Best Writer

Sociologists use the scientific method to make sure their investigations yield reliable and verifiable information that can be used to address real world issues and problems. As you learned in chapter 2 of Ferris & Stein (2020), one important step in the scientific method is selecting a design for data collection that would be appropriate for the research question the investigation is trying to answer. Below are some research questions that a sociologist might ask about the impact of the pandemic on parts of our social world.
Choose ONE of the issues listed and explain which research design you would choose to address the selected issue. Explain why you chose that design. Which design would you not select? Why?
Has the pandemic changed this society’s definition of “essential workers”?
How much of the current unemployment rate is a consequence of worker burnout?
How has quality of life issues been impacted by people’s ability to work from home?
Has the pandemic had a negative effect on school-aged children’s desire to interact with other children?
To what extent has social media shaped people’s definition of a “new normal”?
What has been the role of the pandemic in the success of large corporations and the demise of small businesses?
Which of the major theoretical frameworks or theories presented in the textbook readings would you suggest the sociologist use to explain findings from the study? [functionalism, conflict, feminist, Weberian, symbolic interaction, postmodern, midrange]
Format: Typewritten, double-spaced, checked for grammar and spelling. Use APA format for your in-text citations and References page. Title page required for each assignment.
References required: Ferris & Stein textbook, chapters 1 and 2.
Length: 2 ½ – 3 pages

PLEASE READ CHAPTER 1 AND 2 SO THAT YOU’RE ABLE TO USE IT AS EVIDENCE. PLEASE USE TWO SECONDARY SOURCES THAT ARE CREDIBLE.
Example: Some internet sources are acceptable as primary sources, generally “.gov” “.org” “.edu” draw upon reliable empirical data. For example, U.S. Census (accessed at: https://www.census.gov/), and Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality (accessed at: https://inequality.stanford.edu/ ), Economic Policy Institute (accessed at: https://www.epi.org/).

You will also need the textbook that is available in VITALSOURCE (The textbook is already paid for, you just need the login information)

LINK: https://www.vitalsource.com/
GMAIL: sdiaz7108astronomy@gmail.com
PASSWORD: 1107astroL*
NAME OF TEXTBOOK: THE REAL WORLD SEVENTH EDITION
MUST BE IN APA FORMAT

First, read the following article:
Johnston, L.D., Miech, R.A., O’Malley, P.M., Bachman, J.G., Schulenberg,J.E., & Patrick, M.E. (2018). Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2017: Overview, key findings on adolescent drug use. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/148123
or simply click below either place for the PDF file: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/148123/Overview%202018%20FINAL%20print%201-30.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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PDF file, Monitoring the future
Note that the Johnston et al (2018) article is not from an academic journal article. It is, however, known nationally as a very credible paper. The proper APA citation for your References section is:
Johnston, L.D., Miech, R.A., O’Malley, P.M., Bachman, J.G., Schulenberg,J.E., & Patrick, M.E. (2018). Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2017: Overview, key findings on adolescent drug use. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/148123
The Johnston et al. (2018) article is a long one, but there are a lot of graphs and reading is very interesting. Don’t wait to read this at the last minute.
This activity calls you to reflect on your present occupation or expected career and use the knowledge provided in the Johnston et al. (2018) article to describe the kinds of issues or problems you have faced, you are facing now, or will be facing. You can do this regardless of your specific occupation or career goals. You may take the perspective of a parent, retail worker, teacher, probation officer, police officer, or whatever. Address the questions:
What challenges do you anticipate facing from the use and abuse of drugs in your future (or present) position? Consider your work environment.
How can you be better prepared to meet those challenges?
List three things that you learned from this article that you will perhaps “take with you” after this class is over. That is, information you’re likely to remember? Elaborate here. Don’t be superficial. Supply some details
In addition, find at least one academic journal article published since 2000 that relates to some aspect of the Johnston et al. (2018) article. Describe how this journal article relates or sheds light on any issue, or assertion, or conclusion that you read in Johnston et al. Remember, let the reader know you read the full-text article, and not merely a summary; elaborate, provide some details from your academic journal article. A good way to do this is to provide details as well as comment on any strengths and/or weaknesses of the journal article.
Review the Paper Grading Rubric in your RESOURCES section. In addition, before you begin your research paper, read the following short handouts available down at the RESOURCES section of your MODULES page: (1) Definition of an Academic Journal; (2) APA Style; (3) Things to Remember about Your Research Paper; (4) How to Write a Better Research Paper; and (5) Plagiarism and the 6 Word Rule. Then check out the model papers. Finally, begin collecting information about your paper and making an outline/writing.

Directions: Find an article online about a publicly traded firm’s decision regarding at least two different project alternatives. To be clear, you are to choose (1) decision, and analyze at least (2) different project alternatives for that (1) decision. What was the decision that the firm made about the different projects and what was the decision process that they used to come up with their final decision? Did it turn out to be the correct decision? Using publicly available financial data critically analyze the firm’s decision and its alternatives. Then formulate a plan to either adopt one of the alternative projects or to support the original project decision depending upon which project would be the most beneficial to the firm. Defend your answers in a 750 to 1,000-word report and cite your sources.

Class: Project Management Capstone

Notes: This is 8 weeks class. Please only and only make bids if you can help me for the entire 8 weeks assignments. (I will pay you good)

Week 1 Assignment:

Capstone Project Milestone #1

For this first milestone, you
will determine which of the three project options you will complete for the
Capstone Project. Choose a project option that suits your background and
interests, and which leverages your prior learning and experience. You may
consult with other professionals about your choice and draw on additional
knowledge from colleagues。
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Project 1: Mobile Application Development Project:
Tech Industry
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Project 2: IT Infrastructure Project: Migrating
Apps to the Cloud–Healthcare Industry
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Project 3: Design/Build Contagion-Resistant School
Your written submission of 2-3
pages should address the following items for the project option selected:
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The vision, mission, and core values for your project’s
organization
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The organizational structure and reporting relationships
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The business sponsors and stakeholders
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The project dependencies (both external and internal)
Milestone
expectations: The Capstone Project
option you choose will incorporate your learnings and integrate an “outside-in”
view as you discuss your project with external project leaders and/or subject
matter experts in the industry or within your company. Ideally, you should have
a mentor or friend who has extensive experience in executing projects similar
to the kind you choose for this assignment. You can discuss and incorporate
some of the real-world challenges in the industry or specific organization you
choose. Apply the same project or organization context throughout the course
and in the final project and presentation in Week 8. Include three reliable
sources in the reference section and follow the Adapted APA Guide (Links to an external
site.).

Project Option #1: Mobile Application Development Project: Tech
Industry (IT Focus)
Overview:
This is a suite
of mobile applications to help customers/partners view orders and order
history, and track open orders using a mobile device. The look and feel of the
application should align with the overall company brand and marketing campaign:
color, logo, design, and the like.
You will work
with businesses to gather requirements and create features and user stories.
You will work with UX designers to build screens and web applications. You will
work with cross-functional IT teams to build web services to gather data from
backend databases and work with the security team to check vulnerabilities,
test the product, and release the product to customers.
This
application is used globally. It should be localized for Japanese and French
speakers. User screens should be translated and tested.
This product is
strategically important to the organization to win future market share. The
focus is on Agile development with three phases:
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Phase I: Released in the U.S. and rollout for 250,000 customers
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Phase II: Released in Japan and rollout for 80,000 customers
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Phase III: Released in France and rollout for 90,000 customers
Project teams
are located in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Company: Determine and finalize
Duration: Determine and finalize
(approximately: 8 months)
Project Cost: Determine and finalize
(approximately: $450,000)

Project Option #2: IT Infrastructure
Project: Cloud Analytics—Healthcare Industry (Compliance Focus)
Overview:
This project is to collect data from various on-premise databases and
move data to a cloud analytics platform. This includes data validation, data
transformation, and generating dashboards and reports for various operational,
business, and IT leaders.
You will work with businesses to gather requirements and create
features and user stories. You’ll work with UX designers to build standard
dashboards, and you’ll work with cross-functional IT teams and business teams
to identify, standardize, transform, and move data to the cloud for analytics.
Data will have personally identifiable information (patient data) that needs to
be transported and stored in a secure way.
This project has strategic importance to the organization to improve
patient experience and gain operational excellence. This application should
comply with HIPAA and other privacy and security compliance laws and
regulations.
This project has three phases:
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Phase I:
Evaluate and identify analytics vendor; install to the cloud
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Phase II:
Data standardize, extract, transform, and build data-warehouse in the cloud
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Phase III:
Build dashboards and insights for various business and IT users
Project teams are located in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Company: Determine and finalize
Duration: Determine and finalize (approximately:
8-12 months)
Project Cost: Determine and finalize (approximately:
$2.8 million)

Project
Option #3: Design/Build Contagion–Resistant School (Construction Focus)
Overview:
Your local public school
system must build additional elementary school buildings in order to address
social-distancing requirements to minimize the risk of infection from
coronavirus and similar future contagions. Detailed requirements are well known
for things such as fire safety, parking, busing, and student drop-off/pick-up,
but largely unknown for minimizing the spread of infection. Social/physical
distancing, for example, may be an option for designing large classroom sizes,
but most sites have challenging space constraints, so other options such as
plexiglass cubicles and other innovative ideas are welcome. Spacing to improve
the flow of students moving through the building in a manner that minimizes
contagion spread will also be a challenge—especially with such young children.
The school system has decided
to contract with your firm to design and build the first such school of its
kind, and if the design is flexible enough to address site-specific
requirements across the large, suburban school district, your firm stands to
benefit by having a strong competitive advantage to build many more such
schools—both for this large school district and others like it across the
country.
Stakeholders: The county school board, the county
executive’s office, and your state department of health are the primary
stakeholders.
This project has three
phases:
·
Phase
I: Design. A full six months has been allocated for this phase,
given the importance of getting a good, flexible design for this first school
of its kind, and one that is intended to serve as a template for multiple
future design/build projects for elementary schools across the same school
district.
·
Phase
II: Build. Six months have also been allocated for this phase.
While aggressive, this timeline can hopefully be reduced further as more
schools are built from the same core template.
·
Phase
III: Template Refinement. One month has been allocated for this
phase, for the purpose of channeling all key lessons learned from Phases I and
II, in hopes of benefitting future similar projects with a more mature design
template.
Project teams are located in
the U.S.
Company: Building Blocks Construction, Inc.
Duration: One year
Project Cost: $50 million

My topic is: Gender wage gap between Hispanics and whites.
I would need an annotated bibliography in a separate page please.
Part 1: Written Proposal (formative assignment)
First, you will propose your project topic here so I can give you feedback before you create your entire project. Your proposal should be between 150-200 words. Your proposal should include your issue worded as a question and will be graded on its thoroughness. As such, you may wish to address the following questions in your paragraph-form proposal of 150-200 words. (Please do not respond in bullet points.).
What is the topic? (This should be labeled and articulated in one or two short sentences.)
What is the issue? (This should be labeled and written as a question)
What personal values, interests, career, event, policy, law, or text (fictional or non, film) are you using to ground your project? (That is, what text–or texts–gave you the idea for this project)?
Why do you find this topic interesting?
What do you know about this topic already?
What type of information do you think you’ll need to begin your research for this project considering the necessary components for the Final Project?
Please be sure to include the word count in parenthesis at the end of your post; for example: (200 words). Link to example student proposal
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.
Part 2: Research-Annotated Bibliography
Now that you have a direction, you will find at least 5 reliable, relevant sources. Use Ask a Librarian
(Links to an external site.)
and be sure to provide your information to have the transcript emailed to you. create an annotated bibliography with the help of an annotated bibliography libguide. This libguide can help with social justice research
(Links to an external site.)
too.
Create an annotated bibliography with at least 5 sources that includes:
A citation for the source done in the chosen citation style (APA, MLA, etc.)
A summary of the source: one or two sentences describing the source-what information it covers and the purpose of the source.
An evaluation of the sources: this can include an assessment of the expertise of the author, an evaluation of the scope of the work, etc. Is the source useful? Current? Reliable? Authoritative? Accurate? Fact or opinion? Also, include an assessment on the significance of the source as it relates to your topic/how it will be useful to your Final Project. Usually this type of evaluation is two to three sentences long.
Add your Ask a Librarian transcript to the end of the document.
Remember what information you are needing to research by reviewing the final project requirements:
Overview *Use Ask a Librarian
Rationale (This does not necessarily have to come from research)
Stance: At least 4 reasons for your stance *Use Ask a Librarian
Fair Minded Critical Thinking: (This does not necessarily have to come from research)
Detractors: (Most of this comes from my slides on reliable sources/fake news, your background knowledge, or an Internet search)
Help Section: (This could just be a simple Internet search)
Source section (This is where you will put the sources you will use that are you are finding now. You may need to find additional sources/more than 5 when completing your Final Project.)
About the author
Research Tips
Take your research question (issue) and pull out the key terms. Next, generate a list of synonyms and other related words. You have now expanded your search terms (think Boolean operators) for research and opportunities to find research on your topic and areas related to your topic!
Once you find sources, determine if you need/want to read the entire text:
Look at the source. Is this a scholarly source?
(Links to an external site.)
Examples:
Research/Empirical
Article reporting on the results of one or more studies or experiments, written by the person(s) who conducted the research. This is considered one type of primary source. Look in the title or abstract for words like study, research, measure, subjects, data, effects, survey, or statistical which might indicate empirical research.
Professional Communication
Most scholarly journals publish articles that pertain to the workings of the profession but are not ‘scholarly’ in nature. Examples are book reviews and letters to the editor.
Meta-Analysis
A meta-analysis is a mathematical synthesis of the results of two or more primary studies that addressed the same hypothesis in the same way.
Letters of Communication
Short descriptions of important latest study or research findings which are usually considered urgent for immediate publication. Examples: breakthroughs regarding cures or treatments for previously incurable conditions, or cure for a particular outbreak of disease, like for example swine flu.
To save time in reading research:
Skim/scan the text features (title, headings, bold/italicized words, visual aids, etc.) to determine if this source is a good fit for your research question/issue.
Read the abstract (if there is one) and the beginning paragraph and last paragraph. These are the areas an author will put his/her thesis/central idea.
Based on 1 and 2, determine if the text is related to your issue and whether or not you need to spend the time to read the entire text.

If restaurants do not have their own delivery, they can use delivery/reservation companies as distribution channels.
Please visit https://www.opentable.com/
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, https://www.doordash.com/
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(Doordash went public at $182 per share in December 2020), grubhub.com
(Links to an external site.)
, ubereats.com
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,
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or eat24hours.com
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for such channels available.
Have you ever used these channels? If yes, how was your experience? What’s your favorite delivery company? Why?

Assessment has two (2) parts however ALL parts need to be submitted as ONE word
document.

This assessment asks you to plan your research project. You will identify an appropriate problem to research, provide a rationale, research questions, methodology and identify the resources you might need. You will need to write it as well as you can, and reference your work correctly

You will need to see attached Documents to follow what you need to do and what templates to choose from.

Identify factors a hospitality/tourism related company should consider before entering a foreign market and discuss what leadership skills are necessary to successfully manage global hospitality/tourism firms.
A reminder on the Discussion Forum: requires you to discuss specific areas in the textbook. You are expected to contribute with your views or ideas in an elaborate way (over 300 words) with complete sentences in paragraph form that connect to the chapter readings and additional outside sources. Cross postings with other students are highly encouraged and will result in a higher grade. Reference all materials “in-text” and on a reference list.

1. Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources, use APA style as required, check your spelling.
2. Do not just answer the questions. You should be able to explain the logic behind your answer and point to a credible source to support your position, even if it is just the textbook. Invest your time wisely, giving more time to the complex answers in order to ensure that you demonstrate that you truly understand the answer. Shorter compelling answers are fine. Answers with needless filler will be marked down. In addition, submissions should include a title page and reference page in APA style.
Signature Assignment
This is a signature assignment for the School of Business and Technology BS in Business Administration Program students.
Assignment:
Go to the website of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (www.uspto.gov) and then summarize, in detail, your findings. Also, view the information about obtaining a patent then see whether you can estimate how long the process will take and what your cost will be. Lastly, do some online research on the case against patents or the patent system and summarize your findings. Providing personal observations and/or opinions on the issue is encouraged. Note: there is a strong push in the United States for abolishing patents and plenty of professional reference sources on point online.
Does your state have an income tax? What percentage of your income do you have to pay in state income tax? What about property taxes and sales taxes? How do these taxes in your area compare to those in four other states and communities of your choice? Lastly, NYC residents pay some of the nation’s highest local income tax rates. The Independent Democratic Conference in the state Senate is calling for elimination of New York City’s income tax on residents who make less than $50,000. Do some research and provide a summary on NYC’s income tax rates in general and the call for the elimination specifically. Your personal opinion and/or observations on this issue are also required.
Imagine you have $2,000 to buy or upgrade a computer system. Research hardware and software in computer magazines and on websites such as ZDNet. Visit a computer store or shop online to find the best value. List what you would buy, and write a summary explaining your choices.
Use the calculators at Dinkytown.net to answer the following questions:
a. You need $5,000 for a trip to Europe in two years. How much would you have to deposit monthly in a savings account paying 1 percent in order to meet your goal?
b. Investing $1,000 at 6 percent for five years, what is the difference in purchasing power of your savings if inflation increases by 2 percent annually during that time? By 4 percent?
c. Starting today, how much would you need to save each month in order to become a millionaire before you retire?
d. You need a new car. What car can you afford if you have $1,500 for a down payment, can make monthly payments of $300, and get $1,000 for trading in your old clunker?
e. How much house can you afford if you earn $36,000 a year and have $10,000 savings for a down payment, a $6,000 car loan balance, and no credit card debts?
Total Point Value of Assignment: 500

Description: 2-page application of one analytical secondary source essay to a scene in Borden’s Born in Flames(1983), plus a separate Works Cited page
Skills: Applying a concept or a claim to the analysis of a test object
Due: Thursday, June 24 (full first draft due before class, full final draft due by end of class)
Sources: 1)Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flamesand 2)Colmon’s “Queer Afrofuturism”or Kilgore’s “Difference Engine”
Assignment:
Identify and define a key concept or a claim from one secondary essay and apply that concept or claim to a scene from Borden’s Born in Flames. Analyze what the lens’s concept reveals about the scene and the film generally, using specific details from the analytical passage to create a claim about the film.
Steps:
Identify a key concept or claim in a secondary source that you think can be applied as a lens to help you analyze the details you’re focusing on in the novel.
Summarize the relevant concept or claim that you’ve identified in the secondary source
Explain what the concept you have taken from the essay helps you see and understand in the film in a new way
Analyze details in the passage that support your interpretation and use of your secondary source’s concept or claim.
Criteria for Evaluation:
Identifies a relevant lens from a secondary source 15
Defines the lens without changing its meaning and in a way
that would make sense to a reader unfamiliar with the essay.
Offers a new interpretation of the film made possible by 15
the lens. Explains what the lens reveals about the film
Supports points by analyzing concrete details in the film scene 15
Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and MLA citation 5
50 points
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