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Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Summative Discussion Board

Review and reflect on the knowledge that you have gained from this course. Based on your review and reflection.

  • What were the most compelling topics learned in this course?
  • How did participating in discussions help your understanding of the subject matter? Is anything still unclear that could be clarified?
  • What approaches could have yielded additional valuable information?

The main post should include at least 1 reference to research sources, and all sources should be cited using APA format.

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with a reply of 100 words about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. 

student 1:

I have taken a homeland security class in undergrad and I was not pleased with it at all. The material was very hard to follow as we had to memorize a lot of acronyms. I was dreading this class because I thought It would be the same as before but I was pleasantly surprised when I actually ended this class. I was able to learn the material in a different manner and the class flowed very well. The discussions helped because we later used that same information for our individual projects so that made it easier to understand and complete. The instructor was very thorough and I appreciated the extra material that was provided in reference to writing skills. Overall, I learned not only about terrorism and homeland security, but my writing skills as well. 

student 2:

      What were the most compelling topics learned in this course?

            Most all the topic in this course was compelling because since I started in this course I have learned many different things about how the laws work for different things. For instant learned how the Homeland Security work and how it is broken down into the different departments that is involve to get things done in order to make sure what each department duty is so that nothing fall through the wall because things wasn’t done like they should because the person or persons who work in each department are doing the job that they are getting paid to do.

        How did participating in discussions help your understanding of the subject matter? Is anything still unclear that could be clarified?

         The discussion board was the best thing that the school could have around because will the communication through the discussion board you are able to see and learn from one another about the assignments, so that you are able to see how other students write about the same assignment but in a different way. Another thing is that from the discussion board you are able to learn things that you don’t about because like the old saying is that you aren’t never to old to learn something because will don;t know everything because if we did we wouldn’t have to go to school all because it will be useless. There isn’t anything still until to be clarified because with all of the communication in the classroom and discussion board you are communicate that is the best thing that could happening at this time in school.

       What approaches could have yielded additional valuable information?

        Nothing could be yielded because everything that the the way that we are doing in school now is great and done make any changed because the way things is going in the right direction without any problem or problems because everyone is on the same page  because everyone is communicate the way the such so that we get to know each other.

Data that can only take on countable whole number values is considered

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Data that can only take on countable whole number values is considered __________.

  

 

 

For continuous data the total area under the normal curve must be equal to __________.

  

 

 

As sample size gets __________ we are more confident that our sample statistic is a more valid estimate of the population parameter.

  

 

 

The __________ the p-value is, the stronger the evidence against the null hypothesis.

  

 

 

Higher confidence levels require __________ samples.

  

 

 

In formulating hypotheses for a statistical test of significance the __________ hypothesis is often a statement of “no effect” or “no difference”.

  

 

 

The __________ measures the spread of the data population.

  

 

 

As the standard deviation of a population gets __________ the required sample size decreases.

  

 

 

The __________ distribution can be applied to situations where only 2 mutually exclusive outcomes are possible and the probability of success on each one of those outcomes is the same.

  

 

 

The measure of location or center that is less affected by the addition of an extreme score (or outlier) is the__________.

  

 

 

 

Respond to these three

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R.H.

I agree with positive discipline.  It teaches children to be responsible and respectful. Positive discipline is based on the understanding that discipline must be taught and it also teaches. It offers a positive long term affect for children. Adults must also model in a positive way for the children. Children develop effective communication and problem solving skills. Positive discipline help the children learn new skills like problem solving. 

 

I was brought up only aware of the negative discipline and I hadn’t heard of positive discipline until now. Some people may see positive discipline s a way of letting children have their way but that is not true. Adults are still guiding children along and offering assistance when needed in a positive way. 

 

 

T.M.

A form of positive behavior is guidance which is pointing out, showing the way, leading, or directing (Marion,2015). Redirecting a student is like showing them there are other ways to handle negative things and turn them into something that is positive. An example would be a a student hitting another student because they want a toy that the other student has. It’s a teachers job to positively reinforce and redirect that child, by showing him/her that there are other toys that they can play with. It is also important to tell children to use gentile hands when playing with their friends. 
I can only say that I agree with this positive discipline to a certain extent. Most children learn from positive discipline, but their are some children that need that stern hard punishment. I believe some children take better to negativity than others. For example one of the children my class will not listen to positive reinforcements. He thinks it’s funny when teachers try to redirect his negative behavior. He also continues the negative behavior, and then continues to act even worst. He needs a stern discipline method in order to understand. I believe that this particular student doesn’t have the correct guidance from his parents therefore he’s out of control when he comes to school. I think it all starts at home. When parents and teachers and parents join together when guiding and disciplining it is a much better outcome. One insight I gained from reading is that guidance  is a positive form discipline, I never knew that it could be considered as a form of discipline at all. I just thought it meant redirecting.

 

R.A.

Discipline comes from the root disciplina, which means teaching or learning. Guidance is a form of discipline and is always a positive one. When we guide children, we are directing them because we know that children “just don’t know what to do” as Merilyn Gootman mentioned in the video program. We also know where children should go and have the map. It is our responsibility, as adults to make that map as fun and as interactive as possible.

I absolutely agree with the principles and strategies associated with positive discipline. The strategies are based on developmentally appropriate practices. They are also based on an authoritative style of caregiving. Some of the principles associate with positive discipline is using problem solving skills. For example, Dr. Gootman suggested having the victimizer comfort the victim. This is a great way to teach children walking on the other person’s shoes. The child who puts on iceberg the child he just punched, will not only learn good behavior but, will also learn how to be a kind person.

Some of the insights that I gained from discipline and guidance include to always evaluate my strategies and change as needed. A Misconception that have been dispelled is to not stop hope when you see child cursing or using bad words because his parent does the same thing. Mr. Santini and how he guided his student teachers to deal with similar problem dispelled my myth. It bothers me too much when I see parents misbehaving in front of children and I feel bad for that child whenever I see him saying or behaving same way as his parents did. No matter what they hear or see, I learned our responsibility is still to guide children to use appropriate words.

 

Suppose the grading for a course project can only have 6 possible outcomes

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Suppose the grading for a course project can only have 6 possible outcomes; 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, and 0. Let the random variable X be the scores on the project. Suppose X has the following distribution:

X

P(X=x)

100

0.1

90

0.25

80

0.3

70

0.15

60

0.1

50

0.09

0

0.01

 

a. What is the probability that X is AT MOST 70?
b. What is the probability that X is AT LEAST 80%?
c. What is the probability that X is MORE than 80?
d. What is the probability that X is LESS than 70?
e. Compute the expected value for this random variable (see page 269 of text). 

A sport preference poll yielded the following data for men and women

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A sport preference poll yielded the following data for men and women. Use a 5% significance level and test to determine if sport preference and gender are independent.

Sport Preferences of Men and Women

 

Basketball

Football

Soccer

Total

Men

20

25

30

75

Women

18

12

15

45

Total

38

37

45

120

What is the test value for this hypothesis test?

What is the critical value for this hypothesis test? 

What is the conclusion for this hypothesis test? Choose one.

1. There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that one’s sport preference is dependent on one’s gender.
2. There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that one’s sport preference is dependent on one’s gender.

RESPONSE TO SONYA

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The principles of survey research noted in Chapter 1 of The Mismeasure of Crime textbook explores the reliability, validity, and sources of error in the measurement of social phenomena (Mosher, Miethe, & Hart, 2010). It is vivid that Adriaenssens and Hendrickx (2011) investigate a policy problem that is marred with assumptions and less scholarly evidence. The very nature of the hypotheses used in this study shows that a lot remains to be known and understood about the yield of begging in Brussels. To their credit, the researchers identify many of the influences behind assumptions that people make about beggars. For instance, beggars are criminalized and considered illegitimate occupants because of the rising rate of immigration facing many countries in Europe. I believe that this is a research article that acts as a pointer as to where future research on the subject should focus on. Its main strength is the lack of an established research framework that would help the researchers narrow down their study to have a greater impact. Instead, they choose to pursue a larger scope that is characterized by assumptions. This feature equally affects the reliability of the article.

While I believe that it provides valuable information regarding street-level economic activities, it is not structured in a manner that it can inform policy. My conclusion to this regard therefore, is that I would not base public policy with respect to beggars off this article. My recommendation would be that greater effort must be made through research to improve knowledge about the activities of beggars and organize this information through a research review. The review will provide a well-founded fact-sheet on this subject and probably offer sufficient evidence to promote and inform policy interventions. While I understand the good intent that the researchers have in studying this topic, my suggestion would be that they need to refine their focus to put their effort on constructs that have the greatest impact (Busch-Geertsema, Edgar, O’Sullivan, & Pleace, 2010). As Christians, we must be mindful of our brothers, a viewpoint that is held by these researchers. This will reduce the number of hypotheses and assumptions articulated in the study.

Identify whether the comparison is based on two independent samples or paired data:

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Identify whether the comparison is based on two independent samples or paired data:

A class survey is used to compare the GPAs of male and female students. 

A) Independent 

B) Paired 

There are five children in your family (you and 4 siblings). Each night, two children are responsible to wash the dishes. To be fair, the children are selected by randomly pulling names from a hat. What is the probability that you will not have to wash the dishes? 

A) 4/25 

B) 12/20 

C) 4/20 

D) 12/25 

Suppose you are taking a statistics course and a psychology course next semester. You like mathematics, so you believe that probability of getting an “A” in statistics is 0.8. On the other hand, psychology is not as interesting to you so the probability of getting an “A” in that class is 0.6. It will be challenging to manage both courses at the same time, so the probability of getting an “A” in both classes is 0.5. Are the events “A” in statistics and “A” in psychology independent? 

A) No because 0.8*0.6 does not equal 0.5. 

B) Yes because the grade in statistics does not affect the grade earned in psychology. 

C) Yes because 0.8*0.6 does not equal 0.5. 

A researcher randomly selected 20 classes of Grade-1 students from all elemetary schools in New York State to form a sample of students to study relationship bewteen nutrition and school performance. This sampling method is BEST defined as: 

A) Simple random sampling 

B) Cluster sampling 

C) Stratified random sampling 

D) Convenience sampling 

Which of the following best describes the standardized (z) score for an observation? 

A) It is the number of standard deviations the observation falls from the mean. 

B) It is the most common score for that type of observation. 

C) It is one standard deviation more than the observation. 

D) It is the center of the list of scores from which the observation was taken. 

A student does not study for a 10 question multiple choice quiz, with five answer choices for each question, so he randomly guesses an answer for every question. Which choice below describes how to find the probability that this student gets exactly 7 questions correct? 

A) Find cumulative probability for 7 successes for a binomial variable with n = 10 and p = 7/10. 

B) Find cumulative probability for 7 successes for a binomial variable with n = 10 and p = 1/5. 

C) Find probability of 7 successes for a binomial variable with n = 10 and p = 1/5 

D) Find probability of 7 successes for a binomial variable with n = 10 and p = 7/10 

Correctly identify whether the following situations satisfy the conditions required to conduct a Binomial experiment. Rolling a die many times and observing whether the number obtained is even or odd 

A) Binomial 

B) NOT Binomial 

According to a recent survey approximately 25% of all college students work full time (that is, there is 0.25 probability for any given student to work full time). If the random variable X represents the number of students who work full time in samples of size 10, what is the expected value of X? 

A) 2.0 

B) 2.5 

C) 3.0 

D) More information is needed 

Which of the following is the main advantage of randomized experiments, when compared to observational studies? 

A) The participants are more likely to stick with the experiment for the full duration 

B) Cause and effect conclusions are possible. 

C) Random assignment ensures that the two sample sizes are equal and that requirement is necessary. 

D) Random assignment guarantees a more representative sample. 

Which of the following statements is correct about a parameter and a statistic associated with repeated random samples of the same size from the same population? 

A) Values of a parameter will vary from sample to sample but values of a statistic will not. 

B) Values of both a parameter and a statistic may vary from sample to sample. 

C) Values of a parameter will vary according to the sampling distribution for that parameter. 

D) Values of a statistic will vary according to the sampling distribution for that statistic. 

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In this module, you learned about library databases and resources. In this discussion post, please address the following:

  • What is a library database?
  • Name at least 5 databases available through your Library Resources and how and why you would use them?
  • What databases do you think will be helpful to your research for your PowerPoint project?
  • Have you reached out to a Broward librarian for help? 

Narrated PowerPoint Presentation

Social, Cultural, and Ethical Issues

For your Final Project, you will create a PowerPoint presentation based on a topic from your current field of study. Since this is a fully online course and we do not meet in person in a traditional classroom setting, you will need to narrate this presentation so it can be viewed electronically.

To assist in the completion of your Final Project, some of the required pieces are included in this course as Milestones. These Milestones are completed throughout the course by the student and the instructor will provide feedback for each Milestone, in order to help the student better the overall quality of their project.  See below where the milestones align with the Final Project requirements.

Topic:

Choose a social, cultural, or ethical issue related to your current major or field of study. Chose ONE area to focus on. For example, you cannot talk about ethics in healthcare, public safety, or IT in general. You would need to pick a single ethical issue to discuss and not just ethics in general. (Milestone 2 & 3)

Research:

Conduct a search using both internet and library database resources. You must use at least 3 sources, one of which must be from the library database. Keep track of these sources! You will need to include a reference slide at the end of your presentation. (Milestone 4)

Content:

Create a NARRATED PowerPoint presentation that contains between 12 to 18 slides. You must add your voice using the narration feature in PPT. Include the following:

Title Slide (1 slide) – includes your name and the presentation title. (Milestone 2)

Introduction Slide (1 slide) – should be something catchy and explain why this issue is important. (Milestone 3)

Body/Content Slides (8-14 slides) – must be interesting, well organized, and presented clearly. Slides should not contain full sentences/paragraphs.
Summary Slide (1 slide) – may also include a way for others to get involved, help, or get more information.
Reference Slide (1 slide) – must be in APA style and be a minimum of 3 resources. When including hyperlinks in the reference list, they must be hyperlinked. (Milestone 4)

PowerPoint Elements:

Include the following PowerPoint elements:

Apply a single theme or design template.
Apply a transition to each slide.
Do NOT use animation.
Provide at least one hyperlink to a video or useful online article.
Use at least 5 open or creative commons images (Clipart, photos, shapes, etc). (Milestone 6)
Use smart art at least one time.
Include an original graph. (Milestone 5)
Include a footer on each slide with the slide number and your last name.

Narration:

To earn full points, your presentation must be narrated. Do NOT read word for word from your slides. Slides should only contain bulleted information, but full sentences should be spoken!  The narration audio should start automatically when you start the slideshow and should continue through the entire presentation.

Submission:

Please upload your completed PowerPoint project with a filename formatted as:

PowerPoint_SectionProject_yourfirstname_yourlastname.

Due DateAug 5, 2019 11:30 PMHide Rubrics

Rubric Name: Assignment 7: PowerPoint Project Rubric

This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.Research and ContentExcellent5 pointsGood2.5 pointsPoor0 pointsTopic and title

Topic is about a single social cultural or ethical issue and appropriate for the project.  Topic was approved prior or made changes due to feedback.  Title slide is included with topic information

Topic is about about a general social cultural or ethical issue or is not appropriate for the project. Title slide is present

Topic is not appropriate or no feedback (if included) was incorporated in the topic or there is no title slide

/ 5Introduction Slide

 Introduction slide catches the users attention, it is catchy and shows why the issue is important.

Some elements are missing from the introduction slide

There is no introduction slide

/ 5Body

There are 8-14 slides for just content (not including title, introduction, summary, and reference slides).

There are less than 8 slides

There are less than 3 slides

/ 5Content

Content is clear, concise, and does not contain full sentences and paragraphs.  Flow is appropriate for presentation

Some of the elements are missing

Most of the elements are missing

/ 5Body/content well organized

Content is well organized, presented clearly, and does not contain full sentences and paragraphs

Content is not well organized or presented clearly or contains full sentences and paragraphs

Content is not well organized or presented clearly and contains full sentences and paragraphs

/ 5Summary Slide

Contains 1 slide with ways to get involved, help, or get more information

Contains a summary but does not show ways to get involved, help, or get more information

There is no summary slide

/ 5Reference Slide

There is a slide with 3 references in APA style

Some sources were written in APA style or they were incorrectly written in APA style

There are no references cited or non of the references were in APA style

/ 5Number and variety of sources

At least 3 internet and/or library database resources were used.  Sources were varied, from the internet and library, and at least 1 source is from an electronic library database. Links to references are hyperlinked. Feedback if included was incorporated into the reference area.

There were not a variety of sources or less than 3 sources were listed.

No sources were cited or used.

/ 5This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.PowerPoint ElementsLevel 35 pointsLevel 22.5 pointsLevel 10 pointsTranisitions

Transitions were correctly applied to every slide

Some slides had transitions

There were no transitions

/ 5Theme

A single theme or design was applied to all slides

Multiple themes were applied or the theme was not applied to all slides

No theme or design template was applied.

/ 5Hyperlink

A hyperlink to at least one video or useful online article was provided in the content (this does not include hyperlinks in citation/reference slide)

The hyperlink did not work properly or the link was not appropriate for the presentation

No hyperlink was present.

/ 5Images

5 or more images (clip art, photos, shapes, etc) were present.  Images were royalty free/creative commons and cited on the slide where the image resides

2 or more images were present and cited properly.  Or all images were present but not cited or not royalty free.

No images were present

/ 5Smart Art

Smart art was used

Smart art was not appropriate

No smart art used.

/ 5Chart

An original chart was included

A chart was included but it was not made by the student

There was no chart

/ 5Footer

A footer with slide number and last name was included on each slide. 

Footer is missing components

No footer was included

/ 5Spelling and Grammar

There are no spelling or grammar mistakes

There are some minor spelling and/or grammar mistakes

There are many spelling and/or grammar mistakes

/ 5Animation

There is no animation present

There is animation present but limited.

There is animation present

/ 5Correctly named PowerPoint

Powerpoint name was correctly formatted

Name is missing one of the areas

Powerpoint was not named correctly

/ 5This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.NarrationExcellent10 pointsGood7.5 pointsFair5 pointsNeeds Improvement2.5 pointsPoor0 pointsNarration

Presentation was narrated but student did not read the slides word for word.  Student used full sentences

Some of the powerpoint was narrated or the student read some of the powerpoint word for word

student read the entire powerpoint word for word

an audio file was present, but did not work properly

There was no narration

/ 10This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.Overall QualityExcellent10 pointsGood7.5 pointsFair5 pointsNeeds Improvement2.5 pointsPoor0 pointsOverall Quality of PowerPoint and Audio Presentation

Final project and audio presentation are cohesive, a pleasure to view and listen to, and is very informative.

Final project and audio presentation meet all the requirements and is easily understood and followed by the viewer/listener.

Final project and audio presentation are well constructed, but could do with some betterment in organization and presentation.

Final project and audio presentation do need a little more organization to be considered cohesive and more easily understood.

Final project and audio presentation need to be better organized and more polished if student wants the reader/viewer to fully understand the project.

/ 10Total/ 110

Overall Score

Level 4

90 points minimum

Level 3

60 points minimum

Level 2

40 points minimum

Level 1

0 points minimum

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Four different assembly processes were under consideration

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  1. Four different assembly processes were under consideration. Thirty-two workers were

randomly assigned to the four processes, four per processes. The numbers of correctly assembled units in an four-hour work shift were recorded:

Process 1

Process 2

Process 3

Process 4

30

25

30

27

29

30

26

28

24

31

32

30

35

33

27

29

 

a. What is the value of SSF

b. What is the value of SST

c. What is the value of SSE

  1. With the = 0.01, is there a significant difference between the four processes?

4. The following results were obtained as part of a simple linear correlation analysis:

Y = 97.98 – 4.33x regression sum of squares = 2680. 27. Error sum of squares =

125.40. Total sum of squares = 2805.67. The sample correlation coefficient is :

a. -0.9774 b. 0.9553

c. 0.2114 d. 0.0447

 

 

NEED IN 12 HOURS or LESS

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After following the instructional sequence, which includes reading the required chapters and the unit lesson, please discuss the following scenario. Imagine you are a police officer and having a private conversation with a fellow officer. Unbeknownst to you, a fellow officer is recording the conversation. You are later contacted by your supervisor and informed that you are now under internal investigation for what was said on the recording. Do you believe your rights have been violated in the given scenario? Explain why or why not.

ANSWER THE ABOVE QUESTION AND THEN REPLY TO MY CLASSMATE’S RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE? (A MINIMUM OF 125 WORDS or MORE)
                                                      CLASSMATE’S POST
In this scenario, I do not feel that my rights have been violated. Based on this scenario being an on-duty conversation, I’m also considering firsthand knowledge that at any time inside or outside the patrol unit leads to a possibility of me being recorded or videotaped by my unit, Body-Worn Cameras (BWC), or by the general public.
When conversing with coworkers, conversations should remain tactful. Even if something is said “off the record”, an officer should always be mindful that he could be scrutinized at any point by any action. In the 2019 case of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, prosecutors introduced text messages in which Guyger made offensive statements about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and black colleagues on the police force (Sanchez, 2019). These text messages were from her personal mobile phone; however, they were subject to scrutinization and interpretation by parties involved and the general public. Many may see this as an invasion of privacy however I reiterate that being a public servant comes with a higher level of transparency and being subjected to scrutiny. As public servants, police officers should be held to a higher standard (Burrus, 2014).
If my conversation with a fellow officer leads to an internal investigation, I should be ready to explain and defend any accusations or statements that may have been considered a violation of department policy. Also, I should be able to elaborate on recorded information that may be apart of another investigation that I was not privy to.
As officers, we must always maintain (or attempt to maintain) public trust. While in the Auxiliary Police Academy several years ago, I was advised that someone is always watching and listening. I was further advised that I should always be mindful of personal conversations on my cell phone while inside my patrol unit, out in public, and quite frankly, while wearing the uniform.
 References:
Burres, T. (2014, December 4). A Special Prosecutor for Police. Retrieved November  13, 2019, from https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/12/04/do-cases-like-eric-garners-require-a-special-prosecutor/set-a-higher-standard-for-police-use-of-force.
 

Sanchez, R. (2019, October 2). Amber Guyger’s offensive text messages are introduced at her sentencing. Retrieved November 13, 2019, from https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/02/us/amber-guyger-trial-offensive-texts-trnd/index.html.