Resources: Week 3 Learning Team Collaborative Discussion
Research a current article on the use of wireless technologies in the workplace.
Write a 350- to 700-word summary of your selected article on wireless technology. Be sure to also include the following:
What motivates you to use wireless technology at work or home
After reading the article, follow the instructions below to write your abstract:
Make a copy of the article (including references) to hand in with your abstract.
In no more than two or three double spaced (1” margins), typed pages, write up your summary to include everything in the following format:
At the top of page one, under your name, provide full bibliographic information on the article following APA guidelines as exampled below. If you have any questions about this format, be sure to ask prior to turning in your assignment.
If the article has one author:
McCoy, Z. K. (1990). The need for interpersonal communication as a
required course for CSU students. Communication Monographs, 3, 137-196.
If the article has more than one author:
Bates, N., Krueger, F., Hess, J., & Voorhees, J. (1989). Our common
ancestors: A genealogy. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 4, 19-25.
Summarize the content of the article. You may have to read the article more than once to do this. In your own words, explain what the article is addressing and how the author(s) go about it.
What is/are the important conclusion(s) or recommendation(s) provided by the author(s)? In other words, how did they answer the questions that were asked in the research?
Explain how you think this research could be used in practice.
Evaluate the article. Would you conduct the research in the same way? How might you conduct the research? Please do not discuss the difficulty of the statistics; skip them if you need to.
Preparing an Oral Review of an Academic Article**
(25pts)
Typically, when you are asked to review an academic article your instructor will expect you to:
Ö Identify the author’s thesis.
Ö Explain the methods by which the author arrived at his or her conclusions.
Ö Explain the author’s findings.
Ö Identify the author’s theoretical perspective, if applicable.
Ö Evaluate the study’s validity, if applicable.
Ö Describe the author’s sources and evaluate their credibility.
Ö Show how the findings of the study might be applied to other circumstances, and make suggestions for how the study might lead to further research
Please read and become familiar with the concepts found in Chapter’s 11-13 of your text. Answer the questions below from the “Concept Checks” found at the end of each chapter of your text and incorporate your answers into a five-to-six page paper:
According to the functionalist perspective, what are two main functions of the family?
Describe changes in family structure in the U.S. since 1960.
Identify and discuss the seven most important changes occurring in families worldwide according to chapter 11 of the text.
Explain the findings of Kozol and Coleman regarding education and compare and contrast the differences in those findings.
How do sociologists differ from other scholars in their approach to studying religion?
What is religious nationalism?
Describe three main characteristics of the state.
What is a welfare state?
Can the U.S be described as a welfare state? Why?
Compare and contrast the concepts of democracy and communism.
Define and provide an example of the informal economy and explain if it has a positive or negative effect on the formal economy.
WRITING REQUIREMENTS: Your paper should be at least five-to-six pages in length for full credit. Answers to the questions should be written in a thoughtful, more narrative style with smooth transitions between paragraphs that cogently outlines your thinking rather than providing short, overly simplistic answers.
Please read and become familiar with the concepts found in Chapter’s 11-13 of your text. Answer the questions below from the “Concept Checks” found at the end of each chapter of your text and incorporate your answers into a five-to-six page paper:
According to the functionalist perspective, what are two main functions of the family?
Describe changes in family structure in the U.S. since 1960.
Identify and discuss the seven most important changes occurring in families worldwide according to chapter 11 of the text.
What are the main reasons divorce rates have increased sharply over the latter half of the twentieth century?
Explain the findings of Kozol and Coleman regarding education and compare and contrast the differences in those findings.
How do sociologists differ from other scholars in their approach to studying religion?
What is religious nationalism?
Describe three main characteristics of the state.
What is a welfare state?
Can the U.S be described as a welfare state? Why?
Compare and contrast the concepts of democracy and communism.
Define and provide an example of the informal economy and explain if it has a positive or negative effect on the formal economy.
WRITING REQUIREMENTS: Your paper should be at least five-to-six pages in length for full credit. Answers to the questions should be written in a thoughtful, more narrative style with smooth transitions between paragraphs that cogently outlines your thinking rather than providing short, overly simplistic answers.
All papers should be typed using Microsoft Word according to the following criteria:
Include a title page and center justify your page in descending order 10-15 spaces from the top: Title of the paper (bold), your name, the course name and number, the name of the instructor, the name of the university, and the semester and year.
Double-space the body of your paper using a font no larger than 12 points and no smaller than 10 points.
Indent paragraphs and double-space between paragraphs.
Right, left, top, and bottom margins should be 1 inch.
Papers should not be written using a bulleted or numbered format, nor should questions be repeated and answered in the body of the text in a numbered sequence. Rather, all papers should be written in a thoughtful, narrative style.
All outside references should follow APA format guidelines
Review and critical analysis of FOUR debates in the Ellis and Nelson book (Debating the Presidency).. must not be copied from the internet. The material that you submit must reflect your own writing. Further, do not use Wikipedia. It is not an academic source. Write more discussions please in these papers.
The mean point is the relating between the industrial engineering major and the company (p&g) and how it does use networking for applying jobs.
-The paper contains 4 parts;
A.Thesis Statement.
B. Networking
which contains sun sections:
1. Relationships.
Difficulty of interviews, How many employees have been recruited through networking? (Chart)
2. Communication skills.
How does p&g care about it?
C. P&G;
*. Size which contains three sub sections:
1.History which contains:
-Founders.
-How is it founded?
-Seccessful p&g brand.
2. Employees which contains two sections:(Chart)
-Number of employees with all majors.
-Number of employees with industrial engineering major.
3.Locations(Around the world).
*Financial Situation of the company and the salaries of all different majors. (Chart).
*Industrial Engineering which contains 3 sub sections:
1. Requirements for working for P&G and the most requirements that the company focus on.
2. Compensations that the company gives their employees.
3. Positions(How many positions are taken by Industrial Engineer?
D. Conclusion: which contains 3 main things: Summary, Relevance, and Recommendations for anyone who wants to work for P&G.
NOTE: Please use in text citation and work cited, and do table of contents
Compose a 5-6-page researched essay that evaluates a local issue in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. a. Use the following formula as a guide: X [your chosen person, policy, method, program, publication, etc.) is / is not a good Y [policy, legislation, method, institution, program, location]. I have selected how the influx of court cases can be problematic as it infringes on due process rights for crime suspects and victims who have to in some cases wait 2-3 years for sexual assault trials to reach trial and hand out a sentence. , you’ll need to place your X factor in a specific “Y” category. Next, you’ll want to define a set of reasonable criteria or standards for that category (i.e., repeat the process you used to define your Y term. Finally, you’ll need to argue, incorporating evidence to support your points, that X does or does not meet those criteria. Please research sexual assault crimes in Lawrence County Pennsylvania and discuss as criteria how defense attorneys use tactics (change of venue, and motion to continue) as tactics to make the judicial process longer and are an issue to victims who have to wait a long time. Also, discuss ways to improve the US court system to let justice be served more timely. 4. Conduct research in order to take your argument beyond the realm of mere opinion and make it more persuasive. Your bibliography should contain a minimum of FIVE credible outside sources; however, not all of these have to be print sources: you can also use interviews and surveys that you conduct, data from radio or television, and visual arguments as evidence. For the final draft of Paper 4, please annotate three sources on your Works Cited page (i.e., insert single-paragraph annotations beneath three individual sources’ bibliographic information. I’ll provide models and we’ll practice writing annotations in class).
5. Don’t simply evaluate; evaluate persuasively. Address an opposing audience and try to change their minds. This means you must consider their possible objections to your evaluation of the X term AND the standards you are using to make that evaluation.
SUGGESTIONS:
1. Choose an X term that interests you and meets assignment requirements (i.e., it should be “local” in some way. Please talk to me if you have questions).
o Avoid arguing that X is right or wrong. While your argument may include an ethical component, stay away from framing your entire argument in a strictly ethical manner.
2. Place your X topic in a narrow category and brainstorm a list of criteria for that category based on its purpose or function (again, this is exactly what you did when defining your Y term for Paper 3).
3. Decide which criteria are most important and match X to them. Based on your results, take a stand on whether X is a good or bad Y.
4. Brainstorm the types of evidence you will need to match your X convincingly to each standard and conduct research to find it.
5. Consider the argument from an opposing view. Would your audience disagree with your standards? Your evidence? Figure out how you’d like to address their disagreements within your essay.
6. As always, papers should follow MLA standards of documentation, using in-text citations for direct quotation, paraphrase, and summary and compiling a Works Cited page that includes every outside source included in the essay. Remember while this is an MLA style paper to use an annotated bibliography for at least 3 of the sources on the works cited page
Provide an appropriate title and an interesting opening paragraph to appeal to your stated audience (appeal with logic, ethics, or emotion).
Include a defensible, relevant thesis statement in the first paragraph. (Revised from Assignment 2)
Describe the history and status of the issue and provide an overview of the problem(s) that need to be addressed. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
Explain the first problem (economic, social, political, environmental, complexity, inequity, ethical/moral, etc.) and provide support for your claims. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
Explain the second problem (economic, social, political, environmental, complexity, inequity, ethical/moral, etc.). and provide support for your claims. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
Explain the third problem (economic, social, political, environmental, complexity, inequity, ethical/moral, etc.) and provide support for your claims. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
Provide a concluding paragraph that summarizes the stated problems and promises a solution.
Develop a coherently structured paper with an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Use effective transitional words, phrases, and sentences throughout the paper.
Support claims with at least three (3) quality, relevant references. Use credible, academic sources available through Strayer University’s Resource Center. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resource
Discuss probability. What is its history? What is the theory of probability? How is it calculated? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using this technique?
Identify and discuss the two major categories of probability interpretations, whose adherents possess conflicting views about the fundamental nature of probability.
Based on this survey, what is the probability that a randomly selected American adult has never been tested? Show your work. Hint: using the data in the two total rows, this would be calculated as p (NT) /( p (NT) + p (T)), where p is probability.
What proportion of 18- to 44-year-old Americans have never been tested for HIV? Hint: using the values in the 18–44 cells, this would be calculated as p (NT) / ( p (NT) + p (T)), where p is probability. Show your work.
Assignment Expectations
Use the information in the modular background readings as well as resources you find through ProQuest or other online sources. Please be sure to cite all sources and provide a reference list at the end of the paper. Submit the paper as a Word document through the link provided for the assignment.
Length: 2–3 pages typed and double-spaced
Briefly discuss the concept of mode, mean, median. What is it? How is it calculated? When would we use each one?
Following are the resting pulses of subjects, reported in beats per minute. Calculate the mean resting pulse, rounded to the nearest beat. Be sure to show your work.
60 53 58 48 56 50 62 51 52
A hospital kept track of the birth weights of babies measured in grams. The results are shown below.
2824 2973 3015 3025 3041 3102 3189
Find the median birth weight in grams. Provide an interpretation of your results.
Last year, ten former employees of a company passed away. Their ages at death are listed below.
79 75 72 55 66 80 77 79 68 70
Find the Mode. Provide an interpretation of your results.
Case Assignment Expectations
Use the information in the modular background readings as well as resources you find through ProQuest or other online sources. Please be sure to cite all sources and provide a reference list at the end of the paper. Submit the paper as a Word document through the link provided for the assignment.
Length: 2–3 pages typed and double-spaced