How does your height compare to the mean (average) height of the 20 values?

Please use this template to help answer the questions listed in the lab instructions. The “steps” below refer to the steps listed in the lab instructions. Type your answers and post your screenshots in the spaces given below. Then, save this document with your name and submit it inside the course room.

Step 1. Gather Data

Your instructors will post 10 data values to use for this lab. The data values represent the HEIGHTS of 10 people. This data set is posted in the FILES area, in the “Lab Files” folder. ( NOTE: This is NOT the data used in the lab video, which is about midterm grades. Do not use the midterm grades data.)

1a. Gather 10 MORE heights on your own to add to the 10 provided by your instructor. Do the following: Survey or measure 10 people to find their heights. Determine the mean and standard deviation for the 20 values by using the Week 3 Excel spreadsheet. ( Round statistics to two decimals. )

Sample mean = 66.35

Sample standard deviation = 2.81

1b. Post a screen shot in the space BELOW of the portion of the spreadsheet that helped you determine these values. The screenshot should show ALL 20 pieces of data. Make sure the instructor data is listed first and then your data is listed under.

1c. Answer the following two questions. Use at least two sentences to answer each question.

How does your height compare to the mean (average) height of the 20 values? Is your height taller, shorter, or the same as the mean of the sample?

I am above the average height. I am 69 inches tall. Also, the sample mean’s height statistic is smaller than mine by about 2.75 inches

Step 2. Data Characteristics

Answer the following questions to give some background information on the group of people you used in your study. Write at least two sentences for each question.

1. How did you choose the participants for your study? What was the sampling method: systematic, convenience, cluster, stratified, simple random?

Since I have a tight schedule, my sample method was convenience sampling. I only measured the height of my colleagues at the workplace. It was quite difficult to convince them to it but I managed to get 10 of them for the purpose

2. What part of the country did your study take place in?

I stay and work in Georgia. The measurements I took were from the workmates in the state of Georgia

3. What are the age ranges of your participants?

All of them are adults. They were aged between 25 years to 36 years

4. How many of each gender did you have in your study?

I measured 3 women and 6 men. Men were very cooperative participants.

5. What are other interesting factors about your group?

A majority of the people measured were men. Also, all of them were above 30 years. One woman was 25 years, the youngest in the group.

Step 3. Data Analysis

Answer the following questions. Use the Week 5 Excel spreadsheets to help analyze the data.

Empirical Rule

1. Determine the 68%, 95%, and 99.7% values of the Empirical Rule in terms of the 20 heights in your height study. (Use the Empirical Rule tab from the spreadsheet).

2. What do these values tell you? (Write at least one paragraph.)

The sample collected provided various results that could be summarized via the empirical rule. One standard deviation from the mean, 68%, of the heights will be between 63.54 inches and 69.16 inches. Two standard deviations from the mean, 95%, of the heights will be between 60.73 inches and 71.97 inches. Three standard deviations from the mean that is about 99.7%, of the heights will be between 57.92 inches and 74.78 inches. This implies that an inference from this sample to the general population of the people aged 25 – 36 years in Georgia may fall between 57.92 inches and 74.78 inches.

Normal Distribution

3. Based on your study results, what percent of the study participants are shorter than you? What percent are taller than you? ( Use the normal probability tab from the spreadsheet ).

The proportion of participants shorter than me are 82.72%. In addition to this, 17.28% of the participants are taller than me.

4. Post a screen shot of the normal distribution from the Week 5 Excel spreadsheet to support your answer above..

Step 4. Save and submit this document

Be sure your name is on the Word document, save it, and then submit it. In the assignment module, click “start assignment” and then “upload file” and “submit assignment”.

Examine the effect of legal, ethical, and regulatory processes on healthcare delivery, practice and health outcome.

Advanced Nursing Inquiry and Evidence Based Research (subject).

COURSE DESCRIPTION  This course examines the progression from nursing inquiry to nursing practice under the framework of nursing theory.  Students will examine the historical foundations of nursing theory and the impact of these models on nursing research. Students will examine the role of nursing research in advanced nursing practice and evaluate models used to guide evidence-based practices. The course focuses on the critical assessment of relevant quantitative and qualitative research and examines how these data are applied in the development of change initiatives in the healthcare delivery system.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Integrate theory, evidence, clinical judgment, research, and interprofessional perspectives using translational processes to improve practice and associated health outcomes for patient aggregates.

2. Support the ethical conduct of research and translational scholarship.

3. Analyze evidence for improving advanced nursing practice using critical appraisal techniques. 

4. Report to a variety of audiences the evidence base for practice decisions, including the credibility of sources of information and the relevance to the practice problem confronted.

5. Translate research and other forms of knowledge to improve practice processes and outcomes.

End of Program Student Learning Outcomes (EPSLO’s)

1.  Integrate nursing and related sciences into the delivery of care to clients in diverse healthcare settings.

2. Create effective interdisciplinary organizational and systems leadership in the care of clients in diverse care settings.

3. Analyze quality initiatives to improve health outcomes across the continuous of care.

4. Apply practice guidelines to improve practice and health outcomes.

5. Relate information and communication technologies to document and improve practice health outcomes.

6. Examine the effect of legal, ethical, and regulatory processes on healthcare delivery, practice and health outcome.

7. Employ collaborative interprofessional strategies for improving client and population health outcomes.

8. Evaluate the effectiveness of clinical prevention interventions that affect individual and population based-health outcomes, perform risk assessments, add design plans or programs of care.

9. Relate knowledge of illness and disease management to providing evidence-based care to clients, communities, and vulnerable populations in an evolving healthcare delivery system

Describe three details of typical applications of the technology.

1. Assignment – Technology, Civil Liberties, and Personal Privacy
   Overview
   For your final assignment, you will research the impact of current and future technologies, and their potential impacts on civil liberties and personal privacy. To complete this assignment, please select and conduct your research on one of the topics from the bulleted list:
   • AI/Predictive Policing.
   • Automatic License Plate Recognition.
   • Biometrics.
   • Body Cameras.
   • Facial Recognition Technology.
   • Robots/drones.
   • Shot-spotters.
   • Thermal Imaging Cameras.
   • Instructions
     Download and use the required Week 10 Assignment Template to complete your assignment. Write a 2–3 page paper using the following instructions​​​​​​:
     Introduction
   • Provide a brief overview of the technology, accompanied by three details about the history/background of the technology.
   • First objective
   • Describe three details of typical applications of the technology.
     • For instance, you may address any of the three areas of the criminal justice system (i.e., law enforcement, courts, and corrections) that use the technology, including examples of how it is used in this capacity.
   • Second objective
   • Describe three potential ethical or privacy issues related to the use of the technology.
   • Sources
   • Use three sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment.
   • This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
     The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
   • Research the impact of current and future technologies on civil liberties and personal privacy.
2. By submitting this paper, you agree: (1) that you are submitting your paper to be used and stored as part of the SafeAssign™ services in accordance with the Blackboard Privacy Policy; (2) that your institution may use your paper in accordance with your institution’s policies; and (3) that your use of SafeAssign will be without recourse against Blackboard Inc. and its affiliates.
3. Institution Release Statement

What are some ways to support software after it is deployed?

Your software has gone live and is in the production environment. The project gets handed over to the IT support team.

• What are some ways to support software after it is deployed? What are some of the challenges that come with software support?
• Describe user acceptance testing in a way someone who knows little about software development can understand. Why is user acceptance testing essential at this stage?

Explain current legal issues and social concerns in mental healthcare.

Areas for reflection:

• Describe how you achieved each course competency including at least one example of new knowledge gained related to that competency
• Describe how you achieved the transferable skill, Communication, including at least one example of new knowledge gained related to the transferable skill
• Describe how this new knowledge will impact your nursing practice.

Course Competencies

• Describe the foundations of mental health nursing.
• Explain current legal issues and social concerns in mental healthcare.
• Select appropriate nursing interventions for clients with certain cognitive, addictive and psychotic conditions.
• Evaluate nursing care strategies for clients with certain mental health/mood/personality and eating disorders.
• Assemble nursing care interventions for clients with mental health/stress related disorders.
• Identify factors that impact mental health in special populations.

Transferable Skills

Communication: Displaying capability in writing, reading and oral communication; understanding of non-verbal language.

Explain which of the approaches would work best in your workplace environment, based upon the results of your comparison exercise and your knowledge of your operating environment.

The coursework establishes the foundation for effective business presentations based on emotional intelligence principles aiding the effort to connect with an audience. As suggested in the material, emotions influence decision making. As such, I would say that a strong connection with the target audience is very important. Activities introduce the following concepts:

The emotional motivation

Building your team

Choosing the emotional motivator

Relationship building

Reading the room

Emotive interviewing

Clues in surroundings

While reflecting on the material offered in the Presentation Skills Course and developing your paper, consider prior learning and prior work experience, in addition to the material presented. Disagreeing with the principles presented in this appropriate. However, do not reject the offered principles out of hand. Support acceptance or rejection of the offered principles with critical thinking and sound reasoning. To complete this assignment, you will need to select one of the approaches offered in one of the above videos to refer to in the below bullet points.

In your paper,

Compare and contrast the selected approach with the approach selected (The methodology I chose to contrast with the enthusiastic inspiration approach is Emotional Connection examined by Cathey Armillas, TEDx mentor)

Presentation Skills Course.

Summarize a minimum of four significant differences between the selected approach and the approach selected (the enthusiastic inspiration approach is Emotional Connection examined by Cathey Armillas, TEDx mentorPresentation).

Explain which of the approaches would work best in your workplace environment, based upon the results of your comparison exercise and your knowledge of your operating environment.

Connecting With Your Audience paper

Must be four pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style.

Describe what variable would be tested and what would be your guess of the value of that variable.

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapter 9
• Lesson
• Minimum of 1 scholarly source

In your reference for this assignment, be sure to include both your text/class materials AND your outside reading(s).

Initial Post Instructions

Describe a hypothesis test study that would help your work or conclusions in some way. Describe what variable would be tested and what would be your guess of the value of that variable. Then include how the result, if the null were rejected or not, might change your conclusions or actions in some way.

Follow-Up Post Instructions

Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.

Writing Requirements

• Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up)
• APA format for in-text citations and list of references

How might health care executives choose a value-based care model for their organization?

How might health care executives choose a value-based care model for their organization? What would you, as a current or future health care executive, need to consider in making this choice? Are there other leaders within your organization who you would want to involve in making this decision?
Questions such as these are critical for your role as a current or future health care executive. Ensuring that your organization makes the best choice of a value-based care model, while informing the board of directors and other departments, is a critical responsibility of your role. Practice in developing executive briefs that may be presented to the board of directors for a health care organization is meaningful in helping guide necessary and sufficient information to enact initiatives for health care delivery.
For this Assignment, review the resources for this week. Consider how you, as a current or future health care executive would choose a value-based care model for your health care organization. Reflect on those key points that you would highlight as most critical in an executive brief for your board of directors.
The Assignment: (1–2 pages)
Write an executive brief that you would present to the board of directors that highlights your choice of value-based care model. Provide your rationale for choosing this model over others for your organization.
Be sure to incorporate feedback and recommendations suggested by your colleagues in this week’s Discussion.
Resources
Gehardt, W., Korenda, L., Morris M., & Vadnerkar, G. (2015). The road to value-based care: Your mileage may vary. Westlake, TX: Deloitte University Press.
Hundange, V., Riner, N., Aagard, M., & Riner, R. (2016). Adopting new cardiovascular models to achieve value based care Links to an external site.. Physician Leadership Journal, 3(2), 34-42.
Miller, H. D. (2009). From volume to value: Better ways to pay for health care Links to an external site.. Health Affairs, 28(5), 1418-28.
VanLare, J. M., & Conway, P. H. (2012). Value-based purchasing — national programs to move from volume to value Links to an external site.. The New England Journal of Medicine,367(4), 292-5.

What is the best combination of products to build that maximizes profit?      

Problem:
Your company builds TVs, stereos and speakers, using a common parts inventory of power supplies,
speaker cones, etc. Parts are in limited supply. What is the best combination of products to build
that maximizes profit?
Hint: Use the attached file – “FinalExam_Optimization_ScreenShot.jpg” – which will provide you clues on how to build the solution.
Solution
1) The variables are clearly the number of TVs, stereos and speakers to build. In your worksheet, they
should be given the name Number_to_build.
2) The constraints specify that the number of parts used cannot exceed the supply. This leads to
Number_used <= Number_available                     There is also the logical constraint                           Number_to_build >= 0 via the Assume Non-Negative option
3) The objective is to maximize profit.
In the ProductMix worksheet this should be defined as Total_profit.
NEED THE COMPLETED EXCEL FILE TO SUBMIT THE ASSIGNMENT

explain how diversity might shape and influence his/her cognitive and social-emotional developmental processes

THE IMPACT OF DIVERSITY
Understanding the impact of diversity on an individual’s cognitive, physical, and social-emotional developmental processes requires an examination of a multitude of characteristics, including gender, race, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, etc. In addition, behavior within a group is important to examine, along with the similarities and differences of behaviors and attitudes across groups. The goal of understanding the impact of diversity is not to determine whether one group is inferior to another, but to gain an appreciation of the breadth and depth of variability in human behavior. Cross-cultural investigation allows for the testing of theoretical concepts and predictions to evaluate their generalizability (Jensen, 2012). Another outcome of studying the results of cross-cultural research is that, as a psychology professional, you will be better equipped to empathize with and advocate for those you will be serving.
For this Discussion, you will explore how diversity shapes and influences cognitive and social-emotional developmental processes.
RESOURCES

Bailey, R. (2005). Physical development and growth Links to an external site.. In Neil J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human development (pp. 1001–1007).
Harris, Y. R. (2005). Cognitive development Links to an external site.. In Neil J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human development (pp. 275–280).
Susskind, J. (2005). Social development Links to an external site.. In Neil J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Development (pp. 1191–1197).
Jensen, L. A. (2012). Bridging universal and cultural perspectives: A vision for developmental psychology in a global world Links to an external site.. Child Development Perspectives, 6(1), 98–104. doi:10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00213.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review and consider the same fictional human character from your Discussion 1 for this week.
Also, consider only the cognitive and social-emotional developmental processes and how diversity* shapes and influences these processes.
*Diversity includes but is not limited to gender, race, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, etc. It is not the same as adversity, which refers to a difficulty or tragedy in one’s life.
Think about the kinds of attitudes and behaviors that might be generated from someone who grew up in a collectivist society, which is common in Asian cultures, compared to the attitudes of someone who grew up in an individualistic society, such as that found in the United States.
Post a 1- to 2-sentence description of the fictional human character (i.e., cartoon character, film/TV character, virtual character) you selected. Then, explain how diversity might shape and influence his/her cognitive and social-emotional developmental processes. Be specific in your post and provide examples. Use your Learning Resources and/or other scholarly sources to support your post. Use proper APA format and citations to support your post.