Part 1: In at least a one-to-two-page paper explain the differences and similarities between Qualitative and Quantitative research.
Part 2: Develop a list of 5 qualitative and 5 quantitative research topics that are of interest to you.
Part 1: In at least a one-to-two-page paper explain the differences and similarities between Qualitative and Quantitative research.
Part 2: Develop a list of 5 qualitative and 5 quantitative research topics that are of interest to you.
Discuss these cases:
Case 1:
“At 10 a.m. on March 15, 1,000 students walked out of Stuyvesant High School in New York City to protest gun violence in the U.S. An hour later, 2,800 filed out of Curie Metropolitan High School in Chicago. An hour after that, 1,000 went to the capitol in Boise, Idaho. And an hour after that, 1,000 walked out of Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, with signs that read “Am I next?”.
Retrieved from: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/students-across-the-country-walk-out-to-protest-gun-violence-2018-03-14 (Links to an external site.)
Students are required to go to school; schools can discipline them for missing class — for example, in a walkout.
Van Petegem, Beyers, Vansteenkiste, and Soenens (2012) suggest that adolescents who establish a healthy sense of autonomy accept responsibility for their choices and actions (in Steinberg, 2019, p. 239). Where do we draw the line on providing autonomy to adolescents so they can grow as mature adults? After reading this week’s chapter on autonomy, as a team, discuss: do parents have the right to tell the students to stay in school instead of a walkout? What about the school? Can schools legally punish the students? Who should have more autonomy in this case?
Cite your work whenever possible.
Case 2:
A 17-year-old high schooler got pregnant. Discuss who should have the autonomy to decide what to do. I want you to really think of all the possible choices. Some possible scenarios:
If she wanted to keep her baby, or if she wanted to have an abortion, or if she wanted to give birth to the baby and give it away.
What if her parents have different opinions than hers (for example: if she wants to abort, the parents are against it, or vice versa).
What about her boyfriend. What if he wants to keep it, abort it, or waive his legal right as the child’s father and his opinion contradicts hers or her parents.
Who should have autonomy in this case? Keep in mind that she was 17 when this happened. Justify your answer but be sure to support it using the textbook or any other RELIABLE sources and cite it.
Case 3
https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/08/murder-or-self-defense-bresha-meadows.html
This is another case in which a young teenager (14 years old) decided to kill her stepfather while he was sleeping. Bresha claimed that her stepfather “brutally beat her mother and terrorized her family for years.”
Should Bresha be charged as an adult or as a child? Why? Can you justify your answer? Don’t just agree with your team members; you can also be the devil’s advocate and keep digging so you will get a quality discussion.
Finally, discuss this dilemma:
A 17-year-old girl was severely punished by her parents when they were informed that she planned to have an abortion.
A 14-year-old girl tried as an adult for murdering her abusive stepfather.
Why is it that the 17-year-old girl could not make this personal choice for herself because she was considered a minor, but the 14-year-old girl, who is younger, is being treated as an adult?
Make sure that you support your answer using the textbook chapter 9 and cite it using proper APA.
McGarigal et al. (2016) differentiate between levels of habitat
selection and scales at which habitat selection occurs. Further, they
make the statement: “…it is preferable to use multi-scaled approaches
coupled with empirical means to determine the characteristic scale…”
define the difference between levels of selection and scales of
selection and then explain what McGarigal et al. meant by their
suggestion that multi-scaled approaches are necessary to define the
characteristic scale.
The Lean Canvas
To use any business model you need to develop a plan. Here we look at the, “Opportunity Canvas,” as a way to quickly develop a lean
business model. If you have your own plan to launch a business, complete an Opportunity Canvas which you will find in this m=Module
and briefly describe it in your post. If you do not have a business you are interested in launching for now, respond to the following:
A. How can this “Lean Canvas” help you to identify the critical elements to start a business?
B. Name two companies that you believe clearly provide a high-quality value to their customers and describe how they do so.
Remember to respond to at least two other classmates!
Read: The Opportunity Canvas – p. 43 – 51; 56 – 75
Textbook
Textbook:
Business Model Generation Edition: N/A
Author: Osterwalder
ISBN: 9780470876411
Copyright Year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
choose a general aspect of women’s lives (family, economics, norms & laws, religion, political life, education & culture, sexuality) and two places/time periods
It should be a 5 paragraph essay – Introduction, three body paragraphs and a conclusion.
The introductory paragraph should contain a clear thesis that sets out the direction of your essay.
Each body paragraph should contain an argument/s to support your stance as well as supporting evidence, carefully quoted, from reputable sources.
Each body paragraph should also contain a refutation, preferably with supporting evidence, carefully quoted, from a reputable source.
You should use MLA style for all citations. You should also include a citations page at the end of your essay.
Write a 1250-1500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be three main sections, one for each bullet below. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least two (2) sources using citations in your essay. Make sure to cite using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page in correct APA do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.
Part 1: Describe why ethical safeguards designed for clinical research may not be feasible or appropriate for evidence-based practice or evidence-based practice implementation projects.
Part 2: Review the sectioned headed, Two Ethical Exemplars in Chapter 22 of the textbook (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2015, pages 518-519). Discuss three main ethical controversies related to implementing Evidence-Based Quality Improvement (EBQI) Initiatives. Describe how these controversies relate to the four core ethical principles.
Part 3: Identify which ethical principles may be in conflict with the concept of “patients having an ethical responsibility in improving healthcare.” Discuss how these conflicts may be resolved.
Unit 8 Discussion: What do we know about the Pre-Columbian Americas?
Initial Post Instruction:
Using ONLY the sources available under one of the subheadings below, explain: (1) what kinds of sources we have to examine your chosen civilization; and (2) what the linked sources suggest were the most important developments in your chosen civilization. You can page through exhibits, databases, and articles if they are more than one page, but do not use outside sources to develop your points.
Develop your initial post into several paragraphs totaling about 200 words. Successful posts will reference course materials and contribute to new points of discussion.
Response Posts Instruction:
Then put up 2 response posts to explain what gaps exist in our knowledge and what challenges researchers face when they study the pre-Columbian past. Use what you have read for this assignment and what your peers have posted to discuss: (1) what we know with some confidence, based on the linked sources; and (2) identify what we don’t know or what we are unsure about. Develop each of your response posts into at least 100 words each. When discussing the listed sources, please refer to them by name.
Sources for Inca:
Smithsonian Exhibit
The Incas’ Knotty History
Inca Pottery
Inca textiles
Inca Engineering
Inca mummy
Inca agriculture
Guanman Poma
OR
Sources for Cahokia:
Designed landscape
Cahokia artifacts
burial mounds
regional influence
decline of Cahokia
OR
Sources for Olmecs:
Stone heads
jade artifacts
white clay sculptures
stone block
stone block 2
regional influence
Listen to: https://www.buzzsprout.com/961615/4998935-episode-13-survivor-leadership
Choose 2 peer-reviewed journal articles to incorporate into your summary paper. If accessible, include the aritcle titled “Rape Survivors’ Agency Within the Legal and Medical Systems” by Megan R. Greeson and Rebecca Campbell to cite in paper.
Using APA format, write a 2 page paper that critically evaluates the subject at hand.
Introduction (1/2 page) providing the broad topic and your overall thesis.
Summary & Assessment (1 page) that provides the podcast’s overall arguments, evidence, and your position on their main points. Use the 2 journal articles to defend or address gaps in the podcast’s argument/s.
Conclusion (1/2 page) providing your key lessons from the podcast and articles, the significance of the message, and your general closing thoughts.
The Short Report is a 2-4 page, single-spaced unsolicited, persuasive problem-solving report.
The approach:
Generally, one of two. These are
Either:
Where you offer a product, service, or partnership that solves a problem your business can address
Because your business may be hypothetical, so might the solution be
An extension of your BMP business (BMP Extension)
Or
Where you research and propose a solution to an existing problem, ideally one you care about personally that isn’t simply about OSU/Stillwater parking or a petty grievance with an individual or group
a real-world problem (Real-World Solution)
The recipient:
In the case of the BMP Extension, someone real or fictional, but still in a position to help you solve or contribute or benefit from your proposed solution.
In the case of the Real-World Solution, someone who can address and or benefit from your proposed solution.
The format:
Is memo report or letter report, depending on the general nature of your recipient (internal – memo or external – letter).
Phone numbers should look like this:
(405) 744-5000
Depending on which one you’re doing, you should follow standard formatting conventions for the genre (memo or letter)
For a memo, use:
To: From: Date: Re: or Subject: lines on the left
The Memorandum line at the top/center
For a letter:
The recipient and return addresses must look something like this:
Mary Jones / 1234 Main St. / Stillwater, OK 74074
Contact information (phone number/email address) should be clearly visible
The content:
Clearly states (not necessarily in this order/look more closely at the assignment for specifics):
The problem
The solution
Your qualifications for proposing the solution
Your research on the problem
Your recommendations
Note: The content should include any persuasive incentives to say yes. For example, if a cost is associated with them saying “yes,” then you should include appropriate elements that make saying “yes” easy.
The organizational pattern:
Greeting
Overview
Identify the problem
Clarify why the person is being contacted
Clarify how you are qualified to deliver this solution
Major recommendations
Significant research findings
Major recommendations
Provide further details of how you will deliver your proposed solution, outlined by segments or steps.
Weave in research elements along the way, making sure to cite them according to the notes-bibliography citation style of the Chicago Manual of Style.
Conclusion
Briefly summarize what’s been discussed in the report in a way that helps the recipient clearly see the need to act or respond in the affirmative.
Appropriate closing
Provides a forward-looking end that invites the recipient toward taking positive action, inviting further conversation, etc.
The writing:
Balances appropriate tone and formality while delivering important information
Should be as error-free and concise as possible.
Must be persuasive in its appeal to your reader – you want this person to say “yes” to your solution.
Is generally in indirect order since it is unsolicited.
The visual elements:
You must include a logo if you are doing the BMP Extension approach. You are not required to have a logo if you are doing the Real-World Solution approach.
Your document design should demonstrate an understanding of visual appeal and readability through section or topic headers and other features, such as bullets, where feasible/helpful.
These include continuation headers for pages beyond the first.
These continuation headers should be in the same font as the body (see the next bullet point and its supporting points).
All section or topic headers must remain with the text they reference; they cannot appear at the end of a page
You should use readable fonts ranging between 10 and 12 points in size. Variations in fonts should be limited and consistently used for the purpose intended.
The body font should be the same throughout the document.
If you change fonts for in-document headings, they should remain the same throughout.
Your document can include relevant, helpful images, charts, etc. that aid the reader in understanding and acting on the message. They cannot be more than a quarter-page in size.
These images, charts, etc. must be appropriately labeled and cited following Chicago Manual of Style, 17thEdition, Notes and Bibliography guidance (see next section).
Outside sources/documentation:
Should be 4-6 appropriately quoted, summarized, or paraphrased credible outside sources.
Do not include block quotes unless there is a clear, reader-driven reason to do so.
These outside sources must be documented using the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition, Notes and Bibliography.
Superscript numeric notes where the outside source appears
Brief, numerically ordered citation footnotes at the bottom of the page where the reference to an outside source happens
The notes appear in two forms:
The bibliography entries are listed in alphabetical order appear on a page at the end of the document. This page does not count in the 2–4-page range.