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[Solved] Behavior Change

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For this paper, you will choose a behavior of yours or someone else’s that you would like to change through operant conditioning. Examples include overeating, getting a child to clean up his room, or stopping your dog from chewing up your shoes. Answer the following questions in the form of a 2-3 page paper:
• What is the behavior that you are trying to change? Describe the behavior.
• How would you apply operant conditioning to change this behavior? Would
you use positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment
or negative punishment?
• Is your goal to increase or decrease the behavior?
• What will you use as reinforcers or punishers? Are they primary or secondary
reinforcers/punishers?
• If you choose to reinforce the behavior- What schedule of reinforcement will
you use? What pattern of responding would you expect this schedule of
reinforcement to produce? OR
• If you choose to punish the behavior- What problems might result from using
punishment to change the behavior? What steps would you take to address
these problems?
• What would you expect to happen to the behavior if the reinforcer/punisher
were removed?
• Does research support your method of changing the behavior? Discuss the
empirically-supported methods of changing your selected behavior. Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed journal articles.

[Solved] Political Ideologies

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Paper details

Instructions: This essay is comprised of two components. The essay must be at least 1000 words overall. Please include a works cited page as well.

Part One:

  1. Begin by completing the following political ideology quizzes:
  2. Advocates for Self Government a libertarian website: www.theadvocates.org/quiz
  3. Pew Research Center for People & the Press: www.people-press.org/typlogy/quiz
  4. Next, analyze the results. Do you believe that these quizzes accurately measured your ideological leanings to the right or the left? Why or why not?

Part Two:

•    Some people argue that there are no significant differences between the two major parties.  Backing up your perspective with appropriate sources, what are the major differences and similarities in the views of the Democratic and Republican parties (e.g., this review of party platforms, 1856-2016 www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/conventions/party-platform-evolution/)?  What are the primary areas of difference between contemporary Democrats and Republicans? How are the two parties similar? What are the consequences of these patterns for voters and election outcomes?  For policy outcomes?

Essays are automatically submitted to SafeAssign. Work that SafeAssign identifies as having more than a 10% rate of similarity after quoted material and small matches (10 words or less) are excluded will not be read and will receive a grade of 0.

[Solved] Engage Workshop Summary Forum

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Engage Workshop Summary Forum

Engage Week will replace the Week 4 class meetings in graduate and doctoral courses.

Students will be assigned an Engage Week workshop based on the course in which they are enrolled. In these workshops, students will be provided new and exciting opportunities to:

  • Collaborate across courses within their program

  • Gain exposure to new resources in their industry

  • Refine key skills in areas relevant to their program

In place of the Live Session, students will earn both Attendance and Participation credit by submitting a summary in the ENGAGE Workshop Forum. The summary should be at least 250 words in length and makes a connection between the workshop and the course content.

To receive credit for attendance and VCS/Participation, post your Engage Workshop Summary response by Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

Note: We recommend using a word processor such as Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or any other software when working on your discussion answer. After it has been completed – copy and paste your work into the forum.

[Solved] Food Resilience Plan for Arzaville

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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

 

Food Resilience Plan for Arzaville [WLO: 2] [CLOs: 2, 3]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 4 in your course textbook.

Imagine that you are a resident of Arzaville, a community whose characteristics are described below. You have come together with your neighbors for a special meeting to devise a management plan for helping the community become more resilient and sustainable in terms of its food production by 2050. A community that is resilient is able to recover quickly from events like drought or storms. By increasing its own food production, Arzaville can also reduce its food miles—the distance that imported food must travel. By making its food production more sustainable, Arzaville can help ensure that its residents’ food needs are supplied for generations to come, without placing undue harm on the local environment in the process.

Fortunately, you have all attended the meeting with the knowledge that you have gained from your readings in this course. Now it is time to put your thinking cap on and get to work! Your ideas should consist of one or more of the following elements (some suggestions may apply to both categories):

  • Food resiliency measures (e.g., building vertical farms in the city center to ensure that urban residents can have access to fresh, organically grown produce).
  • Food sustainability measures (e.g., phasing out use of organic pesticides in favor of companion planting and other organic methods).

This week’s discussion will take place in an online app called Tricider. There, you will be able to post your ideas for plan components and also share pros and cons of different proposals during the week. Finally, you will be able to vote on the three components that you think the plan should include.

For directions on how to use the Tricider app, please review the Tricider Help Guide Download Tricider Help Guide. In Tricider, you will be expected to do the following:

  • Post at least two separate and entirely original ideas. Do not duplicate ideas already posted by your peers.
    •  Include your full name for each one.
  • Post at least six different pros and six different cons for your classmates’ proposed ideas (12 in all).
  • Vote on what you feel are the top three ideas in the list.
    • Do not vote before Friday, so that you can vote from the full collection of student ideas.

You must complete the three tasks above to receive full credit for this discussion.

Please note: You are welcome to post questions and comments to this board for your instructor; however, this discussion board does not have any posting requirements of its own, and no additional credit will be given for posts made here.

In this discussion area, your instructor will post the following:

  • The Arzaville description you will be using for this activity.
  • The link you will be using to access Tricider for this activity.

[Solved] Fall Prevention in inpatient hospital setting

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Assessment 5 Instructions: Synthesis of Evidence Substantiating a Practice Gap

MUST FILL OUT THE EVIDENCE TABLE TEMPLATE ATTACHED

ALSO ATTACHED IS A SAMPLE PAPER PROVIDED BY THE PROFESSOR WITH HEADINGS NEEDED

Start with a one-paragraph introduction that includes a brief overview of the gap in practice.

Critical Review of Literature

Provide a critical review of each of the articles you included in the evidence table. Then, for each article, write a one-paragraph critique that addresses the following:

Provide a one-sentence overview of the main point of the article.
Be sure each article is correctly formatted in APA format. The author’s last name and date should be used to identify each article, rather than the article title.
Provide the research questions and discuss the research methodology used.
If the research question is not specified, provide the aim of the study instead.
Analyze the theoretical basis and/or conceptual framework used in the study, if described in the study.
Critically appraise the study using one or more of the following:
SORT [PDF].
Johns Hopkins [PDF].
What is GRADE?
Report on the study findings and propose a possible application this article could have to your own project topic.

Synthesis of Literature

Now it is time to summarize the information, reach conclusions, and link the resources that you found. In other words, a synthesis is akin to combining the parts to make a whole. This is accomplished by asking yourself, what is the main point(s) that the selected research articles have in common? For the second part of the assessment, provide a brief synthesis (1–2 paragraphs) of the information you have collected from the five articles you chose.

Thus, following the MEAL plan, you will write a topic sentence for this section that makes a main point, which is supported and explained by all of the articles you selected. If you devote one paragraph to an entire article, you are creating an annotated bibliography, which is helpful for your personal use to keep track of your articles, but it is not a synthesis of the literature. This skill will be important for you to master before you create your project charter, which must be written professionally, yet succinctly.

In your synthesis of the literature:

Following the MEAL Plan, synthesize the gap in practice using all five articles to clearly identify the gap in practice.
Identify any unanswered questions and areas where further research is needed.
The paragraph should be in your own words and should not include quotes.

Writing Feedback

An important part of writing at the doctoral level is using feedback to improve your writing skills. Look back at the feedback you have already received on previous assessments in this course, and write a short conclusion to this paper that addresses the following:

What kinds of writing feedback did you receive on your previous assessments? Are there any specific writing skills you may need to work on?
How do you plan to improve your writing in these areas? What resources do you think would be useful to you in your journey to become a better academic writer?
How will implementing these changes move your work closer to one or more of the writing quality indicators identified in the Writing Feedback Tool?

Grading Criteria
Your assessment will be graded using the following scoring guide criteria:

Identify at least five recent research articles that provide information or insight about a specific clinical practice gap.
Summarize recent research articles about a specific clinical practice gap by completing an evidence table.
Provide a critical review of all chosen research articles, including methodology, research questions, theoretical basis, and findings.
Synthesize the evidence using the MEAL plan format.
Explain how the integration of writing feedback improves the assessment.
Produce text with minimal grammar, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.

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[Solved] Case Assignment: Regression Analysis

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Case Assignment

Regression Analysis

Based on what you have learned from the data, generate a simple regression using variables of your choosing at 95% confidence interval. Explain why the two variables were chosen and why one is the dependent variable, and the other is the independent variable. Include the regression output in your paper.

Interpret the following:

  • R Square
  • Adjusted R Square
  • Standard Error
  • ANOVA Table
  • Coefficients Table
Case 3 Assignment Guidance Files
BUS520 Case 3 Assignment Video Guidance BUS520 Case 3 Assignment Guide

Discuss implications for management. Include workplace applications that may be implemented based on the findings. (Research Required)

Generate a multiple regression using variables of your choosing at 95% confidence interval. Explain why the variables were chosen and why one is the independent variable, and the others are independent variables. Include the regression output in your paper.

Interpret the following:

  • R Square
  • Adjusted R Square
  • Standard Error
  • ANOVA Table
  • Coefficients Table

Discuss implications for management Include workplace applications that may be implemented based on the findings. (Research Required)

No quotations are permitted in this paper. Since you are engaging in research, be sure to cite and reference the sources in APA format. NOTE: failure to use research with accompanying citations to support content will result in reduced scoring “Level 2-Developing” across the grading rubric. This is a professional paper; not a personal one based on feelings. It must be written in the third person; this means words like “I”, “we”, and “you” are not appropriate.

Assignment Expectations

Use the attached APA-formatted template (BUS520 Case3) to create your submission.

  • The template is set up in APA 7: double-spacing, font, margins, headings, page breaks, APA help links.

Your submission will include:

  • Trident University International’s cover page
  • A paper with APA citations (2- to 3-sentence introduction, body (includes Excel output), 2- to 3-sentence conclusion)
  • The reference list page in APA format
  • Excel Spreadsheet. Grade will not be posted without Excel upload.

[Solved] Discussion: Business Analytics, Intelligence and You

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Discussion: Business Analytics, Intelligence and You

Business/Data Analytics

What are trends in the field? User-friendly data, scalable artificial intelligence, machine learning, the augmented consumer.
Module 4 Discussion Week 1 Resources

Data Analytics (2022)
What Is Data and Analytics? (2022)
What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions (2022)
How to Elevate Your Organization’s Use of Data Analytics (2022)
Big Data Analytics: How it Works and its Benefits (2022)

Week 1 Discussion Post

Based on the resources provided and your research, discuss how business analytics can be used in your workplace or profession to impact decision-making. Include the skills you possess to promote work in the discipline and those you need to acquire or further develop. (Research Support Required)

This post should be 2 paragraphs in length (150-200 words). Since you are engaging in research, be sure to cite in the body of the post and add a reference list in APA format. NOTE: failure to use research with accompanying in-text citations to support content will result in reduced scoring “Level 2-Developing” on the grading rubric.
WEEK 1 INTERACTIVE RESPONSES TO CLASSMATES
1st Interactive Response:

  • Analyze another student’s application of business analytics and compare/contrast it to your post.

2nd Interactive Response:

  • Analyze another student’s skills assessment and compare/contrast it to your post.

Each reply should be one paragraph in length (or about 75 words) and must be substantive. Do not simply say “I agree” or “That is great”; specify why and be detailed in your explanation. You may use research in your responses, but it is not required.

Business Intelligence

While the concepts have been around since the mid-1800s, the field grew exponentially over the last two decades. It is continuously evolving. But what is it? And how can it work for you?

Module 4 Discussion Week 2 Resources
Business Intelligence (BI) (2022)
Keys to building a successful business intelligence team (2022)
Business Intelligence Metrics (2022)
8 keys to a successful BI strategy (2022)
Business intelligence cheat sheet: The complete guide for 2022

Based on the resources provided or your research, explain how Business Intelligence is used to support enterprises. Include the skills you possess to promote work in the discipline and those you need to acquire or further develop. (Research Support Required)

This post should be 2 paragraphs in length (150-200 words). Since you are engaging in research, be sure to cite in the body of the post and add a reference list in APA format. NOTE: failure to use research with accompanying in-text citations to support content will result in reduced scoring “Level 2-Developing” on the grading rubric.

WEEK 2 INTERACTIVE RESPONSES TO CLASSMATES
1st Interactive Response:

  • Analyze one student’s skills assessment and compare/contrast it to your post.

2nd Interactive Response:

  • Analyze another student’s explanation of business intelligence and compare/contrast it to your post.

Each reply should be one paragraph in length (or about 75 words) and must be substantive. Do not simply say “I agree” or “That is great”; specify why and be detailed in your explanation. You may use research in your responses, but it is not required.

In your own words, respond to the discussion and comments of classmates. Grades will be based on effectual, concise, and interactive feedback. The excessive use of quotes will directly impact performance since this indicates a lack of comprehension and shows that you may not have mastered the concepts.

Discussion: And Finally, We Reflect Back on the Course…

As you complete this course, reflect back and answer these questions:

  1. What two concepts do you think are the most relevant to the business and your MBA degree and why?
  2. Which one or two concepts do you think are the least relevant to the business and your MBA degree and why?
  3. Which concepts did you find particularly difficult to learn and why?

After responding to the Reflective Discussion questions above, please complete an anonymous Course Evaluation Survey. Instructors are not able to view course evaluation reports until after the grade submission period is over. Thank you for your feedback.

  • Course Evaluation Survey

    Thank you for taking the time to complete this course evaluation. The survey should take fewer than 5 minutes to complete. The information you provide is valuable in several ways:

    • It will be used to improve course content.
    • It provides the instructors with feedback to improve teaching quality.
    • It is used by Faculty Administrators in making teaching assignments.

    The online course evaluation system disassociates the information that identifies the student at the time survey completion is marked in the system. Therefore, no identifying information such as student ID and name is stored in the system.

    Participation in this course evaluation is voluntary but strongly encouraged.

    Please direct any questions to the Office of Institutional Research at InstitutionalResearch@trident.edu.

[Solved] Discussion: Was it Real or Fake?

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Discussion: Was it Real or Fake?

Discussion Topic
Hypotheses 101

Hypotheses and hypothesis testing are important tools in analysis that use the scientific method. Most of us first learned about the topic for a science project in elementary school. As graduate students and business professionals, the stakes are higher when it comes to the activity.

Week 2 Discussion Post

Based on your research, present a hypothesis test scenario you found online. Some of you will be describing a real study that is well-documented and the rest will be crafting fake results for an actual study. The background readings will provide ideas. Describe the study and the results but do not reveal the source, yet.

  • If your personal phone number ends in an even number, you will present FAKE results; those with an odd number as the last digit will offer a study with REAL results.

This post should be 2 paragraphs in length (150-200 words). NOTE: Research Support Required but it will not be revealed until next week.

WEEK 1 INTERACTIVE RESPONSES TO CLASSMATES

1st Interactive Response:

  • Select two students’ posts and explain why you think they are REAL. See how well you do…don’t cheat and look for the study.

2nd Interactive Response:

Select two other students’ posts and explain why you think they are FAKE. Wing it…don’t look for the study.

Each reply should be one paragraph in length (or about 75 words) and must be substantive. Do not simply say “I agree” or “That is great”; specify why and be detailed in your explanation. You may use research in your responses, but it is not required.

Were you Fooled?

It’s time for the big reveal. Did you craft an incredible fake and get classmates to believe it? Did you pick a study that was real but was seen as fake by others?

Module 2 Discussion Week 2 Resources

Fox News article listing alleged mistakes in COVID-19 public health response mixes accurate information with unsubstantiated claims (2022)
Warren Buffett: Discard Your Hypothesis If It Turns Out To Be Wrong (2022)
Misinformation: susceptibility, spread, and interventions to immunize the public (2022)
Most studies on gun control measures deeply flawed: report (2022)
Why did T-rex have short arms? A new hypothesis says “so other T-rex’s don’t bite them off” (2022)
Study: Most E-Cigarette Research Flawed (2022)

Title your post: REAL or FAKE. Share the reference information for your study. Critically analyze the actual study. If your study was real, was it well-done? If you faked your results, what did you do to make it believable? (Research Support Required)

This post should be 2 paragraphs in length (150-200 words). Since you are engaging in research, be sure to cite in the body of the post and add a reference list in APA format. NOTE: failure to use research with accompanying in-text citations to support content will result in reduced scoring “Level 2-Developing” on the grading rubric.

WEEK 2 INTERACTIVE RESPONSES TO CLASSMATES

1st Interactive Responses

  • Reply to one student’s post that you determined was REAL and share if you were right or wrong. Critique the student’s analysis of the study.

2nd Interactive Responses:

  • Reply to another student’s post that you determined was FAKE and share if you were right or wrong. Critique the student’s analysis of the study.

Each reply should be one paragraph in length (or about 75 words) and must be substantive. Do not simply say “I agree” or “That is great”; specify why and be detailed in your explanation. You may use research in your responses, but it is not required.

In your own words, respond to the discussion and comments of classmates. Grades will be based on effectual, concise, and interactive feedback. The excessive use of quotes will directly impact performance since this indicates a lack of comprehension and shows that you may not have mastered the concepts.

[Solved] Market Analysis: International Edition

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Case Assignment

Market Analysis: International Edition

We read about anti-trust investigations, markets controlled by a few big players, and competitive industries in the United States. American textbooks are filled with examples and cases. For this assignment, economic market analysis will focus on a specific country. See the Course Data File for the mandatory Country focus.

Using the module’s readings and other research, based on the definition of monopoly, find a company or industry in the Target Country that can be defined as monopolistic (or meets many of the requirements). Describe the company/industry and relate how it meets the definition. Provide historical background as to why the country benefits from the monopolist status. (1 page) Research Required.

Select an industry in the Target Country that can be defined as oligopolistic (or meets many of the requirements). Include information on major companies. Describe the industry and relate how it meets the definition. Provide historical background as to why the country benefits from the oligopolist status. (1 page) Research Required.

Describe an industry in the Target Country that can be defined as competitive and relate how it meets the definition. Provide historical background as to why the country benefits from the competitive status. (1 page) Research Required.

Case 3 Assignment Guidance Files
BUS530 Case 3 Assignment Video Guidance BUS530 Case 3 Assignment Guide

No quotations are permitted in this paper.

Since you are engaging in research, be sure to cite and reference the sources in APA format. NOTE: failure to use research with accompanying citations to support content will result in reduced scoring “Level 2-Developing” across the grading rubric. This is a professional paper; not a personal one based on feelings. It must be written in the third person; this means words like “I”, “we”, and “you” are not appropriate.

[Solved] Consumer behavior, production, and cost

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Assignment Overview

Consumer Decision-Making

In the same way that you have been affected by marketing since you first asked an adult for a toy or food seen on a commercial, you have also used tenets of economics in making decisions.

Case 2 Resources

Changes to consumer expenditures during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Which Economic Factors Most Affect the Demand for Consumer Goods? (2022)
How US consumers are feeling, shopping, and spending—and what it means for companies (2022)
Consumer Price Index (CPI) (2022)
CPI Inflation Calculator
Consumer Price Index

Case Assignment

Buyer Behavior and Effects of the Economy

The Course Data File contains the Product for this assignment.

Research the product from an economic standpoint (include supply and demand, cost). Describe what has been happening in the product market over the last year or two. Find a balance between explanations, data, and statistics provided. You must decide what information should be included in this section. This section must be 1 page in length. (Research Required)

Next, discuss trends in the CPI during the same period. Analyze underlying reasons for changes in the overall Consumer Price Index and how inflation, income, unemployment, or other economic events are affecting the numbers overall and in the product category. This section must be 1½ pages in length. (Research Required)

Following up on what you learned last module, how is consumer behavior changing concerning the product discussed? What other products would be impacted by consumers’ economic decisions? This section must be 1 page in length. (Research Required)

As a conclusion, analyze how businesses reacted to changes in consumer behavior. Explain it is using economic terminology. (Research Required). This section will be 1/2 page in length.

Case 2 Assignment Guidance Files
BUS530 Case 2 Assignment Video Guidance BUS530 Case 2 Assignment Guide

No quotations are permitted in this paper. Since you are engaging in research, be sure to cite and reference the sources in APA format. NOTE: failure to use research with accompanying citations to support content will result in reduced scoring “Level 2-Developing” across the grading rubric. This is a professional paper; not a personal one based on feelings. It must be written in the third person; this means words like “I”, “we”, and “you” are not appropriate.