, I am naturally a person who likes to get distracted or off topic so all the adds really bothered me because I was really trying to focus on the story. They did not make me want to buy anything or want to read a different story, they just made me a little annoyed.

Attached below is my story board, I changed my topic a little bit from my original idea per Jillian’s suggestion. My original topic was about the livestock industry as a whole and how it has affected the youth that show livestock. When I began to write my photo essay, I chose to write about a specific farm and how the pandemic has affected them. I did talk with the family that owns and operates No Limit Genetics, the farm I chose, and got some great background information on them as well as how COVID has affected them. I also did research on the last show they went to in November and included information on that as well. I think that overall for this project I have not faced any challenges and it has been very fun to this project. I think that I am just having a problem of deciding if what I have done is enough or if I need to keep adding to it.

 WilleM-PhotoEssay.docx 

Week 5 Assignment

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Week 5 Assignment

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Crisis Interviewing

Reflect on Michael, Lucille, and Dan from the Week 5 Introduction. How is each coping with his or her crisis? What kind of skills would an interviewer need to have in order to effectively help each of these individuals?

In this Assignment, you will demonstrate your understanding of effective interviewing skills for providing psychological first aid for individuals in crisis, using what you have learned throughout this course and in the Learning Resources.

  • To prepare for this Assignment:
  • Review the information in Chapter 11 in your course text, The Helping Process: Assessment to Termination. Focus on the sections titled “Caregiver” and “Crisis Intervener.”
  • Review the article “The Shattered Mask: A Red-Flag Carry-In Interview,” found in this week’s Learning Resources. Focus on techniques for working with individuals who have faced crises and how strategies for interviewing these individuals would differ from more traditional interview techniques.
  • Review the report Psychological First Aid: Guide for Field Workers, focusing on “Section 3.1: Good Communication” and Chapter 5, “Practice What You Have Learned.”
  • View the Course Media: “Michael: Scenario 1,” “Lucille: Scenario 2,” and “Dan: Scenario 3,” featuring the individuals facing crisis described in this week’s introduction. Pick two of the three to write about in your paper.

The Assignment:

Submit by Day 7 a 1- to 2-page paper in which you do the following:

  • Imagine that you are a human services professional who has been asked to take over the second interview with the individuals in the scenarios you picked.
  • Name the two scenarios you selected by name of the “interviewee.”
  • For each of these two individuals, explain two psychological first aid interviewing strategies that you would apply for their situation.
  • For each individual, write two interview questions that demonstrate what you have learned about interviewing individuals in crisis.
  • Justify why these questions demonstrate effective interviewing skills for individuals in crisis.

6 Step Evaluation for 2 short stories in 8 hours

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NEED THIS IN 10:00 pm pst time / read the stories and use the 6-step program to analyze and evaluate them. 

Lecture video  Lecture #3, part 1 – YouTube 

show me(below) 6 step program to analyze for these 2 stories 

Real World:

Model A: 

Model B(if needed)

Prediction A:

Prediction B(if needed)

Data: 

Negative Evidence: 

Positive Evidence: 

First story 1.   Some scientists are arguing that Mars has an entire ocean’s worth of water… but trapped within the crust. Generally, everyone agrees that water once existed in great supply on the surface, due to telltale geographical features of Mars that indicate ancient shorelines, as well as networks of gullies that merge into larger channels implying erosion by water. The obvious question, though, is where did all this water go? The long-standing theory posits that, due to Mars’ lower gravity, all the Martian water evaporated and escaped through the atmosphere into outer space. The new theory, however, posits that as much as 99% of the ancient water was absorbed and bound into the rocky crust. As we know already happens on Earth, when water interacts with rock, chemical weathering forms clays and other hydrous minerals that contain water as part of their mineral structure. Both the old and new theories would equally expect to find hydrous minerals on the surface; however, they would disagree in expectations over the traces of water still in the Martian atmosphere. While water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen (H2O), the hydrogen part of water comes in two types: protium (light) and deuterium (heavy). The deuterium water makes up just a tiny fraction (0.02 percent) of water molecules, and because it is heavier, it is far less likely to escape the Martian atmosphere. Thus, if the old theory is correct that nearly all the water on Mars evaporated into space, it would predict the ratio of deuterium water molecules to protium water molecules still remaining in the atmosphere to show far more deuterium. However, if the new theory is correct that most of the ancient water was absorbed into the crust, then it would predict a much lower amount of deuterium in the atmosphere. Data collected by the ExoMars satellite reveals that the amount of deuterium in the atmosphere is indeed much lower than the old theory predicted.

Second story 2.   Although noted thousands of years earlier by Aristotle, the peculiar “waggle dance” of the honeybee upon returning to the hive had remained mostly a mystery, or passing curiosity, until Karl von Frisch’s work in the 20th Century. In the 1920s, von Frisch’s first theory about the waggle dance was just that the dancing bee was merely imparting the scent of the flower in which it had just foraged, exciting its fellow bees to go off in search of more of the same. However, some 20 years later, von Frisch challenged his old theory with a new one. The new theory posited that the waggle dance was communicating much more information than just the scent of the flower; the waggle dance was also communicating specific flight directions. In 1943, von Frisch set up an experiment and installed one feeding place close to the hive (within 12 meters), and another much further away (300 meters). For this new experiment, the old theory predicts no change in the waggle dance between bees foraging the nearby food versus bees foraging the far away food, while the new theory predicted differences in the dances of the two sets of bees. In his observations, von Frisch noticed very different dancing patterns from foragers returning from the nearby feeding source as opposed to those returning from the distant feeder. All foragers from nearby performed short and round dances, whereas all foragers from the long-distance food source performed longer figure-8 tail-wagging dances. Karl von Frisch also noted the fact that the honeybee tail-wagging dance was different between the two groups in their dancing at different angles relative to vertical, which corresponded to the different angles relative to the sun that would direct the bees to the nearby or distant feeders.

Personal Class Design Project – Part 1

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Complete this assignment according to the following:

  1. Design a class that you would like to teach someday. The class must be at least 4 hours in length and must be multiple sessions. It can be four sessions of 1 hour each, or two sessions of 2 hours each, depending on your topic and target audience.
  2. Begin by describing the institution that is sponsoring the class (e.g., academic, hospital, or community agency). Include the philosophy of the sponsoring organization and how that will affect the course you are developing.
  3. Explain how you determined a need for this class (needs assessment).
  4. Write a one-paragraph description of the class.
  5. Identify the target audience.
  6. Identify the learning resources you will use for the class (textbooks or other resources).
  7. Write the program outcomes for the course and the learner objectives for each class session. Indicate which domains of learning are represented by each learner objective.

At least 1500 words . It is intended that each student will develop a class that they can use in their selected area of education. You will complete this project in your next course, NUR-649E.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Devotional discussion – on ethical perspective based on your cultural or religious background(250 words)

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Background Information

What does the Bible have to say regarding ethical practices in how one approaches doing business? In reading Romans 12:2, we are challenged to transform our minds so that God can focus us toward a good, acceptable, and perfect response to His will. Romans 12:2 states, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (New International Version). Also, Micah 6:8 says, “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

As an example, Chick-fil-A is known for its stance on operating within biblical principles. The franchise believes it should be closed on Sundays (another example of a business closing on Sunday is Kneaders). Chick-fil-A’s website states that the company believes it is entrusted to be a faithful steward in what God has given the organization as a business. The late founder, Truett Cathy, felt the business did more than just sell chicken sandwiches. His scriptural perspective still permeates every franchise even after his death.

Instructions

  1. Review the material in the “Background Information” section above, including the specific Bible passages.
  2. Watch the video “God and Business at a Chick-fil-A(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Lsd2OYa20).”
  3. Be sure to address the following prompts in your paper:
    1. Discuss your ethical perspective based on your cultural or religious background.
    2. Describe a situation in your professional experience when you were able to respond ethically or utilize a biblical principle to respond to the situation in doing business.
    3. After watching the video “God and Business at a Chick-fil-A,” how do you think Christian values impact Chick-fil-A’s operation and success?
  4. Your paper should be 250 words in length.

Ethical Decisions Worksheet

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Assignment Content

  1. Ethical decision-making in health care is important to all stakeholders, including patients and staff. This assignment will help you understand keywords and definitions used in health care ethics, as well as ethical theories, your ethical values, and methodologies used in making ethical decisions.

    This assignment has 2 parts. The purpose of Part 1 is to expose you to common keywords and definitions used in the health care industry regarding ethics. Part 1 prepares you to respond to Part 2, therefore it is important to complete Part 1 prior to starting Part 2. In Part 2, you will discuss your experiences with ethics, including your ethical values, ethical theories, and an ethical decision you have had to make. It is important to remember that as you share your ethical experiences with your faculty that you do not discuss information and details regarding a company or individual by name that are not public information.

    Part 1:
    Complete the Health Care Ethics Matching Exercise.

    Part 2:
    Complete the Ethical Decisions Matrix Worksheet.

    Cite at least 2 reputable references used to complete your matrix. One reference must be your textbook, Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues. Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, a textbook, or other sources of similar quality.

    Format your references section and references used in your matrix according to APA guidelines. Include a title page at the beginning of your worksheet.

    Submit your screenshot of the completed exercise and your matrix.

    Note: Review the How to Take a Screenshot document to help you take a screenshot of Part 1, and to help you add it to your Matrix Worksheet.

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Risk Workshop and Risk Register

Note: The assignments in this course are a series of papers that are based on the same case. The assignments depend on one another.

Write an 8–10-page paper in which you:

  1. Identify the required pre-workshop activities.
  2. Prepare a risk workshop agenda based on the Sample      Agenda for a First Risk Assessment/Two-Day Risk Workshop (Figure B-8      in Practical Project Risk Management). Include      suggested time intervals for each activity and justify why each agenda      item is relevant for this case.
  3. Determine the top five threats in a risk register      following the Sample Simplified Risk Register Format (Figure B-11 in Practical Project Risk Management). Include      information from the case for each threat.
    • Justify the assignment of probability and impacts for       each threat identified.
  4. Document the top three opportunities in a risk register      following the Sample Simplified Risk Register Format (Figure B-11 in Practical Project Risk Management). Include      information from the case for each opportunity.
    • Justify the assignment of probability and impacts for       each opportunity identified.
  5. Use at least three quality resources in this      assignment. Note: Wikipedia and      similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Create a risk register that assesses the probability of      impacts for threats and opportunities and is informed by a risk workshop.

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The drama proved in India, __________________ other countries, a congenial form to 

many of the most eminent poets.

2.  The Indian drama has a marked individuality, 

_________________ stands nearer to the 

modern European theater than to that of ancient Greece; for the plays, with a very few 

exceptions, have no religious significance, and deal with love between man and woman.

3. 

_______________ tragic elements may be present, a tragic ending is forbidden.

4. 

_______________, nothing regarded as disagreeable, such as fighting or even kissing, is 

permitted on the stage; here Europe may perhaps learn a lesson in taste.

5.  Stage properties were few and simple, 

__________________ particular care was lavished 

on the music. The female parts were played by women.

6.  It may be said that the Indian dramas have less action and less individuality in the 

characters; __________________, they have more poetical charm than the dramas of 

modern Europe.

7. 

_________________, Kalidasa was remarkably faithful to the ingenious but somewhat 

over-elaborate conventions of Indian dramaturgy.

8.  His first play, the 

Malavika and Agnimitra, is entirely conventional in plot. The Sakuntala is 

transfigured by the character of the heroine. The Urvashi,___________________ detailed 

beauty, marks a distinct decline.

9.  Kalidasa’s glory depends primarily upon the quality of his work, 

________________ 

would be much diminished if  he had failed in bulk and variety.

10.  We know that Kalidasa is a very great poet, ______________ the world has not been able 

to leave him alone

opioid crisis

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The alarming opioid crisis, with its staggering death rates, is affecting the life expectancy rates of Americans. Select one of the populations on the map and address the following:

  • Compare the opioid-related overdose death rates of the selected population(Florida) to national (USA) opioid-related overdose death rates.
  • Identify one primary, one secondary, and one tertiary prevention intervention to reduce the misuse of opioids in the selected population.
  • Describe one evidence-based strategy to address provider opioid prescription rates.
  • Identify the stakeholders charged with addressing the opioid crisis in your community.
  • Share your professional experience related to the topic.

Selected population : Florida

[Opioid-Related Overdose Death Rates (per 100,000 people) (2016): 14.40

Opioid Pain Reliever Prescriptions (per 100 persons) (2015): 62.80]

  

Instructions:

Use an APA 7 style and a minimum of 200 words. Provide support from a minimum of at least three (3) scholarly sources. The scholarly source needs to be: 1) evidence-based, 2) scholarly in nature, 3) Sources should be no more than five years old (published within the last 5 years), and 4) an in-text citation. citations and references are included when information is summarized/synthesized and/or direct quotes are used, in which APA style standards apply. 

• Textbooks are not considered scholarly sources. 

• Wikipedia, Wikis, .com website or blogs should not be used.