Writing Help

Decision Tree (100 points)

The supplement to Chapter 5 in your textbook describes and develops several decision trees. In a 4-5 page paper, not including the cover and reference pages, develop a decision tree for the case described. Explain the process of developing a decision tree; draw the decision tree (include the decision tree in an appendix showing chance nodes, probabilities, outcomes, expected values, and net expected value); and defend your final decision based on your decision tree.

Case for considerationAn operations manager for a cereal producer is faced with a choice of:

A large-scale investment (A) to purchase a new cooker which could produce a substantial pay-off in terms of increased revenue net of costs but requires an investment of 3,750,000 Saudi Riyal. After extensive market research it is thought that there is a 40% chance that a pay-off of 9,375,000 Saudi Riyal will be realized, but there is a 60% chance that it will be only 3,000,000 Saudi Riyal.
A smaller scale project (B) to refurbish an existing cooker. At 1,875,000 Saudi Riyal, this option is less costly but produces a lower pay-off. Again, extensive research data suggests a 30% chance of a gain of 3,750,000 Saudi Riyal but a 70% chance of it being only 1,875,000 Saudi Riyal.
Continuing the present operation without change (C) which cost nothing, but produces no pay-off.
Be sure to use at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed references in supporting your answer. Current sources are those published within the most recent five-year period, and scholarly sources are those from peer-reviewed journals.

Make certain for each listed reference that you have at least one supporting citation in the body of your content. Your reference page is always the last page of the submission where all individual references get listed. The Saudi Digital Library is a good resource to search for these references. Submit your presentation into the Assignment Dropbox.

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This is a compare and contrast about apple and Android. It has to be 5 paragraph. The first is the introduction needs to have a thesis. The second and third is the contrast of both product and fourth is the compare. The last is the conclusion.

Use chapters 1-2 from the Olaudah Equiano slave narrative to summarize and analyze slavery in Africa. discuss his experience as a slave and his description of the institution. Have one clear analytical focus and thesis that ties your paper topgether.

Design an Experiment
Design an Experiment. Include in your submission the following:

Background Information
Hypothesis
Brief description or Experiment
Identify the following:
Control Group
Experimental Group
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Describe any variables that might affect the outcome that would not be included in your experiment.
What data would you need to gather to support or disprove your hypothesis?

Pages should be typed, at least one page, no longer than 2 pages.

It will be graded on: Point
Procedures-Length, Font, Margins, Punctuation, Neatness 2
Background information and Hypothesis 10
Experimental Description 10
Identification: Control and Experimental Group 4
Identification: Independent and Dependent Variable 4
Description if any variables that might affect outcome that were 5
not considered in the experiment.
Description in a general way the data you would need to gather to 5
support or disprove your hypothesis.
Total 40

1. What do you find to be the most difficult to grasp about sustainability? 2. What would you like to have a more concrete understanding around? 3. What strategy do you like to use when learning about something complex like sustainability?

emphasize the impact Martha had on the development of education in the United States

Write a discussion board response to the two articles, addressing the main points of the pieces, any significant details or data that stood out to you, and your own reaction to or understanding of this information. What can you use it for?https://www.thebalancecareers.com/identifying-your-work-values-526174https://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/work-values-check-list

References :
1. The effects of Social Networking Site (SNS) use on college students
friendship and well-being
Jin-Liang Wang a,, Linda A. Jackson b, James Gaskin c, Hai-Zhen Wang d

2. Associations Between Online Friendship and Internet Addiction AmongAdolescents and Emerging Adults
David Smahel Masaryk University, B. Bradford Brown University of WisconsinMadison Lukas Blinka Masaryk University

Thinking back to our previous handouts, you have three main components for your intro section, plus one more component that I’m going to mention here.

Frame of reference
Grounds for Comparison
Thesis Statement
This week I’m going to add one more point-

1) Hook-

You want to start off your paper by grabbing the reader. Think back to Dr. Conway’s article on optimism and pessimism, she started by mentioning that there has been a huge increase in grandparents caring for their grandchildren and she gave us some stats about it. Or, how about the article by Sharon Begly, she started with the Dalai Lama; Verbeek started his article by mentioning that previous research has found that behavioral treatment are just as effective as medication for insomnia. Think about your topic and find something interesting to grab the reader- it could be something from current events, a definition of a disorder, or a statistic related to your topic.

2) Frame of reference:

There were a few questions about this last week. The frame of reference is the frame for the two articles, i.e. what is the topic of the two articles. For this assignment, that’s easy to figure out, just look at your two articles and figure what point that are trying to prove. For the topic of homosexuality the topic is whether homosexuality is biologically based on environmentally based. For the abortion topic, the frame of reference is whether or not abortion leads to unwanted mental health problems.

3) Grounds for comparison:

There were also a few questions about this last week. Generally speaking, after you explain the topic, you want to make it clear why you chose these two articles. My assumption for most of these articles is that they are written by PHD researchers who are experts in this topic and that they have written on it before as well.

The theory application scenario is the application of a specific theory to a clinical scenario. First, the paper involves determining the phenomena with its concepts. Secondly, the paper provides in-depth analysis of the theory and its concepts and then the student will apply the theoretical concepts to the concepts of the clinical situation. The purpose of this assignment is to: 1. Identify and apply theoretical principles from a middle range nursing theory to the concepts of a phenomenon or situation in ones clinical practice 2. Conduct a comprehensive database search using appropriate controlled vocabulary and limiters and expanders to locate scholarly references related to the theory and phenomenon; and 3. Critically analyze and apply the theoretical principles to the clinical situation. The student identifies an area of interest in his or her practice and writes a short summary or scenario describing the nursing phenomenon or situation. Concepts of the phenomena are identified. One middle range theory that pertains to or explains the phenomenon is then identified. Concepts of the theory that pertain to the phenomena are identified. The student performs a search of a selected bibliographic database to locate references pertaining to the concepts of the phenomena and theory. The student retrieves the most appropriate articles located through the search and discusses the clinical situation in light of the information from the journal articles and the theory. Primary sources are to be accessed. The assignment concludes with a discussion of the concept, phenomenon, theory, and how it applies to his or her practice. The paper content should be 5-7 pages (excluding title page, reference page, and appendix) and should be double spaced. Content exceeding 7 pages will not be graded. The paper must be submitted in the current version of the APA format. If the paper is submitted in any other format, it will not be graded and will receive a grade of 0. Consider your experience when going to work in a clinical setting. Nurses don’t say, today I am going to use XXX theory. Reality is they first encounter the patient and then based upon the situation, determine if there is a theory that can be applied. Patient first, theory second. For this assignment, it may be tempting to have a theory in your mind and then try to adapt it to the nursing situation you select. This is theory first, patient second – certainly, this is not the way to apply theory to nursing situations. So for this assignment, your nursing situation should come first. 1. Keep the intro and clinical scenario brief. Remember, these two sections are only 2 point so don’t use all the space for this part of the paper. 2. Make sure you provide a rational as to why you selected the theory. 3. The concepts you identify should derive from within the clinical scenario you describe. These concepts should be supported by the nursing theory and used to develop the interventions later on. 4. One of the major part of the paper is the theory application and integration of literature (4 points). Make sure the articles you select are within the past 5 years, are research articles as opposed to literature review articles, text book info, or editorials. The 2 research articles (make sure they are research articles and NOT literature reviews or commentary type articles) need to be clearly highlighted in this sections, and used to support the next section. You need to understand how other nursing professionals applied the theory – this should help you to see how you could possibly apply the theory. Then you need to apply the theory in your own unique way with your unique scenario. 5. Nursing interventions and applications (9 points). The research findings from the 2 articles need to be integration into and supportive of the interventions you develop. ***Please Note – Do NOT use educating the patient as an intervention. You need to go beyond this! This is the most important section of the paper where you bring together phenomena from a nursing situation, nursing theory, research findings and practice. The majority of this paper needs to address this section. 6. Develop a strong conclusion to include what you have learned from this activity, recommendations for research, practice, education and health policy. Make the concluding statements dynamic. How will you approach challenging diagnostic and treatment patient situations as an advanced practice nurse? What tools and approaches will you employ to ensure your diagnosis and treatment is the best nursing has to offer? The theory application paper provides you with the opportunity to UNDERSTAND and USE a critical nursing process you will need for advanced practice – bringing together underlying concepts and phenomena, coupled with evidence-based research, and guided by nursing theory – in order to properly guide your practice, especially when dealing with "gray areas". So, for the theory application paper, please do not approach this as just another assignment. Dig into your past and identify a challenging nursing situation and use this paper as an opportunity to become familiar with this process. Merely stating that ones intervention will be to educate the patient is insufficient. Although a vital activity, patient education can be a passive approach with few nurses following up on its effectiveness. Try to dig into underlying concepts a little deeper. Link this to current evidenced-based research articles to see what experts suggest for possible interventions. Use judgment to determine if your selected theory can guide this process. In the end, based upon what you have found (concepts, research and theory), develop possible interventions unique to your nursing scenario. By doing so, this assignment should be enriching and exciting serving as a foundation for your nursing career in advanced practice. ***The clinical scenario I would like to use is: I was working on an oncology unit and had 72 year old patient named Renee. The patient had been experiencing shortness of breath and coughing, after a ct scan she was diagnosed with lung cancer with metastasis to the liver. She had a history of breast cancer over 20 yrs. ago, had a double mastectomy, and multiple rounds of chemotherapy The patient was talking about how much she hated the chemotherapy treatments and that she would never do it again.For the last 20 years she was in remission and enjoying her life traveling and spending time with her grandkids. She said that she though she was out of the woods with cancer and was shoked and very upset that the cancer had returned. She decided not to have any treatment this time due to her experience in the past, she said it almost killed her so it was not an option for her.

PSY2012 General Psychology

Term Paper Assignment is due the last week of the term (please see my syllabus for the exact due date). You will need to submit your term paper by clicking on the “Term Paper” link located under Chapter 6 lesson right above the assignment description.

Term Paper Assignment: Exploration of a Professional Journal Article in Psychology

In the Palm Beach State/Florida Atlantic University Online Library, go to online academic database.

Please use the following link http://libguides.fau.edu/pbsc to access academic journals.

Find a recent research article from a scholarly journal in the field of psychology. It must have been published less than 12 years ago. Be sure to select an article for which the full-text is available. Actual journals for which full-text is available include Advances in Cognitive Psychology, British Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Positive Psychology, Issues in Forensic Psychology, Journal of Psychology, among many others.

Note: Do not use newspaper or magazine articles or Websites such as Wikipedia to complete this assignment. Visit Palm Beach State Universitys guidelines against plagiarism.

Your selected article must meet all of the stated criteria or your assignment will not be accepted. Before proceeding, please ensure that your selected article meets the following criteria:

Full-text is available in online database
Is a scholarly journal article in the field of psychology
Was published less than 12 years ago.

Get a sense of what the article is about by reading some key sections. Begin by reading the Abstract of the article. Subsequently, read the Introduction and the discussion sections. Flip through the paper and look at any figures or tables. Read as much of the paper as practical; get as much out of it as you can.

Write a paper of at least 2000 words in which you:

1. Identify your selected article, using a proper APA-style reference. See examples at the end of this assignment.

2. Describe what type of article it is and how you can tell. For example, is it a primarily a review of existing research, a report of new research, or an analysis of a professional issue? Describe how you can you tell. If it is a research article, identify the type of research involved.

Summarize what you have learned about the content of the article. Be sure to include the main purpose of the article, the major findings, and how the major findings are supported.
Explain how this article fits into the overall field of psychology. Then, identify the corresponding chapter(s) from your textbook.
Explain why this article is different and similar from articles in non-scholarly periodicals, such as magazines and newspapers.

How to properly cite your article

Author list (Year of publication) Title of article. Name of Journal, Volume number, page numbers.

Examples

Houston, D. M., McKee, K. J., Wilson, J. (2000). Attributional style, efficacy, and the enhancement of well-being among housebound older people. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 22, 309-317.

Iudicello, J. E., Woods, S. P., Scott, J. C., Cherner, M., Heaton, R. K., Atkinson, J. H., Grant, I. (2010) Longer term improvement in neurocognitive functioning and affective distress among methamphetamine users who achieve stable abstinence. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32, 708-718.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

At least five pages long (2000 words).
Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Identify key concepts that provide a foundation for the study of adjustment.
Summarize the major psychological perspectives.
&;Use technology and information resources to research issues in psychology.

&;Write clearly and concisely about psychology using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 350

Assignment 1: Exploration of a Professional Journal Article in Psychology

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Identify your selected article, using a proper APA-style reference.

Weight: 5%

Did not submit or incompletely identified your selected article using a proper APA-style reference.

Insufficiently identified your selected article using a proper APA-style reference.

Partially identified your selected article using a proper APA-style reference.

Satisfactorily identified your selected article using a proper APA-style reference.

Thoroughly identified your selected article using a proper APA-style reference.

2. Describe what type of article it is and how you can tell. For example, is it a primarily a review of existing research, a report of new research, or an analysis of a professional issue? If it is a research article, identify the type of research involved

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely described the type of article it i; did not submit or incompletely described how you can tell. Did not submit or incompletely identified the type of research involved, if applicable.

Insufficiently described the type of article it is; insufficiently described how you can tell. Insufficiently identified the type of research involved, if applicable.

Partially described the type of article it is; partially described how you can tell. Partially identified the type of research involved, if applicable.

Satisfactorily described the type of article it is; satisfactorily described how you can tell. Satisfactorily identified the type of research involved, if applicable.

Thoroughly described the type of article it is; thoroughly described how you can tell. Thoroughly identified the type of research involved, if applicable.

3. Summarize, in a paragraph or two, what you have learned about the content of the article. Be sure to include the main purpose of the article, the major findings, and how the major findings are supported.

Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely summarized what you have learned about the content of the article. Did not submit or incompletely included the main purpose of the article, the major findings, and how the major findings are supported.

Insufficiently summarized what you have learned about the content of the article. Insufficiently included the main purpose of the article, the major findings, and how the major findings are supported.

Partially summarized what you have learned about the content of the article. Partially included the main purpose of the article, the major findings, and how the major findings are supported.

Satisfactorily summarized what you have learned about the content of the article. Satisfactorily included the main purpose of the article, the major findings, and how the major findings are supported.

Thoroughly summarized what you have learned about the content of the article. Thoroughly included the main purpose of the article, the major findings, and how the major findings are supported.

4. Explain how this article fits into the overall field of psychology. Then, identify the correspondingchapter(s) from your textbook.

Weight 25%

Did not submit or incompletely explained how this article fits into the overall field of psychology. Did not submit or incompletely identified the corresponding chapter(s) from your textbook.

Insufficiently addressed this criterion. explained how this article fits into the overall field of psychology. Insufficiently identified the corresponding chapter(s) fromyour textbook..

Partially explained how this article fits into the overall field of psychology. Partially identified the corresponding chapter(s) from your textbook.

Satisfactorily explained how this article fits into the overall field of psychology. Did not submit or incompletely identified the corresponding chapter(s) from your textbook..

Thoroughly explained how this article fits into the overall field of psychology. Thoroughly identified the corresponding chapter(s) from your textbook.

5. Explain why this article is different and similar from articles in non-scholarly periodicals, such as magazines and newspapers.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely explained why this article is different and similar from articles in non-scholarly periodicals, such as magazines and newspapers.

Insufficiently explained why this article is different and similar from articles in non-scholarly periodicals, such as magazines and newspapers.

Partially explained why this article is different and similar from articles in non-scholarly periodicals, such as magazines and newspapers.

Satisfactorily explained why this article is different and similar from articles in non-scholarly periodicals, such as magazines and newspapers.

Thoroughly explained why this article is different and similar from articles in non-scholarly periodicals, such as magazines and newspapers.

6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Weight: 10%

More than 8 errors present

7-8 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present