Author: chris

Short Paper
If you want to think critically, learn to think clearly and express yourself well. Everybody, no matter how well he or she writes, can improve. The two best ways to improve are to read and analyze the good work of other writers and then to practice writing yourself. Finding the right topic can be the most difficult part, so here is one provided for you.
Your assignment is to write a short essay of two to three double-spaced pages on the item presented below. Here are the steps.
Clearly identify the argument (or arguments) in the passage.
State your own position on the case (or a hypothetical position if you do not already have one).
Give at least one good reason in support of your position in the form of an essential claim premise.
Anticipate one objection to your position (the best one if you think of several), and state how you would respond reasonably to the person making the objection.
This will be a controversial topic, so it is important to write a well-reasoned assignment rather than an emotionally driven one.

Here is the item for your assignment:

On February 11, 2003, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the State of Arkansas could force death row prisoner Charles Laverne Singleton to take antipsychotic drugs to make him sane enough to execute. Singleton was to be executed for felony capital murder but became insane while in prison. “Medicine is supposed to heal people, not prepare them for execution. A law that asks doctors to make people well so that the government can kill them is an absurd law,” said David Kaczynski, the executive director of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty.
The argument is whether medicine should be used in this case. Pick a side and emphasize on it.

A. Summarize three opinion that interest you at http://www.sbsun.com/editorials

B. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the three opinions expressed by the columnist(s). To support your position, you may include your own experiences, the experience of family, peers, and friends, and MUST include three academic sources to add credibality to your point of view. You should use MLA documentation, including in-text citation and a works cited section.

Your state Department of Transportation (DOT) has received $100 million in federal funding to enhance and expand an interstate freeway over a 5-year period. The state DOT oversight resources to do this were pulled from another project: improvement of a local county highway. The highway from which the resources were pulled is the main route into the major work centers of the city and is used by most commuters daily. During the same period, the city lost funding for the rapid bus service, which resulted in more workers having to drive their own cars during the work week, increasing traffic congestion.

Select one budget procedure you would use to analyze the utilization of the $100 million and whether that money was put to its best use.
Note. If you prefer to analyze a different program, with instructor approval you may choose to use a public program of interest in your state. Select an actual project to review to create an analysis of management accountability and cost benefit analysis.
Write a paper no more than 1,500 words on management accountability and cost benefit analysis. Your paper must state whether the money was spent as appropriated and whether the decision to use the money to build a freeway was the best use of that fund.

Identify the various funding and revenue sources that the state could use to increase and allocate money for improvements, such as levy, collection, gas taxes, or driver’s license renewals.

Describe how each spending source would be forecasted and tracked in the budget accounting system. Distinguish between increasing revenue by raising taxes, cutting other services and programs to divert that funding to transportation issues, or both.

The paper must include expenditures and associated budgeting procedures, such as lump sum budgeting, object-of-expenditure budgeting, and performance budgeting.

An abstract or table of contents is not required. You must include at least two references other than the text and lectures.

All references must be appropriately referenced in the text and on a references page.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Discussion Question Resource: Laboratory Blood Test Results

Laboratory Blood Test Results and Arterial Blood Gases

Na          141 meq/L	Mg                     1.7 mg/dL	pH          7.50
K            4.5 meq/L	PO4                   2.9 mg/dL	PaO2      59 mm Hg on room air
Cl           105 meq/L	Glu, fasting       138 mg/dL	PaCO2   25 mm Hg
HCO3    29 meq/L	Hb                     13.7 g/dL
BUN      16 mg/dL	Hct                    39.4%
Cr           0.9 mg/dL	WBC                 15,200/mm³
Ca          8.7 mg/dL	Lymphocytes    10%

 

 

 

Write a bad newsletter to a customer who has requested an exemption to a company ‘s policy. Possible requests that would be subject to bad newletter.

A request to a refund or voucher for a ruined two-week vacation (due to bad weather: rain or snow) at an expensive resort.

Form of a letter: include “to” and “from” addresses and the date. Include appropriate greeting and salutation. Use bullets as needed to emphasize key points.

Show appreciation and concern for the customer from the beginning (possibly with a brief buffer) and throughout the letter. Avoid being overly apologetic or complimentary.

Provide the turndown or bad news early in the letter.

Make the turndown clear and support it by providing 2 to 3 key reasons for the turndown.

Provide an alternative and/ or a positive expectation of a future with the customer.

MODULE TWO – Review Worksheet

 

This assignment evaluates lecture and textbook understanding; use those resources to answer the 10 questions below in at least two solid sentences each. Work must be written in your own words and adhere to proper mechanics, grammar, and spelling. Specifics about grading can be found in the associated rubric, found in the Course Information folder.

 

1. Lecture

 

1. Why is the provision of natural resources dependent upon healthy ecosystems?

 

1. What is lifecycle analysis?

 

1. Why does unchecked economic growth lie at the heart of many environmental issues?

 

1. Textbook

 

1. What will a “sustainable economy” look like?

 

1. Why do production and consumption represent “just part” of an economic system?

 

1. Why is there a need for environmental public policy?

 

1. What are some factors considered when conducting benefit-cost analysis of environmental public policy?

 

1. Why has the amount of municipal solid waste in the US grown steadily?

 

1. What are some alternatives to municipal solid-waste disposal in landfills?

 

1. What are some facets of integrated waste management?

 

 

 

Writing Hypotheses
Read the situation. Then write the hypotheses in correct mathematical notation. Do not conduct any statistical tests. Just

write the hypotheses. Insert your answers between the problems.
Here are some things to keep in mind:
1) On the Hypothesis Testing Worksheet, all you need to do is write the null and alternative hypotheses for each situation.
2) The null hypothesis will always be “=”.
3) You can use either “?” or “not =” for “does not equal”. Greater than and less than is “>” or “<”, respectively.
4) The alternative hypothesis wil be “not =” (2 tailed test) of “>” or “<” (one tailed test).
5) When determining what the null and alternative hypotheses are, realize that the alternative is the new information, what

you are trying to prove. The null is what has been believed to be true up until now.
1) A bowler who has averaged 196 pins in the past year is asked to experiment with a ball made of a new kind of material. He

rolls several games with the new ball. Has the new ball improved his game?
2) An advertisement claims that chewing NoCav gum reduces cavities. To test the claim, you conduct a study in which

participants who chew the gum are compared to the national average of 3 cavities found per year.
3) In a speech to the Chamber of Commerce, a city councilman claims that in his city less than 15% of the adult male

population are unemployed. An opponent in the upcoming election wants to test the councilman’s claim.
4) The councilman is starting to get worried about the upcoming election. He has enjoyed 63% support for several years, but

the political climate has been changing. He wants to know if his support has changed.
5) A production process is considered to be under control if the machine parts it makes have a mean length of 35.50 mm with a

standard deviation of 0.45 mm. Whether or not the process is under control is decided each morning by a quality control

engineer who bases his decision on a random sample of size 36. Should he ask for an adjustment of the machine on a day when

he obtains a mean of 35.62 mm?
6) Jim, the owner of Jim’s Grocery, knows that Plain Chips have always outsold Spicy chips. However, sales of Spicy chips

have been increasing. Jim wants to determine if the average weekly sales of Spicy chips have indeed surpassed that of Plain

chips.
7) Jim now wants to know if Plain and Spicy chips have the same percentage of defective product (i.e. underfilled bags, torn

bags, wrong flavor in the bags, etc.).
8) The Great Vehicle Co. just introduced New SUV, claiming it can pull more weight than Old SUV. After testing 150 vehicles

of each model, Old SUV had a mean pull weight of 5032 pounds with a standard deviation of 72 pounds. New SUV had a mean pull

weight of 5462 pounds with a standard deviation of 154 pounds. Is the claim valid at a .05 level of significance?
9) The Great Vehicle Co. has a competitor, Amazing Autos, that claims people who purchase its competing vehicle, the Sport

Off Road Vehicle (SORV), have higher customer satisfaction than New SUV. Out of 736 people who purchased the SORV last month,

534 said they were satisfied. Out of 521 people who purchased New SUV last month, 375 said they were satisfied. Is there a

higher percentage of people who are satisfied with the SORV than with New SUV?
10) The Great Vehicle Company wants to counter Amazing Autos’s claim by making its own claim that New SUV has a lower

percentage of defective vehicles. The research team tested 536 vehicles of each model and found that SORV had 53 defective

units, while New SUV had only 51 defective units.
Statistics Problems
1) Ask 10 people (try to get 5 males and 5 females) the following questions
A) Their ages
B) How many vitamins they take daily
C) How many carbonated sodas they drink each day
D) How many alcoholic beverages they drink per month
E) Write your own question. Ask your participants if they agree with something or if they do something. For example, you may

want to ask them if they eat popcorn when they go to the movies or if they support a political issue. It must be a yes/no

question.

SAVE YOUR DATA – You will use the data you gathered above for the problems below and more question in future weeks.
Practice Problems:
1) Use your data from above. This week assume that historically the average person takes 3 vitamins on a daily basis. Conduct

a hypothesis test analysis to determine if 3 is still the correct average number. Write your hypotheses in correct

statistical notation. Finally use the important numbers from your output to explain your results. Use alpha = 0.05. Post only

the relevant numbers, not all of the output; then explain your results.
2) Use your data from above. Analyze if more than 58% support an issue or partake in an activity. (Question E above). Write

the hypotheses. Show the relevant numbers. Then explain your results. Use alpha = 0.05.

Write a paper on a company (Nike) and discuss the market segmentation within that industry along with the target market for the company and the selection process for that target market.
Required Elements:
1100 words
Include demographic, psychographic, geographic, and behavioral characteristics for the selected company.
A positioning statement for the company with careful consideration of their brand and strategy
Paper is consistent with APA guidelines.

When students examine the properties of two-dimensional figures to classify, analyze, and describe objects and their relationships, common misconceptions may arise. For example, students may not recognize that a square is a special kind of rectangle.

For this Discussion, you will examine common misconceptions related to classifying two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties and share ideas for learning activities to successfully address these misconceptions.

To prepare:

Think about the common misconceptions that you might expect to occur as students classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
Reflect on learning activities that could be used to address these misconceptions.
By Day 5 of Week 3:

Post an example of a misconception that may arise when students work on tasks related to classifying two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties. Describe a learning activity that could be used to address this misconception.

When students examine the properties of two-dimensional figures to classify, analyze, and describe objects and their relationships, common misconceptions may arise. For example, students may not recognize that a square is a special kind of rectangle.

For this Discussion, you will examine common misconceptions related to classifying two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties and share ideas for learning activities to successfully address these misconceptions.

To prepare:

Think about the common misconceptions that you might expect to occur as students classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
Reflect on learning activities that could be used to address these misconceptions.
By Day 5 of Week 3:

Post an example of a misconception that may arise when students work on tasks related to classifying two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties. Describe a learning activity that could be used to address this misconception.