The Importance of Gun Control in the United States   Research indicates that America tops the list of the countries with the highest gun purchases every year. Research indicates that gun purchases have tripled in a span of 15 years. What is noticeable is the increase in the acts of violence in society as millions […]

For this discussion we will consider if the social world can be bad for your health and/or if social institutions can improve your health.   For the initial post, examine ways that some of the social institutions studied this week (the family, the educational system, or religions) might affect the health (physical, mental, spiritual) of […]

Linear regression provides statisticians with an opportunity to model the relationship between an independent variable and 1 or more dependent variables. In the case of 1 dependent variable, the analysis is called simple linear regression. If there are 2 or more explanatory variables, it is called multi-variate or multiple linear regression.   Respond to the […]

This week, you will reassess your knowledge, skills, and abilities as you examine the challenges of delivering care to a diverse patient population with a diverse workforce. The United States is often called a “melting pot”—referencing the diversity of the population. That diversity is reflected in many different ways: gender, ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, and […]

Research Paper: Topic Selection Assignment Instructions   Overview   Understanding common social problems found within the human service field is necessary to be effective within one’s chosen career. The Research Paper assignments will allow you to dive deeper in your understanding of a social problem within the human service profession. Examples include poverty, homelessness, child […]

The Interpersonal Communication Skills Assessment indicated some possible areas of relative weaknesses in your skills. For this, select a specific aspect of interpersonal communication that you would like to work on improving. Typical improvement goals include:   Listening Reducing communication anxiety/communicating with confidence Using technology to communicate effectively Message encoding Message decoding Channel selection If […]

P-hacking is a new way people can manipulate data to show correlations between variables—variables that actually have no correlation whatsoever.   Watch the P-Hacking: Crash Course Statistics #30 video for a more thorough understanding. Then, look at Spurious Correlations: Graphs Show Correlation Between Completely Unrelated Stats, or read 10 Crazy Correlations Between Unrelated Things, which […]

In this assignment, students will pull together the capstone project change proposal components they have been working on throughout the course to create a proposal inclusive of sections for each content focus area in the course. For this project, the student will apply evidence-based research steps and processes required as the foundation to address a […]

Baseball Card Emporium (BBE) of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, is a distributor of baseball cards to sports card retailers. Its market area encompasses most of Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and New Jersey. The cards are printed in Neenah, Wisconsin, and currently shipped to Lewistown via motor carrier transportation. Kenny Craig, vice president of logistics, has asked his staff […]

1. How do you define leadership? 2. What lessons might you learn about leadership if you were mentored by Michelle Obama, the subject of this chapter’s “Leadership Snapshot?” 3. Why do you think Washington chose not to serve a third term?  What does this say about his leadership?  Use terms from the text. 4. What […]