Describe and compare non-parametric tests with other commonly used distribution-based tests; and describe why such tests are critical. Use credible resources to support why the tests are critical.
Assignment 1: LASA 2: Analysis of a Personality
For this assignment, you will have a chance to put into practice all you have been learning throughout this course. You will analyze the personality development of one of the theorists studied in this course from three different theoretical perspectives.
Choose one of the theorists you have studied this term. Use your textbook, the Internet, and the Argosy University online library resources to research the life history of the theorist.
Do the following:
Write a 5–7-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.
By Monday, January 4, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox.
NO PLAG OR I WILL DISPUTE THIS MUST BE DONE RIGHT WITH ORIGINAL WORK
Data-Driven Decision Making Using Microsoft Excel
This assignment must be completed and submitted using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (.xls). Provide a source for each equation you use. Sources must be listed at the bottom of the spreadsheet. No title page or additional formatting is required.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
The underlying topic this week is effective communications. Learning how to conduct efficient project kick off meetings, lessons learned activities, and tools to evaluate meetings are discussed together because these are all tools that project managers routinely use to communicate with the project team, sponsor, and other stakeholders.
Being a good communicator is a vital part of project management. The project management institute says that effective communication is more than just giving facts, “it makes people understand the role they play in the project. Done right, communication engages everyone who touches the project, from executives and end users to project managers and their teams” (PMI, 2013a, p. 3).
In a 2013 study by the Project Management Institute that interviewed 742 experienced full-time project managers, 148 project sponsors, and 203 business owners, it was found that projects with highly effective communications were delivered on schedule 71% of the time and on budget 76% of the time. Projects with less effective communications were delivered on time and on budget 37% and 48% respectively (PMI, 2013b).
A well-run kick off meeting is one of the keys to project success. In fact, research on team development tells us that a project kick off meeting is a critical step in ensuring project managers have a functional team from the beginning (Larson & Gray, 2014). One reason for this is that critical first impressions of the project, the project manager, and team members are formed during this meeting. The kick off meeting is also used for introducing team members and sharing the mission, vision, and scope of the project.
Crucial to a well-run meeting is preparation and this includes creating a well thought out meeting agenda. While some elements of the agenda may remain the same from project to project, the time needed for the kickoff meeting and what is needed in each meeting vary depending on the project.
Project managers often write out the project scope on their meeting agendas and may include the time allotted for each part of the agenda (for example 1:00 – 1:15, team introductions). Having a time allotted for each agenda item can be used as a tool to keep the meetings on track.
A kick off meeting agenda may include:
This week we will be creating PowerPoint slides for both the kick off and the lessons learned meetings. A fun way to review things to avoid when creating a PowerPoint presentation is to watch the short YouTube video by comedian Don McMillan found in this week’s recommended resources.
This week we will also concentrate on quantitative (numerical) ways to evaluate a project. Project managers may use these methods to evaluate a project and as supporting data when communicating with team members and project sponsors.
In this week’s assignment you will be doing a variety of calculations in Excel. This assignment has two goals (a) to increase how familiar you are with MS Excel and (2) to introduce you to a useful project manager’s use.
The recommended resources this week are great supplements to the textbook and may be helpful in completing this assignment.
AccountingExplained (2013). Payback Period. Retrieved from http://accountingexplained.com/managerial/capital-budgeting/payback-period
HowTech.Office (August 13, 2013). How to calculate net present value (Npv) in Excel
[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG68UMupJzs
Passionate Project Management (December 14, 2014). A game of telephone –Project Communications.
Retrieved from https://www.passionatepm.com/blog/game-telephone-project-communications
Soulsaltcoaching (September, 27, 2015). Benefit Cost Ratio. [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcKkun5GYcE
MS Excel
We will be using Excel in this course (this week in fact). One thing to remember is that when an assignment asks you to use MS Excel, you need to use the software to setup and complete the required calculations. Do not use Excel software as a word processor that only reports the results.
There are a lot of great MS Excel resources online, but here are a few sources to learn Excel that we thought were helpful.
LearningByVideos (2011, January 25). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #01– Screen Layout and a simple formula [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WIyXgBeha0
LearningByVideos (2011, January 27). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #02–Sum and Average Function [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbBMHF-GJCU
LearningByVideos (2011, January 27). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #03–Multiple Ranges in Single Formula [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0L5LYP7QQQ
LearningByVideos (2011, January 29). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #04–Autofill and Absolute Cell references [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpboXQr4W_k
LearningByVideos (2013, October 2). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #05–Absolute Cell Reference & Using Parentheses in formulas [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kamfAsr6AU
LearningByVideos (2013, October 3). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #06–Number Formatting [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yJ6Wc3501A
LearningByVideos (2013, October 3). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #07–Fonts and Alignment [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1IbM9BaQxs
LearningByVideos (2013, October 8). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #08–Formula deep dive [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdUTw2QE8sE
LearningByVideos (2013, December 23). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #09 – Tables [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VEsDqcCD3U
LearningByVideos (2014, May 30). Microsoft Excel for Beginners #10 – Filters [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBrWSRo4yTQ
This Week’s Assignment
Things to remember in this assignment:
· Use Excel to do the calculations.
· Make sure your assignment stands on its own and easy to read and understand. Imagine giving your assignment to an Executive in your company. Is it neat? Easy to read and clear? Will someone who has not read the assignment understand what your calculations are for? If your instructor cannot find or follow the calculations or follow your thought process, you will see that in your grade.
· Please put everything on ONE tab in MS Excel. Waypoint only converts ONE tab in Excel.
· Do check how your assignment looks in Waypoint and make sure it is clean and easy to read. If you need to re-format and resubmit do so. While your instructors can (and will) open the Excel Sheet, the only place they can give you feedback is in Waypoint and if your assignment is not clean and easy to read in Waypoint,
Write a 2 page paper with 2-3 references discussing supply chain and distribution channels. You may include one or two small graphics to further explain your position.
In your paper explain how you would set up your supply chain and the distribution channel of your product.
Additionally answer the following:
Include a cover sheet and 2-3 references. References should be obtained through the Grantham University online library. Only one website reference will be allowed (not Wikipedia). Please adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 6th ed., 2nd printing when writing and submitting assignments and papers.
Module 1
After you’ve spent some time reviewing the data in the ONDCP, it’s Data Supplement, ADAM and DAWN reports, discuss one or more of the findings that you found most interesting and explain. Overall, did the findings in these reports effect your current opinion regarding the cost and impact of illicit drug use on our society? Explain.
Must be a minimum of 250 words and provide references. APA Format.
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Assignment 2: LASA 1: Development Throughout the Lifespan Erikson and Freud are two of the few theorists who have developed a lifespan approach to development. Freud’s approach to development was psychosexual while Erikson’s was psychosocial. Even though Freud’s theory is better known, Erikson’s theory remains a leading and very much applied model in personality and developmental psychology today. When considering these two stage-oriented theories, you can directly compare the majority of their stages. These are matched in the following table:
When considering Erikson’s eight stages of development, the way a person moves through each stage directly affects their success in the next stage. Their personality is being built and shaped with each stage. At each stage, there is a turning point, called a crisis by Erikson, which a person must confront. In this assignment, you will observe or interview two different people, each at a different stage of development. For a third observation, take a look at yourself and the stage that you are in (this stage must be different from your other two observations).
Download a Development Template from the Doc Sharing area to record your observations.
Write a 3–4-page paper in Word format. Insert your chart at the end of your paper. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc. By Wednesday, January 6, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox. Course Project Grading Criteria and Rubric
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Employers of both accounting and IS personnel often rank “analytical reasoning” and “writing” skills on the same priority as technical skills, and some rank them even higher. Said one recruiter at the school of one author: “I can train new employees to use our computer systems and perform the majority of the technical tasks we will require of them. What I cannot train them to do is to think analytically or logically. And what I refuse to do is to teach them to speak and write clearly and effectively—skills they should have learned in high school.” Another recruiter said it slightly differently: “Give me a technically-competent accounting or IS student who can perform AIS tasks well, and I will pay them X dollars. Give me a student who can explain to my clients how our services can solve their business problems and I will pay them 2X dollars.”
Conduct a preliminary search and:
In your own words, post a substantive response to the Discussion Board question(s) and comment on other postings. Your response should address the DB question(s) and move the conversation forward. You will be graded on the quality of your postings, including mastery of the concept as well as critical thinking. If asked for your opinion, do not simply state that it is a good or bad idea; elaborate on your reasons and argument. Include enough detail to substantiate your thinking as well as your position on the questions or comments.
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| Basic response to the DB question. | 50% |
| Additional research supporting the initial answer to the DB question. | 30% |
| Comments which serve to further the discussion, apply real-world examples, or lend to enhancing the | |
Each discussion answer must be a minimum of 400 words.
Will be checked using turnitin for plagiarism.
Background info: Throughout the years, scientists have engaged in an array of ethically questionable research endeavors possessing dubious scientific value or validity. From the Nazi experimental trials to Stanley Milgram to the Tuskegee experiments, scientists have engaged in ethically unsound research in the name of progress or curiosity. The intelligentsia knew they could but failed to ask whether they should.
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Identify the key tenets of ethical research used when evaluating criminal justice data and interpreting published research findings. Examine the principles that define ethical research in the field of criminal justice.
Background info: Research serves as a guide by which to study, describe, and quantify an array of social and physical phenomenon. Theory, which is best described as a set of propositions or hypotheses that specify the relationship among a subset of variables, serves as a way of offering an intellectualized general commentary on that which is observed.
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How does theory inform a research study? How can a generalized theory remain timely enough to be applicable to new or innovative studies?
Assignment 02
CJ380 Probation and Parole
Directions: Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be a minimum of one (1) single-spaced page to a maximum of two (2) pages in length; refer to the “Assignment Format” page for specific format requirements.
Your textbook discusses a revocation hearing. For this assignment, describe the revocation hearing process. Include two options after a finding of “guilty,” other than prison or continued supervision.
Total possible points of 100 include ten (10) points for organization and use of language, including grammar and punctuation.
Assignment 05
CJ380 Probation and Parole
Directions: Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be a minimum of one (1) single-spaced page to a maximum of two (2) pages in length; refer to the “Assignment Format” page for specific format requirements.
Your textbook discusses prison security levels. Name and describe the four types of prisons for adults. (22 points each)
Total possible points of 100 include twelve (12) points for organization and use of language, includin
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Assigment 2
Identify the specific medium or media you would use to deliver each of the messages listed in the Week 3 Learning Team Collaboration Activity.
Write 1- to 3-paragraphs for each message that describe and explain your choices. Your answer can reference your Learning Team discussion or you can make your own choices.
You had to provide various communication methods to deliver a communication message. In this case you need to suggest what communication method that will be appropriate. Is it email or other media?
It is your choice and provide the reason why you identified that media. I hope this helps.
Let me know if you have any questions