How would you sample 12-15 potential participants for a single case study using convenience sampling and purposeful sampling?
1. Qualitative research tends to use small samples to examine a problem instead of using large samples as in quantitative research. With fewer people in the sample, it is important for the participants to be information-rich informants. With that in mind, consider the strengths and weaknesses of purposeful, convenience, and random sampling approaches in qualitative research. Then, assume you are an automobile manufacturing executive tasked with increasing sales in your state. You wish to do a qualitative study to obtain the perspective of sales personnel regarding an incentive program you implemented at a few dealerships that quantitatively proved to be successful. What sampling approach would you use to identify and select the 12-15 information-rich personnel from the target population? What eligibility criteria would you use in addition to being sales personnel in a dealership of this manufacturer in the given state? What logistic difficulties would you anticipate in drawing your sample? Explain your answers.
2. Assume you wish to study the influence of high school principals’ leadership styles and academic achievement in their schools in your state. How would you sample 12-15 potential participants for a single case study using convenience sampling and purposeful sampling? What factors would make you choose one approach over the other? Why? What logistic difficulties could you expect in drawing the sample?
Outline the major features of quantum mechanics and how they are applied to various fields.
Assignment Content
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Outline the major features of quantum mechanics and how they are applied to various fields.
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Instructions
In a two-page paper, research three examples of technologies that use quantum mechanics. Explain, in your own words, how these applications impact society. If you or someone you know has ever had an MRI scan for a medical diagnosis, you have experienced the result of quantum physics for measuring bodily structures. Finally, provide another specific example from your own life that could be influenced by these applications.
what is crucial to ask every client who comes into the clinic?
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You are the assessment coordinator at a couple and family therapy clinic. You have been assigned to create a comprehensive assessment protocol for every client (couple or family) who presents for services. Knowing that clients are often not transparent or forthcoming about matters of great potential consequence in their lives, what is crucial to ask every client who comes into the clinic?
Choose several assessment instruments you believe would be useful and give a rationale for their inclusion. You may select or create individual items of interest as well. In order to limit the response burden, you can ask 100 items/questions maximum over the assessment protocol. Include a discussion of ethics in assessment and how your protocol addresses issues of safety and diversity (for example, race, culture, sexual orientation, et cetera.).
make an argument characterizing one significant influence on people’s identities
Make clear points about the way identity (race, gender, or class) relates to success in America. You will need to consider factors that shaped the identities of Americans like Malcolm X and Federick Douglass and reflect on
1. What constitutes identities in general
2. make an argument characterizing one significant influence on people’s identities
3. describe its practical, real-world consequences on education and particularly language
N/B length; 2 pages
Focus; Introductory paragraph, thesis statement, topic sentence, content
What is the advantage to having an organized methodology in evaluating business opportunities?
Purpose
Unit 2 introduces some basic analysis methods, ideas for gathering data, and the creativity needed in looking for solutions to client problems. Make sure you investigate all parts of the unit for activities and requirements before posting or completing graded work.
Food for thought:
- What is the advantage to having an organized methodology in evaluating business opportunities?
- In what ways can you use software tools to organize and present complex ideas?
- Why are visual representations of ideas powerful?
Content
Scenario No. 1
Holliman Veterinary Hospital has considered advertising on the radio and in newspapers in their community, but now has contacted you about the possibility of developing a better Web presence. HVH is located in an area of about a half million people; there are many other veterinarians, so competition for clients can be fierce. The hospital’s current “website” consists of a homepage created on a free template, some random photos, and minimal information such as the address, phone, and email contact.
How did the company arrive at the valuation for the IPO?
DiscussionCOLLAPSE
Going Public
Locate a recent story from The Wall Street Journal or other reputable news source about a company that has gone public through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) within the last year and review their S-1 filing. To locate this, search on EDGAR Company Filings or the investor relations section of their website. To avoid repetition, please find an IPO that other students have not discussed.
- How did the company arrive at the valuation for the IPO? Consider the various valuation methods covered in Week 4, supply and demand based on hype, and peer comparables.
- What was said publicly by the CEO/CFO and/or the bank that took the company public to support the initial stock price?
- Was the IPO price justified? How has the price changed since the IPO? Be sure to consider overall market and segment performance to support your position.
As a healthcare provider, how can one best assess and confront attitudes, perceptions, behaviors, and biases toward older adults?
Directions:
Due to the increasing percentage of older adult clients in the U.S., it is imperative that healthcare providers assess and confront their own attitudes and perceptions toward older adults.
In your initial post, address the following:
- Describe ageism and its impact on societal views of older adult clients.
- Explain how ageism can influence the healthcare provisions of older adult clients.
- As a healthcare provider, how can one best assess and confront attitudes, perceptions, behaviors, and biases toward older adults?
Which metrics/trends are most critical for forecasting future performance and for budgeting?
Assignment 3: Forecasting Due Week 9, Sunday (18% of final grade) In the first two assignments, you looked at: (1) how NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) are positioned to take advantage of opportunities and manage risks, and (2) how well each is currently managing their performance. As part of this analysis, you identified potential areas for improvement and considered whether a merger or acquisition could strengthen their financial performance. Based on your insights and recommendations, Buffett is now asking for an assessment of what the future holds for these businesses. In order to deliver this, you must be able to accurately forecast cash flows (the money that comes in and the money that goes out). Like any predictions about the future, these forecasts require the collection and analysis of reliable data, including leading indicators in the broader economy as well as the market forces that impact competitive dynamics. This analysis will enable you to make smarter decisions about how to plan for the future in order to maximize returns, minimize risks, and beat the competition. Instructions For this assignment, you will continue to use the published data from the most recent annual reports you have been studying, as well as analyst reports and other resources available on the Internet. A. Complete the Assignment 3 Worksheet to assemble and assess your forecasts of working capital. The guidance for this is found on pages 137-169 of The CFO Guidebook. B. Summarize your Analysis and Recommendations by addressing the following questions: i. Which metrics/trends are most critical for forecasting future performance and for budgeting? To answer this, you must include an analysis of both past trend performance AND the applicability and reliability of key forecast indicators. In your response, consider: a. Which company has the stronger income statement? Explain. b. Which company has the stronger cash flows? Explain. c. Which company has the stronger operating performance? Explain. ii. Why are the metrics/trends in the data sets above so critical? How reliable are they as predictors of future performance? iii. Based on the data you have analyzed, which metrics would you focus on to improve the performance of the weaker company against the stronger one? Why? a. How would you do this? What specific financial tools would you apply? Why? b. What would “realistic” improvement look like? c. How would you measure success?
In the environment that you have chosen for this course, which of the three criminals poses the greatest threat? Why?
Research two high-profile terrorists and one criminal who is not a terrorist.
1,000-1,250 words address the following using the proper terminology of the industry.
1.Comprise an overview of each of the three criminals and their crimes.
2.Delineate the psychosocial profile elements by applying five psychosocial observations to each criminal and explaining whether or not that particular concept applies to each.
3.In the environment that you have chosen for this course, which of the three criminals poses the greatest threat? Why? What measures can you take to protect your environment from attack from the criminal you have chosen?
Be sure to cite three to five relevant scholarly sources in support of your content. Use only sources found at the GCU Library, government websites or those provided in Class Resources.
Describe how you will select human subjects and assign them to groups for this study. What ethical concerns regarding human subjects might you run into in your study?
Problem: There is a positive correlation between the volume of cream consumed per capita in the US and the rate of drowning deaths in the US. The two variables in this scenario are: (1) volume of ice cream consumed, and (2) rate of drowning deaths.
How can we turn this correlational study, which cannot prove causation (i.e. a positive correlation doesn’t prove that consuming ice cream directly contributes to drowning) into an experiment, a process by which we can gain a better understanding of causation.
For our experiment, we will be testing the hypothesis that consuming ice cream makes people more likely to drown. In your response to this discussion question address each of the following questions:
(1) Describe the independent variable will you use. What so-called “third variables” might there be, other than ice cream consumption, that could possibly increase the rates of drowning?
(2) Describe the dependent variable(s) will you use and how it/they will be measured.
(3) Decide whether we need to include any groups other than an experimental group and a control group.
(4) Describe what process subjects will go through in each of the groups.
(5) Describe how you will select human subjects and assign them to groups for this study. What ethical concerns regarding human subjects might you run into in your study?
(6) An experiment would also include collecting data and running statistical analysis on the data to determine if our results are statistically significant, but I will not ask you discuss these processes as they are a bit advanced for an introductory psychology course. What do you think the outcome of this study might be, and what do you think “statistically significant” means as it relates to the results of an experiment?
Reviewing the Research Methods Primer document located in the chapter 2 folder on the content tab here in the courseroom should be helpful if you’re having difficulty understanding the basic concepts and terms involved.
