Investigating differences between qualitative and quantitative methods. Many times research articles will specify which method was used by the researchers in the “Methods” section of an article. For this Discussion, you will analyze the similarities and differences between qualitative and quantitative methodology. Also, you will critically examine a research question to determine the best […]

  In this final written assignment, you will combine what you have done in these two exercises by examining an ethical issue and defending your own position on an ethical question regarding that issue. This final written assignment should be written in form with the following clearly labeled sections: Introduction Ethical Argument Explanation and Defense […]

  As a counselor, you will individualize services for clients. It is important for you to understand how to conduct a needs assessment to help you know how to create new services that will meet the needs of your clients or the clients of an agency. Keep in mind that a needs assessment and program […]

In your writing assignment you will analyze a moral question from the perspectives of the four families of moral values. Your first step is to select a moral question from Section 1 (The Personal, pages 1-61), or Section 2 (The Public, pages 62-115), or Section 3 (The Political, pages 116-165) of George’s What Should I […]

  This learning tool requires the student to critique an interview with a client by identifying and analyzing thoughts and emotional reactions/responses to the encounter with the client. Social work values and standards are applied as a guideline for this analysis. The Walsh (2002) reading will inform this assignment.  Guidelines Students will complete Process Recordings […]

  Your Instructor will assign you to a group of three or four students during week 2 of the course. The groups will organize themselves and work together to identify the relevant agencies (at least two or three) that will impact meaningful use of electronic records and quality in hospitals. The group will research and […]

  6-2 In-class Activity # Answer the following questions, based on your moral intuitions. Q1. When a baker bakes a cake for an event, are they endorsing the event? Q2. Is a cake an expression of the baker who made it? What kind of expression is it? Q3. Generally, when is a product (sold by […]

  6-1 In-class Activity What do you think about Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips' action & the Colorado Civil Rights Commission's treatment of Phillips? Answer the following questions: Q1. Do you think that Jack Phillips, the baker, wrongly discriminated against gay couples when he refused to make wedding cakes for the gay couple? Q2. Do […]

Explain Socrates' arguments against Cebes's objection that the soul is long-lasting but not immortal (Phaedo (95c ff)); are they persuasive? why or why not? 

Short-Answer Questions 1. (1 pt.) What is your experience with coercive power– either as someone exerting this power or receiving this power? I'm particularly interested in hearing about what our author calls "implicit ad baculums" that can occur through subtle non-verbal cues (p.143). Why are these detrimental to critical thinking? What are ways in which you […]