Directions: After reading the tutorial about how to write a character analysis, write an analysis of one of the following: Sammy from Updike’s “A & P,” Miss Brill from Mansfield’s “Miss Brill,” or Miss Emily from Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily.” The link for “Miss Brill” is in the READ module. Use the template provided as a guide.

Be sure to use specific evidence from the text to support your analysis.This essay MUST contain quotes and/or paraphrases to support your main points. This evidence must have in-text citations and be listed in your Works Cited.

Important:

• The word “YOU” and “YOUR” are not to be used in college writing.
• Essays are not to be written in first person (unless specifically told otherwise)
• Essays must follow MLA format. See week 1 tab for a review if needed.
• This essay should be a minimum of 500 words (Works Cited does not count toward this minimum)
• All essays MUST be uploaded as an attachment and cannot be copy and pasted into the comment box.
• All assignments must be .doc or .docx. No other file format is acceptable. If you use a Mac computer, it is your responsibility to learn how to convert your file to the appropriate file type. Do not submit PDF’s.

Students who do not use the required textbook but instead choose to use the internet to find these sources run the risk of incorrectly formatted in-text citations and works cited entries. Essays containing incorrectly formatted in-text citations and works cited entries cannot earn an “A.” Most earn a “C” if the essay is well organized, has a proper thesis statement and proper body paragraphs. Essays without both earn an “F” grade.

I will only open websites that are from .edu, .org, .gov, .net.  Any other types of websites run a higher risk of contaminating my computer with viruses.

Submit to Turn-it-In by clicking on the grey arrow (upload). Keep checking back for the originality report. Review the report and make changes as necessary to avoid plagiarism. You can resubmit to Turnitin until the due date.

IMPORTANT: The essay must be a minimum of 500 words, be double-spaced and follow MLA guidelines. Submit the revised essay before Sunday at midnight. If you wait until Sunday evening to submit, Turnitin will be busy, and you might not get your essay submitted on time. I do not accept late work, so do not wait until Sunday evening to complete your assignment.

In this Assignment, you will identify clinical areas of interest and inquiry and practice searching for research in support of maintaining or changing these practices. You will also analyze this research to compare research methodologies employed.

To Prepare:

• Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry. Keep in mind that the clinical issue you identify for your research will stay the same for the entire course. 
• Based on the clinical issue of interest and using keywords related to the clinical issue of interest, search at least four different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four relevant peer-reviewed articles related to your clinical issue of interest. You should not be using systematic reviews for this assignment, select original research articles.
• Review the results of your peer-reviewed research and reflect on the process of using an unfiltered database to search for peer-reviewed research.
• Reflect on the types of research methodologies contained in the four relevant peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Part 1: Identifying Research Methodologies

After reading each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, use the Matrix Worksheet template to analyze the methodologies applied in each of the four peer-reviewed articles. Your analysis should include the following:

• The full citation of each peer-reviewed article in APA format.
• A brief (1-paragraph) statement explaining why you chose this peer-reviewed article and/or how it relates to your clinical issue of interest, including a brief explanation of the ethics of research related to your clinical issue of interest.
• A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the aims of the research of each peer-reviewed article.
• A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the research methodology used. Be sure to identify if the methodology used was qualitative, quantitative, or a mixed-methods approach. Be specific.
• A brief (1- to 2-paragraph) description of the strengths of each of the research methodologies used, including reliability and validity of how the methodology was applied in each of the peer-reviewed articles you selected.

Leadership Personnel Issues and the Rules of Law

For this assignment, keep in mind that for law enforcement agencies to be successful in the future, it is more important than ever for municipalities and departments to identify, recruit, and employ a well-trained and professional police force. From making arrests, to using proper force, to understanding technological devices, to dealing with individuals with mental issues, police officers are increasingly performing many different roles. And in their efforts to provide its citizens with a properly trained and professional police force, municipalities need to know that officers are adhering to their training and operating under established policies and procedures.

Write a 4-5 page paper in which you answer the following questions:

1. Identify the best practices being employed by law enforcement agencies in the United States to attract and hire those candidates who will be successful in meeting the demands of police officers in the changing future.
2. Identify the skills that need to be imparted upon recruits during their training in order for them to be successful in all roles of law enforcement. What additional training and/or changes would you recommend?
3. Identify how police academies are preparing police recruits for the various duties and assignments that they will be responsible for in turbulent and changing conditions.
4. Identify five constraints placed on police officers and examine how these constraints affect how officers conduct their operations and perform their duties.
5. Identify best practices used by police supervisors to ensure that officers are performing professionally and within department guidelines. Also identify best practices utilized by supervisors when officers are found to be in violation of their oath, training, and organizational rules.
6. Go to Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library to locate and use at least four quality sources for this assignment.

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; citations and references should follow the Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). 
• 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 assignment page length.

In this assignment, you will observe an early childhood education program for the actions and reactions of both children and adults in regard to natural consequences.

• Create a 3- to 5-page paper (not including the title and references pages) in a Word document for your response.
• Use APA format for the paper and citations.
• Develop an introduction and conclusion for your paper.
• Create a title page and references page in APA format.

Step 1. Observe an early childhood education program, watching for how often children experience the results of their actions through natural consequences and how often an adult protects them from those results.

Step 2. Describe the situations, and determine if adults are getting in the way of children’s learning or if they are merely protecting them as necessary.

Step 3. List three or four misbehaviors you witness while observing children playing together.

Step 4. Describe how you might use natural or related consequences (deprivation, exclusion, doing to the child what he or she has done, or restitution) to help the children make connections between their actions and the result of their actions.

Provide a rationale for the consequences you select for each situation.

Step 5. Provide a final summary that addresses key areas which could be enhanced or supported with research-based methods aligned to developmentally appropriate practice.

Competency

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:

• Apply statistical techniques to address research problems
• Perform hypothesis testing to address an authentic problem

Overview

In this project, you will apply inference methods for means to test your hypotheses about the housing sales market for a region of the United States. You will use appropriate sampling and statistical methods.

Scenario

You have been hired by your regional real estate company to determine if your region’s housing prices and housing square footage are significantly different from those of the national market. The regional sales director has three questions that they want to see addressed in the report:

1. Are housing prices in your regional market higher than the national market average?
2. Is the square footage for homes in your region different than the average square footage for homes in the national market?
3. For your region, what is the range of values for the 95% confidence interval of square footage for homes in your market?

You are given a real estate data set that has houses listed for every county in the United States. In addition, you have been given national statistics and graphs that show the national averages for housing prices and square footage. Your job is to analyze the data, complete the statistical analyses, and provide a report to the regional sales director. You will do so by completing the Project Two Template located in the What to Submit area below.

Directions

Introduction

1. Purpose: What was the purpose of your analysis, and what is your approach?
   1. Define a random sample and two hypotheses (means) to analyze.
2. Sample: Define your sample. Take a random sample of 100 observations for your region.
   1. Describe what is included in your sample (i.e., states, region, years or months).
3. Questions and type of test: For your selected sample, define two hypothesis questions and the appropriate type of test hypothesis for each. Address the following for each hypothesis:
   1. Describe the population parameter for the variable you are analyzing.
   2. Describe your hypothesis in your own words.
   3. Describe the inference test you will use.
      1. Identify the test statistic.
4. Level of confidence: Discuss how you will use estimation and conference intervals to help you solve the problem.

1-Tail Test

1. Hypothesis: Define your hypothesis.
   1. Define the population parameter.
   2. Write null (Ho) and alternative (Ha) hypotheses.
   3. Specify your significance level.
2. Data analysis: Analyze the data and confirm assumptions have not been violated to complete this hypothesis test.
   1. Summarize your sample data using appropriate graphical displays and summary statistics.
      1. Provide at least one histogram of your sample data.
      2. In a table, provide summary statistics including sample size, mean, median, and standard deviation.
      3. Summarize your sample data, describing the center, spread, and shape in comparison to the national information.
   2. Check the conditions.
      1. Determine if the normal condition has been met.
      2. Determine if there are any other conditions that you should check and whether they have been met.
3. Hypothesis test calculations: Complete hypothesis test calculations, providing the appropriate statistics and graphs.
   1. Calculate the hypothesis statistics.
      1. Determine the appropriate test statistic (t).
      2. Calculate the probability (p value).
4. Interpretation: Interpret your hypothesis test results using the p value method to reject or not reject the null hypothesis.
   1. Relate the p value and significance level.
   2. Make the correct decision (reject or fail to reject).
   3. Provide a conclusion in the context of your hypothesis.

2-Tail Test

1. Hypotheses: Define your hypothesis.
   1. Define the population parameter.
   2. Write null and alternative hypotheses.
   3. State your significance level.
2. Data analysis: Analyze the data and confirm assumptions have not been violated to complete this hypothesis test.
   1. Summarize your sample data using appropriate graphical displays and summary statistics.
      1. Provide at least one histogram of your sample data.
      2. In a table, provide summary statistics including sample size, mean, median, and standard deviation.
      3. Summarize your sample data, describing the center, spread, and shape in comparison to the national information.
   2. Check the assumptions.
      1. Determine if the normal condition has been met.
      2. Determine if there are any other conditions that should be checked on and whether they have been met.
3. Hypothesis test calculations: Complete hypothesis test calculations, providing the appropriate statistics and graphs.
   1. Calculate the hypothesis statistics.
      1. Determine the appropriate test statistic (t).
      2. Determine the probability (p value).
4. Interpretation: Interpret your hypothesis test results using the p value method to reject or not reject the null hypothesis.
   1. Relate the p value and significance level.
   2. Make the correct decision (reject or fail to reject).
   3. Provide a conclusion in the context of your hypothesis.
5. Comparison of the test results: See Question 3 from the Scenario section.
   1. Calculate a 95% confidence interval. Show or describe your method of calculation.
   2. Interpret a 95% confidence interval.

Final Conclusions

1. Summarize your findings: Refer back to the Introduction section above and summarize your findings of the sample you selected.
2. Discuss: Discuss whether you were surprised by the findings. Why or why not?

What to Submit

To complete this project, you must submit the following:

Project Two Template: Use this template to structure your report, and submit the finished version as a Word document.

Supporting Materials

The following resources may help support your work on the project:

Data Set: House Listing Price by Region
Use this data for input in your project report.

Document: National Statistics and Graphs
Use this data for input in your project report.

Use these tutorials for support with the Excel functions you will use in the project:

• Tutorial: Random Sampling in Excel
• Tutorial: Scatterplots in Excel
• Tutorial: Descriptive Statistics in Excel
• Tutorial: Creating Histograms in Excel