Education
Positivist Theories
Which theories about the root causes of criminal behavior do you subscribe to?Choose one of the BELOW TOPICS and focus and write about the topic etc.. no plag..State the question at the beginning of your essay and then answer. Integrate at least one applicable biblical principle in your response. Properly cite a minimum of three reference sources inClassical and Positivist Theories?Biological Explanations?Psychological Explanations?Sociological Explanations? Life Course Theories?Integrated Theories? Biblical Theory (not included in the textbook-the sinful nature of man)?
Statistical thinking
H. G. Wells is credited with saying, Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write! (1).Take a position on whether you agree or disagree with this statement, and provide a rationale for your response.
Independent Variables
Compare independent variables, dependent variables, and extraneous variables. Describe two ways that researchers attempt to control extraneous variables. Support your answer with peer-reviewed articles.
Research Project
Discussion 1 HSA4553Should everyone share broadly in the risks and costs of poor health? Yes or No. Support your position. And if so, what decision-making models could help reach this conclusion? Explain and support.Discussion 2 HSA4553Read the article by Wagner and Dahnke (2015) entitled Nursing Ethics and Disaster Triage: Applying Utilitarian Theory. Other than the ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, no maleficence, and justice addressed in the article, what other values and principles should have guided decision-making in the disaster triage? Who was socially responsible for avoiding harm to the patients of New Orleans Memorial Hospital?Research Project Phase 1From the bulleted topics below, select one ethical issue from the topic that will be the focus of your research paper throughout the course semester. Write a brief one to two paragraphs on the reason for your choice of the ethical issue. Why is this important to you? Submit in Blackboard in a Word document.The Ethics of Health Care· Ethical issue: Should foreign citizens who have been granted legal non-immigrant resident status in the United States be eligible to receive access to Medicaid?
Paradigm Shift
There has been an educational paradigm shift from a focus on teaching to learning. Consider the following statement in light of the shift from teaching to learning: “Teachers don’t fail students; students fail themselves.” Do you agree or disagree? Provide examples that support your position
Concept of Pluralism
What is pluralism? How does the concept of pluralism apply to interest groups in American politics? Why is pluralism important to the proper functioning of American democracy?
Practices In Interviewing
Ordinary conversations are about sociability and maintaining a relationship, while interviews are more about making a relationship to help find an answer to a research question (Rubin & Rubin, 2012, p. 99).For this Discussion, you will view videos that depict different interviewing techniques. You will then analyze and evaluate the techniques used, and you will discuss how you will utilize best practices when you conduct your own interviews.To prepare for this Discussion:Review Chapter 12 of the Rubin and Rubin course text.Review the two media segments on interviewing. As you view the videos, practice your observation skills by creating field notes for yourself. Be careful to distinguish between observation and interpretation as Dr. Crawford warns in the videos.Consider the following questions for your post to evaluate the techniques used in each interview. Which practices could you use in your own interview? Which practices should you avoid? Where did the person in the video go wrong? How could this issue have been avoided or corrected?ASSIGNMENTPost a 2- to 3-paragraph evaluation of the interview techniques used in both interviews. Include commentary and analysis of best practices, practices to avoid, and how this viewing experience will inform your approach to the interviewing assignment introduced in this weeks Major Assignment.When appropriate, be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the reading(s) and/or video program(s) and use APA format.apa requiredturn it in requiredRequired ReadingsSaldaña, J. (2016). The coding manual for qualitative researchers (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.Chapter 1, An Introduction to Codes and Coding (pp. 142) (previously read in Weeks 5 and 6)Chapter 2, Writing Analytic Memos About Narrative andVisual Data (pp. 4365) (previously read in Weeks 5 and 6)Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2016). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.Chapter 5, Methods of Data Collection (pp. 145183)Chapter 7, An Integrative Approach to Data Analysis (pp. 215236) (previously read in Weeks 5 and 6)Chapter 8, Methods and Processes of Data Analysis (pp. 237270) (previously read in Weeks 5 and 6)Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.Chapter 6, Conversational Partnerships (pp. 7193)Chapter 7, The Responsive Interview as an Extended Conversation (pp. 95114)Chapter 8, Structure of the Responsive Interview (pp. 115129)Chapter 9, Designing Main Questions and Probes (pp. 131147)Chapter 10, Preparing Follow-Up Questions (pp. 149169)Chapter 12, Data Analysis in the Responsive Interviewing Model (pp. 189211) (previously read in Weeks 5 and 6)Yob, I., & Brewer, P. (n.d.). Working toward the common good: An online university’s perspectives on social change, 1-25.
A Good Interview
The intent of a qualitative interview is to encourage, elicit, and illuminate the interviewees experience in rich, thick detail. Consider that most interviewees will only have a general idea of your research goals and the depth you need for analysis. Therefore, your presentation of the interview questions and engagement with the interviewee are the tools that guide the process.As you consider your interview, think about:Asking of questions to ask to encourage stories and examplesHow to reframe questions to reduce ambiguity and biasWhat you can do to make the interviewee at easeWhat you can do to build rapport and trustFor this Discussion, you will examine the characteristics of a good qualitative interview.To prepare for this Discussion:Review the chapters of the Rubin and Rubin course text and consider the characteristics of a good qualitative interview.Review the Yob and Brewer interview questions in Appendix A at the end of the article and consider how interview guides are used in research.Review the Interview Guide Instructions and the Interview Guide Example found in this weeks Learning Resources and use these documents to guide you during your interview.ASSIGNMENTPost your explanation of the characteristics of a good qualitative interview. Also include what makes a good interview guide. Use the interview questions from Yob and Brewers interview guide to support your post.Be sure to support your main post and response post with reference to the weeks Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA style.
Project Research
Final project research for history. this topic can be a person event invention etc. it has to occur world history b1400-present. 15 specific details and 3 sources
Early interactions
A 1100 word academic essay addressing the question throughout. Please use the attachment style theories. Use well-known studies and cases. Thank you!
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