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For this assignment, you will evaluate the external validity of Eskine, Kacinik, and Prinz (2011), with a particular focus on the external validity to situations and settings outside the study.

Your paper should address the following questions:

What steps did the researchers take, if any, to increase the study’s similarity to real-world contexts?
Given your response above, what are the implications for generalizing to settings outside the experiment?
HINT: As you write, you will find it helpful to draw on the Chapter 14 concepts of ecological validity and experimental realism.

You do not need to provide an in-text citation or references list for this exercise. As you write, be sure to paraphrase the ideas in the source article and to avoid plagiarism. For our purposes, three or more consecutive content words taken from the Eskine article will constitute plagiarism.

In this report, students are required to do each of the following:

• Students will clearly identify the social issue addressed in their report (concept from rubric: identification).

• Students will clearly identify two variables from the GSS that they will include in their analysis. One of these variables must be related to their selected social issue. Students will explain how this variable is related to their selected social issue. Students will also propose a hypothesis about the relationship between the two variables (concept from rubric: assimilation).

• Students will use the GSS Data Explorer to perform a bivariate analysis (concept from rubric: analysis).

• Students will present a table or graph from their analysis using the GSS Data Explorer and briefly describe the relationship, if any, between the two variables (concept from rubric: presentation).

• Students will draw a conclusion about the relationship between the two variables and provide a short summary of their findings (concept from rubric: application).

Please address each of the following issues in a separate paragraph or two, with each response identified by the corresponding letter of the issue you are addressing. If you do incorporate other sources, be sure to clearly identify them as such. Please DO NOT include the questions; just number your responses appropriately. Expected to be college level work, with appropriate spelling, grammar, formatting, etc.,

Assignment Topics:
1. In your own words, differentiate between a LAN and the “Cloud”. Use of the cloud is expanding; what potential drawbacks can you anticipate to this, as opposed to the LAN?

2. In the Tarrantino classic “Pulp Fiction” the question was asked, “Do you listen or wait to talk? If someone were to ask you that question, what would your answer be? Why do you think so many of us would have to honestly answer “wait to talk”? In a business setting, what benefits can be gained from really listening?

3. In running a business, describe costs and benefits resulting from exceeding legal standards and running what you believe to be a highly ethical operation.

4. Explain how one American citizen could benefit from a “strong” dollar (compared to the Euro) while another could be hurt by it.

Analyse one Australian policy

Students will write an essay that is approximately three pages in length. They will upload this essay into Canvas.

In this essay, students will compare and contrast two middle-range theories to discuss and explain a social issue of their choice.

Middle range theories seek to integrate theory and empirical research. Middle range theories are specific theories used to explain a specific empirical social phenomenon.

In their essay, students must do each of the following (related to critical thinking):

• Identify a social issue of interest from a recent newspaper article and briefly describe the issue (concept from rubric: inquiry)

• Compare and contrast two middle-range theories that relate to the selected social issue (concept from rubric: analysis)

• Critically evaluate the theories and explain which appears more plausible and why (concept from rubric: synthesis)

• Propose a coherent conclusion about the theories (concept from rubric: product).

Students must also do each of the following (related to communication):

• The essay must be grammatically correct with appropriate word choice, tone, and sentence structure.

• The student should use appropriate sources and documentation.

• The essay should be effectively organized with a logical order overall as well as being well-ordered within each section and having good transitions between sections.

• The essay should begin with an introduction that identifies the social issue and provides a brief outline for the essay.

• The body of the essay should focus on the application and critical examination of the theories to the social issue.

• The essay should end with a conclusion statement.

Students will write an essay that is approximately three pages in length. They will upload this essay into Canvas.

In this essay, students will discuss social stratification and inequality as they relate to a topic of interest, such as the family, deviance, crime, or gender.

In their essay, students must address the following set of questions related to citizenship, social justice, and ecology (related to social responsibility):

• What role do people play – through their actions and inactions – in generating and maintaining systems of stratification and inequality in society (concept from rubric: citizenship)?

• What issues of fairness are raised by stratification and inequality with respect to the selected topic (concept from rubric: social justice)?

• How might it be possible to overcome inequality in the selected topic (concept from rubric: ecology)?

A standardized measure or test is administered and scored in a consistent—or “standard”—manner. The test is designed in such a way that the questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations demonstrate consistency and are administered and scored in a predetermined, uniform manner.

Standardized tests are “normed,” which means that they have been tested with the intended sample population. This allows you to compare your clients to others in the population. Social workers use standardized tests, such as questionnaires, to assess client needs. These and other tests may measure a client’s behavior, mental state, support systems, and resources. The tests are used for gathering psychosocial assessments, determining mental health disorders, and for assessing the services or types of support a client may need. These tests can also be used for measurement of processes or outcomes. For example, social workers who work for child protection programs often use risk assessment tools to determine if a child is at risk of harm. One standardized instrument used in child welfare is the Comprehensive Assessment Tool (CAT) (The SPHERE Institute, 2005). The use of standardized tests can help a social worker assess a client’s needs and develop a treatment program for the client.

For this Assignment, you select a standardized test for your Clarksville program. As you receive feedback for this Assignment, consider what revisions you want to make for your final project and apply your new knowledge to your final project program or population.

The Assignment:

Go to the Walden University Library and select a standardized test that can be used to measure a target process or outcome within your Clarksville program.

Submit 2–3 pages in which you:

Summarize the standardized test you selected from the Walden University Library.
Discuss why you selected this measure.
Discuss your analysis plan and how this analysis can be used to inform services within your program

Airport case study, see attachment for directions, textbook chapter, spreadsheet, and paper already written on topic.

The essay is usually composed of 5 parts:
• introduction
• review of the arguments highlighted on the essay
• provision of evidence/data/case studies/examples to support arguments
• discussion
• conclusion
A simple introduction involves a discussion of what the essay is asking and how you are going to answer the essay. A review of the arguments involves summarising different arguments/theories; Evidence can come in many forms and can be used to back up or criticise an argument. Discussion involves you weighing up the different arguments and coming to a position or point of view. A conclusion reminds the reader what you have done in the essay.
All arguments require references to an authoritative source. Evidence is typically from academic sources but can also come from government official information or surveys. Ensure that you are aware of the provenance of evidence. It might be from think tanks, consultants, pressure groups or lobby firms that may be pushing one line of argument, and therefore this needs to be declared or revealed. Try to use peer-reviewed academic work – books, chapters and especially journal articles – in your essays. Reputable newspapers and online media sites that undertake investigative journalism and are noted for such reports are ok. Avoid opinion pieces or popular papers, and stick to evidenced claims and arguments – which are generally from academic research.