Category: Essays

Describe a market and a market event of your choice.

Describe a market and a market event of your choice. The newspapers and the internet are your friends. The essay must include the following chapters (Please label these chapters using the same format and titles as stated below). Use both graphical illustrations and paragraphs. At least one well-labeled supply-demand figure that describes the event is required. The text part of the paper should answer every question listed below and explain every figure attached.
The essay should be no longer than 3 pages, using a 12pt font on a typical A4 paper. Whatever software you use to edit your paper, save it in Word format, otherwise Moodle will not accept it. Please turn in your paper through Moodle prior to Dec 10th 23:59 pm. The due date is strictly enforced. You should practice how to turn in your report with the “Turnitin Practice” block.
The essay accounts for 20% of your total score.
Copy-pasting without proper quotation and citation is treated as cheating. The score of this assignment will be 0. The Turnitin software will automatically report if you were cheating, so please don’t test your luck.
1) What are the goods sold in this market?
2) Who is on the demand side?
3) Who is on the supply side?
4) What was the equilibrium state prior to this event?
5) What was the event?
6) What was the impact of the event on both the demand and the supply side?
7) What was the new equilibrium state?
PS: Don’t forget that use both graphical illustrations and paragraphs. At least one well-labeled supply-demand figure that describes the event is required.
Thank you so much and I’m really appreciated your hel

What does this tell us about the general US population?

Select a concept that you care about and that you may want to do your final research paper on- and perhaps you even want to work on this issue in your future career! Now, find two dependent variables (DV) that are attempts to measure that concept. One must be interval and one must be ordinal. One must be interval and one must be ordinal (got it?). Remember the first day when you identified the big problems facing the world? Hopefully, there are some questions in the ANES survey that connect to your areas of interest. It is time for you to be the scholar! This assignment will help you for your final paper. If you do your final paper well, this will be evidence that you can conduct independent research, conduct data analysis, and work with SPSS. Good luck.
Name the two variables, how they are coded, and describe their dispersion. Describe how these variables are good measures of the concept you care about.
(Example: Concept: Equality, Measure:

2. Think critically about what independent variables may affect your dependent variables and why. Conduct a brief literature review. What do other scholars argue affects your dependent variable?
List TWO academic journal articles that conduct quantitative analysis on the concept of your interest using standard APA citation guidelines.
How do they measure it?
Where do they collect their data?
What is their research method?

3. YOUR TURN! HYPOTHESIS
Craft two hypotheses on your DVs of interest. Then, select potential intervening variables that may affect your relationship between your IV and DV. YOU CANNOT HAVE AN INTERVAL VARIABLE AS AN INTERVENING VRIABLE
Revise and write down the two hypotheses and indicate: the independent variable, the intervening variable, and the dependent variable in each one.

4. Presenting data well is key to good research. Thus, often you need to recode variables in order to make the information digestible. Also, this helps you refine your research. SPECIFY the relationships you want to investigate. For example, if you think age affects attitudes towards illegal immigrants, can you refine your hypothesis so that it is not all AGES but rather a specific Age that you think is critical for your hypothesis? Such as those over and under 50? Simplify and specify!!!! Most independent and intervening variables should have no more than 4 categories, preferably 3 or less. You want to test a SPECIFIC relationship. So, narrow it down!
Recode your variables into new variables that are more specific.

5. DATA: ORDINAL DEPENDENT VARIABLE HYPOTHESIS: Run a cross tabs analysis for your hypothesis with ordinal dependent variable. One time with the intervening variable, one time without. Be sure to place your independent and dependent variables on the correct axis and to include appropriate percentages.

6. TEST FOR SIGNIFICANCE. Run at least three tests that measure association between the independent and dependent variable (Lambda, Chi-Square, Kendall’s tau-b, Kendall’s tau-c, and/or Somer’s D depending on your variables).
What do you find? Is the relationship significant? Interpret your results.

Extra Credit: Run the tests with an intervening variable and interpret the relationship.

7. INTERVAL DEPENDENT VARIABLE HYPOTHESIS: Run a compare means analysis for your dependent variable that is interval, including your intervening variable. For the dependent interval variable, create a LINE GRAPH to demonstrate a relationship with the independent and intervening variable represented.

8. TEST FOR SIGNIFICANCE. Run a independent sample T-Test.
What do you find? Is the relationship significant? Interpret your results.

9. ANALYSIS: What do your cross-tabs and compare means tests results suggest? Interpret your findings in connection to your hypothesis. WHY do you think this relationship is (or is not significant)? What does this tell us about the general US population? What are other potential measures of your concept? What are other potential explanatory variables?

10. Conclusion: So what?

**PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS THROUGHLY, 2-3 PAGES OF GRAPHS AND TABLES. IF U HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ASK PLEASE.

What amendment(s) establishes a defendant’s right to information through discovery?

After formal charges are filed in a criminal case, the prosecution and defense attorney begin building their cases based on their respective positions. Both sides consider what type of information they might present to a jury in the event the case goes to trial. For your written assignment this week, you are to write a paper discussing the discovery process, or the process where the prosecution and defense share information related to the alleged crime. Conduct research to learn more about the rights of a defendant to receive information from the prosecution through the discovery process. Write a paper that discusses the following points: What is discovery? Who benefits most from discovery and why? What is the prosecutor’s duty to disclose exculpatory evidence? What type of information might be considered exculpatory evidence? What happens in a case if the defendant feels that the prosecutor did not properly disclose all relevant or exculpatory information through the discovery process?

What types of infection control measures must be used if this patient is hospitalized or in your care (ie. measures to protect both yourself and others in a health care facility)?

Requirements for the Written Assignment This assignment requires that you research a microbe of your choice, provide basic information on the organism and the disease it causes, and consider how a patient infected with this organism is managed. The purpose of the exercise is firstly to give you some experience with searching for microbiologically-related material online (or elsewhere), and secondly to allow you the opportunity to gather more information about a particular microbe that you may have always been curious about, but that we do not have time to cover in class. The microbe that you choose for this assignment is entirely up to you, as long as it belongs to one the following microbial groups: Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, or Protozoa. Also, the microbe must be a known human pathogen (ie. able to cause disease in humans), as opposed to being exclusively a pathogen of animals or plants. Your report must include the following points and can be subdivided into these headings: 1. The Microbe. Give the complete scientific name of the organism and a short description of its pertinent biological features. For example, if your microbe is a bacteria, you should cover points such as its gram reaction, its morphological features, whether it has any special nutrient or growth requirements, its normal habitat (does it only live in humans, or can it be found in other environments such as animals or soil?), and any other relevant biological or physiological characteristics. If your microbe is a virus, is it an RNA or a DNA virus, is it enveloped or not, does it have any special replication patterns, etc. This section should not be longer than 1 double-spaced page. 2. The Disease. Describe the disease caused by your microbe, covering the following points: – What is the epidemiology of the disease (eg. how common is it; where geographically does it occur; does it occur in all humans or only a subset such as the immunocompromised)? – What are the typical symptoms associated with the disease? – How is the disease diagnosed and/or how is the microbe identified in the laboratory? – How does someone acquire this infection (what is the mechanism of transmission)? – What steps can be taken to prevent or minimize the risk of contracting the disease (is there a vaccine available and if so, how well does it work; is prevention mostly through avoiding contact; etc.)? This section should not be longer than 1.5-2 double-spaced pages. 3. The Patient. Describe how a patient with this disease is managed from a medical perspective, covering the following points: – Is there a specific treatment for this disease (eg. an antibiotic) and if so, how well does it work? If there is no treatment, how should the patient best be cared for? – What is the expected outcome after treatment (eg. would you expect the patient to be fully cured, or can there be long-term damage as a result of the disease, etc.) – What types of infection control measures must be used if this patient is hospitalized or in your care (ie. measures to protect both yourself and others in a health care facility)? Does this patient pose any special risk in the community? This section should not be longer than 1.5 -2 double-spaced pages. Other Important Information 1. Duplicated and/or Plagiarized Work This is intended to be an individual assignment. Chances are high that one of your friends will pick the same microbe as you – however you must each do your own research and each write your own report. Evidence of duplicated work between you and someone else will be penalized. 2. Format You do not need to follow a prescribed format or presentation style for the text or the references. All I ask is that you use complete sentences, organize your thoughts logically, and write clearly and concisely. For references, any format is acceptable – for example, you may use in-text citations if you wish, or simply just list all your sources on a separate page at the end. 3. References List all your sources whether they are web-based (give the web address and the date you accessed it), journals, or textbooks. Try to use a number of different sources to see if they all agree. A small part of your mark on the assignment is based on how much variety you have in your sources (just re-wording a single Wikipedia entry will not get you many marks). 4. Length As indicated above, aim for a length of 4 – 5 double-spaced pages, not including references. I will not penalize you if you are over the prescribed length as long as it’s within reason (ie. one-half to one page longer is OK – just remember that longer is not necessarily better). 5. Grading Scheme Marks will be assigned as follows (for a total of 18%): – 5% – for your description of the microbe – 6% – for your description of the disease – 5% – for your description of the patient and/or management of the disease – 2% – for your use of references (number used, types, and variety) Note that the assignments will only be “lightly” reviewed – in other words, because there are so many of you, I will not have time to provide a detailed critique of each assignment. I will look only to see that the required information is there, that it is presented properly, and that everything is clearly described. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to return assignments to you.

What do your cross-tabs and compare means tests results suggest?

Select a concept that you care about and that you may want to do your final research paper on- and perhaps you even want to work on this issue in your future career! Now, find two dependent variables (DV) that are attempts to measure that concept. One must be interval and one must be ordinal. One must be interval and one must be ordinal (got it?). Remember the first day when you identified the big problems facing the world? Hopefully, there are some questions in the ANES survey that connect to your areas of interest. It is time for you to be the scholar! This assignment will help you for your final paper. If you do your final paper well, this will be evidence that you can conduct independent research, conduct data analysis, and work with SPSS. Good luck.
Name the two variables, how they are coded, and describe their dispersion. Describe how these variables are good measures of the concept you care about.
(Example: Concept: Equality, Measure:

2. Think critically about what independent variables may affect your dependent variables and why. Conduct a brief literature review. What do other scholars argue affects your dependent variable?
List TWO academic journal articles that conduct quantitative analysis on the concept of your interest using standard APA citation guidelines.
How do they measure it?
Where do they collect their data?
What is their research method?

3. YOUR TURN! HYPOTHESIS
Craft two hypotheses on your DVs of interest. Then, select potential intervening variables that may affect your relationship between your IV and DV. YOU CANNOT HAVE AN INTERVAL VARIABLE AS AN INTERVENING VRIABLE
Revise and write down the two hypotheses and indicate: the independent variable, the intervening variable, and the dependent variable in each one.

4. Presenting data well is key to good research. Thus, often you need to recode variables in order to make the information digestible. Also, this helps you refine your research. SPECIFY the relationships you want to investigate. For example, if you think age affects attitudes towards illegal immigrants, can you refine your hypothesis so that it is not all AGES but rather a specific Age that you think is critical for your hypothesis? Such as those over and under 50? Simplify and specify!!!! Most independent and intervening variables should have no more than 4 categories, preferably 3 or less. You want to test a SPECIFIC relationship. So, narrow it down!
Recode your variables into new variables that are more specific.

5. DATA: ORDINAL DEPENDENT VARIABLE HYPOTHESIS: Run a cross tabs analysis for your hypothesis with ordinal dependent variable. One time with the intervening variable, one time without. Be sure to place your independent and dependent variables on the correct axis and to include appropriate percentages.

6. TEST FOR SIGNIFICANCE. Run at least three tests that measure association between the independent and dependent variable (Lambda, Chi-Square, Kendall’s tau-b, Kendall’s tau-c, and/or Somer’s D depending on your variables).
What do you find? Is the relationship significant? Interpret your results.

Extra Credit: Run the tests with an intervening variable and interpret the relationship.

7. INTERVAL DEPENDENT VARIABLE HYPOTHESIS: Run a compare means analysis for your dependent variable that is interval, including your intervening variable. For the dependent interval variable, create a LINE GRAPH to demonstrate a relationship with the independent and intervening variable represented.

8. TEST FOR SIGNIFICANCE. Run a independent sample T-Test.
What do you find? Is the relationship significant? Interpret your results.

9. ANALYSIS: What do your cross-tabs and compare means tests results suggest? Interpret your findings in connection to your hypothesis. WHY do you think this relationship is (or is not significant)? What does this tell us about the general US population? What are other potential measures of your concept? What are other potential explanatory variables?

10. Conclusion: So what?

**PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS THROUGHLY, 2-3 PAGES OF GRAPHS AND TABLES. IF U HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ASK PLEASE.

Describe the design, e.g., descriptive, quasi-experimental, randomized control trial, etc.

Grading Rubric for Article Critique

1. APA style (5% of grade)
a. Cover page
b. Reference page at end of critique, list the references for the article and of texts you have cited, e.g., Plichta and Garzon (P&G).
c. In-text citations follow APA style
d. APA Manual is available at the
i. Swirbull Library http://alicat.adelphi.edu.libproxy.adelphi.edu:2048/search/?searchtype=t&SORT=D&searcharg=apa+manual&searchscope=1
ii. Bookstore
e. Purdue Owl online overview of APA style https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

2. Study design (5%)
a. Describe the design, e.g., descriptive, quasi-experimental, randomized control trial, etc.
b. Indicate the number of groups of subjects
c. Describe how the design may have been improved, e.g., how might the researchers introduced randomization, increased the sample size, etc.?

3. Application to theory (5%)
a. Did the study utilize a theoretical basis?
b. If so, describe.

4. Methodology (70%)
a. Report
i. Protection of subjects rights to privacy and informed consent
ii. Are the research questions defined?
iii. Are the hypotheses stated?
iv. Sample size
1. Do you think it was large enough?
2. Do the authors discuss missing data?
a. If so, how did they handle it?
i. Tossed out
ii. Estimated it
v. Was the data normally distributed?
vi. Was the alpha-level stated?
vii. Was the reliability of the tools reported?
viii. Was the validity of the tools discussed?
ix. Appropriateness of the analysis
1. Correct statistical test (parametric versus non-parametric)
2. Defend your statements by citing P&G
x. Were the results displayed in an easy to read table?
xi. Were all of the important variables included in the analysis?
xii. Which biases may have contributed to an erroneous result?

5. Discussion (comparison of the findings to published literature) (5%)
a. Were the findings consistent with previous research, additive, or contrary?
b. Are the findings consistent with theory?
c. Are the findings logical or surprising?

6. Limitations (5%)
a. Are all of the main limitations of the study acknowledged by the authors?

7. Contribution to nursing science (5%)
a. Do the authors describe the results’ contribution to nursing?
b. Is their description comprehensive?

Discuss the lasting legacies of Confucianism for modernity and democracy in East Asia.

Answer one of the questions below. Your response should be seven to nine pages
in length, excluding the bibliography.

•Assigned Reading
1Cohen and de Bary, Sources of the Chinese Tradition, pp. 587-924
2Bell, Beyond Liberal Democracy (entire)

• Complete the assignment in 12 point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with
one inch margins on all sides. Any deviation from this formatting will result in an
automatic grade penalty.

•List the question you are answering at the top of your essay.

• Cite your sources: It is not necessary to consult outside materials for this assignment
(beyond lectures and assigned readings); however, you must reference and
appropriately cite lectures and assigned readings, including a full bibliography at the
end of your paper. = You may cite course lectures as follows: 1
Magagna, Victor “Lecture Given at UCSD on [Date]”

•Have an explicit thesis statement in the first paragraph of your essay. Please
underline this thesis statement. The remainder of the paper should develop and
elaborate this thesis. Failure to include an explicit, underlined thesis statement will
result in an automatic ten point deduction from your grade.

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Answer one of the questions
1. Explain the lasting legacy of Confucian moral theory and practice on political economy, law,
and international relations.
2. Explain elite regulation and international stability as discussed in lecture.
3. Discuss the lasting legacies of Confucianism for modernity and democracy in East Asia.
4. Explain Confucian moral theory and practice and illustrate it with five virtues.
5. Explain Confucian political economy and illustrate it with one Imperial policy debate.
6. Explain East Asia’s legal tradition and its relationship to proper order
7. Explain Confucian ritual theory, self-cultivation, and the role of the family in both.
8. Is Confucianism compatible with the rule of law?
9. Is hegemony the equilibrium outcome of East Asian international politics?
10. Is Confucianism inherently conservative or liberal or neither?