Under what conditions would a person choose the qualitative approach over the quantitative or vice versa when investigating a forensic behavioral science situation?
Quantitative vs. Qualitative Research
The qualitative approach to research involves the collection of extensive amounts of narrative and written data in order to gain insight into an event, occurrence, strategy, or phenomenon. Quantitative research involves the collection of numerical measurement data in order to explain, predict, or control the interest area of research.
Under what conditions would a person choose the qualitative approach over the quantitative or vice versa when investigating a forensic behavioral science situation? When would a mixed-methods design be the best option? Through your research provide examples and support for the points you are making.
Review the points of others and add additional examples, challenging a response or drawing conclusions from the response.
Post your responses in a minimum of 300 words.
All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.
Is this a complementary good, a substitute good, or a non-related good? If there is a relationship, indicate whether the relationship is weak or strong.
Competency
Elasticity, consumer choice, utility, productivity, and nature of costs.
Course Scenario
Oil Company X is a large oil refinery which has been expanding and taking on new investment projects. Recently, they have considered building a pipeline that stretches across the United States, from Canada to New Orleans.
You are a member of the Cost Department. At a recent meeting of the board of directors, it was estimated that the cost of building the pipeline would be two million dollars in total for the production of a 30,000-mile stretch, $5,000 of which is a fixed cost in taxes. They also want you to determine if the currently available alternative energy source is a strong substitute good for oil, which may interfere with expected profits from this venture.
Instructions
As a cost analyst at your firm, you are asked to evaluate the marginal cost of producing the pipeline per 1,000-mile stretch as well as the average total cost of producing the pipeline per 1,000 miles. Submit a 2-page report detailing the cost. Include calculations in your Word document.
You will also include a table showing the final figures for the following costs:
Total Fixed Cost
Total Variable Cost
Average Variable Cost
Average Fixed Cost
Marginal Cost
Please use this included Excel Cost Spreadsheet to calculate your costs.
Be sure to also include a calculation of the cross-price elasticity of the alternative energy source and oil. Assume the current price of oil is $50/gallon. If the price increases to $55/gallon of crude oil, the quantity demanded of the alternative energy source increases by 20%.
Is this a complementary good, a substitute good, or a non-related good? If there is a relationship, indicate whether the relationship is weak or strong. Justify your answer with an explanation.
Examine the factors that account for why the growth in the worlds population can negatively affect global society
Threats to the Global Environment
Congratulations! The United Nations has hired you as a consultant on global issues.
Many of the UN members are not satisfied with the progress of the Millennium Development Goals. They feel that the goals focus on the wrong issues. There is a disconnect between what issues the UN developed countries believe are priorities and what many developing countries feel the prioritized issues should be. For example, the country of Burundi has asked that one of the goals be focused on food security. Austria, however, is adamant that the major current global issue is to mediate ceasefires in countries in the midst of a civil war.
You have been asked to provide an unbiased perspective and identify the four issues you feel most impact the global environment. You will present your findings at the next UN General Assembly. Your goal is to provide a history of each issue, the number of countries affected, and the effects of this threat to the world population.
Of the eight major threats listed below, choose the four that you consider the most critical.
Energy sources
Civil war
Globalization
Poor health of entire populations
Lack of educational opportunities
Cultural taboos
Inappropriate uses of technology
Climate change
For your presentation to the United Nations:
Develop a minimum of four slides per issue for a minimum total of 16 slides.
Provide at least a paragraph on each slide (in the notes section) to explain the reason this information is relevant to the UNs assessment.
To review how to do any of the required assignment deliverables in PowerPoint, please refer to your Lynda.com account or reach out to your instructor ahead of time.
For each issue, create a graph or chart to analyze the data you have collected.
Cite at least five credible sources excluding Wikipedia, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.
This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different compared to other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review ?the SWS documentation for details. (Note: Youll be prompted to enter your Blackboard login credentials to view these standards.)
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Examine the factors that account for why the growth in the worlds population can negatively affect global society
Some health care companies have a global footprint that spans across nations, languages, and cultures. As more areas of the world gain access to internet, there is a greater potential for your companys message to be miscommunicated when marketing a product or service. What strategies can be employed to manage this?
Write a 1-page executive summary to add to the beginning of you Marketing Plan.
Finalize your Marketing Plan with the components in the following order:
1
4.Marketing Strategy
5.Tactics
6.Implementation
7.Control
.8.Exhibits
Reference page
Create a 9- to 12-slide presentation using either Microsoft® PowerPoint® or websites such as Google Slides, Adobe® Slate, or Prezi. Be sure to present each element of your Marketing Plan.
Then
Review and consider the content you covered during Week Six.
Post a 260- to 350-word response to the following question
Some health care companies have a global footprint that spans across nations, languages, and cultures. As more areas of the world gain access to internet, there is a greater potential for your companys message to be miscommunicated when marketing a product or service. What strategies can be employed to manage this?
Cite at least 1 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references
How communication and language arts strategies prepare students and provide them strategies to be successful academically and personally across multiple settings with a variety of collaborators (e.g., individuals, families, and teams).
Develop a 5-day unit plan that integrates vocabulary, reading, grammar, writing, listening and speaking, and technology, for the Class Profile students, choosing either the resource or self-contained learning environment. In a typical resource or self-contained learning environment the teacher would differentiate for every student. For this assignment, choose three students for whom you will differentiate the instruction. Align your unit to a 6-12 grade level ELA standard from the Arizona or another state academic content standards.
Design the unit plan to include:
National/State Learning Standards: Select standards that address reading, writing, speaking, and listening integration skills.
Multiple Means of Representation: Select strategies that allow opportunities to develop oral and written language for students with disabilities. Incorporate individual abilities, interests, learning environments, and cultural and linguistic factors in the section.
Multiple Means of Engagement: Select strategies to enhance language development and communication skills.
Multiple Means of Expression: Use technically sound formal and informal assessment.
Extension Activity and/or Homework: Incorporate activities that include critical thinking and problem-solving.
In the Differentiation rows of the unit plan template focus on the three students you selected.
Part 2: Rationale
In 250-500 words rationale at the bottom of your unit plan, explain the following:
How literacy skills from your lesson plan will be helpful for students in other content areas.
How communication and language arts strategies prepare students and provide them strategies to be successful academically and personally across multiple settings with a variety of collaborators (e.g., individuals, families, and teams).
Research the teen pregnancy rates for the last 10 years for your state and community. Has this rate increased or decreased?
Adolescent pregnancy is viewed as a high-risk situation due to the serious health risks that this creates for the mother, the baby, and society at large. Describe various risk factors or precursors to adolescent pregnancy.
Research community and state resources devoted in adolescent pregnancy and describe at least two of these resources.
Research the teen pregnancy rates for the last 10 years for your state and community. Has this rate increased or decreased? Discuss possible reasons for an increase or decrease.
Should the business be of the singular mind that making a profit is the goal, or do businesses have an ethical obligation to give back in some way, either to the communities in which they operate or to charity?
A fundamental question in business is whether the business has any responsibility beyond profit. Should the business be of the singular mind that making a profit is the goal, or do businesses have an ethical obligation to give back in some way, either to the communities in which they operate or to charity?
research the best practices related to the regulation of police officers use of social media and develop a department policy.
Policy Development: Final Instructions
Review the feedback you received from your instructor for the Policy Development Draft. Make the necessary changes to your work, and resubmit the final Policy Development.
Law Enforcement Organizations are facing a tremendous problem with social media. On one hand, social media such as Facebook, My Space, and Twitter can be extremely useful for effective and efficient communication. On the other hand, Law Enforcement Executives are constantly facing situations in which employee misconduct is occurring through social media. Police Officers are accessing social media from their workstations and patrol cars during their shifts. Police Officers are posting information that is unbecoming for an officer as well as degrading and disrespectful to the profession. Police Unions and Police Officer Organizations such as the Fraternal Order of Police and the PBA are opposed to departmental policies that infringe on police officers constitutional rights. How do law enforcement organizations regulate the use of social media? Just about every major law enforcement organization has a Facebook account associated with the organizations website. Therefore, should law enforcement organizations regulate individual officers social media activity?
As the policy manager for your law enforcement organization, please research the best practices related to the regulation of police officers use of social media and develop a department policy. This research should include interviews with your local law enforcement leaders to determine how they are addressing this issue. In addition, please read the Social Media study conducted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police; it can be found in the Reading & Study folder of Module/Week 8.
You must have at least 5 pages not including your title page.
Create a code of ethics that considers the values and needs of all stakeholders.
The Course Project is a sales plan that includes designing a sales organization structure, code of ethics, communications policy, lead generation plan, sales call policy, presentation strategy, training plan, relationship management plan, and internal communications policy.
You may do your project on any of the following.
An imaginary business that you could start
A potential business that you plan to start
An existing business that does not have a sales plan
Youll also need to select a product for the business to sell.
Because this course is about personal selling and sales management, your Course Project is to be written from the perspective of a sales manager who is pursuing the financial and ethical goals of the organization while simultaneously keeping a sales force productive and motivated.
Include the sections listed below with each respective draft, and use the section titles as headings in the body of your paper.
Week: Draft
Section Title
Topic Prompts
Week 2: Draft 1Sales Organization Structure
Design a sales organization focused on relationship selling by
segmenting an industry and market in which your sales force will compete; and
outlining a sales strategy that addresses legal and ethical implications.
Code of Ethics
Evaluate business ethics from personal and professional perspectives.
Create a code of ethics that considers the values and needs of all stakeholders.
Communications Policy
Analyze buyer behavior within target markets and industries.
Select appropriate channels in B2B and B2C markets.
Create a communications plan that utilizes current communication technologies.
Describe in detail Ariel Rubinsteins experiment on judgment and empathy
Answer questions based on the podcast and article (link below).
1. FromCan You Train Business School Students to Be Ethical: In your own words:
A. Describe in detail Ariel Rubinsteins experiment on judgment and empathy and
B. Summarize his findings and conclusions.
2. From Why People Do Bad Things: Lamar Pierce notes most people would say they would never behave like Toby, and they would be wrong. He goes on to note that the assumption that we would not do wrong is based on a flawed premise. What is this flawed premise?
3. From Why People Do Bad Things: What type of goals does a business frame activate in a person?
4. From Why People Do Bad Things: Why were people inside Tobys company and even outside his company willing to help Toby with his fraud?
5. From Why People Do Bad Things: What are some concrete proposals to get people to account for the ethical weaknesses or blind spots?
6. From Can You Train Business School Students to Be Ethical: A new generation of psychologists is thinking about creating ethical leaders and their thinking is based on a different premise. What is the premise?
7. From Can You Train Business School Students to Be Ethical: The article notes that discriminating unconsciously against those who are not like us and an accountant whos future business depends on his/her clients approval would be examples of what type of bias?
8. From Can You Train Business School Students to Be Ethical: A) If a sales manager wanted to reduce the number of false entries her salespeople were making on the expense report what could she do? Why would this reduce the number false entries being made?
9. From Can You Train Business School Students to Be Ethical: What are the top two responses give by students to the question, Why do you want to be a CEO?
