Based on your results, provide an explanation of what the implications of social change might be.

Assignment: Testing for Bivariate Categorical Analysis

You have had plenty of practice with data analysis in the Discussions and hopefully you have received helpful and encouraging feedback from your colleagues. Now, for the last time in the course, it is time once again to put all of that good practice to use and answer a social research question using categorical statistical tools. As you begin the Assignment, be sure and pay close attention to the assumptions of the test. Specifically, make sure the variables are categorical level variables.

For this Assignment, you will consider three different scenarios. Each of these scenarios include a research question. You will examine each scenario, choose a categorical data analysis and run a sample test.

To prepare for this Assignment:

Review Chapters 10 and 11 of the Frankfort-Nachmias & Leon-Guerrero course text and the media program found in this weeks Learning Resources related to bivariate categorical tests.
Using the SPSS software, open the Afrobarometer dataset found in this weeks Learning Resources.
Next, review the Chi Square Scenarios found in this weeks Learning Resources and consider each research scenario for this Assignment.
Based on the dataset you chose and for each research scenario provided, using the SPSS software, choose a categorical data analysis and run a sample test.
Once you perform your categorical data analysis, review Chapter 11 of the Wagner text to understand how to copy and paste your output into your Word document.

For this Assignment:

Write a 1- to 2-paragraph analysis of your categorical data results for each research scenario. If you are using the Afrobarometer Dataset, report the mean of Q1 (Age). In your analysis, display the data for the output. Based on your results, provide an explanation of what the implications of social change might be.

Use proper APA format, citations, and referencing for your analysis, research question, and display of output.

By Day 7

Submit your Assignment: Testing for Bivariate Categorical Analysis.

Explain your results for a lay audience and further explain what the answer is to your research question.

Week 10 Discussion: Categorical Data Analysis

As with the previous weeks Discussion, this Discussion assists in solidifying your understanding of statistical testing by engaging in some data analysis. This week you will once again work with a real, secondary dataset to construct a research question, perform categorical data analysis that answers the question, and interpret the results.

Whether in a scholarly or practitioner setting, good research and data analysis should have the benefit of peer feedback. For this Discussion, you will post your response to the hypothesis test, along with the results. Be sure and remember that the goal is to obtain constructive feedback to improve the research and its interpretation, so please view this as an opportunity to learn from one another.

To prepare for this Discussion:

Review Chapters 10 and 11 of the Frankfort-Nachmias & Leon-Guerrero course text and the media program found in this weeks Learning Resources related to bivariate categorical tests.
Create a research question using the General Social Survey dataset that can be answered using categorical analysis.
By Day 3

Use SPSS to answer the research question. Post your response to the following:

Include the General Social Survey Datasets mean of Age to verify the dataset you used.
What is your research question?
What is the null hypothesis for your question?
What research design would align with this question?
What dependent variable was used and how is it measured?
What independent variable is used and how is it measured?
If you found significance, what is the strength of the effect?
Explain your results for a lay audience and further explain what the answer is to your research question.

Respond to at least two of your colleagues posts and comment on the following:

Do you think the variables are appropriately used? Why or why not?
Does the analysis answer the research question? Be sure and provide constructive and helpful comments for possible improvement.

Compare and contrast the playor some element of the playwith another literary work.

Topic: Researched Essay

Format: MLA. Access the Purdue OWL MLA Formatting and Style Guide here- https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Length Requirement: minimum of 1000 – 1500 words

All sources must be cited
Your Process:

You are researching and writing an essay on Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman (1949).

Here is a link to the text:

Death of a Salesman (Text)

http://www.wcusd15.org/kershaw/ENG%20302/DS%20Death%20of%20a%20Salesman%20Complete.pdf

[Open in new window.]

Here is a link to the breakdown of scenes:

Breakdown of Scenes

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/d/death-of-a-salesman/play-summary

Here is a link to a film version of the play:

Film Version of Death of a Salesman

http://fod.infobase.com.proxygsu-sga1.galileo.usg.edu/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=49016

Instructions:
Part 1:

There are a few different ways you could approach the writing of this essay:

The thematic approach: You will choose a theme or idea that you see in the play and then make an assertion about how and/or why that theme is being used. Consider the following themes:
Love
Alienation/Otherness
The American Dream/Nightmare
The Quest for Identity/Coming of Age
Conformity/Rebellion
Perform a character study. Discuss what motivates this character to do what he or she does or perhaps discuss how and why the character deals with the conflicts within the play. You could also choose to compare and contrast two characters.
Compare and contrast the playor some element of the playwith another literary work. Please contact your instructor if you are planning to use a literary work for comparison that has not been covered in this class.

In addition to or in place of the approaches described above, you might want to employ a formalist’s approach to analyze and interpret the literary work you have chosen. You might consider the following questions and considerations:

How do paradox, irony, ambiguity, and tension work in the play?
Is there a central or focal passage that can be said to sum up the entirety of the work?
What are the key symbols in the play?
Part 2:

Once you decide on an approach and a topic:

If you have any questions or need guidance, discuss your choices with your instructor.

Make sure you have a strong thesis statement. This should not be a question or something “obvious” and undebatable like a synopsis of what happens in the play. Instead, it should be your own fresh idea that takes a firm stance on your chosen aspect of the play.

Set forth to prove your assertion about the text. To do so, you need to:

Analyze your primary source (Death of a Salesman) and find quotations that support your assertion.
Find secondary sources (scholarly articles) to back up your assertion. (Include these sources in your working bibliography.) This is your scholarly research. By finding scholars to support your ideas or even counter them, you are backing up your own thoughts using evidence from experts in the field.

Follow MLA Format:

Use MLA format for the paper: Purdue Owl: MLA info
Length: minimum of 1000 – 1500 words
Include a Works Cited Page, not to be counted in the 1000-1500 word minimum
Appropriate Scholarly Secondary Sources Included: minimum of 3 scholarly sources

Be sure to have an appropriate title for your essay (See Titling Your Essay)

Write with an analytical purpose: Do not spend too much space summarizing the text. Assume that your reader has already read or seen the play. Aim for an organized paper that offers your reader some new insight into the play.

In summary:

You make an assertion.
You prove it with textual examples.
You back it up with other scholarly support from your research.
Academic Honesty

Plagiarism in any form is unacceptable. Please ask if you have questions about what constitutes plagiarism. Your words and your ideas must be your own.

Formatting and Style

Be sure to maintain an appropriate academic tone (no slang, second-person, contractions, etc.)

Your essay should be typed, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, with one-inch margins, and numbered pages. Include your name, my name, the title of the class, and the date in the upper left-hand corner of the first page. Center your title (you do not need to underline or italicize it) and place it above the body of the essay. Do not include a title page.

Explain what you understand to be both the cause and the effect of the situation.

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The Meaning of Atlas Shrugged
Write an essay on ONE of the following topics:

1. The covers of many editions of Atlas Shrugged describe it as a mystery story, not about the murder of mans body, but about the murderand rebirthof mans spirit. Choose three of the most significant mysteries you encounter in Part I of the novel and explain what you think are the solutions to each. For each one, how does it relate to the murderand rebirthof mans spirit?
2. Atlas Shrugged tells the story of what happens to a society when its most productive members go missing. Where today can a similar situation be found? Select a well-known situation that has made international headlines. 3. Explain what you understand to be both the cause and the effect of the situation. In what ways are the circumstances similar to the story of Atlas Shrugged? In what ways are they different?
James says to Cherryl: I dont want to be loved for anything. I want to be loved for myself not for anything I do or have or say or think. What does James mean by this? What do Cherryls responses to James suggest her view of love to be? What is your view? How does this issue relate to the wider themes of the novel?

Discuss the ethical framework (academic framework, theory, or model) to address alternatives used for decision making.

prepare a written report on the following topic:

Identify a serious or significant ethical dilemma faced by one or more organizations today. Relate those ethical dilemma/issue to the SHRM Code of Ethics for HR Professionals. Give your recommendations for how to deal with such an issue.

(For this assignment only, you may use “internet” .com and .org references to identify and discuss the organizational issue but you MUST use credible, academic sources only when providing your reasoning, rationale, and recommendations.)

https://www.shrm.org/about-shrm/pages/code-of-ethics.aspx (Links to an external site.)

Your paper must address the following points at a minimum:

Identify relevant stakeholders affected by the dilemma.

Prioritize stakeholder needs affected by the dilemma.

Discuss the ethical framework (academic framework, theory, or model) to address alternatives used for decision making.

Discuss the dilemma and its relationship to one or more areas of the SHRM Code of Ethics.

Identify key decisions to be made regarding the dilemma.

Prioritize key decisions to be made regarding the dilemma.

Articulate a plan for addressing the dilemma.

Discuss the motives and consequences of actions taken to resolve the dilemma as listed in your plan.

Analyze how point of view contributes to the storys overall meaning.

Choose one story, Amy Tans A Pair of Tickets or James Baldwins Sonnys Blues, to write about. Analyze how point of view contributes to the storys overall meaning. Come up with a thesis sentence and back up your argument with specific observations about the text. Incorporate at least three quotations and document them.

Write a research paper on how COVID 19 deaths have affected funeral service.

COVID and the Modern Funeral Director; The effect of COIVD 19 on Funeral Service; COVID 19 and the Future of Funeral Service; Stress, COVID 19 and the Funeral Director. THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON POTENTIAL TOPICS, AND ARE ONLY EXAMPLE TO GIVE YOU IDEAS…BE ORIGINAL WITH YOUR TOPIC.
DESCRIBE HOW COVID 19 HAS AFFECTED/CHANGED FUNERAL SERVICE The toll COVID 19 has taken on the funeral industry from how we handle the pick-up of remains to the types of services we are now conducting, compared to previous years. Examples are gravesides vs. church services; increase in cremations; more chapel services vs. church services; increased memorial service.
HAS COVID 19 placed additional stress on Funeral Directors? How dealing with the disposition of numerous COVID 19 cases and changes in the industry has taken and/or continues to take a toll on the funeral director/caregiver. Examples to consider include financial aspects; emotional, etc…
FUTURE TRENDS Due to changes in the industry, what does the future look like?
There are a number of resources on Google and in various funeral service oriented trade magazines that you can use for research purposes. Please ensure that you site. all resources used. You may also talk with/interview funeral service professionals that you know to gain insight and include in your project. List that individuals name, the funeral home they own and/or work at, their city and state.
Your research paper/project must be:

NO LESS THAN 800 words (approximately one and 3/5 pages) and NO MORE THAN 1500 words (approximately three pages).
12-point font in either Times New Roman or Arial.
Single-spaced in the paragraphs, double-spaced between paragraphs
You must cite your sources in the text and have a separate reference page. The reference page IS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR WORD COUNT.

ADDTIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP YOU FORMAT YOUR PAPER:

In-text citing htttps://guides.libraries.psu.edu/apaquickguide/intex

Reference page: http://ww2.usj.edu/PDF/CAE/apareferencepage_6th_ed.pdf

PARAGRAPH and spacing example:

A paragraph is a series of related sentences developing a central idea, called the topic.

Try to think about paragraphs in terms of thematic unity: a paragraph is a sentence or a group of sentences that supports one central, unified idea. Paragraphs add one idea at a time to your broader argument. Probably the most effective way to achieve paragraph unity is to express the central idea of the paragraph in a topic sentence.

Topic sentences are similar to mini thesis statements. Like a thesis statement, a topic sentence has a specific main point. Whereas the thesis is the main point of the essay, the topic sentence is the main point of the paragraph. Like the thesis statement, a topic sentence has a unifying function. But a thesis statement or topic sentence alone doesnt guarantee unity. An essay is unified if all the paragraphs relate to the thesis, whereas a paragraph is unified if all the sentences relate to the topic sentence.

THIS PROJECT IS DUE TUESDAY, SEPT 15, at 9 a.m.

Examine an adverse selection problem your company is facing and recommend how it should minimize its negative impact on transactions.

Select a company of your choice, one that has been dealing with risk and uncertainty within the last six months, and write a 68 page paper in which you:

Evaluate a company’s recent actions (within the last six months) dealing with risk and uncertainty.
Offer advice for improving risk management.
Examine an adverse selection problem your company is facing and recommend how it should minimize its negative impact on transactions.
Determine the ways your company is dealing with the moral hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry to deal with it.
Identify a principal-agent problem in your company and evaluate the tools it uses to align incentives and improve profitability.
Examine the organizational structure of your company and suggest ways it can be changed to improve the overall profitability.
Use at least five quality academic resources in this assignment. One reference must be about the risk and uncertainty the company has faced in the last six months.
Note: Wikipedia, Investopedia, Course Hero, and similar websites are not acceptable references.
For the best results in your search for resource material, visit the Research Hub.

Identify the topic of choice, what ideas support your topic, what areas of understanding are you wanting to gain from the topic of choice.

Library Paper

The focus of the library paper is to apply psychological research to an issue in your life or in your community that you feel is being overlooked or neglected. As part of this paper, you will critically analyze psychology research using other perspective from the social sciences and/or from Navajo/Western culture to enhance the effectiveness of the approach for addressing the issue. The topic of the paper should come from the text. If the topic is covered within the text, then the topic should be a good topic for the paper. Determine the theme and keyword of the research and find journal articles that focus on the same topic.

1. Topic of interest/Introduction- Define what you would like to research in regard to your topic of choice. Bear in mind you would want a topic that is relevant to your passion within psychology pertaining to human growth and development.

a. Identify the topic of choice, what ideas support your topic, what areas of understanding are you wanting to gain from the topic of choice.

b. Is there research behind your choice? Do a web search for your topic.

2. Article summary/Review of Literature- What did you find within your research which can be weaved within your overall research paper. A summary outlook of what you have found important to you in regard to the topic you have chosen.

More details regarding requirements for the research will be displayed within Blackboard. All assignments will be scored using a grading rubric that will be provided in the assignment instructions as well on this syllabus.