We have stressed the importance of knowing how to measure the scores of various assessment techniques to determine how well they serve as predictors of future job performance. This activity is designed to illustrate your familiarity with the basic concepts of measurement. When responding to these questions, use your text and any Internet resources you feel appropriate. Your Activity responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct and formatted in the same fashion as the Activity itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document them in a bibliography using APA style. (100 points) (A 3-page response is required.)
Part A Describe the six (6) step general process for using measures in staffing initiatives. Include in your response a definition of the term “attribute.” (24 points)
Part B John wonders how many points, on average, a typical applicant scores on an entrance exam. He collects the entrance exam scores for the last thirty (30) applicants. Here are their exam scores.
24, 21, 14, 17, 10, 3, 20, 23, 24, 22, 21, 6, 17, 14, 20, 23, 14, 52, 7, 17, 34, 10, 7, 27, 14, 31, 7, 22, 35, 0
1. Compare and contrast the measures of central tendency (Mean, Median, Mode). (15 points) 2. Using the array of numbers shown above, calculate the following for this data. (15 points) a. Mean Score b. Median Score c. Mode
Part C Levels of Measurement 1. Compare and contrast the four (4) basic levels of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio. (12 points) 2. Read the following statements and indicate which level of measurement each illustrates. (15 points) a. What is your political party affiliation? b. The motion picture industry movie classifications are G, PG, PG13, and R. c. The day, month, and year on a calendar. d. Height in feet, inches, or centimeters. e. Please state your satisfaction with this product as very satisfactory, satisfactory, neutral, unsatisfactory, or very unsatisfactory.
Part D Airline pilots must meet minimum height and maximum weight requirements. To determine if a maximum height requirement should be added to the qualifying criteria for a pilot position, Human Resources is analyzing the data (height and weight) for their current pilots. Below is a scatter diagram that relates the height of pilots with their weight. Define the term “scatter diagram” and provide an analysis of the data presented below. If the maximum weight for a pilot is 200 pounds, should a maximum height be adopted as a qualification? Explain. (19 points)
Financial Planning for Medical Group Practices
Analyze the fundamental financial and budgeting responsibilities of a group practice manager. Suggest the most important competency that a practice manager must demonstrate in order to effectively manage the practice’s financial accounts. Support your rationale. Compare and contrast the main different types of budgets that practice managers use. As a practice manager, determine two (2) types of budgets that you think would be most effective for managing the practice’s income and expenses. Justify your response
Research analysis
Examine the different statistical software applications used to analyze data for research analysis. For this week’s discussion, you will use Minitab to run descriptive statistics, create graphs and respond to the following in a 2 pages Word document:
- How could you use Minitab descriptive statistics for data analysis research? Write about your experience running descriptive statistics.
- What are your plans for learning more about Minitab and how will the information you learned about this software be of benefit in your future analysis of research data?
Examine Accuracy in Public Statements
M. G. Leyland, PhD, retired from his community college psychology instructor position and has applied for the position of Director of Psychological Assessment at Nature’s High Institute in a rural part of his state. The position requires expertise in personality and neuropsychological assessment. Dr. Leyland completed training in the Comprehensive System (Rorschach) and the Luria Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery years ago. He has not been actively using either for the past 25 years. In his application, he accurately states that he was trained on both of those assessments.Reviewing Standards on Competence and Advertising and Other Public Statements, present arguments for and against Dr. Leyland’s compliance with relevant standards. Be sure to include Standards 2.01, 2.02, and 5.01. In addition, focus on whether it is ethical for Dr. Leyland to even apply for this position, and whether it would be ethical to simply omit a discussion of his lack of current experience in assessment. Determine if there is any way that Dr. Leyland could ethically meet the criteria for this position. Then, explain your conclusion.
Support your assignment with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages
Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic.
Ethical issues
Read Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues, Case 1, p. 173 and compose an 800-word written analysis in which you identify the moral issue(s) and the parties involved. Take a balanced moral position offering a recommendation or a policy resolution. Draw on three approaches to ethics including utility and two of the following: duty, rights, virtue, or care. Click here to see the grading rubric for this assignment.
If you have chosen the service activity analysis option, the questions are the same and the assignment will be assessed for depth, breadth, and judgment. The assignment will also be assessed by taking into consideration the description of the service activity. You may proceed with the service activity analysis option only if you have received prior approval by the instructor. Taking care to identify the moral issue(s) and the parties involved, take a balanced moral position offering a recommendation or a policy resolution. Please draw on three approaches to ethics including utility and two of the following: duty, rights, virtue, or care.
Submit your assignment to the Written Case Analysis 7 Assignment basket no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Assignment may be linked to Turnitin.) When you save your document, please make sure it includes the format: “Firstname Lastname–WCA7″
Religion essay
Your answers to each of these questions should be at least one paragraph (6-7 sentences) long, and it should show some thoughtful consideration regarding the matters raised in the questions. Your total set of answers to these questions needs to be at least 200 words. Also, when you reply to these questions, be sure to insert the letter for each question next to your answer corresponding to that question.
You will also need to reply to at least two students. When you reply to another student, you do not need to reply to that student’s answers to every single question for this week. You can just pick their reply to one question and reply to their answer to that question. Your replies to other students should be at least 100 words long each.
A. This week we touched on Divine Command Theory. A central element of this theory is that God’s commands determine what is right and wrong. So, for instance, this view would say that murder is wrong because God commands against it. Do you agree with this theory, why or why not?
B. One worry with Divine Command Theory that we covered is this. Suppose that God’s commands determine what is right and wrong. Then doesn’t it follow that God could make horrible things such as murder or abusing other people good just by commanding it – and doesn’t that show that this theory of ethics is not acceptable? Do you agree with this criticism of the theory, why or why not?
C. One of the things that we will be doing each week is discussing some cases from our text Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues. Look at Case 12b on page 62. After looking at this case, answer these questions about it. First, what religious beliefs does the missionary hold? Second, do you think that the missionary’s action in this instance was ethical?
D. We have looked at several different approaches to ethics throughout this course: Cultural Relativism, Utilitarianism, Kantianism, Natural Law, Virtue Ethics, the Ethics of Care, and Divine Command Theory. At the end of this course, which of these positions do you find yourself leaning the most towards and what are your reasons for leaning towards that position?
HR Discussion Questions
Book: Werner’s Human Resource Development: Talent Development, 7th Edition (Jon M. Werner)
Please email me for log in info for the e-book
Question 2/ In your opinion, what HRD skills or competencies does an HRD manager need? How are these skills and competencies learned?
Question #6/ Which challenges to HRD professionals discussed in this chapter will directly affect your present or future working environment? What additional challenges do you foresee affecting HRD?
You must include at least 2 (2) citations and appropriate references from relevant academically sound sources and only one reference of the two can be the text book. Citations and references must adhere to the latest APA format. Academically appropriate sources are peer reviewed journals, text books, conference proceedings, dissertations etc. They are NOT Forbes.com, Business Week, Wikipedia etc.
case research
In this assignment, you will examine the Darryl Hunt case from 1984 and the impact of his release.
Research the case of State v. Hunt, a 1984 North Carolina case in which Daryl Hunt was accused of the murder of Deborah Sykes. The case can be found easily via an internet search or through the use of CTU library resources.
Assignment Guidelines
- Address the following in 4–6 pages:
- The blood type did not match the assailant’s; could this be ignored today? Why or why not? Explain.
- Are crimes still tied together today? Explain.
- With the today’s studies, it is realized that most murders or rapes are intraracial, not interracial. Should people have realized that in 1984, or was it just a matter of bigotry?
- Use scholarly and academic resources to support your argument.
- Take this case and make 2 scenarios:
- Create 1 in which the perpetrator is Caucasian and 1 in which the perpetrator is a minority.
- Explain how it would be handled in this day and time.
- Locate 2 cases that are similar to your scenarios, and use them as scholarly sources to back up your opinions.
- Explain the legal and ethical details pertaining to your scenarios’ individuals.
- Be sure to reference all sources using APA style. 4*6 pages
PowerPoint Assignment – Statistical Software Tools
A data analyst would like to adopt a software system that will help to calculate statistics, write reports, and perform analysis on data. You have been asked to prepare a PowerPoint slideshow to help the data analyst evaluate several options.
Your presentation should be a minimum of 7 slides (including a Title slide and References slide) and address the following:
- Describe 5 different software tools.
- Provide details about the functions of each system and include images.
- Include APA formatted citations for your references.
Arts essay
- or the Unit VII Essay, you will visit an art museum of your choice. You may visit one in person or take a virtual tour via the Internet. Below is a list of museums that offer virtual tours that you may want to review for this assignment. Please note that you are not limited to this list:
Louvre- National Gallery of Art
- The National Gallery
You may select a virtual tour from this list or use the list included under the Websites tab in the Art Appreciation Libguide in the CSU Library at this link. Please include the name and location of your museum in your introductory paragraph.
For this essay, write about two artworks from the periods we read about in Unit VII: Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist, or Post-Impressionist periods.
For each piece, address the following:
- Include the title, artist, date, medium, and scale.
- Describe the artwork.
- Describe the artist’s role in his or her society/community.
- What do you think is the artist’s message?
- What are the cultural significances of this piece?
- What historical elements are included in this piece?
Formatting:
Your essay will be at least five pages in length and include the following:
Use Times New Roman 12- point font. Double space all lines, and indent the first line of each paragraph. Your title page should be correctly formatted with a Running Head and page number listed in the Header area. Include your title, name,
- Title page (1 page)
- Written Essay (2 pages)
- Image(s) (1 page)
- References (1 page)
ART 1301, Art Appreciation I 6
and school centered on the title page. Your written essay should contain at least three paragraphs (including an introductory and conclusion). Your last page will have the word References centered at the top.
All sources used, including the museum, must be cited and included on the reference page. When you use a statement from any outside source, you need to credit the source in this format: (last name of author (s), year) at the end of the sentence before the period.
For direct quotes, use quotation marks and add the page number to your citation. An example of a citation for a quotation from page 5 of our textbook would be (Frank, 2014, p. 5).
If you would like additional assistance with APA, click here to access the CSU Citation Guide.
Click here to access an example of this essay. Please note that this example essay does not follow the above directions,
but it does provide guidance on formatting and style.
Note: If you are having trouble researching your museum artworks, you may find it helpful to search e-books for additional information. By choosing the fine arts topic first, then typing in a specific style of art (such as Renaissance or Baroque artists), you will find several options in the Art Appreciation Libguide.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
All sources used, including the museum, must be cited and included on the reference page. When you use a statement from any outside source, you need to credit the source in this format: (last name of author (s), year) at the end of the sentence before the period.
For direct quotes, use quotation marks and add the page number to your citation. An example of a citation for a quotation from page 5 of our textbook would be (Frank, 2014, p. 5).
If you would like additional assistance with APA, click here to access the CSU Citation Guide.
Click here to access an example of this essay. Please note that this example essay does not follow the above directions,
but it does provide guidance on formatting and style.
Note: If you are having trouble researching your museum artworks, you may find it helpful to search e-books for additional information. By choosing the fine arts topic first, then typing in a specific style of art (such as Renaissance or Baroque artists), you will find several options in the Art Appreciation Libguide.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.