SIX “SKEPTICS MAY OBJECT” Planting a Naysayer in Your Text THE WRITER Jane Tompkins describes a pattern that repeats itself whenever she writes a book or an article. For the first couple of weeks when she sits down to write, things go relatively well. But then in the middle of the night, several weeks into the writing process, she’ll wake up in a cold sweat, […]

Evaluating Employee Characteristics This course has major project assignments due in Week 3 and Week 5. It will take more than a week’s effort to adequately complete them. Plan time to start the research and work on those assignments earlier than the week in which they are due. Evaluating Employee Characteristics Some research studies (Ilies & Judge, 2003; Saari & Judge, 2004) report that genetics […]

 Write an essay of at least 500 words discussing discussing how a blockchain implementation would improve data security in a military, education, or other context.  Write in essay format not in outline, bulleted, numbered or other list format.   Use the five paragraph format. Each paragraph must have at least five sentences. Include 3 quotes with quotation marks and cited in-line and in a list of references. […]

Personal Trainer, Inc., owns and operates fitness centers in a dozen midwestern cities. The centers have done well, and the company is planning an international expansion. As an IT consultant you were hired to develop a new information system for the new facility. You use data and process modeling tools to create a logical model of the proposed information system. Now you want to build […]

You must find it in one of the five approved sources listed in the Week 3 discussion assignment, and it must have been published within the past two years.   Using pp. 55-70 (“Rhetorical Situations: Purpose, Audience, Genre, Stance, and Media/Design”) of your Norton Field Guide to Writing, list the five elements of the rhetorical situation of your article (purpose, audience, genre, stance, and media/design). Re-read your […]

 FIn 201  mat 220 Registration for Next Mod Registration for Next ModThis “water cooler” style discussion board is for you to discuss your course selection process for next MOD with your peers.  They may have helpful recommendations or experiences to share!  Use the following prompts as a guide:  What is your next course?  Is it required for your degree, or an elective? Have you read […]

 Please read Case Study 1.1 Transworld Minerals on pages 28-30 of the ebook.  This case discusses the expansion into Salaysia of Transworld Minerals Inc. Please consider the different ways to internationalize in this case while “keeping the peace” with the domestic Salaysian Coal Mining Company.   Please provide well- written and well-reasoned 2 – 5 page paper addressing and focusing on the two questions below.   […]

   Who gave the Renaissance its first      candid picture of human nature with the idealism of medievalism and      humanism stripped away.    Machiavelli   Erasmas   Cicero   Raphel 3 points    Question 2  During the 1200’s Popes would      employ a military force to combat heresy and use this judicial process to      eradicate heresy within the Western culture.    Inquisition   13th   century eradication   […]

A study followed 900,000 US adults from 1992 to 2008. At baseline, all participants were screened and determined to be cancer free and their body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Body mass index is a measure of obesity that is calculated using a person’s height and weight. Subjects were separated into the following groups according to their BMI: (a) normal weight, (b) slightly overweight, (c) […]

   Choose whatever variables and raw data you need to perform a chi-square analysis. Perform a chi-square analysis on that data set. Write up the analysis to include the summary table and the common statistics involved. Name the files WS6-2_Analysis and WS6-2_Excel. The Excel file will be based on the Chi-Square 10 by 10 template.   When you have completed your assignment, save copies for […]