Explain what makes action research unique among other qualitative research approaches.

The study guide needs to address the question. What we want is this:

P1: Describe and explain action research in general

P2: Describe and explain community action research (you can combine that with P1 if you wish). mentions strengths and weaknesses.

P3: Describe and explain participatory action research. Mention strengths and weaknesses. How is it different from other action research?

Explain what makes action research unique among other qualitative research approaches.
Discuss the nature of Participatory Action Research and Community-Based Research (provide short definitions) and explain the advantages and disadvantages of these two research methods.

Describe the relationship between data and information in the context of your selected business.

Question Description
Read the case study, “Database Saves the State of Washington Medicaid Dollars”. After reading the case study and completing additional independent research using the textbook and online resources, address the following:
Consider your degree program or your selected industry and then give an example of how knowledge management systems could be used in your selected business.
Describe the relationship between data and information in the context of your selected business.
Respond to two of your peers’ initial posts and consider the following:
Describe how the chosen knowledge system (beyond those discussed by your peers) can improve an organization or a department within an organization.
Explain the advantages of that system. Give specific examples.

Do you have not only a legal, but a moral right to own a gun? Do you believe that you have either a moral or a legal right to park a car with a loaded gun in a privately owned parking lot, regardless of what the lot’s owner wants?

Case 8.4: Have Gun, Will Travel…to Work
Located on page 312 of your textbook

Do you have not only a legal, but a moral right to own a gun? Do you believe that you have either a moral or a legal right to park a car with a loaded gun in a privately owned parking lot, regardless of what the lot’s owner wants?
In your view, do employees have either a moral or a legal right to park cars with guns in them in the company parking lot? What do you believe should be the property rights and safety concerns of employers?
Do you think state legislatures are right to get involved, or should the matter be left to companies and employees to settle?
Because the workplace is the company’s private property, the company could choose to allow employees to bring guns not only into the parking lot, but also into the workplace itself. Are there ever circumstances in which doing so might be reasonable? Or would the presence of guns automatically violate the rights of other employees to be guaranteed a safe working environment?

How is data being used by the Twitter organization/partnership that is being followed to communicate the principles of global health?

Question Description
Global Health and Data: How is data being used by the Twitter organization/partnership that is being followed to communicate the principles of global health?
Identify a recent post that highlights some data – what kind of data is being communicated? Is it health data? Social data? Is it comparing different countries or is it highlighting one program? Are there multiple partnerships involved? Does the post headline match the article/ report attached? Overall, would you say that the organization posts a lot on data or not?

Discuss the roles that fungi have played in our development of antibiotics and other products.

Discuss the roles that fungi have played in our development of antibiotics and other products.

Identify specific types of Fungi that have been used in products we use everyday as well as antibiotics
Include the characteristics that make up fungi.
Discussion Expectations:

This should be a substantive response (between 75 -150 words minimum) to the topic(s) in your own words, referencing (using APA format) what you have discovered in your required reading and other learning activities.

You may use resources in addition to your textbook that supports your post(s); however, you must mention the source(s) that you used in your post(s) using APA format in-text citations and reference lists. You can review APA formatting here: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html

How does the Bible present the relationship between the good and God?

Discussion Prompt: Ethics: Euthyphro Problem

Plato famously argues in his Euthyphro dialogue, that the good (or the holy) cannot be merely a command of God (or the gods as Plato might have stated it). He claims to present us with a dilemma: First, if Gods command makes something good, doesnt that make the good arbitrary? Couldnt God say murder is good tomorrow and then it would be good? Second, if God commands something because he knows that it is gooddoesnt this make the good higher than God in a way? This dilemma is classically known as the Euthyphro dilemma.
Considering this ethical dilemma, respond to these questions:
How do you respond to this dilemma as a Christian?
Is there a solution to the dilemma? How does the Bible present the relationship between the good and God?

Identify a current event (anywhere in the world) that presents a threat to environmental security.

Identify a current event (anywhere in the world) that presents a threat to environmental security. Identify theories and concepts that help explain the threat. Identify the actors who are trying to resolve the problem and assess the paradigms or world views (ie: realist, idealist, constructivist) that are shaping their approach to the problem. Offer your thoughts on the advantages and limitations of their approach.

How does one’s discipline influence your interpretation of an argument?

Read other students’ posts and respond to at least two of them. In addition to other comments you may have, address the following questions in your response posts:

Do you believe the presentation of each perspective is well-disciplined? Why or why not?
How does one’s discipline influence your interpretation of an argument?
Use any personal experience if appropriate to help support or debate other students’ posts. If differences of opinion occur, debate the issues professionally and provide examples to support your opinions.