Author: chris

1. Give me an example of a time when regulative rules, the traffic signals of verbal communication, were evident. (Please identify characters, conversation, the rule, the violation, etc.)

2. Identify a scene, in the episode, when a person’s dialect helped you to form a positive impression. Why?

3. Identify a scene, in the episode, when a person’s dialect had you form a negative impression. Why?

4. How do you think Jackie’s deception is going to affect her relationships?

5. Identify the character you think has the most cooperative verbal communication style. Why did you choose this character?

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7. Tell me how you see Zoey demonstrating the communication accommodation theory.

PUMA: Experiential Marketing – using in store POS, display, design as the USP, P.O.D.; Mobile Engagement, delivering an experience. (Examples Coke, Nike, Bud at World Cup)
here is the link to the case:

http://www.warc.com.ezproxy.gvsu.edu/Content/ContentViewer.aspx?MasterContentRef=248ecdeb-3dee-4237-a260-2b55d9c8cc1a&q=Puma+in+store+technology&CID=A98506&PUB=EVENT-REPORTS

Read the case to understand what Puma did to redefine the customer experience. Then pick another brand like Coke, Nike, Budweiser at the World Cup or a major brand at the Super Bowl etc. and do the following: 1) analyze their current approach to customers 2) Make recommendations on how you could create transformational brand experiences for the brand you picked in the chosen environment. 3) Completely justify, support and defend you recommendations using advertising rationale, theory and practice. Push yourselves here with ideas that are not what has been done, but more focused on what could be done. Put yourselves in the position of an agency that has the client wanting customer experiences that differentiate them in their industry and aren’t just copy cat ideas.

Research Questions (no more than 3 questions):
1. What are the effects of applying Rozan’s technique of consecutive interpretation on students’ performance in interpretation?
2. How can students apply Rozan’s technique when performing tasks of conference interpreting, specifically the seven principles which include the rules of abbreviation, links, negation, adding emphasis, verticality, and shift?
3. What is the relationship between the efficiency of taking notes and the process of reconstitution and interpretation?

Method & Procedures:
This qualitative analytical research study will be based on collecting data from two groups from the undergraduate students at level 7, at the College of Languages and Translation, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, to identify the problems of consecutive interpretation, and propose suitable solutions to help students improve their performance in interpretation. The researcher will examine the application of Rozan’s technique to suggest suitable system for note-taking in consecutive interpretation. The collected data will be analyzed based on a comparison between two the groups’ performance, one of which will be trained to apply Rozan’s technique. The research will also develop a Likert scale questionnaire to collect data from the participants who will be selected for this research study to identify their problems in interpretation. The research study will include a detailed report on the results of data analysis using tables and graphs.

Discusses the role of conservative media in the rise of the Tea
Party movement. He concludes by discussing the likely effects, both short term and long term, of the Tea Party movement on American politics.

Week 8 – HW

Question 1
Cross-sectional data are data:
A. collected over time
B. that are collected over a single period of time
C. consisting of a single variable
D. consisting of two or more variables

Question 2
Ordinal data are:
A. sorted into categories according to specified characteristics
B. ordered or ranked according to some relationship to one another
C. ordered, have a specified measure of a distance between observations but have no nature zero
D. data which have a natural zero

Question 3
The process of collection, organization, and description of data is commonly called:
A. descriptive statistics
B. statistical inference
C. predictive statistics
D. operational statistics

Question 4
__________ is a measure of a linear relationship between two variables, X and Y.
A. correlation
B. range
C. standard deviation
D. median

Question 5
The statistical measures that characterize dispersion are:
A. Range, variance, standard deviation
B. Mean, median, mode
C. Range, mean, standard deviation
D. Correlation, frequencies, standard deviation

Question 6
Define standard deviation
A. A measure of how dispersed observations around the mean
B. The square root of variance
C. The amount of variation error in the data
D. A & B above

Question 7
A discrete random variable is:
A. outcomes over a continuous range of real numbers
B. a numerical description of the outcome of an experiment
C. one for which the number of possible outcomes can be counted
D. one for which the number of possible outcomes cannot be counted

Question 8
Define probability distributions. Describe two common probability distributions.
150 words

Question 9
A confidence interval (CI) is a range of scores with specific boundaries that should contain the ______ mean.
A. sample
B. population
C. standard error
D. none of the above

Question 10
The most common probabilistic sampling approach is:
A. simple random sampling
B. convenient sampling
C. complex sampling
D. error sampling

Question 11
The hypothesis predicting that differences exist between the groups being compared is to the hypothesis predicting that no differences exist between the groups being compared as _____ hypothesis is to _____ hypothesis.
A. null; alternative
B. alternative; null
C. one-tailed; two-tailed
D. two-tailed; one tailed

Question 12
Directional hypothesis is to non-directional hypothesis as _____ hypothesis is to _____ hypothesis.
A. null; alternative
B. alternative; null
C. one-tailed; two-tailed
D. two-tailed; one-tailed

Question 13
A researcher was interested in the emotional effects of music on exam performance. Before their exam, a professor took one group of students into a room in which calming music was played. A different group of students were taken to another room in which new wave hard rock was being played. The students then took the exam and their scores were reported. What type of analysis would be most appropriate?
A. Paired (dependent) t-test
B. Independent (unpaired) t-test
C. Analysis of Variance ANOVA
D. Repeated Measures ANOVA

Question 14
As the value of a t-test _____, the sample variance _____.
A. increases; decreases
B. decreases; increases
C. increases; increases
D. decreases; decreases

Question 15
_____ is a procedure which allows us to predict an individual’s score on one variable based on knowing one or more other variables.
A. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient
B. Coefficient of determination
C. Regression analyses
D. Point-biserial correlation coefficient

Question 16
A fashion student was interested in factors that predicted the salaries of catwalk models. She collected data from 231 models. For each model she asked them their salary per day on days when they were working (salary), their age (age), how many years they had worked as a model (years), and then got a panel of experts from modeling agencies to rate the attractiveness of each model as a percentage with 100% being perfectly attractive (beauty). The most appropriate statistical analysis would be:
A. T-test
B. ANOVA
C. Multiple-regression
D. chi square

Question 17
The _____ is the best fitting straight-line drawn through the center of a scatterplot that indicates the relationship between the variables.
A. regression line
B. negative relationship
C. measure of variation
D. multiple-baseline

Question 18
Summarize statistical methods used in forecasting and the types of times series to which they are most appropriate.
150 words

Question 19
List the principal rules for examining a control chart to determine if the process is in control.
150 words

Question 20
Explain what a decision model is and list the three types of inputs common to decision models.
150 words

Question 21
Explain the concept of risk analysis.
150 words

Question 22
How do you compute return on investment?
150 words

Question 23
List the three elements queuing systems have in common. Describe each element.
150 words

Question 24
Explain optimization and optimal solution.
150 words

Question 25
How can binary variables be used to model logistical conditions. Provide examples.

explain in a paragraph each what the article you post has to do with colonialism or postcolonialism or decolonization and how the article could have made that more explicit or addressed it differently

SECTION 1:

Concepts: (Please answer each questions briefly)

How does Geology influence where and How we live?
How does Geology help explain our world?
What is inside Earth?
What Process Affect our planet?
How do rocks form?
What can happen to a Rock?
How doe the atmosphere, water, and life interact with Earth’s surface?
How is Geology Affecting this Place?
Define:

Catastrophism:
Continental drift:
Lithification:
Superposition:
Uniformitarianism:
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Provide a visual of the rock cycle (Please provide a visual picture and support it with appropriate citations using APA format):

Please answer the following question in detail:

What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?

SECTION 2:

Concepts: (Please answer each questions briefly)

What can we observe in Landscapes?
How do we interpret Geologic Clues?
How do we Depict Earth’s surface?
How do we depict Earths heights, Slopes, and Subsurface Geology?
How are Geologic problems quantified?
How do geologists refer to rates and time?
How do we investigate geologic questions?
How do scientific ideas get established?
What does a Geologist do?
What is the geologic history of upheaval dome?
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Define:
Abyssal plain:
Continental shelf:
Deep-sea trench:
Mid-ocean ridge:
Seismic belt:
Subduction:
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SECTION 3:

Concepts: (Please answer each questions briefly)

What are the major features of earth?
Why do some continents have matching shapes?
Where do earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
What causes Tectonic activity to occur in belts?
What happens at Divergent Boundaries?
What happens at Convergent Boundaries?
What happens along Transform Boundaries?
How do plates move and interact?
How is Paleomagnetism used to determine rates of seafloor spreading?
What geologic features does plate tectonics help explain?
Why is South America Lopsided?
Where is the safest place to live?
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Please answer these questions in detail:

What percentage does water cover the Earth?

Explain Continental Drift.

Explain the different types of plate boundaries.
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SECTION 4:

Concepts: (Please answer each questions briefly)

What is the difference between a Rock and a mineral?
How are minerals put together in rocks?
How do we distinguish one mineral from another?
What controls a Crystal’s Shape?
What causes Cleavage in minerals?
How are minerals classified?
What is the Crystalline structure of Silicate minerals?
What are some common Silicate Minerals?
What are some common Nonsilicate Minerals?
Where are different minerals abundant?
What are the building blocks of minerals?
How do atoms bond together?
How do chemical reactions help minerals grow or dissolve?
How are minerals used in society?
What minerals would you use to build a house?
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Please answer these questions in detail:

Explain the difference between silicates and nonsilicates.

Explain the 5 tests used to identify minerals.
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SECTION 5:

Concepts: (Please answer each questions briefly)

What textures do Igneous rocks display?
How are Igneous Rocks Classified?
What are some other igneous rocks?
How do temperature and pressure vary inside earth?
How do rocks melt?
How do igneous rocks form?
How does magma move?
How does magma solidify?
How does magma form along divergent plate boundaries?
How does magma form along convergent plate boundaries?
How is magma generated at hot spots and other sites away from plate boundaries?
How do large magma chambers form and how are theory expresses in landscapes?
How did the Sierra Nevada Form?

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Define:

Batholith:
Dike:
Laccolith:
Pluton
Sill:
Intrusive:
Extrusive:

SECTION 6:

Concepts: (Please answer each questions briefly)

What is and is not a Volcano?
What controls the style of eruption?
What features characterize Basaltic Volcanoes?
How do shield volcanoes form?
What causes flood basalts?
What are the hazards of basaltic eruptions?
What are composite volcanoes?
What disasters were caused by composite volcanoes?
How do volcanic domes form?
Why does a caldera form?
What disasters were related to Calderas?
What areas have the highest potentials of volcanic hazards?
How do we monitor volcanoes?
What volcanic hazards are posed by Mount Rainier?
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Define:

Caldera:
Flood basalt:
Pyroclastic rock:
Phreatic eruption:
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Provide an internal visual of a volcano (Please provide a visual picture and support it with appropriate citations using APA format):

Please answer the following question in detail:

List with explanations the different types of volcanoes
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SECTION 7:

Concepts: (Please answer each questions briefly)

What Sedimentary Environments occur on land?
What sedimentary Environments are near shorelines and in oceans?
Where do clasts come from?
What are the characteristics of clastic sediments?
What types of rocks do clastic sediments form?
What are nonclastic sedimentary rocks and how do they form?
Why do sedimentary rocks have layers?
Where do Breccia and conglomerate form?
Where does sandstone form?
How do Fine-Grained clastic rocks form?
How do carbonate rocks form?
How do changing environments create a sequence of different kinds of sediments?
How do we study sedimentary sequences?
Why are sediments and sedimentary rocks important to our society?
How did sedimentary layers west of Denver form?
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Define:

Bedding:
Evaporite:
Fossil:
Strata:
Detrital sediment:
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SECTION 8:

Concepts: (Please answer each questions briefly)

How do rocks respond to stress?
How do rocks respond to changes in stress, temperature and fluids?
How do rocks fracture?
What are different types of faults?
What are folds and how are they shaped?
What are some metamorphic features?
Wat are some common metamorphic rocks?
How des metamorphism occur?
Where does metamorphism occur?
What processes occur in extensional and strike-slip settings?
How are different structures and metamorphic features related?
How are geologic structures and meta-morphic rocks expresses in the landscape?
How do we study geologic structures and metamorphic features?

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Please answer this question in detail:

Explain in detail the different types of metamorphism:
Regional, shock, contact, and burial.
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SECTION 9:

Concepts: (Please answer each questions briefly)

How do we infer the relative ages of events?
How do we study ages of landscapes?
What is the significance of an Unconformity?
How are ages assigned to rocks and events?
What are fossils?
How and why did living things change through geologic time?
How are fossils used to infer ages of rocks?
How was the geologic timescale developed?
What is the evidence for the age of earth?
What were some milestones in the early history of life on earth?
What were some milestones in the later history of life on earth?
How do we reconstruct geologic histories?
Why do we investigate geologic history?
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Please answer these questions in detail:

What are fossils and how are they preserved?

Explain two factors that determine is a species will survive.

Provide a visual of the geological time scale.( Please provide a visual picture and support it with appropriate citations using APA format):
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Please seek out two external resources focused around this topic. In two paragraphs, briefly explain the concept. From each resource share two points of information that explain the concept in more detail. Make sure to list your sources.

Topic:

What disasters were caused by composite volcanoes?

1. You should consider the differences between the Applications and Technology
layers as discussed in this class.
2. You should consider the Human Resources lesson as discussed in this class.
3. You should consider the Financial and Cost lesson as discussed in this class.
4. You do not have to consider every single tiny detail that could possibly be
discussed. However, you should ensure that each answer is substantiated by
information presented in at least one of the study materials provided (cite the
source) to you during the conduct of the course – or – your own research (cite the
source).
5. You may consult with subject matter experts (SMEs) in the IS/IT profession who
may provide guidance with this assignment. You must cite their contribution in
your references.
The Assignment has four (4) parts:
Part 1. Purchasing System Software acquisition (30 points):
1. Of the types of software discussed in the class, into what classification does this
software fall? In other words, what kind of software is the raw materials
procurement system? Is it application software? Is it operating system software? Is
it specialized software? You must explain why you selected the type?
2. The manufacturing procurement department wants to acquire a very specific
software package. There are other alternatives to this specific vendor or software
package that might be considered. ABC could evaluate other alternatives to
acquiring an off-the-shelf software solution.
 The company could develop/write its own procurement system.
 The company could hire outside programmers to develop/write its own
procurement system.
 The company could approach their ERP provider to acquire a procurement
system.
What are the pros and cons of the off-the-shelf solution vs. the three alternatives?
You must explain your answer.
3. Into what major type of software does the EDI capability belong? You must explain
why? (See course discussion of the Applications Layer).
Part 2. Technology Layer considerations (30 points):
1. Into which major class of the technology layer does the server belong? You must
explain your answer? (See course discussion of the Technology Layer).
2. Into which major class of the technology layer does MS Server SQL belong? You
must explain your answer? (See course discussion of the Technology Layer).
3. Into which major class of the technology layer does bar-code scanning system
belong? You must explain your answer? (See course discussion of the Technology
Layer).
4. Can the server run without operating system software? You must explain why?
5. What type of technology would be implemented to allow the server to integrate
with vendors/suppliers? Note that the procurement department wants EDI
capability. (See course discussion of the Technology Layer, Hint: the question
regards connectivity to suppliers and carriers.).
Part 3. Personnel requirements (30 points):
1. What alternative staffing options might be considered to perform the initial
installation of the software and hardware system(s)?
2. Which of the alternative staffing options identified above (Part 3.1) would you select
if you were the manager in charge of implementation? You must explain why.
3. How would you train the procurement department personnel on the use of the
procurement system? You must explain why. Options:
 Train-the-trainer: train person(s) as subject matter expert(s) (SME) and
utilize that expertise to train others within the organization.
 Have the vendor provide training in a classroom environment.
 Have the two (2) purchasing department personnel learn the system
during the CRP and couple that learning with on-the-job (OJT) training
when the system goes “live”.
 Hire personnel in the open market who are already familiar with how to
operate the procurement system. Have these personnel assume
responsibility for the procurement system and train existing/future
employees.
Part 4. Financial / Cost Implications of purchase vs. lease (10 points):
What is the impact to the company’s expenses over the 7-year period?
Student may consult with other financial accounting subject matter experts, but must
cite their contribution.

TASK
You are required to design a program to address the needs identified in the CASE STUDY Draft Report. This program should be based on sound adult learning principles.

1. Analysis of the issues
2. Analysis and then synthesis of relevant HRD literature.
3. Explicit linking of the literature to the critical issues in the case.
4. Evaluation – make judgements about the proposed action and justify these decisions.

“Achieving competitive success through people involves fundamentally altering how we think about the workforce and the employment relationship. It means achieving success by working with people not by replacing them or limiting the scope of their activities. It entails seeing the workforce as a source of strategic advantage, not just as a cost to be minimized or avoided.” Do you agree or disagree with these statements by Jeffrey Pfeffer? Can a sustainable competitive advantage be produced through the effective management of people?