Problem 1
A popular consumer staple was displayed in different locations in the same aisle of a grocery store to determine what, if any, effect different placement might have on its sales. The product was placed at one of three heights on the aisle – low, medium, and high – and at one of three locations in the store – at the front of the store, at the middle of the store, and at the rear of the store. The number of units sold of the product at various height and distance combinations was recorded each week for five weeks, and the following results were obtained:
The data can be found in staple.xlsx. What effect does the product location have on the sales?
Where would you suggest to place the staples?
For this you should:
(a) Produce a profile plot of the mean number of items sold.
Comment on this graph and relate it to your future planned tests.
(b) Analyze the data with an analysis of variance. Perform all the necessary tests (including testing for interaction and, if necessary, for main effects), and state the hypotheses and conclusions for all of them. When testing for interaction, make sure you explain what interaction means in the context of this problem.
(c) Perform any relevant comparison of means procedures. Use Tukey’s Method.
(d) State your recommendations on where the product should be placed.
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Topic : The benefits of a free enterprise system.
Total 4 pages with coverpaper 5
Research Paper: This is a graduate course and students will be expected to research and write papers summarizing in their own words what they have found on current topics from the weekly readings. Research is a theoretical review of relevant literature and application of findings in the literature to a topic related to a specific industry, field, or business problem.
The research must be conducted using peer-reviewed trade or academic journals. While Blogs, Wikipedia, encyclopedias, course textbooks, popular magazines, newspaper articles, online websites, etc. are helpful for providing background information, these resources are NOT suitable resources for this research assignment.
Please Note: The UC Library staff are very helpful with assisting students in using the UC Online Library journal database. Please contact them if you have issues. In addition, the instructor has provided additional resources, including a research tutorial, in the “Course Resources” folder in the “Content” area of the course.
Assignment Requirements:

  1. Choose a research topic from the chapter readings or from the list provided by your professor.
  2. Research/find a minimum at least four (4), preferably five (5) or more, different peer-reviewed articles on your topic from the University of the Cumberlands Library online business database. The article(s) must be relevant and from a peer-reviewed source. While you may use relevant articles from any time frame, current/published within the last five (5) years are preferred. Using literature that is irrelevant or unrelated to the chosen topic will result in a point reduction.
  3. Write a four (4) to five (5) page double spaced paper in APA format discussing the findings on your specific topic in your own words. Note – paper length does not include cover page, abstract, or references page(s).
  4. Structure your paper as follows:
    1. Cover page
    2. Overview describing the importance of the research topic to current business and professional practice in your own words.
    3. Purpose of Research should reflect  the potential benefit of the topic to the current business and professional practice and the larger body of research.
    4. Review of the Literature summarized in your own words. Note that this should not be a “copy and paste” of literature content, nor should this section be substantially filled with direct quotes from the article. A literature review is a summary of the major points and findings of each of the selected articles (with appropriate citations). Direct quotations should be used sparingly. Normally, this will be the largest section of your paper (this is not a requirement; just a general observation).
    5. Practical Application of the literature. Describe how your findings from the relevant research literature can shape, inform, and improve current business and professional practice related to your chosen topic.
    6. Conclusion in your own words
    7. References formatted according to APA style requirements
Write an essay about Wedow vs. city of Kansas, Missouri fire department. The essay should be well organized, that is, it has an introduction, body, and conclusion (900 words).
The introduction should introduce the topic.
In the body paragraphs, the following points should be discussed:
Paragraph 1:
Are you surprised that this is a 2016 case? Why or why not? (300 words)
Paragraph 2:
Why do you think the fire department treated the female employees as it did? (300 words)
Paragraph 3:
How do you think the fire department should have ‘responded when the women registered complaints, about their uniforms? Explain (300 words)
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A short tutorial with tips for completing this assignment may be viewed here: Healthcare Policy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

  1. This assignment will be in the format of a PowerPoint presentation (Bullet points may be used).
  2. You are educating your peers through this presentation regarding a federal bill you believe may be of interest to nurses.
  3. Go to https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/health/6130 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. 
  4. Choose a health-related federal bill of interest. Read through the bill and develop a summary in your own words. Include the bill number and name.
  5. Here is a link to our U.S. legislative process (bill to law) for review, if needed.

https://www.congress.gov/legislative-process (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Tutorial: For those not familiar with the development of a PowerPoint slideshow, the following link to the Microsoft website may be helpful –

https://support.office.com/office-training-center?redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fb8f02f81-ec85-4493-a39b-4c48e6bc4bfb (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Include the following information in your presentation

  • Title slide (Your name, NR451, session, Healthcare Policy assignment)
  • Bill name and number (indicate either H.B. or S.B.)
  • Bill summary (in your own words)
  • Address how this bill might impact professional nursing practice standards if passed? If not passed?
  • How might the bill impact your own nursing practice?
  • How might you communicate your concerns about or support for this bill based on nursing practice, standards, or patient outcomes?
  • How might this bill impact your community?
  • References slide to include the Bill source in APA format.
  • No more than 12 slides

Template

There is no required form or template for this assignment. Please use PowerPoint best practices throughout your presentation.

Best Practices

The following are best practices in preparing this presentation.

  • Review directions and rubric thoroughly prior to beginning assignment.
  • Watch short Kaltura video.Incorporate graphics, clip art, or photographs to increase interest.
  • Make slides easy to read with short bullet points and large font.

Source Citations

Cite all sources on the appropriate slides with (author, year) as well as on the Reference slide.

art I:
For this task, assume you are a leader in special education. You have been asked to develop a training document to prepare staff/faculty to ensure the critical elements of IDEA are implemented for students within an educational institution of personal interest. Be sure to address these elements in the document:

  1. Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
  2. Child Find
  3. Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
  4. Procedural Guidelines to include Due Process
  5. Evaluation Procedures
  6. Transition from Part C to Preschool Programs
  7. Participation in Assessments
  8. Discipline of Students with Disabilities
  9. Highly Qualified Teachers

Length: 3-5 pages, not including title and reference pages
References: Minimum of two scholarly resources
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.  Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.
Part II:
For this part of your task, review the document located under your weekly resources entitled, “Trends in Special Education Case Law: Frequency and Outcomes of Published Court Decisions 1982-2012” (Karanxha & Zirkel, 2014). Address the following questions concerning legal challenges by parents based on the requirements of IDEA for school districts to provide a free and appropriate education for their children:

  1. What has been the frequency trend of court decisions involving IDEA?
  2. What has been the outcome trends of court decisions involving IDEA?
  3. As a leader in special education, what can be done to prevent possible parental legal action involving IDEA?

Length: 2-3 pages, not including title and reference pages
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

In writing your journal entries, there are many opportunities to include personal experiences about your daily living. The purpose of this assignment is for you to reflect on any mindful experience you have after reading the chapters for the week, listening to the CD or the meditation video, and any other experience you have during the week where you felt you were mindful. Please use the following template to complete your journals:
1. Acknowledge (describe the experience just as it is without internal or external filters).
2. Intentional Attention (describe what each of your senses were experiencing during that moment).
3. Accept Without Judgment (write about how you were or were not able to be present in that experience without judging or having expectations)
4. Willing Choose (write about how you responded to your experience; what you learned as a result of this experience and how this experience made you more aware for the future).
5. Mindful Meditation Experience (Mindful Practice) write about your thoughts, feelings, and experiences you had during or after your meditation experience.
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Need a 4 page paper and a reference page. .

Imagine that you are a health policy analyst for a state that has not elected to expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). You have just been notified that the state leaders have agreed to reconsider their decision during an upcoming session. Go to the Kaiser Family Foundation Website, atwww.kff.org, and The Commonwealth Fund website, athttp://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/‌blog/2014/mar/medicaid-expansion-alternative-state-approaches, for additional information on

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

  1. Identify a state that has not elected to participate in the Medicaid expansion initiative under the Affordable Care Act. Critically analyze the implications of the state’s decision to opt out of Medicaid expansion on the citizens of the state.
  2. Compare the potential opportunities and challenges of a state’s decision to opt into the Medicaid expansion.
  3. Explore two (2) alternate approaches to expanding access to care that have been implemented or considered by states opting out of Medicaid expansion. Compare and contrast the two (2) alternate approaches to the Medicaid expansion initiative.
  1. Provide a recommendation to the state legislature on whether or not the state should opt in to the Medicaid expansion. Provide a rationale for your recommendation.
  2. Use at least three (3) recent (within the last five [5] years), quality academic resources in this assignment. 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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Develop policies that ensure compliance of healthcare delivery systems with current legislation.
  • Apply decision-making models to address difficult management situations.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in Health Care Operations Management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about Health Care Operations Management using proper writing mechanics.
  1. Open the TeachingsRatings data in RStudio.
  2. Read the Description of the data uploaded on Canvas.
  3. Provide a summary of variables: Course-eval, Beauty, female, age, minority, intro, and onecredit (what they are, what their unit is, what their mean is?)
  4. Run a single regression of Course-eval over Beauty.
  5. What is the model?
  6. What is the predicted equation?
  7. Is the coefficient of “beauty” significant? Why?
  8. Run a multiple regression of Course-eval over Beauty, female, age, minority, intro, and onecredit. (the 6 variables must be included in 1 regression and not separately).
  9. What is the population equation?
  10. What is the predicted equation?
  11. What is the effect of beauty on Course-eval in the multiple regression.
  12. In the multiple regression, which one of the regressors (coefficients) are statistically significant? Why?
  13. What is the new R2 and what does it mean?
  14. In the multiple regression, provide a test of the significance of course characteristics on the course evaluations.

(hint: if you keep the order of the variables I wrote in part. 8 the same, the null of this test would H0: B5=B6=0, meaning in your MLRM you should check the significance of intro and onecredit at the same time. You should run a F-Test. Once with these variables and once without them and create your restricted and unrestricted models)

  1. What is the pvalue associated with the “overall ftest” of the regression part 8? What does it mean?

VERY IMPORTANT: You should calculate and provide the FSTAT on PAPER (even if you use RStudio to get the fstat, you should confirm it again. I want you to do it once to learn it)
 
 
 

Instructions

Directions: Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) pages in length; refer to the “Assignment Format” page for specific format requirements.
In your course, turn to Lesson 8. Skim through it to refresh your memory. Next, carefully study and review the section titled “Approaches to Measuring Technological Progress.”
Use your own words to write a short compare-and-contrast essay that defines and explains three distinct perspectives on the evolution of technology. As you write, imagine you are talking to a friend who has no knowledge of this topic. In short, write the way you speak, using a conversational tone. Also, try to alternate short sentences and longer sentences to make your writing more readable.
Be sure to create a title and cite yourself as the author. For example:
A Comparison of Three Perspectives on the Evolution of Technology
Mei Quoran
Your essay should include five paragraphs, as follows:

  • Paragraph 1 is your lead paragraph. It will contain an overview of what you have to say in comparing and contrasting the perspectives of Gerhard Lenski, Leslie White, and Alvin Toffler with respect to the evolution of technology.
  • Paragraphs 2, 3, and 4, are your body paragraphs.
    • In your essay, use paragraph 2 to describe the perspective of Gerhard Lenski.
    • In paragraph 3, you’ll write about the perspective of Leslie White.
    • In paragraph 4, you’ll describe and discuss the perspective of Alvin Toffler.
  • Paragraph 5 is your summary and conclusion. Here, you’ll compare the three perspectives to show how they are, or may be, similar. You’ll contrast the three perspectives to describe how they’re different. You’ll end this process–and your essay–by expressing your view as to which of these theorists (one or more) offer the most useful insights into the evolution of technology, in your opinion.

It’s permissible to use direct quotes from your reading, but don’t use too many. One to three such quotes should be your limit. Be sure to put a direct quote in quotation marks. For example: According to Smith, “Carbon dioxide is both our friend and our enemy.”