Category: Essays

Describe the relationship and integration between systems and infrastructure.

This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a business requirements document and a project plan. You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Procuring quality business requirements is an important step toward the design of quality information systems. Completion of a quality requirements document allows user needs and expectations to be captured, so that infrastructure and information systems can be designed properly. Your company, which is a data-collection and analysis company that has been operating less than two (2) years, is seeking to create a repository for collected data beyond standard relational databases. Your ten (10) terabyte data warehouse is expected to grow by 20% each year. You are mindful of data warehousing best practices which will aid you immensely in your requirements gathering effort. Using the requirements document provided in the course shell, you are to speculate on the needs of the company. You must consider current and future requirements; however, assumptions should be realistic and carefully considered.

Section 1: Business Requirements Document

Write a four to six (4-6) page original business requirements document for the project plan using the template provided. Note: The template is provided under the Additional Resources in the Student Center tab of the online course shell.
Describe the project including the following:
Describe and define the scope of the project.
Speculate as to how to control the scope.
Identify possible risks, constraints, and assumptions.
Describe the relationship and integration between systems and infrastructure. Note: Database and Data Warehousing, Analytics, Interfaces and Cloud Technology, and Infrastructure and Security should be considered.
Speculate upon potential outsourcing or offshoring needs.
Identify and justify the necessary resources including staffing that are necessary.
Define relevant terms that will be used throughout project.
Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

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 must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
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 req

What subconscious needs or desires among the audience does the ad seem to be playing upon?

This homework assignment requires you to be familiar with the content of Chapters 5 and 6, and ideally Chapter 7, of your textbook. The goal of the assignment is to give students the opportunity to demonstrate that they can distinguish fallacies and non-argumentative rhetorical appeals from good reasoning.

The analysis of the original ad should be in essay form.

Your essay should be a minimum of 1000 words, not including your “Works Cited” section at the end of your essay.
Submit your responses in the text box provided when you click on “submit assignment.”
To include a picture of your advertizement, use the “Image” tool available in the text submission box (signified by a “tree” in a box), or upload your picture to a website and include the URL in your essay. Any file uploads must be submitted as ATTACHMENTS in the “Comments” box next to the assignment submission, not in the assignment itself.
Your essay will be automatically checked through the “Turn It In” system, so make sure that you are responsibly citing your sources, including quotation marks around quoted material, and using your own words for any summarizing or paraphrasing.

ASSIGNMENT:

Choose an advertisement that contains at least three or four rhetorical devices or fallacies (but more would be better!), from a newspaper or a magazine (in which case you should scan the ad, save it as a PDF, and submit it AS AN ATTACHMENT in the “Comments” section of your assignment) or an online source(in which case you should include the EXACT URL with your assignment, pasted as a link with the assignment). You CANNOT use video ads for this assignment if you plan to complete the extra credit opportunity associated with this assignment (explained below). So, if you plan to do the extra credit, you must choose an ad that is an image, not a video. The advertizement must be from 1990 or later (no ads produced before 1990).
Analyze the ad for uses of rhetorical devices or fallacies. Explain which devices you see in the ad, making sure to be specific in your analysis. You must clearly identify the specific parts of the advertisement that you find rhetorical or fallacious.
In addition to identifying any rhetorical devices and fallacies, analyze the ad in terms of the following:

Who is targeted in the ad (who is the target audience?)?
What psychological effect does the ad have on the audience?
What subconscious needs or desires among the audience does the ad seem to be playing upon?

WANT SOME EXTRA CREDIT POINTS?!? Then, create a new ad (actually make the new ad) for the product advertized in the original ad. Your new ad should be targeted toward a critical thinker. Therefore, your new ad should not use any rhetorical devices or fallacies to persuade the audience. Instead, your new ad should present a well-reasoned, well-supported argument for why a critical thinker should buy the product. You will probably have to do research to create the argument. You may also need to change the visual images or pictures from the original add (feel free to use pictures from whatever source you like….just be sure that the images you choose do not have any manipulative rhetorical effect on the audience.). The goal of the new ad should be to present an argument, not to persuade! Scan your new ad, save it as a PDF and send it as an attachment, or create your new ad on your computer, save it as a PDF, and attach it to your assignment. You can earn anywhere up to 25 points, depending on the quality of the argument in the new ad, and the quality of the ad itself.

Review Chapter 19 of the Field text for a description of the logistic multiple regression using PASW.

This week, you have continued your work with regression by using logistic regression. In this Application, you will perform a logistic regression analysis.

To prepare for this Application:

Review Chapter 19 of the Field text for a description of the logistic multiple regression using PASW.
Review Chapter 5 from the APA manual, “Displaying Results.”

Review the media resources demonstrating the logistic regression.

The assignment:

Complete Smart Alex’s Task #6 on p. 812 to complete the logistic multiple regression analysis exercise using the condom.sav dataset from the Field text. You can follow the steps outlined on p. 799 as a guide. Report your findings in APA format according to the guidelines in the PASW Application Assignment Guidelines handout. The final document should be 2–3 pages long

Do you think the cafe standard of 35 mpg by the year 2020 mentioned on page 182 of our textbook will occur?

Write an essay consisting of at least 500 words addressing all of the following topics (a through f):

a. Though federal air quality legislation prior to 1970 was generally considered ineffective, what aspects of pre-1970 legislation helped lead to the effectiveness of the 1970 Clean Air Act?

b. What are the key aspects of the clean air legislation beginning in 1970 that made substantial improvements to air quality?

c. Explain New Source Review (NSR), and indicate the year that it was promulgated.

d. Why would a state want to sue the U.S. EPA?

e. Do you think the CAFE standard of 35 mpg by the year 2020 mentioned on page 182 of our textbook will occur?

f. For a NAAQS parameter of your choice and a city in the United States of your choice, discuss how the concentration of your chosen parameter has changed from 1970 to the present. Do you think the Clean Air Act has had an influence on the trend? To help you get started, consider performing an Internet search on “Columbus, Ohio air quality 1970 to present” and substitute the city of your choice.

You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations

What are the key aspects of the clean air legislation beginning in 1970 that made substantial improvements to air quality?

Write an essay consisting of at least 500 words addressing all of the following topics (a through f):

a. Though federal air quality legislation prior to 1970 was generally considered ineffective, what aspects of pre-1970 legislation helped lead to the effectiveness of the 1970 Clean Air Act?

b. What are the key aspects of the clean air legislation beginning in 1970 that made substantial improvements to air quality?

c. Explain New Source Review (NSR), and indicate the year that it was promulgated.

d. Why would a state want to sue the U.S. EPA?

e. Do you think the CAFE standard of 35 mpg by the year 2020 mentioned on page 182 of our textbook will occur?

f. For a NAAQS parameter of your choice and a city in the United States of your choice, discuss how the concentration of your chosen parameter has changed from 1970 to the present. Do you think the Clean Air Act has had an influence on the trend? To help you get started, consider performing an Internet search on “Columbus, Ohio air quality 1970 to present” and substitute the city of your choice.

You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.