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Ashford 3: – Week 2 – Assignment
Ashford 3: – Week 2 – Assignment
Simple Databases
In Chapter 4 of your course textbook, complete Analysis Exercise 4: Matching Training to Software Use (pp. 171-172). You need to use both MS Excel and MS PowerPoint for this assignment. Be sure to address parts a, b, and c properly.
Use data table in page 171 only. There is another data set in page 172 but it is not for this assignment but for another exercise. Do not use the data in page 172.
For additional information to create 3D chart, please use the Present Your Data in a Column Chart tutorial.
You must submit both the Excel spreadsheet and the PowerPoint slide. APA formatting is not required, and there is no source requirement.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
Library Assignment
Library Assignment
A critique is a method of displaying a logical and organized analysis of a written or oral piece. Critique can provide the readers with both positive and negative outcomes depending on the author. The purpose of this assignment is for the student to perform a critique on a research article that deals with today’s health issues. In this paper the student must be diligent at what the author is claiming, taking into account the research methods being utilized and look for pros and cons of the researcher’s outcomes.
The assignment must be a minimal of five pages, excluding title page and references. The assignment must be strictly following APA guidelines, points will be deducted if otherwise. Do not use first person throughout the paper until the section called evaluate the paper. It will be divided in the following manner:
Title page: Give the name of the article, the authors name(s) and your name.
Following APA Introduction:
– Provide an overview of the author’s research problem, research questions and main point including how the author supports his or her point.
– Explain what the author initial objectives (hypothesis) and results including the process he or she used to arrive at such conclusion.
Evaluate the Research Methods: in paragraph form answer the following:
– Does the author provide a literature review?
– Is the research current and relevant to today existing health issues?
– Describe the research type utilized? – experimental, non-experimental, quasi experimental, etc.
– Evaluate the sample (size, composition, or in the way the sample was selected in relation to the purpose of the study? Was the sample appropriate for the research or was it bias?
– How practical does this work seem to you? How does the author suggest research results could be applied and how do you believe they could be applied?
– Could the study have been improved in your opinion? If so provide how you think it could have improved.
– Is the writing in the article clear straightforward?
– Can further research be conducted on this subject? Explain
Conclusion: In your conclusion, try to synthesize the pieces of your critique to emphasize your own main points about the author’s work, relating the researcher’s work to your own knowledge or to topics being discussed in your course.
Reference Page: APA style, see rubric below
See Rubric Below for assignment (added as an attachment)
Managerial Economics
For this Discussion Question, complete the following.
1. Read the two articles below that discuss why fuel prices fluctuate. Research two of these types further.
2. Locate two JOURNAL articles which discuss this topic further. You need to focus on the Abstract, Introduction, Results, and Conclusion. For our purposes, you are not expected to fully understand the Data and Methodology.
3. Summarize these journal articles. Please use your own words. No copy-and-paste. Cite your sources.
4. you will need to reply to the posts of two of your peers. Your replies must focus on increasing knowledge of the class and must advance the discussion further. Simply affirming your peers does not count as a substantive reply.
Please post (in APA format) your article citation.