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When looking for information about a particular issue, how often do you try to resist biases toward your own point of view? This assignment asks you to engage in this aspect of critical thinking.

The assignment is divided into two (2) parts.

For Part I of the assignment (due Week 2), you read a book excerpt about critical thinking processes, reviewed the Procon.org Website in order to gather information, and engaged in prewriting to examine your thoughts.

* Remember that in the Week 2 Discussion, you examined the biases discussed in Chapter 2 of the webtext.

In Part II of the assignment (due Week 4), you will write a paper to synthesize your ideas.

Part II – Writing

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

1. State your position on the topic you selected for Assignment 1.1.

2. Identify (3) three premises (reasons) from the Procon.org website that support your position    and explain why you selected these specific reasons.

3. Explain your answers to the “believing” questions about the three (3) premises opposing your position from the Procon.org website.

4. Examine at least two (2) types of biases that you likely experienced as you evaluated the premises for and against your position.

5. Discuss the effects of your own enculturation or group identification that may have influenced your biases.

6. Discuss whether or not your thinking about the topic has changed after playing the “Believing Game,” even if your position on the issue has stayed the same.

The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized writing:

• Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.
• Address main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
• Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.

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 Style 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

dentifying and responding effectively to grant proposals is more an art than a science. Most grants require applicants to complete a request for proposal (RFP), though there are a number of methods to respond to an RFP and the information requested through the RFP is not necessarily universal, meaning grants typically ask for varying information. With that background, discuss the overall concept of an RFP and the typical components of an RFP, along with strategies/techniques an organization should follow to r

Compare four products on the market today that are using product placement in TV, movies, and videogames. Point out the themes or trends that are present among these products.

 

From the  e-Activity, analyze what has made your brand selection marketable over time. Identify which external factors have occurred that have affected consumer behavior and the strategies involved in keeping the Best Global Brands on this exclusive list.

 

 

E-ACTIVITY——-Go to Interbrand’s Website and review its interactive charts. To access the interactive charts, first scroll to the bottom of the page and select “Rankings”, then select a brand to examine. Us

2-3 pages

When forming a graph or model it is not necessary to provide perfectly proportioned graphs, just draw it on the paper and take the photo by smart device. It is necessary to accurately present all relevant labels and to include all available or calculable data points and their respective values. 3 sentences for each short answer question.
Consider a labor market in which LD = 500 – 45W and LS = -200 + 25W.

What is the equilibrium value for labor?
What is the market clearing wage?
What is the reservation wage?
What is the number of unemployed in this market?
If a wage of $10.25 were to be imposed on this market, what would be the value for labor supply?
At a wage of $10.25 what would be the value for labor demand?

Provide a properly labeled and appropriately articulated Labor Market Model given the labor supply and demand equations provided and the imposed wage of $10.25. (graph)

Based on the labor market model you’ve now illustrated, how would you describe the current condition of this market given the imposed wage? Be specific and use values in description as appropriate. (short answer)

Consider a labor market in which LD = 400 – 4W and LS = 250 + 3W.
Provide a properly labeled and appropriately articulated Labor Market Model given the labor supply and demand equations provided. (graph)

Based on labor market model you’ve now illustrated, how would you interpret this labor market? Be sure to discuss those issues you see arising from your interpretation of the graphic model. Be specific and use values in description as appropriate. (short answer)

I HAVE COMPLETED PART ONE. SO THE ASSIGNMENT IS ONLY  PART 2

 

 

Part 1: Personal Consumer Behavior Journal (3-4 pages)

 

Over three one-week periods, you will keep a diary of your purchasing activity. Very simply, this will include listing the products, the time, and the location where you made the purchase. You’ll do this on a daily basis over each of the three one-week periods. The effort is to capture specific products and/or brands in your consumer behavior patterns, and to those ends you can ignore most fresh produce (a head of lettuce, unless the brand is known, e.g., Dole bananas). Please do not collect data for 21 disparate days. We’re trying to find patterns in your behavior. The optimum collection period is 21 straight days, but the next best can be three separate seven-day-straight periods.

 

At the end of each seven-day period (seven consecutive days), you will identify three products you seem to “consume” most regularly or consistently. Thinking back on that week, answer the following questions in your journal for each product:

 

• Why did you select that product over a competing brand or product?
• Was it convenient, for example, or did you have to go out of your way because of desire? Was it on sale? Was it a perceived quality matter?
• Articulate your satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the product and/or the purchase experience.

 

Discuss your intent to continue that purchase (or note if you decided to change your purchase pattern and why).

 

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Part 2: Consumer Behavior Essay (6-7 pages)

 

At the end of the three weeks, choose three key products. Your paper should cover the following assessment for each of the three products:

 

Discuss the one major psychological factor or process (e.g., peer pressure, learned behavior, general advertising, subliminal messages, image, convenience, price, etc.) that contributed most to your pattern of consumption. Be sure to discuss at least one different process for each of the three products.

Provide a summary of the psychological process that you’re describing. This summary should demonstrate that you understand what the process involves, how it works, how it influences consumer behavior in general, and how it is relevant to your purchasing pattern.

Be sure to clearly describe both the psychological process and its application to your specific purchase pattern. Give specific reasons why you think it was that process that was most influential for that product.

 

To successfully complete this Portfolio, you must:

 

• Submit a total of 6-7 pages, not including title or reference pages
• Include at least six outside sources that support your discussion.
• Ensure that both your journal and your paper are well written and formatted according to the APA Requirements

Two criteria you may use for evaluating sources are the validity and the relevance of the source to your topic. Read pp. 375-387 the Handbook as well as this link: Valid and Invalid Sources to learn more about what makes a source valid. Find one source in the library database on your book. Cite it and tell us why you would consider it valid. Find a source online. Cite the source accurately, and then tell us why you think this source would or would not be considered valid. To clarify: you should find a source from both a library database and an online source. Post to the dropbox by Sunday night.

Assignment 3: Poetry Analysis Questions

We are preparing for our mid-term exam, which will include a poem to analyze in an in-class essay. In order to practice this analysis, choose a poem from our text (other than one we have already read), and answer the following questions with a well-developed answer for each question giving examples from the text. Submit this assignment to the dropbox by next Wednesday.

1. What is the poem about? Describe the action of the poem.
2. Who is the speaker of the poem? It is not the author necessarily. What can you tell about the speaker from the poem?
3. What is the organization of the poem? Look at lines, stanzas, sentences, and/or rhyme schemes. How does that affect the meaning of the poem?
4. How is language used in this poem? Do you find metaphors, analogies, symbols, alliteration, figures of speech that carry connotations as well as denotations. (Connotations would be the suggested meaning as opposed to denotations which would be the literal meaning—see glossary for literary terms in The Norton.)
5. What do you have problems with or do not quite understand in this poem? Be as specific as possible, and look at what the section might possibly mean. (Hint: use a dictionary if a word isn’t clear; sometimes poets use a word or phrase with a different meaning than the common one.)

Link to Assignment Assessment Rubric

Join Discussion 5: Unpacking meaning in poetry. What is happening? Does the reader’s perception change from the beginning of the poem to the last? What effect do you think the author tried to convey in this poem? Respond for each poem above. Respond to two other students.

Join Discussion 6: Library Research. Access the library databases and find one source on your selected book. Give the citation for that source (see pp. 445-477 in the Handbook.) Summarize the source and its content. Report on your experiences so we can learn from one another. What search strategies and databases provided you the best results? How do you track and organize the articles you find?

(Note: Discussion 6 requires library research. The Library Resources guide, located in the Research Resources Content module, will assist you in locating appropriate article databases. It is highly recommended that you view the Academic Search Premier video which provides a good introduction to using the databases.)

Link to Assignment Assessment Rubric

 

In this assignment, you will create a risk management plan,using the case study BOSS, I THINK SOMEONE STOLE OUR CUSTOMER DATA

 

 

 

Please refer to Figure A-1, Risk Management Plan Template, from Appendix A of the Hillson and Simon text to create the plan.

Write a Risk Management Plan Component paper in which you:

1. Prepare the Scope and Objectives of the Risk Management Process section of the Risk Management Plan based on the facts presented in the case study.
2. Determine the project size, based on the facts presented in the case study, and provide justification based on Figure 3-4, Example Project Sizing Tool (Chapter 3 of the Hillson and Simon text).
3. Select the risk tools and techniques, and complete the Risk Tools and Techniques section of the Risk Management Plan for both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the project. Provide a rationale for the selection.
4. Develop the Risk Reviews and Reporting section of the Risk Management Plan based on the project size previously determined.
5. Define the Probability and Impacts section of the Risk Management Plan and justify the values assigned.
6. Define the Risk Thresholds section of the Risk Management Plan and justify the values assigned.

Hi thanks for the solutions but theer are a few things that I need clarification on.

1. For Chapter 1, the first question asks:

Over the business cycle, real GDP tends to increase during the expansion and decrease during the contraction. Can you name some other macro variables that fluctuate over the business cycle like GDP does? Can you name some macro variables that do not fluctuate like GDP?\

You wrote the following, but which of these variables fluctuates over the business cycle and which one does not?
Employment
Inflation
Consumption
Investment
Savings
2. Question 3 asked, “Explain how stocks and flows are related to each other, and give at least one specific example.”

However, you didn’t write a response to that part of Question 3, could you please do so.
3. Question 10 asked, ” In the text, Table 1.3 shows real GDP expressed in 2009 prices for the years 2006-2012. Given the information in this table, explain how you could express real GDP (for any year) in 2012 prices.

You just wrote, “By use of the prices in 2012 as the base year.” but didn’t give an explanation on why that is. Please give an explanation.

4. For Chapter 2, Question 5 asks, “Suppose C = 1000 + .7Y and I = 500. Find equilibrium income and output. Explain what would happen if production were 10,000.” You wrote

C=1000 +.7Y
=1000 +994+500
=2494

I don’t understand what the equilibrium income is and output in your solution. Also, you didn’t explain what would happen if the production was $10000.

5. For Chapter 2, Question 10 asks, “ Suppose in a closed economy with no government, C = C1 + bcY and I = I1 + bIY. That is, like consumption, investment spending is also positively related to income. Suggest a name for the term bI. Show that equilibrium output will be:”

Y = (C1 + I1) / (1-b), where b = bc + bI.
Expenditure Multiplier
C = C1 + bcY and I = I1 + bIY

but at equilibrium T=G

Could you explain what the name for the b term would be and how the equilibrium output would be what is written?

6. For Chapter 2, question 7, it asks “Relate your answers to Keynes’ paradox of thrift.” But I don’t see an explanation for this answer in your solution. Could you please show it?

The equilibrium output will reduce.
Under recessions and adverse economic times, individuals and households hold save more and invest less which leads to reduced output.

n The Economics of Cities and Suburbs, William Bogart argues, “The filtering model of housing suggests that the poor benefit from construction of housing for the rich. Therefore, we should subsidize the construction of housing for the rich.” Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?

The original entry should be 300 words, have an informative, catchy title, cite at least one of the week’s readings, make an argument, and provide evidence to back up claims.

• A manufacturer of network computer server systems is interested in improving the customer support service. As a first step, its marketing department has been charged with the responsibility of summarizing the extent of customer problems in terms of system downtime. The 40 most recent customers were surveyed to determine the amount of downtime in hours they had experienced in the previous month. The survey data are shown below.

[The calculations and the graph for this exercise must be done in Excel. With the data on class intervals and frequencies that are shown below, you will create a table in Excel with the necessary detailed column calculations that will be used as a basis to answer sub-questions (a), (b) and (c). You will paste your table here.] (15 points)

 

 

 

 

 

1. Construct a cumulative frequency distribution, and a cumulative relative frequency distribution. (3 points)

 

 

 

 

1. Using the appropriate formula for grouped data, calculate the mean number of hours in downtime. Use the table provided above for your computations. (4 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Using the appropriate formulas for grouped data, calculate the variance and the standard deviation. Use the table provided above for your computations. (4 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Using Excel, draw a histogram of the frequencies and paste it in the space provided below. Make a rough assessment about symmetry in the data and the implication for the size of the mean. (4 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. In a new poll with regard to the future of the Canadian Senate, 70% of the respondents indicated that they would like to have a vote with respect to the upper chamber’s future. Furthermore, 50% of the respondents said that they would like to see the Senate abolished, while 40% of the respondents said that they would like it to be kept as is. (10 points)

 

1. If keeping the Senate or abolishing it represents two mutually exclusive events, what is the probability that a randomly chosen respondent would belong to either of the two groups? (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. If abolishing the Senate and voting for its future are statistically independent events, what is the probability that a randomly chosen respondent would be in favour of either abolishing the Senate or voting for its future?             (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Of the respondents who were in favour of keeping the Senate, 70% said that they would like to vote on it. What is the probability that a randomly chosen respondent would be in favour of either keeping the Senate or voting for its future? (4 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. A student feels that 70% of his university courses have been enjoyable and the remainder have been boring. This student had access to student evaluations of professors and finds out that professors who had previously received positive evaluation have taught 80% of his enjoyable courses and 20% of his boring courses. (13 points)

 

1. Construct a table or a tree diagram of joint probabilities. (4 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. What is the probability that a randomly chosen course will either be given by a professor with positive evaluation or it will be enjoyable (or both)?   (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. What is the probability that a professor with negative evaluation will give an enjoyable course? (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Are the teacher evaluations and the quality of courses statistically independent? (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. A jury of 12 members is to be selected from a panel consisting of 8 men and 8 women. The qualities of the candidates are comparable, so the final selection will be made through a ballot. (14 points)

 

1. What is the probability that all of the 8 women will be included in the 12-member jury? (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• What is the probability that the jury will be evenly divided from the gender point of view? (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. What is the probability that, in the jury, women will have a majority status? (4 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Assume that just before the ballot, one man withdraws from the panel because of unexpected illness. How would the probability of having all women included in the 12-member jury, that was calculated in (a) above, be modified? (4 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. In the game of blackjack as played in casinos, the dealer has the advantage as most of the players do not play very well. As a result, the probability that the average player wins a hand is about 40%. An average player decides to play 10 hands. (12 points)

 

1. What is the probability that he will win in all hands? (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. What is the probability that he will not win any hand at all? (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. What is the average number of hands that an average player should expect to win in a 10-hand game? (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. What is the probability that he will win at least 1 hand? (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. The number of accidents in a production facility has a Poisson distribution with mean 2 per month. (8 points)

 

1. What is the probability that in a particular month there will be less than two accidents? (4 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. What is the probability that within a two-month period there will be less than two accidents? (4 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Your uncle has asked you to analyze his stock portfolio, which contains 6 shares of stock A and 8 shares of stock B. The joint probability distribution of the stock prices is shown below: (18 points)

 

 

 

1. Find the average price and variance of stock A. (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Find the average price and variance of stock B. (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Find the covariance and correlation coefficient of the prices of the two stocks. (5 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Find the average value of the entire portfolio. (2 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Find the standard deviation of the value of the entire portfolio and calculate a 68% range of its value. (5 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. The scores of all applicants taking an aptitude test required by a law school follow a normal distribution with mean 420 and standard deviation 100. (10 points)

 

1. What is the probability that a randomly selected applicant will score less than 450 in this test? (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. What is the probability that two randomly (and independently) selected applicants will both score less than 450 in this test? (3 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. What is the probability that out of two randomly (and independently) selected applicants, at least one will score less than 450 in this test? (4 points)