Category: Essays

There are two questions in the essay. Question 1: What specific challenges do multi-national collaborative projects pose and how can we try and overcome these problems? Use examples from literature where possible to support your argument.
Question 2: Discuss how organisational structure can potentially impact on project management effectiveness both in a positive and a negative way. Suggest ways of trying to overcome any of the potentially negative impacts.

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You will submit one Word document for this assignment. You will create this Word document by cutting and pasting SPSS output into Word. Please answer the questions first and include all output at the end of the assignment in an Appendix. Name the file in the following format: lastnamefirstinitialPSY7107-5.doc (example: smithbPSY7107-5.doc).

Before beginning your assignment, download the following data set:
Chamorro-Premuzic.sav

Part A. SPSS Assignment
Part A has you really getting to know a set of data and allows you the opportunity to perform statistical tests and then interpret the output. You will rely on all you have learned to this point and add correlation and regression strategies to your tool kit.

Using the data set: Chamorro-Premuzic.sav you will focus on the variables related to Extroversion and Agreeableness (student and lecturer).

Do the following:
1. Exploratory Data Analysis.
a. Perform Exploratory Data Analysis on all variables in the data set. Because you are going to focus on Extroversion and Agreeableness, be sure to include scatterplots for these combinations of variables (Student Agreeableness/Lecture Agreeableness; Student Extroversion/Lecture Extroversion; Student Agreeableness/Lecture Extroversion; Student Extroversion/Lecture Agreeableness) and include the regression line on the chart.
b. Give a one to two paragraph write up of the data once you have done this.
c. Create an APA style table that presents descriptive statistics for the sample.
2. Make a decision about the missing data. How are you going to handle it and why?
3. Correlation. Perform a correlational analysis on the following variables: Student Extroversion, Lecture Extroversion, Student Agreeableness, Lecture Agreeableness.
a. Ensure you handle missing data as you decided above.
b. State if you are using one or two-tailed test and why.
c. Write up the results in APA style and interpret them.
4. Regression. Calculate a regression that examines whether or not you can predict if a student wants a lecturer to be extroverted using the student’s extroversion score.
a. Ensure you handle missing data as you decided above.
b. State if you are using one or two-tailed test and why.
c. Include diagnostics
d. Discuss assumptions; are they met?
e. Write the results in APA style and interpret them.
f. Do these results differ from the correlation results above?
5. Multiple Regression. Calculate a multiple regression that examines whether age, gender, and student’s extroversion predict if a student wants the lecturer to be extroverted.
a. Ensure you handle missing data as you decided above.
b. State if you are using one or two-tailed test and why.
c. Include diagnostics
d. Discuss assumptions; are they met?
e. Write the results in APA style and interpret it.
f. Do these results differ from the correlation results above?
Part B. Applying Analytical Strategies to an Area of Research Interes.
1. Briefly restate your research area of interest.
a. Pearson Correlation. Identify two variables for which you could calculate a Pearson correlation coefficient. Describe the variables and their scale of measurement. Now, assume you conducted a Pearson correlation and came up with a significant positive or negative value. Create a mock r value (for example, .3 or -.2). Report your mock finding in APA style (note the text does not use APA style) and interpret the statistic in terms of effect size and R2 while also taking into account the third variable problem and well as direction of causality.
b. Spearman’s Correlation. Identify two variables for which you could calculate a Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Describe the variables and their scale of measurement. Now, assume you conducted a correlation and came up with a significant positive or negative value. Create a mock r value (for example, .3 or -.2). Report your mock finding in APA style (note the text does not use APA style) and interpret the statistic in terms of effect size and R2 while also taking into account the third variable problem and well as direction of causality.
c. Partial Correlation vs. Semi-Partial Correlation. Identify three variables for which you may be interested calculating either a partial or semi-partial correlation coefficient. Compare/contrast these two types of analyses using your variables and research example. Which would you use and why?
d. Simple Regression. Identify two variables for which you could calculate a simple regression. Describe the variables and their scale of measurement. Which variable would you include as the predictor variable and which as the outcome variable? Why? What would R2 tell you about the relationship between the two variables?
e. Multiple Regression. Identify at least 3 variables for which you could calculate a multiple regression. Describe the variables and their scale of measurement. Which variables would you include as the predictor variables and which as the outcome variable? Why? Which regression method would you use and why? What would R2 and adjusted R2 tell you about the relationship between the variables?
f. Logistic Regression. Identify at least 3 variables for which you could calculate a logistic regression. Describe the variables and their scale of measurement. Which variables would you include as the predictor variables and which as the outcome variable? Why? Which regression method would you use and why? What would the output tell you about the relationship between the variables?
I attached my concept paper about my area of research, which is homelessness and young children, and how this issue affects their development.
To access the data files, go to:
https://my.ncu.edu/resource/booksresource?learnerCourseId=380541

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A prospectus will allow you to refine your ideas and outline the steps necessary for successfully completing your term paper. As you proceed through this activity please keep the following questions in mind:
What prior notions or personal beliefs, if any, have been challenged by this course?
What is the best way to preserve existing Earth’s biological diversity?
Do you believe that biodiversity can be preserved? Should it be preserved?
Is the topic appropriate and tractable? Is there sufficient information available in the primary literature to adequately address the topic?
The following description of a writing prospectus was adapted from information provided by the University of Colorado at Boulder, Program for Writing and Rhetoric (University of Colorado at Boulder, Program for Writing and Rhetoric).
What is a prospectus?
A prospectus is a statement briefly describing the questions, materials, and methods that you will use while preparing your term paper.
What are the parts of the prospectus?
A clear, concise introduction to the topic of your term paper.
The main topic or question that you intend to address in your paper.
A summary of the basic arguments surrounding your chosen topic.
The materials that you will require to complete your term paper, including the sources that you will use to support or refute your argument.
Who is a prospectus written for?
Please keep your audience in mind as you prepare a prospectus. In this case, it will be your instructor, who will determine whether or not your topic is appropriate and manageable.
In what style should the prospectus be written?
Please write the prospectus in the third person using the active voice. Also, make sure that you demonstrate confidence that the topic has merit because if your prospectus seems incomplete or not thought-through then your paper is equally likely to be incomplete and not carefully considered.
How long should the prospectus be?
Your prospectus needs to cover a few essential points to assure your instructor that you have planned a substantive paper. Please address each of the following points when preparing your prospectus:
Proposed title
Purpose (What will this paper do for the reader? For you?)
Major question(s) you hope to answer

Work calendar (How will you spread the work out?)

Proposed table of contents/list of major sections

Help/resources needed (What do you need to do an excellent job?)

Your biggest concern(s) or question(s) about the paper

A reference list containing at least 10 examples of primary or secondary literature that are directly related to your proposed topic

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1. What was the Enlightenment attitude toward science and how did this influence psychology’s history?

2. Compare and contrast Wundt and Galton?

3. Explain why Descartes is considered (a) a rationalist, and (b) a nativist?

4. What is the connection between Galton’s beliefs about intelligence and (a) eugenics, and (b) mental testing?

5. Describe the essential principles of phrenology and explain why it eventually failed as a science. Be sure to consider the research of Flourens in your answer?

6. Show how the two varieties of the clinical method for studying the brain are illustrated by (a) Phineas Gage and (b) Tan?
7. Wundt rather than Fechner, is considered to be the founder of modern experimental psychology. Why?

8. Darwin had his theory worked out in the early 1840’s. Why did he delay publication and why did he eventually publish in 1859?

9. Describe Weber’s Law and the concept of a jnd?

10. Distinguish between primary and secondary qualities of matter and compare the views of Locke and Berkeley’s with regard to these qualities?

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1. is the purpose of the study clearly stated?
2. what is the purpose of the study
3.what is the design of the study
4. comment on why the design was appropriate or not appropriate to answer the study question
5 how were the number of subjects included in the study determined ?
6 did the authors do a power analysis?
7. was the sample size adequate? explain
8. what sample selection method was used and was it appropriate
9. could the study be replicated based on the description in the methods?
10 are all dropouts accounted for?
11. were the statistical methods appropriate to answer the research question
12. are the conclusions appropriate based on the statistical results
13. are the limitations of the study discussed adequately
14. what else should ne mentioned under limitations
15 using the eveidence based practice guide – what level of evidence is this study and explain why you have classified it as such
16. how does the research contribute to evidence based practice?
ASSIGNMENT SHOULD BE 2-3 PAGES
ON A FIRST PAGE NAME AND THE TITLE OF THE ARTICLE

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Students are to select by September 14th a case study from a list provided by the instructor of
architectural ‘episodes,’ post 1968. The episode can be an architectural event, publication, declaration,
display etc. that you feel has been influential on the contemporary discipline of architecture. You should
provide some form of how this episode circulated in architectural discourse (in what forms was it written
about, documented, and made visible/public) and the influence it has had on the discipline.
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As a base level students are to research their chosen episode according to the following questions:
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Format of Display: Across what media does the episode present itself? Reviews? Films?
2.
Participants: Who is involved and what are their arguments, and what are their affiliations?
3.
Content: What is the theoretical topic framed by the episode?
4.
Genealogies: How might you present a theoretical genealogy of this episode? What previous events
or discussions might it relate to?
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Students should form a 2000-word response to this event and how it relates to/effected/influenced the
discipline of architecture. The response should be framed as a mini-essay with reasoned argument,
demonstrated research into the case study topic and context, and citations according to proper academic
conventions. The deliverables will be approximately 6-8 pages, double spaced, 12 pt font.
following examples of what an acceptable episode might be as a guide only:
Design Review/Conference Examples:

The Charlottesville Tapes : Transcripts of the Conference Held at the University of Virginia School of Architecture, Charlottesville, Virginia, November 12 and 13, 1982. New York: Rizzoli, 1985. Print.

The Chicago Tapes: Transcript of the Conference at the University of Illinois at Chicago, November 7 and 8, 1986. New York, NY: Rizzoli, 1987. Print.

Museum of Modern Art (New York N.Y.). Five Architects: Eisenman, Graves, Gwathmey, Hejduk, Meier. New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. Print.

Conference Examples:

Practice, Theory and Politics in Architecture. Conference Princeton University, 1984.

ANYone. Conference, Los Angeles. May 1991 (first ANY conference)

Politics of Parametricism, USC Architecture, 2012.

Anonymous Architecture, Princeton University, 2014

Any Series (AnyWHERE, AnyPLACE, AnyTIME, AnyBODY etc.). AnyCORP

An example of a pedagogical episode:

Learning From Las Vegas Yale Studio (NOT THE BOOK! The class that Scott-Brown, Venturi taught that produced the research for the book)

An example of a place to search for exhibitions:

MoMA Exhibition History (Look for design or architecture exhibits:

http://www.moma.org/learn/resources/archives/archives_exhibition_history_list

Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA)

http://www.cca.qc.ca/en

An example of a conversation:

An example of a review:

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Course: Technology for Teaching and Learning.

Goals: The use of journals models a way to
• Design technology methods appropriate to student learning needs and the educational setting
• Examine how technology is used to support achievement of learning outcomes
• Analyze the relationship among technology methods, selected learning theories and teaching strategies
• Investigate interactive multimedia formats for high quality course design
Objective: Journal entries, with no minimum or maximum length, will be written candidly by the student in response to a prompt (cleck the above link to see the prompt) as another method of reflecting on class content and activity and interacting with the instructor. (Note: The entry will be visible only to the writer and the instructor. The instructor will provide feedback and sometimes ask a question. Submission of the 3 journal entries will constitute a grade of 100 for this special type of learning activity.)

Prompt for Journal discussion:
Notice the difference between journals, surveys, and discussion boards. Journals are a private communication between the student and the instructor; surveys (in this class) are a good tool to support reflection; and discussion boards, of course, are open to community discourse.

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Objective of the assignment: The objective of this assignment is to allow you to demonstrate your knowledge of the steps required to recruit and staff for an important segment of the workplace and to demonstrate your strategic skills to the CEO. You will share some of the essential strategic and administrative steps for this important function of Human Resources and will include metrics for which to evaluate the recruitment and selection approach that will be implemented.

The situation: Suppose that you are the new HR Director at HSS (the case study presented in our Course Resources under modules) and you have already made a presentation to the CEO and the Board of Directors on the need for HR planning and and enhanced strategic role that HR must play in the organization. After that presentation, and having read the research on managing human resources strategically that you have presented (assignment 2 literature review), the CEO confides that she has been thinking about how the senior staff in the organization are recruited and selected. As a result, she has asked you to propose new recruitment and selection methods for the senior level employees.

Deliverable:

The CEO’s directive to you is to prepare a short (approximately five-page double spaced) proposal that includes at the least:

1. A cover memo to the CEO providing an overview of the task assigned and a summary of your proposal

2. A description of at least three recruitment approaches that could be considered

3. A description of at least three selection approaches that could be considered

4. A cost/benefit analysis and comparison of the approaches of both the recruitment and selection approached

5. Metrics the organization could use to evaluate the effectiveness of the on going recruitment and selection of senior level employees. Propose at least three metrics for the evaluation (include the time frame for your evaluation period such as six months after entry into the position).

6. Your recommended approach and your arguments/justification to defend your choices.

7. A conclusion section that includes a summary of the approaches recommended, the benefits and any other aspects to the proposal you want to highlight.

Notes This is very important : Use topic headings to organize your presentation, include in-text citations for statements of fact, and provide a reference page if in text citations are used in the proposal, use professional level language and writing.

Additional resources:

You may add to your thoughts by researching the topic but following are a few articles you may find helpful. If the links do not work, please just cut and paste them into your browser. The last resource I’ve listed is a very good research article from the Center for Creative Leadership about selecting executives. If the links do not work, please copy and paste into your browser.

https://jobsearch.about.com/od/recruiting/a/how-companies-recruit.htm

Clear Fit. (2012, November 22). How Recruiting Methods Have Changed Over the Past Ten Years. Retrieved from Clear Fit: https://www.clearfit.com/resource-center/candidate-sourcing/hiring-and-recruiting-how-recruiting-methods-have-changed-over-the-past-ten-years/

Demarco, E. & Rossini, R. (2013, August 13). Creative recruiting: 7 innovative ways to land your dream hire. Retrieved from https://www.hrmorning.com/creative-recruiting-land-dream-hire/

HRMorning.com. https://www.hrmorning.com/creative-recruiting-land-dream-hire/

Chris Joseph, eHow Contributor. (n.d.). The Advantages of Recruitment From Newspaper Want Ads. Retrieved January 30, 2014, from ehow.com:https://www.ehow.com/info_7935787_advantages-recruitment-newspaper-want-ads.html

Giles, Karl. “7 Benefits of Social Media of Recruitment.” 7 Benefits of Social Media of Recruitment. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2014. .

Root, George N. “Advantages & Disadvantages of Internal Recruitment.” Small Business. Chron, n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2014. https://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-disadvantages-internal-recruitment-11212.html

https://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/research/ExecutiveSelection.pdf

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Your task is to compare the views – and the reasons explicitly given or implied or suggested for these
views – presented in at least two of the following texts by at least two different authors: Plato’s (1)
Euthyphro, (2) Apology, (3) Crito; (4) King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”; and (5) Lao Tzu’s
“Living as Water” on one of the following issues: (a) the basis for judgments of good and bad conduct;
(b) the good life; or (c) the obligations of the citizen.

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This essay should according to text book. For this assignment, you will write a 4-6 page essay on the reasons for having a government. Use the first three chapters of the Dye textbook as your source material to explain why we have a government, what sort of political system we live under and how the U.S. Constitution structures our political order. Here are some important concepts that you will want to include in your discussion:

· Who governs, for what ends and by what means?
· The purposes of government
· Democracy and its different forms
· Ideology in American politics
· Liberty and equality
· The way the Federal government is organized by the Constitution

Develop your essay by first reading the first three chapters in the book and then focus on the points I’ve listed above. You must make direct reference to the Dye textbook. Please use simple, embedded references to the book that will look like this (Dye, pg. 96) whenever you quote the text or paraphrase ideas that you’re referring to. Do not use outside sources or make reference to materials that I have not assigned for this class.

I am expecting you to write a clear, well edited paper that explains the concepts I’ve asked you about. I do not use the email function in Blackboard. Do not submit your papers there – rather, send them to me at my address.
I expect well organized, clear and well written work. Remember to cite your source for all quotes and ideas that you paraphrase from the book. Again, I’d like you to use an embedded reference that will look like this: (Dye, pg. 24) to indicate specifically where you found the idea or quote that you are using. You do not need to give me a full citation for the book as I am very familiar with that source! Make sure that the following appear on all of your assignments:
Your name
The date the paper is submitted
PAGE NUMBERS
References for all direct quotes and ideas that you paraphrase. You will lose points if you don’t make direct reference to Dye in many places. If you are unsure as to how to do this, be sure to ask me!
Also, please: (1) spell check your work, (2) avoid the use of inappropriate homonyms (i.e., their and there), and (3) watch out for apostrophe catastrophes (always use an apostrophe with a possessive)!

· The idea behind this assignment is for you to explore the ideas presented in the first few chapters of the book and explain what our government is all about. Once you dive into the reading, I think you’ll see that this project is not as daunting as you might think. Refer to the ideas you draw from the book (either through quotes or by making reference to Dye’s point of view) rather than relying only on your own opinion. Please write to me with any questions about this assignment.

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