sociology

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Throughout this course we have discussed and observed how sociologists study communication.For this assignment you will have to study a research topic, relevant to the sociology of communication, of your choosing. During the research process you will do a brief literature review surrounding your chosen topic, write a research question about your topic and do a limited analysis of the data that you have purposefully selected to begin to answer your research question.  Following the tasks and steps below will result in your final paper. 

 

Task #1: Topic Proposal (1 paragraph)

You are required to hand in your chosen research topic by Thursday 4/5.I will hand back approvals or necessary changes, the following week. 

Choose a sociological topic connected to communication and media in which you are interested.  What area concerning communication and the media would you like to investigate?You can certainly use a topic discussed in class (but only one class resource in you literature review, see below). Be sure to choose a specificmedia arena of study. For example, Facebook is too broad of a topic. Yourpersonal Twitter network is too narrow.The quality and form of discussions in online forums, orrepresentations of gender in video games are on target. Whilst coming up with your topic you need to be cognizant that you will be required to find data that can bring insight into your topic (this will also help you come up with and confine your research question. See below). For example, if you are interested in discussion in online forums you will need to pick an online forum to analyze (e.g. discussions on particular YouTube videos). If you are struggling to come up with a topic you should use the course material as a jumping-off point.

Task #2: Research Paper

•Literature Review: This step requires that you use the Internet (Hofstra’s library databases or Google scholar) to search for empirical studies in academic peer-reviewed sociology or communication journals. (Journals that are “peer-reviewed” send submitted papers out to experts in the field for review before deciding whether to publish them.) You are required to find and read four empirical studies(there are also book reviews within these journals; these are not empirical studies) that directly relate to your topic. Obviously, you have to use your own judgment regarding whether a given study is relevant to your topic and project.This means you might have to skim and read the abstracts of a number of empirical studies before you find the ‘right’ ones. (A list of many sociology journals can be found here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sociology_journals)

•Writing up the literature review: Once you have found and read your related empirical studies you need to analyze and synthesize the articles. First, summarize and describe to me the findings of the academic articles that are related to your topic. Second, describe to me what you learned from these empirical studies. Third, describe to me what you wish you had learned. That is, think about the questions about your topic that still remain unanswered.  Finally, try to answer the question: how would you better conduct a sociological research project to explore your research topic?

 

•Developing a research question or questions: Now that you have carefully considered and thought about your topic as well as read, assessed and written about four empirical studies related to your topic it is time to write at least one research question of your own.These questions will necessarily be more focused than the overarching topic. Think about a question that you can tentatively answer through a limited empirical investigation. For example, following from our previous topic examples, how do people discuss the most popular 2015 music videos on YouTube? Or, how is gender represented/signified in the top grossing video games of 2015?

 

•Provide hypothesis or expectations: Using the concepts we have discussed in this class and the concepts within your literature review, describe what you think you would find when empirically answering your research question. 

 

•Describing the data: You will be required to assess some primary data in order to answer your research question.  This is why it is very important to ask a question that is confined and thus ‘answerable’. In this section you want to take a moment to describe what data you are looking at and how it will help you answer your research question. Continuing with our online forum example, you could pick a sample of the music videos that made the 2015 Billboard top ten list and then read, assess and code the first 20 or so comments within their respective comment sections. It is here that you would describe the music videos linked to the comment sections you are analyzing. For the videogame example you could take a sample of twenty videogames from the top 100 grossing videogames for 2015. It is here you will want to describe how and why you selected this data (the comments and their connected music videos and the video games).

 

•Analyzing the data: In this section you will dive into your data and describe what you find.  What does dialogue look like on the onlineforums you have selected?  How is gender represented or signified in the video games you analyzed? You will want to provide good detail about the patterns (similarities or differences), or lack there of, you find in your data. 

 

•Conclusion: Finally, you will want to compare your findings to the findings and arguments presented in the literature you assessed.  As well as compare your actual empirical findings to the expectations/hypothesis you described.  

 

Paper Breakdown:

Introduction/Statement of Topic (1 paragraph)

Literature Review (2-3 pages)

Research Question (1 paragraph)

Expectations/Hypothesis (1-2 paragraphs)

Describing the data (1-2 paragraphs)

Analyzing the data (1-2 pages)

Conclusion (1-2 paragraphs)

 

Total pages around 6 (Maximum 10)

 

 

Be sure to complete every task and answer all of the questions; you should be able to complete your research paper assignment in around 6 pages: double spaced, one inch margins, 12 point Times New Roman font.  

Species Interactions and You

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Humans interact with various species every day without actually realizing it. In the field of ecology, these interactions can either be interspecific (between species) or intraspecific (within species). Interactions between humans are known as intraspecific (within species) interactions. For example, interactions between a human and a pet would be interspecific, whereas interactions between a human and another human would be intraspecific.

Research interspecific and intraspecific interactions using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet.

This assignment has two parts. Complete both parts.

Part A

Complete the following:

  • Track your interactions with other organisms—between and within species—for one day.
  • Summarize your interactions throughout the day, using the terms from this module’s readings. If required, review the module’s readings again.
  • At a minimum, identify ten interactions that you witnessed or participated in today. Among those interactions, you should be able to identify a predatory-prey relationship, a competitive relationship, and a mutualism. You could also identify parasitic relationships or commensalisms, if you choose. Although you can repeat interaction types—for instance, you can have multiple mutualisms—the examples must differ. These are some examples:
    • Did you have a predatory-prey relationship with a chicken today? That is, did you eat chicken for lunch?
    • Did you have a competitive relationship with a coworker today? That is, were you competing for a raise?

Click here to download this template to track interactions with organisms.

Part B

Respond to the following:

  • For every interaction you identified above, describe an interaction in nature that is similar to what you experienced or witnessed. For example, if you had a predatory-prey interaction with your meal, identify and describe an example of a predatory-prey interaction in nature. Or, if you had a competitive interaction with your coworker, identify and describe a competitive interaction in nature.
  • Using the information you reviewed, explain why it is important to recognize these interactions.

Support your statements with appropriate examples and scholarly references.

Using the information that you compiled above, summarize your interactions for the day. Be sure to classify your interactions (parasitic, mutualism, etc.) and that you also determine if the interactions are considered intraspecific or interspecific.

Write your initial response in a minimum of 300–350 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Saturday, November 7, 2015, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Wednesday, November 11, 2015, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. In your response posting, address the following by employing the concepts covered in module readings and your research:

  • Evaluate your fellow students’ examples of interactions in nature. Are the categories accurately identified? Are the examples valid?
  • What did you learn from the other students’ entries and comparisons?
  • Did you agree or disagree with students’ explanation of the importance of recognizing these interactions?

Be sure to give reasons for your responses.

Grading Criteria and Rubric

All discussion assignments in this course will be graded using a rubric. Download the discussion rubric and carefully read it to understand the expectations.

Discussion Grading Criteria

Search the Web for 1 job posting or advertisement from 3 (answer attached)

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Part 1:

Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.
1. Search the Web for 1 job posting or advertisement from 3 different multinational corporations. You must choose a posting at a corporation in each of the following countries:
o Germany
o Japan
o United States of America
2. The 3 job postings selected must satisfy the following requirement:
o Each posting must be for a similar position.
 For example, job openings for an accountant, a secretary, and a director of marketing will not be accepted.
 It would be acceptable to choose, for example, a director of marketing position from each of the 3 corporations
3. Once you have found the 3 job postings that meet all of the requirements above, you are to apply for each one.
4. Prepare 1 of the following for each job posting as if you were submitting a real application:
o An e-mail with a statement of interest (150-200 words)
o A cover letter (500-850 words)
o A resume (250-350 words)
5. Provide the link to each job posting.
Part 2:This part is 900 words:

Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.
Library Research Project
Senior leaders must understand how to motivate employees in a variety of ways. Research major motivational theories, and pick 3 theories to discuss.
For each motivational theory, address the following:
• Briefly describe each theory, including its history, foundation, model, and application.
• Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each theory.
• Explain options and strategies an organization can use to apply this theory to motivating employees.
• Select 1 theory to implement, and develop specific methods for implementation explaining your rationale for the selection of this theory and your implementation design

Assignment 2: Case Study-THINK_VISION

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Assignment 2: Case Study

You work for a marketing department in a hospital within a suburban location of a large metropolitan area. Though it neighbors million-dollar homes, the hospital’s mission includes providing care to underserved and indigent populations in the area.

A new primary care physician moved into the area and approached your hospital to partner with her as she begins a new practice in the community. Because the administration is always anxious to welcome new practitioners to the hospital, you agree to meet with the physician. During the meeting, the physician explains that she wants to establish the first concierge medical practice in the community. The physician plans to attract around 100 families to her practice, and she plans to charge from $300 to $1,000 per month, depending on the size of the family unit. (Note: A goal of 100 families may not be realistic; however, the number makes for easier calculations.)

The patients who join the concierge practice will receive access to the physician’s services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at an office located near the hospital. Families will receive preventive care services, and the physician will design wellness programs to encourage healthy lifestyles for her patients. The physician will use the hospital for all emergent care, day surgeries, rehabilitation, and in-patient care. The physician also plans to use nutritionists and the hospital’s fitness center facilities.

  1. Discuss some of the goods or services that could be highlighted in a marketing campaign that involves a concierge practice of medicine.
  2. What advantages do you think a concierge practice of medicine might contribute to the hospital’s offerings of products to the community?
  3. Discuss some of the issues and challenges that may arise from the hospital sponsoring a concierge practice of medicine.

By  July 24, 2016, submit your report in a 2 page Microsoft Word document

headers to break up the text and make the paper easier to follow

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Discussed goods and services that could be highlighted in a marketing campaign involving a concierge practice of medicine.
10
Explained some positive contributions that a concierge practice would offer to the community on behalf of the hospital. 
15
Described issues and challenges that may arise from the hospital sponsoring a concierge practice.
15
Presented a structured document free of spelling and grammatical errors.
5
Properly cited sources using the APA format.
5
Total
50

 

Nonrenewable Resources

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Today, more than any other time in history, there is growing support to move away from nonrenewable resources towards developing renewable resources to meet current and future energy needs. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources that continue to negatively impact the environment. It is important to learn how these resources are formed since this process of formation is at the very heart of why fossil fuels are considered to be nonrenewable.

Using the readings for this module, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research the nonrenewable resource assigned to you:

  • Coal
  • Natural gas
  • Petroleum (oil)

Note: You are assigned a resource based on the first initial of your last name. Last names beginning with A–J research coal, names beginning with K–R research natural gas, and names beginning S–Z research oil.

Respond to the following:

  • Describe how this nonrenewable resource was initially formed.
  • Briefly explain where the major reserves of this nonrenewable resource are located and how it is extracted.
  • Examine the environmental impact caused by the extraction process.
  • Explain how this nonrenewable resource is used to produce energy, and identify the pollution problems that are caused from this energy source.

Support your statements with appropriate examples and scholarly references.

Write your initial response in approximately 350–400 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

 

Address the following:

  • Given the environmental issue or issues the use of this particular resource causes, why do think society relies so heavily on it?
  • What kind of a role do you think governmental politics plays in current energy demands?
  • If in fact society were to change to an environmentally friendly fuel source, what do you think would be the political or economic ramifications?

Grading Criteria and Rubric

Discussion Grading Criteria

2 Accounting Problems and Excel Solutions

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Section 3. Problems

8. Yates Company’s records provide the following information concerning
certain account balances and changes in these account balances dur-
ing the current year. Transaction information is missing from each
item below.

INSTRUCTIONS
Prepare the ENTRY to record the missing information for each
account. (Consider each independently.)

1. Accounts Receivable: Jan. 1, balance $41,000, Dec. 31,
balance $50,000, uncollectible accounts written off during the
year, $6,000; accounts receivable collected during the year,
$134,000. Prepare the entry to record sales.
2. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: Jan. 1, balance $4,000,
Dec. 31, balance $7,500, uncollectible accounts written off
during the year, $30,000. Prepare the entry to record bad debt
expense.
3. Accounts Payable: Jan. 1, balance $25,000, Dec. 31, balance
$34,000, purchases on account for the year, $110,000. Prepare
the entry to record payments on account.
4. Interest Receivable: Jan. 1 accrued, $3,000, Dec. 31 accrued,
$2,100, earned for the year, $20,000. Prepare the entry to
record cash interest received.

The following information is available for Renn Corporation’s first
year of operations:

Payment for merchandise purchases $350,000
Ending merchandise inventory 110,000
Accounts payable (balance at end of year) 60,000
Collections from customers 270,000

The balance in accounts payable relates only to merchandise pur-
chases. All merchandise items were marked to sell at 40% above
cost. What should be the ending balance in accounts receivable,
assuming all accounts are deemed collectible?

9. Presented below is information related to Gregg Company.

Retained earnings, December 31, 2003 $ 650,000
Sales 1,600,000
Selling and administrative expenses 240,000
Hurricane loss (pre-tax) on plant (extraordinary item) 250,000
Cash dividends declared on common stock 33,600
Cost of goods sold 960,000
Gain resulting from computation error on depreciation
charge in 2002 (pre-tax) 520,000
Other revenue 60,000
Other expenses 50,000

INSTRUCTIONS
Prepare in good form a multiple-step income statement for the year
2004. Assume a 30% tax rate and that 100,000 shares of common stock
were outstanding during the year.

In 200 words

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Nothing in science is written in stone.

Whenever new discoveries force scientists to reconsider their hypotheses, theories and data, they do just that. This is why people think of science as a collection of concepts that are always being revised.

This holds true for the basic building block concepts within science as well. The cell is a perfect example of this: in the mid-1600s, Robert Hooke used one of the very first microscopes to examine thin slices of cork. When he saw that the cork plant was made up of tiny box-shaped pieces, he gave science the concept of the cell. For 100 years, people thought of the cell as the smallest thing inside all living creatures. But then, in 1781, Felice Fontana spotted something even smaller inside the cells from an eel: the nucleolus. This discovery made people rethink the idea that cells were the tiniest things inside living creatures. Clearly, there were even smaller things inside cells.

Since Fontana’s time, scientists have refined, revised, and rewritten their view of the cell thousands of times in order to match up with every piece of new data. This same process has happened with the scientific view of geological processes including plate tectonics and earthquakes.

Review attachment 17.2  on “Science in the Making, Reactions to Plate Tectonics.” and answer questions below also

Learn more about Alfred Wegener here:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/wegener.html  

http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate2.htm   

 
Science and revision

 

In 200 words answer these questions

Using what you learned about plate tectonics, Alfred Wegener, and the basics of scientific investigation from the previous units discuss the following:

 

  1. Did Wegener reveal his theory of continental drift too soon? For the sake of scientific investigation, how is revealing an explanation for a process early both risky and sometimes necessary?
  2. Apart from lacking an explanation for how the continents could move across the surface of the Earth, Wegener’s research was met by skepticism for other reasons. How can a scientist overcome skepticism? What features of the scientific method can help prevent a scientist from being labeled a crackpot?
  3. If Alfred Wegener were alive today, and had access to the technology and data we have now, share a form of evidence that he could have added to his theory or would have changed his theory. Try to share a different form of evidence from those shared by your classmates and/or add to their posts by describing how the evidence is collected, how the technology works to collect the data, or how this technology/evidence has been used in other applications.

in 200 words read and answer all questions

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Before you begin , read Edward Rothstein’s article, “Antiquities, The World Is Your Homeland”,  and think carefully about the complicated ownership issues in this case.

 

Once you have read the article, visit the PBS website about Kennewick man, focusing on the anthropologists’ justifications for studying the remains:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/first/claim.html 

 

Debates over human remains and repatriation continue. More recently, additional human remains possessed by the University of California, San Diego, have been the center of a custody battle similar to that of the Kennewick Man. Review the basics of the dispute here:

 http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/05/ancient-american-skeletons-safe.html

Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation:

http://www.kumeyaay.info/repatriation/  

 
Science vs. culture
  • Taking Sides: First, take a side in this controversy by outlining the following: 
    • Who do you think deserves ownership of the remains in each case and why?
    •  What should be done with these remains, and what concessions would this require the scientific community and/or the tribes to make? 
    • Respond to your classmates’ posts and work together with them, as a class, to come up with some compromises to this issue. 
  • Learning from our mistakes: Without question, similar problems will be faced in the future as scientific exploration continues, and remains are likely to be found. Although the scientific method provides us with a framework for how to conduct our research using the remains, it does not take into account the ethics of scientific research. What are some additional criteria you could add to the scientific method in order to ensure that research is conducted in a moral and ethical way? Provide an example of an area of research/science that requires a code of ethics when suggesting your modifications to the scientific method.

Assignment 5 Public Health Preparedness*****Already A++ Rated Tutorial Use as Guide Paper*****

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You have just been hired as a new Vice President of quality and safety for a full-service 600-bed government healthcare organization.  Within your first month on the job, the national security threat level has been raised to Imminent, which means there is a credible, specific, and impending terrorist threat against the United States, and your facility may be directly impacted. The Chief Executive Officer has requested an immediate six to eight-page report of your proposal for handling such a situation.

Note: You may create and /or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a 6 page paper in which you:

  1. Examine the existing procedures related to at least four (4) of the ten (10) essential public health services. Focus on the principal effects that these procedures will have on your hospital during the emergency.
  2. Specify the importance of continuing to evaluate patients, as stipulated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), during the emergency.
  3. Detail three (3) measures that you would use in order to maintain the electronic medical record system during the emergency.
  4. Defend your position on the decision to accept health insurance during the emergency as a potential source of income for the facility. Provide support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position.
  5. Analyze the extent to which this emergency might affect the quality of care provided to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the organization.
  6. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Acct. 212 Individual Learning

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Name_Smith______________________________

 

 

Individual Learning 55 Question Form

 

General Information

1.            What is the name of your corporation?

2.            Where are the corporate headquarters?

3.            What is the corporation’s fiscal year end?

4.            What are the primary products or services of the corporation?

5.            Graph the high and low price of the company’s stock for each quarter of the last two years. What was the high and what was the low?

6.            Who is the company’s transfer agent and where are they located?

7.            Who are your company’s competitors?

 

Market Information:

8.            On which stock exchange is your corporation’s stock traded?

9.            What is the current market price of their stock?

10.        What is the ticker symbol used to identify your corporation on the stock exchange?

 

Internet Information:

11.        What is the Internet address of your corporation? Be sure it appears as a hyperlink.

12.        Is the corporation’s Annual Report online?

13.        Are its financial statements on-line?

14.        Is your company listed on Annualreports.com?

15.        How long is your company’s 10-K report at the Securities and Exchange Commission website (Edgar Database)?

 

Cash Flow and Retained Earnings:

16.        List the amount of cash flows from each of the 3 activities: Operating, Investing, and Financing for the 2 most recent years. What was the increase or decrease in cash for each of these years?

17.        Were there any Non-Cash Investing/Financing Transactions? Describe the type and amount.

18.        What is the dollar difference between accrual net income and Cash provided by Operations?

19.        What investing activity provided the largest inflow of cash in the current year?

20.        What investing activity used the largest amount of cash in the current year?

21.        What financing activity provided the largest inflow of cash in the current year?

22.        What financing activity used the largest amount of cash in the current year?

23.        Does the company have sufficient cash inflows from the appropriate category?  Describe any problems the company many experience with cash flow from your analysis of the cash flow statement.

24.        Show the change in Retained Earnings for the 2 most recent years. What was net income for each year? How much was paid out in dividends each year?

25.        Were the dividends on common stock and/or preferred stock? What was the amount of each?

26.        Did Retained Earnings change for any reasons other than net income or dividends? Explain.

27.        What classes of stock does your company have?

28.        How many shares of each class of stock are authorized, how many are issued, and how many are outstanding?

29.        Does your company have any treasury stock? How many shares and what dollar amount?

30.        What is the par or stated value of each of your company’s stocks?

 

Footnote Disclosures:

31.        How many footnote disclosures does your company have?

32.        How many significant accounting policies are listed under its Summary of Significant Accounting Policies?

33.        What does it include as Cash and Cash Equivalents?

34.        What method does it use to value Inventory?

35.        What method(s) does it use to depreciate its assets?

36.        Does it have any leased assets? If yes, describe them.

37.        What policies does it have in regard to Foreign Currency Translations?

38.        Describe any pending lawsuits in which it is involved.

39.        Provide its Earnings per Share for the 2 most recent years?

 

Report of the Independent Auditor(s):

40.        Who is/are your company’s auditor(s)?

41.        Where are they located?

42.        Does the auditor(s) give a qualified opinion, an unqualified opinion, a disclaimer of opinion, or an adverse opinion? What does that opinion mean? Is it good?

43.        What is the auditor’s responsibility in regard to the financial statements?

44.        What is management’s responsibility in regard to the financial statements?

45.        What financial statements were included in the auditor’s opinion?

46.        Did the auditor believe that the statements were presented fairly?

 

Management’s Report:

47.        Who bears the responsibility for the integrity and the objectivity of the financial statements?

48.        What does management say they are doing to assure the public that the financial information is reliable?

49.        What is the responsibility of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors?

 


Analysis: (use Excel to complete this section)

50.        Provide common-size analysis of your company’s income statement and balance sheet for the 2 most recent years (must be done using Excel with formulas).

51.        Provide horizontal analysis of your company’s income statement and balance sheet, showing the dollar amount and percent of change using the 2 most recent years (you must use an Excel spreadsheet with formulas).

52.        Perform ratio analysis on your company using the ratios listed on page 705 of your text (these must be in an Excel spreadsheet, using formulas to calculate the ratios). You should present them in a similar format as the text: group by category, list name of ratio, formula in words, and the ratio calculation. Give a short explanation of your conclusions about your company after each category of ratios (i.e. How liquid is your company? How efficiently is it using its assets? etc.).

 

Conclusions:

53.        Are you optimistic or pessimistic regarding the future of your chosen corporation? Explain.

54.        Would you invest in the stock of the company? Explain.

55.        Would you invest in the bonds of the company? Explain.