What you’re currently doing, why you’re doing the master’s program and how you hope it will further your personal and professional goals.

What you’re currently doing, why you’re doing the master’s program and how you hope it will further your personal and professional goals
How immigration and immigrants have impacted your own life: What connects you to this topic? What have been your experiences with immigrants in your family, work, school and community? Why does this matter to you?
2-3 questions that you have coming into this course that you hope we will explore……………… I did attach in the file some of the information you can put in

Write a paper on your Critical Thinking.

Write a paper on your Critical Thinking.Use your ebook, page 367 to view Exercise 12.3
Suppose you want to use the passages in exercise 12.3 in an argument. How reliable do you judge them to be? Evaluate each passage according to the criteria outlined in chapter 12. (5 Arguments, minimum of 200 words each)

Author’s background
Author’s bias and purpose
Publisher or Sponsor
Intended Audience
In several cases, you may have to conduct a little research to determine something about the speaker, the author, or the organization.

Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate based on the data type?

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 in your course textbook, Chapter 3 in the Jarman (2013) e-book, the Week 1 Instructor Guidance, and review the Describing Data video and the Khan Academy video on Interquartile Range (IQR). Also, complete the Week 1 learning activity and Week 1 weekly review.

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This exercise requires the use of a descriiptive statistics calculator. You can find this tool in some versions of Excel (as part of the Analysis ToolPak) or you can use one of the many free online descriiptive calculators such as the Descriiptive Statistics Calculator by Furey (n.d.).

Your instructor will post an announcement with the data set for your Week 1 assignment.

First, use either Excel or the Furey (n.d.) descriiptive statistics calculator to calculate the descriiptive statistics for the given data set. This is explained in Chapter 1 of your course text.

You should get an output similar to the image in Figure 1.3 from your textbook. This output must contain the following values: mean, standard error, median, mode, standard deviation, sample variance, kurtosis, skewness, range, minimum, maximum, sum, and count.

Next, begin writing your paper by reporting your results for each of the values listed above.

Include the data set, the output from the analysis, and the answers to the following questions:

Evaluate the measures of central tendency. Address the following when completing this component:
Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate based on the data type?
Are the mean, median, and mode close to the same value? If not, what does this tell you about the numbers in the set?
Identify any mode(s) in the data set. Is there a mode at all? Is there more than one mode?
Calculate manually the interquartile range and the values of Q1 and Q3. (It is important to calculate this manually because the interquartile range and quartiles output from Calculator Soup might not be accurate.) Address the following when completing this component:
Test to see if there are any outliers in the set. If so, which number(s)?
Which method from Section 2.4 of the text did you first use to check for outliers?
Now try the other method from Section 2.4 of the text. Do you come to the same conclusion about outliers in the data set?
Explain which descriiptive statistic you think best summarizes this set of numbers and why.
Choose three of the descriiptive statistics that you feel best represent this data set. Why were they chosen?
The Descriiptive Statistics Data Analysis assignment

Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Style resource.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
University name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date due

Write a review paper on ‘Out Of This Furnace’ by Thomas Bell

Write a review paper on ‘Out Of This Furnace’ by Thomas BellBell’s vision of how immigrant groups adjust to life in the United States over generations has similarities to the Ellis Island Myth, but it is somewhat different. Bell has more skeptical view of what the United States offers, he sees immigrants changing the United States (as well as being changed by it), and he focuses on unionization as a route to upward mobility. Develop an original argument that answers the following questions: What messages does Bell’s novel send about immigration? What significance could those messages have today?

NUTS AND BOLTS

Your paper should be about four pages long, double-spaced, and in 12-point font with one-inch margins. I prefer that you submit a Word document. I’m not fussy about headings and D2L provides the name and date for you.

You must include a clear thesis statement laying out your argument in the introduction, topic sentences that relate each paragraph back to your thesis, and specific evidence from the text and class. The challenges in this assignment will be: developing an appropriate thesis statement, structuring your essay, and dealing with the genre of the work (autobiographical fiction). We will discuss all those things!

Normally, we would use Chicago Manual of Style footnotes for citations, but this case we are all using the same book, so you can use a simplified form. If you use any quotations, include a parenthetical reference to the page number at the end of the sentence (after the quotation marks close, but before the period). At the end of your essay include:

Works Cited:

What is your opinion of the view that coaches are responsible for the conduct of their assistant coaches and players?

Flagrant Foul Topic: Business ethics

“The dark underbelly of college basketball.”64 College basketball is big business for the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association). The annual tournament to crown the national champion of college basketball—the “big dance”—is the major source of income for the NCAA. However, a scandal was unfolding that would tarnish the reputation of some elite college basketball programs and would end the coaching career of one of college basketball’s most well-known coaches.

Money. Ethics. Compliance. Always a recipe for scandal?

A sweeping FBI investigation alleging fraud and bribery at NCAA powerhouse basketball programs encompassed coaches, agents, financial advisors, and athletic shoe company employees. Federal investigators in New York uncovered a thriving underground market for top high school basketball prospects. For example: A sports agent arranged for a $100,000 payout to the family of a top high school prospect if he would commit to a certain major university and sign with a certain apparel company once he turned pro.65 And this was just one example. Several other allegations were cited by the federal investigators.

In the athletic apparel business, getting your shoes and apparel on professional athletes—unarguably, the most valuable “breathing” billboards ever—can pay off in a big way. The product choices of these pros can have an immediate and long-term influence over consumers’ purchasing decisions. Just look at the popularity over the years of Michael Jordan’s Air Jordans shoes made by Nike or Stephen Curry’s Curry shoes from UnderArmour. For the athletic sneaker companies, locking in potential top players to your brand was only smart business. Because NCAA rules prohibit players to be openly compensated, well…there was too much money at stake for those accused to play by the rules…or so they thought. Adidas executives were among those accused of wire fraud and money laundering. A spokesperson for Adidas said that “the company is committed to compliance and ethical business practices.”66 Four assistant coaches at prominent college basketball programs were arrested along with an Adidas executive, a financial advisor, and others. Then, probably the biggest name claimed by the scandal has been Louisville’s head coach Rick Pitino. When the allegations that implicated his program came to light, Pitino was immediately suspended and ultimately fired. According to NCAA guidelines, coaches are responsible for the conduct of their assistant coaches and players.

What now? Adidas has said it is cooperating with the investigation. Lawyers for the defendants have argued that the federal government has tried to “transform NCAA rule violations into a conspiracy to commit federal wire fraud.”67 A judge is scheduled to hear arguments about dismissing the charges based on “defendants’ arguments that no one was hurt, and no law was broken.”68 Finally, the NCAA formed a commission to consider making “substantive changes” to the way the business of college basketball operates. It wants to examine the areas that led to the misdeed alleged in the criminal charges. A couple of areas this commission will be looking at include the sport’s relationship with athletic apparel companies as well as the “one and done” rule in which players can leave for the pros after a single year of college. NCAA’s president said, “We must take decisive action. This is not a time for half-measures or incremental change.”69

Discussion Questions
3-24 What is your opinion of the view that coaches are responsible for the conduct of their assistant coaches and players?
3-25 How can university leaders create a culture of ethics and compliance in college athletics?
3-26 What conflicts might arise in attempting to eliminate unethical/illegal behavior when there’s often “big money” associated with successful college sports programs?
3-27 What do you think of the defendants’ arguments that “no one was hurt and no law was broken?” Do you agree? Disagree? Discuss.
3-28 In your assigned group, discuss the potential effects there would be for the various stakeholders in this situation? (Hint: The young players, reputation of the university, and so forth. Maybe even students who aren’t athletes and won’t sign multi-million-dollar contracts?)

Book Fundamentals of Management Stephen P. Robbins; Mary A. Coulter; David A. De Cenzo

Write a dialogue-only scene between two inanimate objects.

Project Scope
Four dialogue writing exercises are included below. Pick two of them and write out a dialogue sequence or a summary of a conversation between two people. Share your dialogue sequence in this Discussion for review. Review a minimum of two of your classmates’ submissions, and provide substantive feedback. Review comments on your own dialogue sequence. Note: You must post first before you will be able to see the posts of your classmates.

Mandatory Elements
For exercise 1, listen to a conversation between at least two people. The conversation can be from a movie, people talking in a mall, or in a restaurant.

Transcribe the conversation to the best of your ability.
Write a summary of what the conversation was about (1-2 pages in length, with 1.5 line spacing).
Identify any subtext in the conversation. Were there things said that may have meant something different than the actual words used?
Conclude with a summary of what you learned from the conversations.
For exercise 2, write a dialogue sequence based on one of the choices in your exercise.

Write a short story (3 pages in length, with 1.5 line spacing).
Apply the scene structure and dialogue tips in writing the short.
Both assignments should include a title page with your name, the course name, current semester, and assignment name.

Dialogue Exercises
1. Listen in on other conversations.

It may sound crazy, but people say things differently. Listen to the conversation. Explain the “real” meaning of the conversation, and what was really said.
2. Select ONE of the options below:

Write a dialogue-only scene between two inanimate objects. What would they say to each other?
A knife and a fork
Peanut butter and jelly
Write a dialogue sequence between two characters in a meaningful moment.
A woman tells her husband she wants a divorce
A boy has to tell his dying mother goodbye
Write dialogue sequence for an intense moment.
A reporter has the opportunity to cover the story of his life, but his wife goes into labor
A man is late for a job interview, but his wife needs to talk to him about a medical problem

What messages does Bell’s novel send about immigration?

Bell’s vision of how immigrant groups adjust to life in the United States over generations has similarities to the Ellis Island Myth, but it is somewhat different. Bell has more skeptical view of what the United States offers, he sees immigrants changing the United States (as well as being changed by it), and he focuses on unionization as a route to upward mobility. Develop an original argument that answers the following questions: What messages does Bell’s novel send about immigration? What significance could those messages have today?

NUTS AND BOLTS

Your paper should be about four pages long, double-spaced, and in 12-point font with one-inch margins. I prefer that you submit a Word document. I’m not fussy about headings and D2L provides the name and date for you.

You must include a clear thesis statement laying out your argument in the introduction, topic sentences that relate each paragraph back to your thesis, and specific evidence from the text and class. The challenges in this assignment will be: developing an appropriate thesis statement, structuring your essay, and dealing with the genre of the work (autobiographical fiction). We will discuss all those things!

Normally, we would use Chicago Manual of Style footnotes for citations, but this case we are all using the same book, so you can use a simplified form. If you use any quotations, include a parenthetical reference to the page number at the end of the sentence (after the quotation marks close, but before the period). At the end of your essay include:

Works Cited:

Is there any advantage to a leaf in having palisade mesophyll on the upper half and spongy mesophyll on the lower half?

Prepare an audio presentation of 1-2 minutes in length. You may use any tool to make your audio recording. Be sure to include the following:

The audio presentation should be less than two minutes long. If you’d prefer to create a video presentation, this is acceptable as well.

Along with the audio, you need to include a written transcriipt of your presentation. This can be copy/pasted into the body of your discussion board post.

You should also include a list of any references used in your post and audio presentation, using APA.

Question:
Waterlogging can be an environmental stress for crop production in areas like along the Yangtze River in China. What is waterlogging (Links to an external site.)? Can it be found in the United States? What effect might it have on mesophyll cells? The mesophyll is the name given to second layers of cells inside the plant’s leaves located right under the epidermis. Is there any advantage to a leaf in having palisade mesophyll on the upper half and spongy mesophyll on the lower half?

No need to provide the audio I can do that part myself. Thanks!