Evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention, including how the effectiveness of the intervention was evaluated.

Clinical scenarios (choose ONE from numbers 1 to 5)

A tertiary hospital’s annual report highlighted the main areas for quality improvement. A Registered Nurse (RN) has been assigned 10% of their work time to “Quality Improvement (QI)” in order to assist the clinic in addressing long-standing quality of care issues and to begin working on operational and clinical improvements.

The five priority areas for quality improvement include:

1) Surgical site infection rates have increased by more than 5% in patients with total knee replacements due to poor hand hygiene, as staff did not follow the 5-Moments for Hand Hygiene protocol.

2) The incidence of pressure injuries have risen in the rehabilitation ward, particularly for older adults. According to a subsequent audit report, the key concerns were a lack of detail about the screening and assessment processes used by healthcare staff to prevent and manage pressure injuries.

3) The incidence of omissions in nursing care have risen due to non-comprehensive clinical handover, especially when transferring the patients from the operating theatre to the general surgical ward, as no clearly structured handover tools were used by the nursing staff.

4) There has been a 5% increase in the incidence of near-miss blood transfusion errors in the pre-transfusion checking procedures as staff were unfamiliar with policies and guidelines for the administration of blood products.

5) Overall patient satisfaction has decreased 10% from last year due to the COVID pandemic causing a shortage of healthcare staff.

Part B – Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of a quality improvement program (suggested word count is 600 words for this part)

For Part B of your essay, you need to analyse and evaluate the following full-text research article and complete the tasks below:

Oberai, T., Laver, K., Woodman, R., Crotty, M., Kerkhoffs, G., & Jaarsma, R. (2021). Does implementation of a tailored intervention increase adherence to a National Safety and Quality Standard? A study to improve delirium care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 33 (1), 1- 7. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzab006Page 3

  1. a) Outline the aim/objective of the study and the study design, including which of the NSQHS Standards this study applied to.
  2. b) Outline how the clinical QI issue was identified e.g., which data were collected prior to the intervention phase.
  3. c) Identify and describe the components of the intervention.
  4. d) Define process and outcome data/measures and identify three (3) examples of each from this study.
  5. e) Evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention, including how the effectiveness of the intervention was evaluated.
Discuss TWO strategies for implementing quality improvement

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC)

developed the National Safety and Quality Health Service (

NSQHS202120212021) Standards to ‘protect the public from harm and to improve the quality of health service provision’ (ACSQHC, , p. 5). The Registered Nurse is integral to one of these s. Aim: The aim of this assignment is for you to develop your of quality improvement (QI) concepts in health , and to analyse and an organisational issue in the context to the for quality improvement and safety in an acute healtThis assessment item will address ourse earning utcome Evaluate the effectiveness of organisational and professional standards for quality improvement and safety in health

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Part A

For Part A of your essay you need to choose ONE clinical scenario (see below), and using relevant and appropriate literature:

1. write an introduction to the topic that includes a clear description of what your chosen scenario is, its related NSQHS Standards, and the aim of the essay. You also need to write a conclusion in which you summarise the essay and provide a brief recap of the main points without introducing any new concepts (suggested word count 175 words for each = 350 words in total).

Description: This assessment item two partsPart A on a key quality improvement issue, a clinical care activity and effective strategies to meet the NSQHS Standards in an acute health care setting. Part B focuses on the and evaluation of the effectiveness of a quality improvement program to improve adherence to a NSQHS StandardInstructions: For this task you need to write 2000 word structured essay that addresses Part A and Part B. You must use headings throughout your essay. Page 2

2. Identify a quality improvement (QI) issue in your chosen scenario, and discuss the issue in relation to the risks or impact of low-quality care (suggested word count 300 words).

3. Briefly describe the NSQHS Standard that link to the QI issue in your chosen scenario (suggested word count 250 words).

4. Discuss a clinical care activity central to your chosen scenario. In your discussion you need to:

a) Identify ONE appropriate clinical care activity that is tailored to the specific issue in your chosen scenario and justify why your chosen care activity is essential to improve clinical care (suggested word count 300 words).

b) Discuss TWO strategies for implementing quality improvement (200 words).

“Increases in Minimum Wages lead to higher Unemployment rates” Discuss arguments both in favour and against this statement based on Microeconomic and/or Macroeconomic theories covered this term, while also presenting empirical evidence in regards to the relationship between institution of minimum wages by governments and unemployment.

Assignment information (e.g., background info, assignment question, further advice):

Assignment Question:

“Increases in Minimum Wages lead to higher Unemployment rates”

Discuss arguments both in favour and against this statement based on Microeconomic and/or Macroeconomic theories covered this term, while also presenting empirical evidence in regards to the relationship between institution of minimum wages by governments and unemployment.
evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different intellectual property rights for the protection of a variety of commercial products.

You must ensure that you understand and comply with the University’s rules regarding plagiarism and other academic misconduct (the Guide to this is available at: http://www.york.ac.uk/about/departments/support-and-admin/registry-services/academic-misconduct/).

 

Learning outcomes

This assessment is intended to assess the achievement of the Module Learning Outcomes:

 

  1. An understanding of the role of confidentiality, patents, copyright, and design rights in the protection of ideas and their expression;

 

  1. An understanding of the role of trade marks and the law of passing-off in the protection of business goodwill and brands;

 

  1. An understanding of the territorial nature of the intellectual property system, the international mechanisms used to address this, and the concept of exhaustion of rights;

 

  1. The ability to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different intellectual property rights for the protection of a variety of commercial products;

 

  1. The ability to advise clients on how intellectual property rights can, and cannot be, used to promote or finance a business, or to protect an individual’s creative effort;

 

  1. The ability to apply the knowledge and techniques developed in the module in different contexts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE TASK:

 

Client Advice Letters.

 

The Case Study is divided into eight parts (Case Study Parts I to VIII) – each Part being dealt with at the relevant PBL session according to the timetable set out in the Module Guide.

 

You will assume the role of the intellectual property specialist solicitor acting for the main protagonist (or as appropriate, his company) in the Case Study. Imagine that in relation to each Case Study Part, that solicitor (you) is requested to write a letter (“Advice Letter”) to the client advising on the current position.

 

You will be required to submit three Advice Letters:

 

  1. one Advice Letter chosen from either Case Study Parts I, II or III;

 

  1. one Advice Letter chosen from either Case Study Parts IV, V, VI or VII; and

 

  1. an Advice Letter relating to Case Study Part VIII.

 

The Word Limit for the total of three Advice Letters is 4,000 words.

 

Please treat these as real client letters – they will be assessed on that basis. Each Advice Letter should be written as if it is a formal letter and dated on the next working day after the last date mentioned in the relevant Case Study Part (or as otherwise advised by the Module Leader).

 

Please use addresses (fabricated for both your firm and the client) in the letter – these do count toward the word limit. You may want to use a firm logo. You can fabricate a name for yourself as the solicitor – don’t use your real name for obvious reasons. Please could I kindly ask for none of the following: Harvey Specter, Jessica Pearson, Louis Litt, Mike Ross or, especially, Rachel Zane.

 

Please mark the letters Advice Letter I to VIII at the top of the Letter, as appropriate.

 

If you are writing Letter VI – you may cut and paste the Trade Marks Search Table (provided as Annex 1 to Part VI). Please assume that this is correct. This table does not count toward the word count.

 

The Advice Letters should seek, where appropriate, to describe the legal problem(s), the potential legal solution(s), and the commercially realistic options available to the client. The client should be treated as a well-educated (but not legally trained) individual who is interested to know why he needs to take certain actions, as well as what his commercial options are.

 

Although most lay clients would not necessarily wish to see authorities in letters addressed to them, for the purposes of this assessment please use footnotes to give authority to the points you make (please also see the guidance above and below re Word Limits) and use OSCOLA citation style (as mentioned above). Explanations of the fact pattern and/or ratio of a cited case may be used in the body of the letter where you think it appropriate to give a strong message to the client.

 

Some solicitors will use a client letter in part to reiterate the fact pattern communicated to them and establish that the solicitor has understood it correctly. Although this is good practice in many situations (and is, I believe, the approach followed in the Clinic Module), due to word limit constraints you are not required in your Advice Letter to fully reiterate the fact pattern of the PBL Case Study. You will be assessed on the quality of your advice – you should therefore keep any reiteration of the fact pattern to a minimum and repeat factual elements only to the extent that you consider they are reasonably required to ensure that the client understands to what your advice relates.

 

Although there will be areas of focus in each of the PBL sessions, the Case Study Parts have (very deliberately) not been rigidly partitioned into the specific areas of intellectual property law. Therefore different elements of intellectual property law will appear (and sometimes reappear) throughout the Case Study where appropriate. It is common in practice for a situation to require an appreciation and application of many different intellectual property rights and this combined/parallel approach is intended to allow for a more realistic introduction of problems into the Case Study and an opportunity to recreate more realistic Advice Letters. Therefore, although you will be submitting only three Advice Letters, you will (as you would in practice) need to develop a thorough understanding of the entire fact pattern as it develops, as this will influence your ongoing

Discuss the ways in which your chosen firm can out-compete its rivals in this evolving industry.

Strategy – Individual assignment brief

 

Prompt for the Individual Assignment:

 

Choose a firm with which you are familiar.

 

  1. Describe how the industry of your chosen firm is evolving.
  2. Discuss the ways in which your chosen firm can out-compete its rivals in this evolving industry.
  3. Discuss which considerations you would have for managing the firm in global markets.

 

Length: maximum 1,500 words (appendix not included in the word count)

 

Tips for the individual assignment: (Please read)

 

  1. Ensure that you read the question carefully and answer the question. Try to avoid incorporating information which is not directly relevant to answering the question. Remember also that the questions are equally weighted
  2. Remember to integrate the lessons from our Strategy classes, whether they be the cases, examples of the multitude of firms/sectors/countries discussed in class, or from the various reading materials.
  3. Try to utilize some of the theories/models/frameworks discussed in class as a departure point to answer the questions, rather than simply relying on your own personal experiences or intuition.
  4. Feel free to incorporate data from secondary sources to answer the questions.
  5. Please use all available space, but don’t exceed the 1,500-word limit for the three questions in total.
  6. Remember to correctly cite all the sources of information used in your answers. If you do not explicitly cite another author, any text written by others must be reformulated in your own words.

 

Boeing/Airbus – Bring in case studies discussed in class. Provide evidence of class frameworks on strategy. Porter’s 5 forces, Porter’s diamond and so on… (If relevant use frameworks to structure the questions). Bring in secondary data and include in the appendices/references.

 

Frameworks to include:

  • Porter’s Five Forces
  • Market Structure
  • Porter’s Diamond
  • Prisoners’ dilemma – Payoff matrix
  • Learning races
  • PESTLE Analysis
  • And more.
Interpret the variable using all appropriate information.

Interpret the output attached using all appropriate information from previous homework and handouts. You will need the following notes to complete the assessment

  1. The variable v8 COMPLETE DARE – DARE is a drug prevention program in schools ran by law enforcement
  2. The variable v16 SAFE AT SCHOOL – references whether the respondent feels safe at school
  3. Parent attachment – the higher the values the more the respondent is attached to their parent.
  4. Self-worth – the higher the values the more self-worth the respondent has.

 

Frequencies

 

Statistics
  v1 SEX v2 RACE v4 AGE v8 COMPLETE DARE v16 SAFE AT SCHOOL Livewith who does the respondent live with parentattachment COMPUTE parentattachment=v20 + v21 + v22 + v23 + v24 + v25 + v26 + v27 + v28 + v29 + v30 + v31 selfworth COMPUTE selfworth=v98 + v99 + v100 + v101 + v102 + v103  
N Valid 5884 5832 5841 5862 5867 5878 5202 5748  
Missing 51 103 94 73 68 57 733 187  
Mean 1.52 2.30 13.82 1.85 3.28 1.54 55.88 24.08  
Median 2.00 2.00 14.00 2.00 3.00 1.00 57.00 25.00  
Mode 2 1 14 2 4 1 61 24  
Std. Deviation .500 1.582 .641 .360 1.102 .818 14.963 4.294  
Minimum 1 1 11 1 1 1 12 6  
Maximum 2 7 18 2 5 4 84 30  

 

Frequency Table

 

v1 SEX
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 1 Male 2830 47.7 48.1 48.1
2 Female 3054 51.5 51.9 100.0
Total 5884 99.1 100.0  
Missing 9 No answer 51 .9    
Total 5935 100.0    

 

What level of measurement is the variable above? __________________
What is your evidence? __________________________________________________________

Interpret the variable using all appropriate information.

 

v2 RACE
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 1 White/Anglo, not Hispanic 2355 39.7 40.4 40.4
2 Black/African American 1544 26.0 26.5 66.9
3 Hispanic/Latino 1098 18.5 18.8 85.7
4 American Indian/Native American 134 2.3 2.3 88.0
5 Asian/Pacific Islander/Oriental 346 5.8 5.9 93.9
6 Other 97 1.6 1.7 95.6
7 Mixed 258 4.3 4.4 100.0
Total 5832 98.3 100.0  
Missing 9 No answer 103 1.7    
Total 5935 100.0    

 

What level of measurement is the variable above? __________________
What is your evidence? __________________________________________________________

Interpret the variable using all appropriate information.

 

v4 AGE
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 11 11 or younger 4 .1 .1 .1
12 9 .2 .2 .2
13 1686 28.4 28.9 29.1
14 3530 59.5 60.4 89.5
15 577 9.7 9.9 99.4
16 25 .4 .4 99.8
17 1 .0 .0 99.8
18 18 or older 9 .2 .2 100.0
Total 5841 98.4 100.0  
Missing 99 No answer 94 1.6    
Total 5935 100.0    

What level of measurement is the variable above? __________________
What is your evidence? __________________________________________________________

Interpret the variable using all appropriate information.

 

v8 COMPLETE DARE
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 1 No 894 15.1 15.3 15.3
2 Yes 4968 83.7 84.7 100.0
Total 5862 98.8 100.0  
Missing 9 No answer 73 1.2    
Total 5935 100.0    

What level of measurement is the variable above? __________________
What is your evidence? __________________________________________________________

Interpret the variable using all appropriate information.

 

 

v16 SAFE AT SCHOOL
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 1 Strongly disagree 468 7.9 8.0 8.0
2 Disagree 920 15.5 15.7 23.7
3 Neither agree nor disagree 1611 27.1 27.5 51.1
4 Agree 2226 37.5 37.9 89.1
5 Strongly agree 642 10.8 10.9 100.0
Total 5867 98.9 100.0  
Missing 99 Unknown 68 1.1    
Total 5935 100.0    

What level of measurement is the variable above? __________________
What is your evidence? __________________________________________________________

Interpret the variable using all appropriate information.

 

Livewith who does the respondent live with
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 1 both parents 3628 61.1 61.7 61.7
2 mother 1687 28.4 28.7 90.4
3 father 227 3.8 3.9 94.3
4 other 336 5.7 5.7 100.0
Total 5878 99.0 100.0  
Missing System 57 1.0    
Total 5935 100.0    

What level of measurement is the variable above? __________________
What is your evidence? __________________________________________________________

Interpret the variable using all appropriate information.

 

parentattachment COMPUTE parentattachment=v20 + v21 + v22 + v23 + v24 + v25 + v26 + v27 + v28 + v29 + v30 + v31
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 12 18 .3 .3 .3
13 3 .1 .1 .4
14 1 .0 .0 .4
15 5 .1 .1 .5
16 7 .1 .1 .7
17 9 .2 .2 .8
18 7 .1 .1 1.0
19 7 .1 .1 1.1
20 9 .2 .2 1.3
21 11 .2 .2 1.5
22 14 .2 .3 1.7
23 15 .3 .3 2.0
24 32 .5 .6 2.7
25 22 .4 .4 3.1
26 31 .5 .6 3.7
27 25 .4 .5 4.2
28 33 .6 .6 4.8
29 30 .5 .6 5.4
30 36 .6 .7 6.1
31 36 .6 .7 6.7
32 35 .6 .7 7.4
33 44 .7 .8 8.3
34 48 .8 .9 9.2
35 49 .8 .9 10.1
36 66 1.1 1.3 11.4
37 69 1.2 1.3 12.7
38 66 1.1 1.3 14.0
39 56 .9 1.1 15.1
40 74 1.2 1.4 16.5
41 62 1.0 1.2 17.7
42 81 1.4 1.6 19.2
43 79 1.3 1.5 20.8
44 92 1.6 1.8 22.5
45 98 1.7 1.9 24.4
46 88 1.5 1.7 26.1
47 103 1.7 2.0 28.1
48 124 2.1 2.4 30.5
49 97 1.6 1.9 32.3
50 118 2.0 2.3 34.6
51 116 2.0 2.2 36.8
52 124 2.1 2.4 39.2
53 130 2.2 2.5 41.7
54 114 1.9 2.2 43.9
55 103 1.7 2.0 45.9
56 137 2.3 2.6 48.5
57 130 2.2 2.5 51.0
58 119 2.0 2.3 53.3
59 128 2.2 2.5 55.8
60 137 2.3 2.6 58.4
61 142 2.4 2.7 61.1
62 137 2.3 2.6 63.8
63 139 2.3 2.7 66.4
64 126 2.1 2.4 68.9
65 115 1.9 2.2 71.1
66 124 2.1 2.4 73.5
67 109 1.8 2.1 75.5
68 120 2.0 2.3 77.9
69 108 1.8 2.1 79.9
70 91 1.5 1.7 81.7
71 112 1.9 2.2 83.8
72 99 1.7 1.9 85.7
73 83 1.4 1.6 87.3
74 105 1.8 2.0 89.4
75 85 1.4 1.6 91.0
76 82 1.4 1.6 92.6
77 71 1.2 1.4 93.9
78 80 1.3 1.5 95.5
79 53 .9 1.0 96.5
80 52 .9 1.0 97.5
81 31 .5 .6 98.1
82 33 .6 .6 98.7
83 11 .2 .2 98.9
84 56 .9 1.1 100.0
Total 5202 87.6 100.0  
Missing System 733 12.4    
Total 5935 100.0    

What level of measurement is the variable above? __________________
What is your evidence? __________________________________________________________

Interpret the variable using all appropriate information.

 

selfworth COMPUTE selfworth=v98 + v99 + v100 + v101 + v102 + v103
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 6 22 .4 .4 .4
7 3 .1 .1 .4
8 8 .1 .1 .6
9 13 .2 .2 .8
10 15 .3 .3 1.1
11 14 .2 .2 1.3
12 24 .4 .4 1.7
13 31 .5 .5 2.3
14 44 .7 .8 3.0
15 52 .9 .9 3.9
16 81 1.4 1.4 5.3
17 96 1.6 1.7 7.0
18 180 3.0 3.1 10.1
19 186 3.1 3.2 13.4
20 272 4.6 4.7 18.1
21 309 5.2 5.4 23.5
22 421 7.1 7.3 30.8
23 450 7.6 7.8 38.6
24 613 10.3 10.7 49.3
25 560 9.4 9.7 59.0
26 525 8.8 9.1 68.2
27 497 8.4 8.6 76.8
28 475 8.0 8.3 85.1
29 361 6.1 6.3 91.4
30 496 8.4 8.6 100.0
Total 5748 96.8 100.0  
Missing System 187 3.2    
Total 5935 100.0    

 

What level of measurement is the variable above? __________________
What is your evidence? __________________________________________________________

Interpret the variable using all appropriate information.

 

 

Critically evaluate the assumption that there is a strong link between the crisis of globalisation and the rise of populism.

 

Business and Society Essay Questions 2021-22

 

Percentage of overall module grade: 40%

 

For your second summative assignment on this module, you are asked to write a 1,200-word essay on one of the essay questions below. You will be assessed using the Assessment Criteria for Academic Assignments and usual word count penalties apply.

 

Your essay should demonstrate:

  • An understanding of the relevant debates, concepts and academic theories.
  • A direct response to the question with a clear position.
  • Appropriate academic arguments to support your position.
  • An ability to identify and use appropriate sources to develop and support your argument.
  • An understanding of opposing views on the topic.
  • An ability to cite and reference sources appropriately.

 

Essay questions

Welfare and Healthcare (Evolution of Capitalism, Capitalism Today, The Economic Crisis)

  1. Do we really need a new welfare state model? Give reasons.

War and Criminal Justice (Evolution of Capitalism, Capitalism Today)

  1. Would a greater role played by the state in war and/or criminal justice lead to better societal outcomes? Why (not)?

Corporate Media (Capitalism Today, Alternatives to Capitalism)

  1. There is nothing wrong with the current liberal (corporate) model of the media (e.g. as seen in the UK and US) – discuss.

Offshoring Industry and Importing Labour (Production, Evolution of Capitalism, Capitalism Today, Alternatives to Capitalism)

  1. Offshoring industry and importing labour is a win-win situation for both businesses and (all) societies – to what extent do you agree?

Globalisation to Populism (Production, Evolution of Capitalism, Capitalism Today, The Economic Crisis, Alternatives to Capitalism)

  1. Critically evaluate the assumption that there is a strong link between the crisis of globalisation and the rise of populism.

 

 

NB – please read

  • Themes for each question (including related Term 1 themes) are given in brackets for you to also gather sources, theories, opinions and information from where appropriate.
  • Try to look at your chosen question and consider what ‘business as usual’ looks like and whether this is a good thing or not. Also, consider whether alternatives to this are desirable or not. Always provide reasons.
  • There are no correct answers – just very well-argued ones. You can still get a high score even if your opinion/thesis is not something I personally agree with!
  • I am looking for you to show me that you understand the topic, can write persuasively and critically on it, incorporate other viewpoints and consider implications for business and society.

 

Rationale

 

This purpose of this assignment is to enable you to demonstrate:

 

  • critical engagement with a debate from key academic topic
  • an ability to defend a position using appropriate academic arguments
  • an ability to use sources effectively and make links between different sources
  • an ability to use and refer to source material in line with British academic conventions

 

Submitting the Assignment

  • The assignment must include a completed cover sheet. This document can be found in the Submit Assignment page on KEATS.
  • You should submit this according to your chosen topic
  • It must be an MS word file.
  • Your word file should be named with your student number e.g. BS_Essay_Welfare State_2123456
  • You can find information on word limits and formatting your essays in the Student Handbook
  • Assignments are marked anonymously, and so you will need to submit using your student number.  This is the number on your student card. This number should be clearly visible on the first page of the assignment.   Please do not include your name on any part of the assignment.   

 

Feedback

Feedback on this assignment is aimed to be returned approximately 4 weeks (plus any national holidays or university closure days).

 

Mitigating circumstances

If you are unable to submit your assignments by the deadlines above and you believe you have a valid reason for this, you must complete a Mitigating Circumstances Form with the relevant details so that alternative arrangements can be made. The form must be sent to Kings-foundations@kcl.ac.uk in advance of the relevant deadline or, if that is not possible, within 7 days after the deadline. The Mitigating Circumstances Form and guidance on how to complete it can be found here.

Late penalties

 

Any assignment submitted up to 24 hour late will be marked but will be given a -10 penalty to the final mark; assignments submitted after 10:59:59 on the following day (14th May) will not be marked and will receive a mark of zero.

 

Guidance on Referencing

 

You must acknowledge your sources appropriately, both in your essay and in your reference list. Whilst the Harvard style of referencing is preferred, other referencing styles can be used if they are used correctly and consistently.

 

Note that – although this should only form the minority of sources you use as most should be academic and from books and journals- you can occasionally reference lessons and lectures on KEATS using the following format:

  • Surname, Initial. Year. Title, description of format, Unit name and Unit code, University, (if a live lecture then add the date lecture was delivered)

 

 

Discuss what meanings you draw from each passage in terms of setting, characterization, symbols, themes or a lesson learned.

Week 6 analysis instructions

 

Analyze:

  • one page# about 5-10 lines from (Screwtape) letter 1 or2,
  • one page# about 5-10 lines from letter 3 or4,
  • one page# about 5-10 lines from letter 5.
  • one page# about 5-10 lines from letter 6 or7,
  • one page# about 5-10 lines from letter 8 or9,
  • and one page# about 5-10 lines fromletter 10.

For each of the six passages above, it is also important to indicate which page number only (and in bold) that you are analyzing

Discuss what meanings you draw from each passage in terms of setting, characterization, symbols, themes or a lesson learned. (Please see attached “Learning Targets for Literature” document that explains each of the above)  Each passage does NOT need to relate to the next one.  You can talk about character in one, symbol in another, and so on.

The benefit of focusing on specific passages with their bolded page numbers is that you show what you are responding to and what triggers your analysis.

 

When we classify an unseen instance (flower) by using the k-NN algorithm in the above dataset (i.e., binary classification), what might be the problem if we set the value of k to an even number, and what could be a possible solution?

TASK 2: The data for Task 2 is presented on the sheet “Iris” of the excel file “Coursework assignment two data.xlsx” You are trying to determine the type of Iris (versicolor or virginica). You have obtained a sample of Iris. This dataset includes the sepal length, sepal width, petal length, petal width, and the labels. Question 1. Use the K-nearest neighbour (k-NN) algorithm with the Euclidean distance measure to determine the type of the following observation (6.5, 3.0, 5.0, 1.4). Use relevant theories of the algorithm to justify your decision. (8 marks) 6 | Page Question 2. When we classify an unseen instance (flower) by using the k-NN algorithm in the above dataset (i.e., binary classification), what might be the problem if we set the value of k to an even number, and what could be a possible solution? (4 marks) Question 3. Apply 3-NN, 5-NN, 7-NN, and 9-NN models, calculate the confusion matrix, and evaluate the models. Which model do you think is the best? Explain your choice. (14 marks) Question 4. Are you aware of other classification models/algorithms that can be used to decide the type of Iris? Propose two different types of models / algorithms and explain briefly how you plan to use them. (14 marks)