Instructions

Assignment Objectives: 

• Identify and select appropriate interventions including diagnostic tests and nursing interventions. 
• Analyze physiological and psychological responses to illness and treatment modalities

Purpose: Examine case studies related to neurologic disease and answer the assigned questions. This assignment should help refine your clinical/critical thinking skills.

Assignment Description: 

• Describe the pathophysiology of extradural and subdural hematomas.
• Identify the surgical emergency and provided rationale for the choice.
• Describe the most likely type of head injury and outline an appropriate treatment plan. 
• Your answer must follow APA 7th edition format.
• Submit the answer to this assignment area.

Patient 1 – Two individuals come to the emergency department with head injuries. One, 25 years old, has just been in a motor vehicle accident (MVA) and has a temporal lobe injury. The other, 65 years old, has increasing confusion after a fall that happened earlier in the week.

a. Differentiate the pathophysiology of extradural hematoma and subdural hematoma.

b. Identify the patient in the above scenario requiring immediate emergency surgical intervention and provide rationale for your choice.

Patient 2 – An 38 year old was driving his 1970 Chevy Corvette to a Milwaukee Brewers baseball game when a deer jumped out in front of him on the highway. He swerved his car and hit a telephone pole instead. His head hit the windshield and he suffered severe head trauma.

a. Describe the most likely specific type of head injury he suffered.

b. Outline the treatment plan for this patient.

  

Health Promotion Editorial Assignment
 

Print media offers professionals the opportunity to publish “opinion pieces” that spark debate on topics of interest to the community such as health care. For this assignment, you should select a health promotion topic of interest to you that is applicable to adults.

You are to format a health promotion idea into a “guest editorial” like you would do if submitting your idea to the local print media. There is a limit of 350 words for this assignment. You should have an opening statement that articulates your health promotion focus and your imaginative idea! The body of the narrative should provide statistics to help promote your strategy and use an inductive approach to convince the reader why he or she would follow your advice. Be sure to save your strongest argument to the end which will help to conclude the editorial.

You will have a cover page with your name and the topic of your health promotion editorial.

The narrative will be on the next page and is limited to 350 words – at the bottom of your reference page, state the number of words in the body of your assignment. Do not count your cover page or your reference list words. Do not cite your references in the body of the narrative in the editorial – only on the reference list as these will take up many words in your word count.

This assignment will be written using 12-pt font, double-spaced. Your references will be in APA 7th format on a separate page after your narrative

Module Overview:

Fundamental to understanding global business is knowledge of the types of economic systems in which countries operate. Economies can be quickly and easily characterized into three main types: communism, socialism or capitalism which are also referred to as centrally planned, mixed, and free market economies. The primary differences among these types of economies are in the behaviors and attitudes towards ownership of property and the planning techniques employed by the government. In a centrally planned economy, the government owns most or all of the resources of production and plans the production of consumer and other products goods and services. In a free market economy, the ownership of resources is in the hands of private individuals or organizations, taking forms such as partnerships or corporations. The choice of production of goods and services in this system is determined through market forces, that is, the interaction between price, demand, and supply.

Module Readings and Assignment:  

Complete the following readings early in the module: 

•Module online lectures 

•From the textbook, International business: The challenges of globalization, 8th, please read the following: 

◦Emerging Markets & Development 

◦International Trade Theory

Assignment Instructions:  

Assignment: Case Analysis—Google in China

By Monday July 16, 2018. turned-in on time, Grading criteria followed All assignment qualifications addressed correctly, Grading Criteria followed, Include Question followed by the answer  Reference Page Included Cover page Included, Paragraphs  Indented,  Running-head included, main heading should be centered; all  new  paragraphs should be indented;  paper should be right ragged,   not right justified; references,  should always go on a standalone  page. abstracts are not usually indented; acronyms should be spelled out when using them  for  the first time, for example HR. references as listed are APA  standard.   When you  submit your papers through turnitin.com, your overall  similarity  index  score should not be exceedingly high, with   ten to  fifteen percent  being  the maximum,  Please make sure your APA  formatting of citations. I have provided the  APA resource cite for you. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01, Please work on using literature within the span of the last 5 years,  keep in mind there should not be any one, two, or three sentence   paragraphs.   Apply current APA standards for writing style to your work. All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

As to your writing: review your work against the GRADING RUBIC. Be sure that ALL opinions are backed up with the experts. Research academic articles in the library. Have stronger ties to your textbook. I want to see you use the weekly theories and concepts in each assignment. Watching writing. You need to have strong intro, body, conclusion not only for your paper but for each paragraph. Watch mechanics!

Governments play an important role in business decisions and business operations. The case study in this assignment provides a fascinating view of the business environment in China.

Read the following case study: •Google in China: Finding Creative Solutions to Cultural Differences

http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hus&AN=60679233&site=eds-live

Analyze the case. In a 3- to 4-page case analysis, address the following questions:

•What is the basic situation described in the case? Summarize the Google experience. 

•There are many cultural differences between the US and China, one highlighted in the paper is on censorship. Discuss the meaning of the Pew Internet & American Life Project about internet censorship in China. 

•What do you see as potential issues with the Chinese policy of censorship when it comes to access of information? 

•Hofstede’s cultural dimensions model present an interesting way to evaluate the cultural differences between societies. Using the information in the article and Chapter 2 of your text discuss how use of such a tool would be of benefit to business, especially in a country such as China. 

•Google’s philosophy of “do no evil” seems to be greatly challenged by the Chinese policy of censorship. Present an argument either for or against Google’s chosen course of action.

Assignment Grading Criteria & Maximum Points:

   

Case analysis:    

Described the basic situation presented in the case. Summarized the Google experience.  32pts.   

Discussed the meaning of the Pew Internet & American Life Project about internet censorship in China.  28pts.   

Explained potential issues with the Chinese policy of censorship when it comes to access of information?  20pts.   

Disussed how use of such a tool would be of benefit to business, especially in a country such as China.  40pts.   

Presented an argument either for or against Google’s chosen course of action.  40pts.   

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. 40pts.

  

Total:  200pts.

A key concept in economics and finance is the time value of money. 

Most investment decisions, like buying a house, paying for your education, or starting a business, involve making a payment up front in order to earn a return later. (You pay money out at one or more points in time and later receive your benefits based on the investment’s agreement.)

Additionally, economic factors such as supply and demand can play an important role in your investment process. If there is a huge supply of houses available in a neighborhood you like, housing prices in that neighborhood may go down due to a lack of current demands.

Therefore, you as the buyer have more power and may be able to make an offer that is lower than the initial asking price. Alternatively, in a neighborhood that is very much in demand and low in available housing, the housing prices may be higher, and you may need to offer to pay more to compete with other offers for a home there.

Decisions in investments can end in a variety of ways. Applying your problem solving skill and critical thinking strategies can help you successfully analyze opportunities to bring the best benefits for your efforts. Adjusting for the time value of money lets you calculate if the rewards are worth the wait so that you can arrive at an informed decision before you commit your money.

In this week’s discussion: 

Identify an investment decision that you or someone else has made. (This should be for goods or services for which one or more payments were made in order to receive increased benefits from those goods or services at a later time.)

• How do you think the concept of supply and demand impacted the investment decision?
   
• Now that you understand the time value of money, how would you use your problem solving skill (especially critical thinking strategies) to rethink the decision in the future?

As a data analyst, you will assess continuous data sources for their relevance to specific research questions throughout your career.

In your previous coursework, you have performed data cleaning and exploratory data analysis on your data. You have seen basic trends and patterns and now can start building more sophisticated statistical models. In this course, you will use and explore both multiple regression and logistic regression models and their assumptions.

For this task, you will select one of the Data Sets and Associated Data Dictionaries from the following link:

Data Sets and Associated Data Dictionaries

You will then review the data dictionary related to the raw data file you have chosen, and prepare the data set file for multiple regression modeling. The organizations connected with the given data sets for this task seek to analyze their operations and have collected variables of possible use to support decision-making processes. You will analyze your chosen data set using multiple regression modeling, create visualizations, and deliver the results of your analysis. It is recommended that you use the cleaned data set from your previous course.

Note: The link to the data files can also be found below in the web links section. If you have trouble accessing the link, copy and paste the link directly into your web browser.

REQUIREMENTS

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The originality report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).

Part I: Research Question

A.  Describe the purpose of this data analysis by doing the following:

1.  Summarize one research question that is relevant to a real-world organizational situation captured in the data set you have selected and that you will answer using multiple regression.

2.  Define the objectives or goals of the data analysis. Ensure that your objectives or goals are reasonable within the scope of the data dictionary and are represented in the available data.

Part II: Method Justification

B.  Describe multiple regression methods by doing the following:

1.  Summarize the assumptions of a multiple regression model.

2.  Describe the benefits of using the tool(s) you have chosen (i.e., Python, R, or both) in support of various phases of the analysis.

3.  Explain why multiple regression is an appropriate technique to analyze the research question summarized in Part I.

Part III: Data Preparation

C.  Summarize the data preparation process for multiple regression analysis by doing the following:

1.  Describe your data preparation goals and the data manipulations that will be used to achieve the goals.

2.  Discuss the summary statistics, including the target variable and all predictor variables that you will need to gather from the data set to answer the research question.

3.  Explain the steps used to prepare the data for the analysis, including the annotated code.

4.  Generate univariate and bivariate visualizations of the distributions of variables in the cleaned data set. Include the target variable in your bivariate visualizations.

5.  Provide a copy of the prepared data set.

Part IV: Model Comparison and Analysis

D.  Compare an initial and a reduced multiple regression model by doing the following:

1.  Construct an initial multiple regression model from all predictors that were identified in Part C2.

2.  Justify a statistically based variable selection procedure and a model evaluation metric to reduce the initial model in a way that aligns with the research question.

3.  Provide a reduced multiple regression model that includes both categorical and continuous variables.

Note: The output should include a screenshot of each model.

E.  Analyze the data set using your reduced multiple regression model by doing the following:

1.  Explain your data analysis process by comparing the initial and reduced multiple regression models, including the following elements:

•  the logic of the variable selection technique

•  the model evaluation metric

•  a residual plot

2.  Provide the output and any calculations of the analysis you performed, including the model’s residual error.

Note: The output should include the predictions from the refined model you used to perform the analysis. 

3.  Provide the code used to support the implementation of the multiple regression models.

Part V: Data Summary and Implications

F.  Summarize your findings and assumptions by doing the following:

1.  Discuss the results of your data analysis, including the following elements:

•  a regression equation for the reduced model

•  an interpretation of coefficients of the statistically significant variables of the model

•  the statistical and practical significance of the model

•  the limitations of the data analysis

2.  Recommend a course of action based on your results.

Part VI: Demonstration

G.  Provide a Panopto video recording that includes all of the following elements:

•  a demonstration of the functionality of the code used for the analysis

•  an identification of the version of the programming environment

•  a comparison of the two multiple regression models you used in your analysis

•  an interpretation of the coefficients.

Note: The audiovisual recording should feature you visibly presenting the material (i.e., not in voiceover or embedded video) and should simultaneously capture both you and your multimedia presentation.

Note: For instructions on how to access and use Panopto, use the “Panopto How-To Videos” web link provided below. To access Panopto’s website, navigate to the web link titled “Panopto Access,” and then choose to log in using the “WGU” option. If prompted, log in using your WGU student portal credentials, and then it will forward you to Panopto’s website.

To submit your recording, upload it to the Panopto drop box titled “Multiple Regression Modeling – NBM2 | D208.” Once the recording has been uploaded and processed in Panopto’s system, retrieve the URL of the recording from Panopto and copy and paste it into the Links option. Upload the remaining task requirements using the Attachments option.

H.  List the web sources used to acquire data or segments of third-party code to support the application. Ensure the web sources are reliable.

I.  Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

J.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.