What are some of your earliest memories of reading or writing?

What are some of your earliest memories of reading or writing?
Which people (parents, teachers, tutors, group leaders, authors, etc.) have most
influenced the development of your communication, reading and writing skills?
What specific classes, people or experiences have been crucial to your growth
as a reader, writer, and thinker? What classes, people or experiences have
hampered your growth as a reader, writer and thinker?
What factors have influenced the language you use and your attitudes about
language?
How has your understanding of reading and writing changed over time?
What do you believe is the role of the government, churches, schools, and/or
other institutions in promoting a person’s literacy?
What do you think constitutes being culturally literate in America, and do you
consider yourself to be culturally literate? Why or why not? What does it take to
be culturally literate? Does cultural literacy happen overnight or is it something
that is a matter of lifelong learning and experience? Does that learning only
come from school or from other avenues as well?
Why is literacy relevant to you? What benefits come from it?

Explain the reasons why the number of retirees is increasing and describe how this will affect the US economy.

Explain the reasons why the number of retirees is increasing and describe how this will affect the US economy. Specifically, discuss social security, healthcare cost, and economic growth.
Your answer should be at least 3 paragraphs long and you should cite at least one reliable source like a newspaper article, government agency, or an academic paper. Alternatively, you can create a video where you answer the question, post it on YouTube, and submit the link to the answer.

Explain why it is important to perform the above comparisons before selecting a sample?

APPENDIX A
Student Deliverables
Names: Allyson Reyes, Richard Rodusky,

Part 1: Sample Selection Workpaper

Factors required for completing sample selection
Tolerable misstatement (i.e., desired precision, tolerable error, materiality): $750,000.00
Allowable risk of incorrect acceptance: 0.10
Expected misstatement (i.e., expected error): $357,000.00
Random starting point: 15151.00

**Note**: Proceed to the technical guidance in Appendix B for assistance in importing the Excel file into IDEA, selecting a sampling, and projecting misstatements to the population after completing audit work.
Case Questions:

1. STEP 1: Understanding the population: In the Excel file examine the “AR Aging File” tab and the “Top Ten Customers” tab. If you were taking a risk-based sampling approach which items would you want to ensure you tested during substantive testing? Why?

Under AR Aging File, we will make sure to test León Jewelry, Bedouin Bijoux, and Exquisite Watches during substantive testing, because they contain high dollar value items. We will also test Spanish Jewelry and Amsterdam’s Finest because they have significantly higher aging AR in a specific period.

2. STEP 2: Ensuring completeness & accuracy of the data file you are going to sample from: Identify the balances listed below and ensure they agree (use Appendix B, Technical Guidance Steps B & C).
Accounts receivable balance per “AR Detail File” tab (in EXCEL): $11,904,442.08
Accounts receivable balance per “Balance Sheet” tab (in EXCEL): $11,904,442.08
Accounts receivable balance per imported IDEA file (in IDEA): $11,904,442.08
**NOTE**: If you make any computations within the “AR Detail File” tab, be sure to delete them before importing the tab into IDEA.
Why is it important to perform the above comparisons before selecting a sample?

This comparison ensures that the results of the IDEA software analysis are consistent with the results in the file. It proves the completeness and accuracy of the data file that we will sample from for the following steps.

3. STEP 3: Select a statistical sample using Monetary-Unit Sampling (MUS) in IDEA (use Appendix B, Technical Guidance Step D).
3a. Refer to PCAOB AS 2315 par 10 & 46. Define sampling risk. Explain how use of MUS helps to minimize this risk. Identify two reasons you think your manager chose to use MUS.

Sampling risk is a risk that the decision made based on the sample differs from the decision that would have been made by examining the population. A particular sample may include proportionately monetary misstatements. Sampling risk varies inversely with sample size. The smaller the sample size, the greater the sampling risk. The use of MUS can help auditors to determine appropriate sample size, which is one of the most important steps to control sampling risk.
One of the reasons our manager chose MUS is in the Wealthy Watches case, the company has a small number of large accounts receivables and a large number of small accounts receivables. MUS weighted high dollar items more heavily during sample selection, which results in a smaller overall sample size. Auditors can achieve increased efficiency without sacrificing effectiveness.
The other reason our manager chose MUS is that Wealthy Watches has a relatively large number of accounts receivables. Using MUS can help auditors apply statistical sampling more efficiently and easier and project the sample results quickly and accurately.

3b. What is the final sample size? High Values _6_ Monetary Sample _30_ Total Sample _36_
3c. How would your sample size change if you increased your tolerable misstatement to $1 million (all other requirements the same as originally stated)? Why would this occur?

If we increase the tolerable misstatement to $1 million, the monetary sample size will drop to 17, and the high value sample size will drop to 3. Increasing tolerable misstatement will give more room for errors and decrease the sampling risk, thus we can select a smaller size of samples to be tested and reduce workload.
3d. How would your sample size change if you decrease your allowable risk of incorrect acceptance to 0.05 (all other requirements the same as originally stated)? Why would this occur?

If we decrease the allowable risk of incorrect acceptance to 0.05, the monetary sample size will increase to 41, and the high value sample size will increase to 7. Decreasing the allowable risk of incorrect acceptance will require a bigger sampling size to reduce the sampling risk, thus we need to select a larger size of samples to be tested.

This is the end of Part 1. Please obtain Handouts 2&3 from your instructor to begin Part 2.

Part 2: Confirmation Testing Memo
Conclusions:
4. STEP 4: Evaluating and communicating the results: Use IDEA to project the results of your accounts receivable confirmation audit work to the population (use Appendix B, Technical Guidance Step E).
4a. What is the:
Gross most likely error for the sample of 30: $511,716.18
Gross upper error limit for the sample of 30: $882,289.74
Value of errors for the high value items: $538,876.80
Gross most likely error for all items: $1,050,592.98
Gross upper error limit for all items: $1,421,166.54

**NOTE**: Be sure to provide the MUS Projection Report from IDEA to support your above responses.
4b. Your audit manager asks you the status of your audit work and what you think the next steps should be. Please provide him an overview based on the work you performed, including anything you think he should communicate to the client, and a print out of your MUS Projection Report page. This information should be drafted in a formal memo.

The first portion of the memo should be a recap of the overall sampling process and your assessment of Wealthy Watches Inc.’s accounts receivable population. You may then wish to move on to your ultimate sampling procedure, the results of your testing/projections, and finally next steps. Your discussion of next steps should include recommendations as to what action the client may need to take and/or possible adjustments to the audit plan. Since ultimately this test was designed to support the existence of the accounts receivable balance, you should be certain to discuss whether you feel that management’s assertion is supported. Remember, per the PCAOB “if you didn’t document it, you didn’t do it” so please be complete in your write up.

Memo
To: Dr. xx Audit Manager
From: – Audit Staff
Date: March 7, 2022
Re: Wealthy Watches Inc. – Accounts Receivable Testing

Guiding Questions for your Memo –
How did you ensure completeness of the population?
What were your concerns about the population prior to testing?
How does your sampling method help to address any of those concerns (i.e., statistical sampling, MUS)?
Did you have any concerns related to the work performed by the RPA software?
What are the results of your testing after projecting the errors identified?
What does this mean for your conclusions on the existence of the population?
What are your recommendations for next steps and outstanding concerns that you might want the engagement team to follow up on?

Screenshot of IDEA Cell Evaluation Summary:

What abstinence medication would be most appropriate for WG?

Group 3: WG has made it through withdrawal without complications thanks to an appropriate management regimen. She would like to consider pharmacological treatment to maintain abstinence. Her LFTs have normalized now that she has been alcohol-free for the past week. She reports taking disulfiram during previous rehabilitation attempts but was unsuccessful, most likely because of adherence issues. Her medical chart indicates she has great insurance so prescription copayments shouldn’t be a problem.
What abstinence medication would be most appropriate for WG?

Identify an artist that interests you who works in the media you have selected that interests you.

Process:
Begin by choosing one of the medias from this week’s lecture and/or reading that interests you – one that you’d like to explore further.
Identify an artist that interests you who works in the media you have selected that interests you.
Find an artwork by that artist which you’d like to reflect on.
NOTE: you cannot write about the same artist or artwork you used for previous Reflective Analyses, you must select a different artist and artwork.
Then, you will provide details based on your research and answer some reflective questions in the following order which should include all of the following sections in essay form:

1. Artist (15 points): This portion should be comprised of information about the artist of your choice as well as why you selected them. Begin with: Who is the artist? Why did you choose the artist – what is generally interesting to you about it? Additional suggestions for material: date and place of birth and death, family information, lifetime accomplishments, famous art pieces, effects or impact on society, or historical significance.
* Length: At least 250 words, no more than 350 words.

2. Artwork (15 points): This portion should be your own subjective response to a work of art by the same artist you selected. Why did you choose the artwork – what is generally interesting to you about it? What was your initial, subjective interpretation of the artwork? Did it change as you found out more about the context of the artwork? What emotions, concepts, or ideas did it provoke in you? Do not simply describe the work or state whether or not you “like” the work; but rather, elaborate with specific details from the work that illustrate your response.
* Include the title of the work (in italics) and a picture of the artwork
* Length: At least 250 words, no more than 350 words.

3. Media (15 points): Which media that we have learned about is utilized to create this artwork (the same you selected above)? How does the artist’s use of their selected media (material) emphasize and support their content – the meaning of the work? Does it align with your subjective response? What characteristics of the media aid it in aligning with your subjective response? Thinking back to Reflective Analysis 1, are there broader thematic messages conveyed by the artwork based on the specific media utilized? What are they?
* Length: At least 250 words, no more than 350 words.
4. Bibliography (15 points): You must provide a bibliography in one of the formal the correct citation styles that includes at least 3 sources. Online sources are ok, but at least one source must be a book/journal/periodical/catalog and must be in addition to your textbook, and remember, Wikipedia doesn’t count. You are encouraged to research the artwork at your school’s library by searching through books and articles, written by scholars in the field of art and art history. Check out your campus’s library online and ask a librarian or tutor for help.

Discuss about services for abused women with mental health.

Discuss about services for abused women with mental health.

1. What social determinants of health are prominent in the issues faced by this community?
How is mental health prominent in your needs assessment?
2. How can you connect these issues to micro, mezzo and macro levels?
3. What information can be gathered if you look at this needs assessment from a
strengths/asset-based approach?
4. What interventions (if any) have been tried to respond to these issues (both within and
outside the target community)? What can you learn from these examples? What
organizations exist in the Greater Toronto Area that may be useful or relevant to respond
to these issues?
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5. What information is lacking? What other research (data, statistics, reports, academic
research) would be helpful to shape effective responses to these issues?

See attached for example! Any quetsions let me know

What are some specific goals and methods you may incorporate into group counseling that might be shaped by your culture?

What
are some specific goals and methods you may incorporate into group counseling
that might be shaped by your culture? Describe the approach you can use that
considers yours and the group member’s cultural backgrounds.
This discussion question meets
the following NASAC Standard:
94) Describe and summarize
client behavior within the group for the purpose of documenting the client’s
progress and identifying needs/issues that may require modification of the
treatment plan.

Would families of color be better off or worse off if they rejected the belief in the meritocracy?

To successfully complete this midterm, you will need to read, annotate and study the reading titled “Meritocracy Hurts Kids of Color.”
After you have study the reading well, you are ready to start the exam
Once you start the exam you won’t be permitted to stop. Please plan your time wisely by studying the reading BEFORE you start the exam.
For this exam, address the following question:
Would families of color be better off or worse off if they rejected the belief in the meritocracy?
Your goal is to present a clear argument with an introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion. You should plan on writing about 500 words.