calculate the correlation between Equities and Commercial Property. Comment on the implications of your correlation calculation if you wanted to diversify a portfolio which contained both 50% weight in commercial property and 50% in equities.
Q1a) An investor has collated nine returns from their portfolio. Calculate the following for each asset class (Commercial Property, Equities and Corporate bonds); mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation. Show your workings and briefly comment on your results
Table 1. Returns in 2022 for Commercial Property, Equities, and Government Bonds
Commercial Property Equities Government bonds 8% 12% 4% 10% 14% 3% -12% 19% 2% 4% -15% 1% 6% -1% 4% 7.5% 0% 5% 3% 15% 8% 5% 14% 6% 4% 3% 4%
(15 marks)
Q1b) Using the information in Table 1, calculate the correlation between Equities and Commercial Property. Comment on the implications of your correlation calculation if you wanted to diversify a portfolio which contained both 50% weight in commercial property and 50% in equities.
Provide an explanation about the Supreme Court’s role and importance in the federal court system as well as how cases make it to the Supreme Court.
Description
Please do not use Surname in top right use Sands..Step 1: Background Information
Review the textbook chapter on the court system, view the video below, and view the Oyez link below.
Textbook: Chapter 13 on the court system, pages 485 – 508, specifically 498 – 508
The Lost Art of Democratic Debate (TED Talk)
Judicial Decisions: Crash Course Government and Politics
Oyez: Supreme Court cases
Google search as needed for additional information
Step 2: Select the Paper Topic
Select a Supreme Court case that’s either currently being decided or has been decided in the past two years.
Step 3: Analyze and Evaluate
After selecting a case, conduct research to fully understand the facets of the case.
Step 4: Write the Paper
Using the background resources provided in addition to researching a Supreme Court case of your choosing,
write a two page paper (Times New Roman, 12-point font, double spaced) that shows you understand the
significance of a case that makes it to the Supreme Court.
Your paper should consist of at least 5 paragraphs (totaling 1.5-2 pages) following this format:
Introduction Paragraph: Summarizes the purpose of the paper, uses an attention-getting device (PDF) Click for
more options an attention-getting device (PDF) – Alternative Formats to draw the reader in.
Paragraphs 2-3: Provide an explanation about the Supreme Court’s role and importance in the federal court
system as well as how cases make it to the Supreme Court.
Paragraph 4: Describe and analyze a selected Supreme Court case
Describe the case (who/what constitutes either side of the case – who is being represented? What are both sides
arguing?
Describe why the case made it to the Supreme Court.
Explain the outcome of the case if available, including the precedent that was set as a result. If the outcome is
not available yet, predict which side may win and the precedent that will be set as a result.
Conclusion paragraph: Summarize the paper and tie it all together.
Citations: At the end of your paper, create a citation for each source you USED in the paper. You may use either
APA or MLA style (APA is preferred).
Refresher: How to Write a College-Level Pap
Explain why the investigation of power remains a fundamental part of sociological research
Topic:
Explain why the investigation of power remains a fundamental part of sociological research
2 pages + well-structured + cited references
Description
In essay format, using examples drawn from course readings (listed below) and current events, please explain
why the investigation of power remains a fundamental part of sociological research. The philosopher, Bertrand
Russell (1938), notes that “the fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which
energy is the fundamental concept in physics”. The essay should be somewhere between 2-5 pages long, doublespaced. Quotes should be cited in the text, APA format to be used.
Readings:
Bertrand Russell, Power https://russell-j.com/beginner/POWER1938-TEXT.HTM
“Panopticism” by Foucault
“The two factors of a commodity” by Marx
“Commodity fetishism” by Marx
The Stanford University Experiment Assignment
“Trade unions have now become a spent-force, unpopular and on the decline.This is because employers have embraced good employee relations practices”. Analyze the relevance or otherwise of the above assertion
Description
“Trade unions have now become a spent-force, unpopular and on the decline.
This is because employers have embraced good employee relations
practices”. Analyze the relevance or otherwise of the above assertion-HR RELATED REFERENCES
Considering the criticism about the ECB’s governance and its democratic legitimacy, propose an alternative, more democratic governance structure for the ECB in 3,000 words.
Assignment Brief
Considering the criticism about the ECB’s governance and its democratic legitimacy, propose an alternative, more democratic governance structure for the ECB in 3,000 words.
Tasks:
Critically reflect on the feasibility of your proposal in the context of the EVB’s policy mission.
Include reflections on alternative monetary policy instruments and goals in the context of the proposal.
Marking Criteria
EU Economy 2020 (2)
Criteria Pts
This criterion is linked to a learning outcome
Clarity of Introduction
Is there an introduction? Does the introduction provide a clear outline of the aim and focus of the essay? Are conclusions/policy recommendations offered in the introduction? 15 pts
This criterion is linked to a learning outcome
Demonstration of core theories relevant for the topic
Is there a clear and concise presentation and comparison of theoretical frameworks and interpretation of their implications? Does the essay appreciate the complexity and a wide range of issues? Are they justified in their importance? Does the work reveal a theoretically driven understanding of the analysed topic. 35 pts
This criterion is linked to a learning outcome
Evaluative discussion and critical analysis
Is the argument is developed in a coherent and appropriate way. Are critical reflections offered? Is the essay covering factual background and relates it to theories? Is an understanding of contemporary issues and themes demonstrated? Are there links to relevant data if possible, is the data explained and does it relate to the topic? Is it credible? Are key facts presented in an original, succinct, and analytical manner? 45 pts
This criterion is linked to a learning outcome
Referencing and structure
Clarity of explanation, language, use of academic style, referencing (Harvard style? Correctly applied? Uses a range of academic sources?), well presented and structured? Are sections/paragraphs clearly linked? 5 pts
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts Do the factories pollute the environment in these areas?
One particular topic that concerns the industry of RMG and how it develops the country are the human rights of the workers in the factories. The RMG industry as aforementioned is leading Bangladesh’s exports and has a big contribution to its revenues, however as Miedema (2020) explains, Bangladesh has built its attractiveness to global apparel brands and retailers on the basis of a reputation to be cheap and lax on labour regulations. This can be seen from multiple examples. From child labouring to extremely low wages and other including no benefits and no pay for overtime work.
The first issue that will be analysed is child labour, and its effects on development. In his “Garment factory owners prefer girls under 15 years because they work for less, are more likely to be unmarried with no children or domestic responsibilities. Mostly child workers are appointed as apprentices or helpers for months and are not issued identification or time cards even after completing their apprenticeship period” (Ahmed, 2011). “They frequently work long hours, sometimes six or seven days a week, often, receiving less than the minimum wage, and are usually not paid for overtime work.”(Ahmed, 2011). Even though this paper may be considered a bit old, we have to think about the many years that this was going on until reported. If we take that Bangladesh has developed throughout the years and has made progress since the beginning of the RMG industry, one could only imagine the situation regarding child laboring during the 80’s, when there was almost no media to cover these stories and expose them. On another note, child laboring sets the country was back regarding development, as the children are not educated and have no chances to chase their dreams and a different carrier. (Look at how child laboring is not helping the development of countries)
After the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building, which resulted to over one thousand deaths and more than two and a half thousand injured, factory owners and the government had to take measures. Bossavie et al (2019) consider it the worst accident in the history of the global garment industry. After this tragic event, it was necessary for the government and for the apparels brands to start implement new policies and start meeting some of the workers’ needs, as the matter had global attention. This is when the Accord came into place, showing that the apparel brands and the government took drastic measures. “The Accord is a legally binding agreement between global brands & retailers and IndustriALL Global Union & UNI Global Union and their Bangladeshi affiliated unions to work towards a safe and healthy garment and textile industry in Bangladesh.” (Sumon, 2020). Even though this agreement happened after a disaster and in order to stop the disapproval, it was an immense progress for a development path in Bangladesh and a leading example for other countries.
Economic overview of Bangladesh:
In this section we will discuss how Bangladesh went from depending on agriculture to becoming one of the greatest exporters of RMGs.
(Bangladesh is heavily depended on RMG industry which is 100% export oriented.)
More than 80% of Bangladesh’s exports are from the rmg industry.
It provides work for over 4 million people.
The majority of the workers are women that helps in women empowerment.
It has helped the country to start scaling up to becoming a middle income country. “As Bangladesh graduates from least-developed to middle-income country status in the next few years” (McKinsey, 2021)
To what extent did the 2008 crisis affect Bangladesh?
SDG 8:
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Social overview of RMG industry in Bangladesh:
In this section we will discuss the effects that these RMG factories have to the local communities. How have they promoted their everyday life, how they treat their workers and their families.
SDG 3:
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Discuss the Accord and how that has developed such actions.
SGD 9:
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Have they built roads and developed the infrastructure of the cities that they are located?
To what extent have they promoted inclusive and sustainable industrialization?
Have they fostered innovation?
SDG 13:
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Do the factories pollute the environment in these areas?
Is there any climate hazard coming with the infrastructure?
Have there been actions regarding the pollution of the climate and if so what actions?
How did Covid-19 affect the rmg industry in these factories?
How many cancellations were they?
How many people lose their jobs?
Has Bangladesh recovered from it?
How did Bangladesh as a whole experience Covid-19?
Islam, M. R. (2019) ‘Economic Growth Rates and Exports of Bangladesh: The Bengal Tiger?’, South Asia Research, 39(3), pp. 285–303. doi: 10.1177/0262728019861760.
Berg, A., Chhaparia, H., Hedrich, S. and Magnus, K.-H. (2021). What’s next for Bangladesh’s garment industry, after a decade of growth? McKinsey & Company. [online] 25 Mar. Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/retail/our-insights/whats-next-for-bangladeshs-garment-industry-after-a-decade-of-growth.
How Can we Educate ourselves to be able to walk in solidarity with indigenous people?
: How can we educate, what is required and what to do to work in solidarity with Indigenous peoples in the Americas?
My Research topic is How can we educate, what is required and what to do to work in solidarity with indigenous people in the Americas. The proposed thesis of my essay is: I believe more than feeling sorry for the indigenous communities of the Americas people we should properly learn the history of the violation that all of our Nations endured and stop dismissing our stories as something in the past or something so lost is not worth fighting for. I hope to interest people with the support of documented historic events, scholarly articles, and resources on researching their roots, what is required, and what to do to work in solidarity with indigenous people in The Americas – As a newer or younger generation of the Native American Indigenous I feel the need for our land to heal to be respected and to ensure our territories are going to stop been marginalized, and despair in the eyes of the world, we need proper change and for all the treaties of the Americas to be respected so we can reconcile with the land, our past, and newcomers to our countries so we can all work in solidarity towards one another, understanding our social location and privileges.
Questions my Research will answer?
How Can we Educate ourselves to be able to walk in solidarity with indigenous people?
Why should we embrace and know our roots?
How can I care and why should I care, the Social location and privilege I uphold, and how to identify them?
How can I help? Where can I learn to work in solidarity with indigenous people?
These are the links that are helping me with my research:
https://bccampus.ca/projects/indigenization/indigenization-guides/ https://www.queensu.ca/ctl/resources/decolonizing-and-indigenizing/what-decolonization-what-indigenization
https://opentextbc.ca/indigenizationcurriculumdevelopers/front-matter/accessibility-statement/
In-Plain-Sight-Summary-Report.pdf (gov.bc.ca)
Indigenous experiences with racism and its impacts (nccih.ca)
https://bccampus.ca/projects/indigenization/indigenization-guides/
https://bccampus.ca/2020/09/09/indigenization-guide-decolonization-and-reconciliation/#:~:text=The%20process%20of%20decolonization%20must,the%20displacement%20of%20Indigenous%20Peoples.
https://bccampus.ca/event/an-in-depth-look-at-the-pulling-together-indigenization-guide-teachers-and-instructors-2/
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-341-comey-s-testimony-things-arab-men-say-the-moth-at-20-come-from-away-at-the-tonys-and-more-1.4151513/ryan-mcmahon-s-12-step-guide-to-decolonization-the-treaty-edition-1.4151628
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/10/a-brief-history-of-everyone-who-ever-lived/537942/
https://www.ohchr.org/documents/issues/ipeoples/undripmanualfornhris.pdf
https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/a-brief-definition-of-decolonization-and-indigenization
https://bccampus.ca/2020/06/11/indigenization-guide-myths-stereotypes-and-racism/
https://opentextbc.ca/indigenizationcurriculumdevelopers/front-matter/accessibility-statement/
https://www.ohchr.org/documents/issues/ipeoples/undripmanualfornhris.pdf
https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=2049&context=etd
https://www.pitzer.edu/academics/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/11/FAC-Parker-Allies7GenFundFinal11-2017.pdf
other readings:
https://www.iwgia.org/en/colombia
https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss1/art8/
Nine ways to support the rights of indigenous people | Working in development | The Guardian
Articles am using.
Family History and Genealogy: The Benefits for the Listener, the Storyteller and the Community (bridgew.edu)
Understanding Race and Privilege (nasponline.org)
FAC-Parker-Allies7GenFundFinal11-2017.pdf (pitzer.edu)
Indigenization Guide: Decolonization and Reconciliation – BCcampus
Indigenous peoples in Colombia – Wikipedia
Nine ways to support the rights of indigenous people | Working in development | The Guardian
Reclaiming Traditional Healing Practices | CanadaHelps – Donate to any charity in Canada
Colombia’s indigenous form ‘mini-government’ to save Amazon | Thomson Reuters Foundation Long Reads (trust.org)
Accessibility Statement – Pulling Together: A Guide for Curriculum Developers (opentextbc.ca)
Indigenization guides – BCcampus
What expository writing style or argumentation structure is featured most prominently in the reading?
Target Competencies
Analyze post-secondary sources to distinguish purpose, organization, and logic of an argument across a variety of platforms.
Demonstrate research skills by locating, evaluating, and organizing information from a variety of sources.
Produce organized, unified, and coherent work using correct grammar, mechanics, diction, and a standard formatting and documentation style.
Create informative and/or persuasive works in which the main points are supported by appropriate evidence.
Evaluation:
Short Composition (Summary) at 10% + Short Answers at 10%: 20%
General Assignment Description
Your Final Assessment requires you to demonstrate a collection of skills that are learned, practiced, and evaluated in COMM 1007. There are two parts to this assessment:
A summary of your chosen reading, 150-200 words
Short answers, minimum 100 words each and based on your chosen reading, to critical thinking and writing style questions
You have three readings to choose from. Each reading is accessible through the link below, as well as through a separate link in the Final Assessment folder on Blackboard (Assessments section):
Option 1 Option 2 Option 3
Not in the Past: Colonialism Is Rooted in the Present (Midzain-Gobin & Smith, 2021). After COVID-19, Funding Post-Secondary Students Directly Could Create More Accessible Education (Anand, 2021). Why All Human Rights Depend on a Healthy Environment (Boyd, 2020).
Assignment Directions
Use this document as your Final Assessment template. You can type your summary composition and short answers in the spaces provided.
Summary
Your summary should include the necessary citation and reference elements, and remember to give credit to the author(s) throughout the summary. Review the Week 2 Blackboard module for more detail on summary writing.
Create a reference for your chosen article in APA format and include it in the provided space at the end of your summary. Any in-text citations you provide should also be formatted in correct APA style.
Short Answers
The short answer questions focus on critical thinking and writing structure concepts covered throughout the semester. The links below will take you to some resources, and most can be found in the Weekly Module sections in Blackboard:
Read more about Purpose
Read more about Audience
Watch a video about the Three Appeals
Read more about Expository Writing
Watch a video about Argumentation Structure (this is a 30 minute video lecture!)
Note: your short answers may also require citations!
Blackboard Submission
Submit your completed Final Assessment through Blackboard by the assigned due date. Make sure your document is uploaded in one of the accessible formats (.docx, .pdf, .rtf, .odt)
Final Note: Your submission does not have to follow APA writing format, so spacing, font type and size, and margins (etc.) will not form part of your grade calculation. However, your APA reference and citation formats WILL be evaluated.
Highlight your chosen article’s name and author(s):
Not in the Past: Colonialism Is Rooted in the Present (Midzain-Gobin & Smith, 2021).
After COVID-19, Funding Post-Secondary Students Directly Could Create More Accessible Education (Anand, 2021).
Why All Human Rights Depend on a Health Environment (Boyd, 2020).
Part 1: Summary
Write a clear, concise summary (150-200 words in length) of the exam reading. Your summary will be graded on its accuracy and organization. Your style, grammar/mechanics, and ability to give credit to the author will also be evaluated.
Write your summary paragraph below:
Reference
Insert your APA style reference below:
Part 2: Critical Analysis Questions
Answer the following questions, basing your answers on your chosen the exam reading. Each answer will be graded based on its completeness, and your style, grammar/mechanics, and ability to cite the source material (where needed) will also be evaluated.
Question 1:
What is the author’s purpose(s) in writing and/or publishing this article? Use examples from the article to support your answer.
Information about intended purpose can be found in the Week 2 Module on Blackboard.
Write your answer below:
Question 2:
Who is meant to be the primary audience for this article, and how do you know? Are there secondary and hidden audiences as well? Use examples from the article to support your answer. Information about intended audience can be found in the Week 2 Module on Blackboard.
Write your answer below:
Question 3:
Which of the three rhetorical appeals – logos, ethos, or pathos – is featured most prominently in the reading? Use examples from the article to support your answer. Information about the three appeals can be found in the Week 4 and Week 9 (Rhetoric) Modules on Blackboard.
Write your answer below:
Question 4:
What expository writing style or argumentation structure is featured most prominently in the reading? Use examples from the article to support your answer. Information about writing styles and argumentation structures can be found in the Week 9 and Week 10 Modules on Blackboard.
How does the proposed study contribute to and/or build on existing research, knowledge, policy?
Assessment Guidelines:
Formative Blog (minimum of weekly entries using PebblePad)
A formative blog will be kept during the module recording the development of student’s interest and ideas about their review topic. The blog will form a record of the students learning and demonstrate how their knowledge and understanding of research has developed. The blog will culminate in the content for student’s research proposal which they will present to peers, service providers and co teachers.
The Blog must contain content that:
Records your ideas; aspirations; interests; thoughts; reflections learning about research and completing the assignment over time.
Logs the development of your topic focus
Highlights examples of learning and the skills you have developed such as search skills and research methods.
Explores the different search tools that you have discovered
Highlights examples of what you have read and what you think about it
Records your experience of writing your research proposal and what you have learned
Reflects on what you have discovered about yourself
Assignment
Students will produce a dissertation comprising of a research project proposal on an aspect of one of the following Topics (6000 words):
Children and young people’s mental health
Adult mental health
Perinatal mental health
Psychological (‘talking’) therapies
Dementia
Physical health of people with mental illness
Medication
Learning disability & mental health
Autism & mental health
You will find it helpful to review the research process and to identify appropriate literature to help you. There is no one specific way to write such a proposal but we advise using the following headings/format. The word counts, excluding the abstract, are advisory only.
Title of the proposed project.
Abstract:
First indication of the quality and content of the proposal
A brief summary of the aims of the study and how it will be carried out, in non-technical language.
All the key points of the proposal should be included, methodology, methods and analysis.
Usually written last, when you are clear on what you have proposed!
Maximum 200 words.
Introduction:
Background to the proposal/ /significance of the problem/issue to be addressed
Identify the nature of the issue or problem from practice and provide a rationale for the overall aim of the study.
Consider how the study will contribute to an understanding of mental health practice.
How does the proposed study contribute to and/or build on existing research, knowledge, policy?
300 words
Literature Review
Evidence of critical evaluation of current research/literature relevant to the research topic and the theoretical context of the research.
Start by explaining how you undertook your literature searches considering any pros and cons of the process.
Organise your findings into common themes which will enable you to synthesise the literature;
What is the up to date knowledge within your topic area?
What are the key arguments and issues presented in the literature?
How does this evidence relate to your key research question/aim?
Consider the quality of these sources as forms of evidence and whether they should be used to inform professional practice.
Identify any knowledge gaps in your chosen topic, helps justify your planned research.
Consider why some of these deficiencies are not being addressed.
Conclude by drawing together the key findings from your literature review which will lead to the aim of your proposed study, as you will have identified why it is important to explore.
2600 words
Aim(s) of the Proposed Study
Stated in clear, specific, concrete and achievable terms.
Also include here (if appropriate) the research question.
100 words
Plan of Investigation
Research design – including rationale for a particular approach, qualitative and/or quantitative.
Methodology (may be more than one methodology to be used ie mixed methods) and rationale for choice.
Population and sample.
Plans for gaining access to the proposed sample.
Methods/processes for data collection and analysis with rationale for choices (this should also include, in an appendix, samples of questions to be used in questionnaire or interviews/ focus groups)
1500 words
Ethical Considerations
Details of the ethical considerations associated with the study should be included, and how these will be addressed.
Examples – confidentiality, anonymity, dealing with sensitive issues, protection of the client, informed consent.
Include an informed consent checklist in the appendix
300 words
Work Plan
Details of the time-scale & plan of work should be included to show the anticipated duration of each stage of the study.
This may be included in chart form as an appendix.
200 words
Facilities & Resources
You should identify the resources required for the project, as well as any particular equipment that is needed.
Personnel/ expertise required to support the study (if appropriate) with costing.
Details of how you will resource any costs.
300 words
Conclusion
Summary of key points
500 words
critically analyze and explain topics discussed throughout the course up to this point. Topics include psychology, environment, nonverbal behavior and vocal behavior.
Description
The purpose of this exam is to critically analyze and explain topics discussed throughout the course up to this
point. Topics include psychology, environment, nonverbal behavior and vocal behavior.
Please answer each of the following questions
- Please use examples to explain Sarcasm?
- What are the differences between fixed-feature space and semifixed-feature space?
- Please use your own experience to explain why silence is an important nonverbal behavior.
- Please give an example to explain what is Breathiness in vocal behavior.
- Based on your understanding and life experience, please explain why Throatiness is one of the most socially
acceptable vocal behaviors for male, but one of the lease socially acceptable vocal behaviors for female? - Please use your own words and life experience to explain what are the differences among round, squire, and
rectangular tables in terms of an individual’s psychological feeling. - Please name and explain two of the six perceptions of environment.
- Please use examples to explain the differences between social-polite touch and Friendship-warmth touch.
