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Use attached template to create a Budget Proposal to Project

• Budget item: List the item(s) required for your project.
• Description: Describe the item and state what it will be used for.
• Amount needed: State the quantify and dollar value for each item and identify an estimate of the total purchase.
• Proposed Sources: Who will be responsible for purchasing or supplying the item(s), and where the item will be purchased from?

Identify all expenditures to create, implement, and evaluate your project.  

• Budget item:  List the item(s) required for your project.
• Description:  Describe the item and state what it will be used for.
• Amount needed:  State the quantify and dollar value for each item and identify an estimate of the total purchase.
• Proposed Sources:  Who will be responsible for purchasing or supplying the item(s) and where the item will be purchased from?

** Do not forget to include travel/mileage, hourly wage for consultant/staff/self.

 

BSN 355 Budget Requirements

Budget Item	Description	Amount Needed	Proposed Sources

Earlier this week, you practiced using repeated measures ANOVA models with SPSS and, ideally, used the Collaboration Lab to ask, answer, and otherwise address any questions you had. In this Assignment, you apply what you learned to answer a social research question using Repeated Measures ANOVA. Review the datasets provided. Construct a research question based on one of those datasets. Pay attention to the assumptions of this test, and ask, “Does it make sense to interpret the mean of this dependent variable?

Use SPSS to answer the research question you constructed. Write an analysis in APA format, including title page, references, and an appendix, that includes your data output and addresses each of the tasks listed below. The content should be 2–3 pages, including setup of the assignment, results, and interpretation of results. Your SPSS output should be included as an appendix.

What is the null hypothesis for your question? What research design(s) would align with this question? What dependent variable was used and how is it measured? What independent variable is used and how is it measured? If you found significance, what is the strength of the effect? What is the answer to your research question? What are the possible implications of social change? Early in your Assignment, when you relate which dataset you analyzed, please include the mean of the following variables. If you are using the Afrobarometer Dataset, report the mean of Q1 (Age). If you are using the General Social Survey Dataset, report the mean of Age. If you are using the HS Long Survey Dataset, report the mean of X1SES

 

Struggling with where to start this assignment? Follow this guide to tackle your assignment easily!

Step 1: Carefully Review the Assignment Requirements

Before opening SPSS, read the assignment instructions thoroughly. Your goal is to use a Repeated Measures ANOVA to answer a social research question using one of the provided datasets. You will then write a 2–3 page APA-formatted analysis and include your SPSS output in an appendix.

Your paper must address:

• The research question
• The null hypothesis
• The research design
• The dependent variable and how it is measured
• The independent variable and how it is measured
• Statistical results from the Repeated Measures ANOVA
• Effect size (if significant)
• Interpretation of findings
• Implications for social change
• Dataset mean requirement
• References and appendix

Step 2: Select a Dataset

Choose one of the approved datasets:

• Afrobarometer Dataset
• General Social Survey (GSS) Dataset
• HS Longitudinal Survey Dataset

Once selected, calculate and report the required mean:

• Afrobarometer: Mean of Q1 (Age)
• GSS: Mean of Age
• HS Longitudinal Survey: Mean of X1SES

Include this information early in the introduction section of your paper.

Example:

“The General Social Survey dataset was used for this analysis. The mean age of respondents was XX.XX years.”

Step 3: Develop a Research Question

Your research question should examine whether a variable changes across multiple measurements or conditions.

Example Research Questions:

• Does respondents’ level of trust differ across multiple institutions?
• Do attitudes toward social policies vary across different measurement occasions?
• Do participants report different levels of satisfaction across several conditions?

Make sure the dependent variable is measured repeatedly on the same participants.

Step 4: State the Null and Alternative Hypotheses

Create hypotheses that align with your research question.

Example:

Null Hypothesis (H₀):
There is no statistically significant difference between the repeated measurements.

Alternative Hypothesis (H₁):
There is a statistically significant difference between at least one of the repeated measurements.

Step 5: Identify the Variables

Clearly describe both variables.

Dependent Variable

• Identify the outcome being measured repeatedly.
• Explain how it is measured.
• State the level of measurement.

Example:
“The dependent variable was trust in institutions, measured using survey responses on a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5.”

Independent Variable

• The repeated measurement factor (time, condition, or category).
• Explain the measurement structure.

Example:
“The independent variable was institution type, consisting of three repeated conditions measured for each participant.”

Step 6: Check Repeated Measures ANOVA Assumptions

Before interpreting results, verify assumptions.

Review:

1. Continuous dependent variable
2. Related observations
3. No extreme outliers
4. Approximate normality
5. Sphericity (Mauchly’s Test)

If Mauchly’s Test is significant, report corrected results using:

• Greenhouse-Geisser correction, or
• Huynh-Feldt correction

Be sure to mention which correction was used.

Step 7: Run the Repeated Measures ANOVA in SPSS

Follow these steps:

1. Open the dataset.
2. Select Analyze.
3. Click General Linear Model.
4. Select Repeated Measures.
5. Name the within-subject factor.
6. Specify the number of levels.
7. Click Add and Define.
8. Move repeated measures variables into the analysis box.
9. Under Options, select:
   • Descriptive Statistics
   • Estimates of Effect Size
   • Means
10. Run the analysis.

Save all output for the appendix.

Step 8: Write the Introduction

Provide:

• Brief overview of the topic
• Dataset used
• Mean value required by the assignment
• Research question
• Purpose of the study

Example structure:

• Background
• Dataset description
• Research question
• Hypotheses

Step 9: Report the Results in APA Format

Present findings objectively.

Include:

• Descriptive statistics
• Mauchly’s Test results
• ANOVA table results
• Degrees of freedom
• F statistic
• p-value
• Partial eta squared effect size

Example:

“A repeated measures ANOVA revealed a statistically significant difference among the measurement conditions, F(2, 198) = 5.67, p = .004, partial η² = .054.”

If assumptions were violated:

“Because the assumption of sphericity was violated, Greenhouse-Geisser corrected results were reported.”

Step 10: Interpret the Findings

Explain what the statistical results mean in plain language.

Example:

“The findings indicate that participant responses differed significantly across the measured conditions. Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected.”

Answer your research question directly.

Step 11: Discuss Effect Size

If significant results are found, explain the strength of the relationship.

General guidelines:

• .01 = Small effect
• .06 = Medium effect
• .14 = Large effect

Example:

“The effect size was moderate, indicating that the repeated measurement factor explained a meaningful proportion of the variance.”

Step 12: Address Social Change Implications

Discuss how findings may contribute to positive social outcomes.

Examples:

• Improved public policy
• Better educational practices
• Enhanced community interventions
• Increased awareness of social issues

Keep this section connected to your findings.

Step 13: Create the Conclusion

Summarize:

• Research question
• Main findings
• Hypothesis outcome
• Importance of results

Keep the conclusion concise and focused.

Step 14: Add References

Include all sources used in APA format.

Common references may include:

• Course materials
• Statistical textbooks
• SPSS documentation
• Peer-reviewed research articles

Step 15: Create the Appendix

After the reference page, include:

• Descriptive statistics output
• Mauchly’s Test output
• Tests of Within-Subjects Effects output
• Pairwise comparisons (if applicable)

Label appropriately:

Appendix A: SPSS Output

Recommended Resources

• IBM SPSS Statistics Documentation
• APA Style Official Website
• Laerd Statistics Repeated Measures ANOVA Guide
• Purdue OWL APA Formatting Guide
• UCLA Statistical Consulting SPSS Resources

Final Submission Checklist

✓ APA title page included

✓ Research question clearly stated

✓ Required dataset mean reported

✓ Null hypothesis identified

✓ Variables explained

✓ Repeated Measures ANOVA conducted

✓ Effect size reported

✓ Results interpreted

✓ Social change implications discussed

✓ References page included

✓ SPSS output attached as appendix

Earlier this week, you practiced using repeated measures ANOVA models with SPSS and, ideally, used the Collaboration Lab to ask, answer, and otherwise address any questions you had. In this Assignment, you apply what you learned to answer a social research question using Repeated Measures ANOVA. Review the datasets provided. Construct a research question based on one of those datasets. Pay attention to the assumptions of this test, and ask, “Does it make sense to interpret the mean of this dependent variable?

Use SPSS to answer the research question you constructed. Write an analysis in APA format, including title page, references, and an appendix, that includes your data output and addresses each of the tasks listed below. The content should be 2–3 pages, including setup of the assignment, results, and interpretation of results. Your SPSS output should be included as an appendix.

What is the null hypothesis for your question? What research design(s) would align with this question? What dependent variable was used and how is it measured? What independent variable is used and how is it measured? If you found significance, what is the strength of the effect? What is the answer to your research question? What are the possible implications of social change? Early in your Assignment, when you relate which dataset you analyzed, please include the mean of the following variables. If you are using the Afrobarometer Dataset, report the mean of Q1 (Age). If you are using the General Social Survey Dataset, report the mean of Age. If you are using the HS Long Survey Dataset, report the mean of X1SES

Assume  that you are writing for an uninformed reader that knows nothing about  the topic and has not read what you read. Provide an introduction that  gives the background of the resource that you are reviewing, so the  reader will understand what they’re reading and why. Include the  following topics in the discussion: The  authors identify multiple capacities (social, economic, human,  institutional, political, community, natural, physical, and  improvisational) that underpin resilience. Discuss how these capacities  interact at both the household and community level. Which capacity do  feel is most influential, and why?   Explain  the significance of the MCEER framework (robustness, resourcefulness,  redundancy, rapidity) in operationalizing resilience. How does this  framework help translate resilience from a broad concept into measurable  and actionable strategies for disaster research and management.   The  chapter raises concerns about the policy use of “resilience” as a  buzzword. Discuss the potential risks of relying too heavily on  resilience discourse in disaster policy and how might this shift  responsibility away from systemic risk reduction. Provide examples of  how resilience can be applied responsibly without undermining equity and  long-term prevention.    Discuss  how culture simultaneously contribute to both resilience and  vulnerability in the context of disasters. Provide examples of cultural  practices or beliefs that illustrate this dual role.    Discuss  why Webb argue that incorporating culture into disaster research and  policy is essential. How can understanding cultural contexts improve the  design and effectiveness of disaster preparedness, response, and  recovery strategies.

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For this assignment please write a 1000 word book overview on one of the following books from the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible: Jonah, Haggai, Nahum, Malachi, Ruth, Song of Solomon, or Psalm 119. The book overview needs to contain information about: 1) when the book was written 2) who the author is, or who the scholars believe the author of the book is, 3) what the purpose of the book is, and 4) who the intended original audience is/was.

In this book overview, please include, and cite at least three sources, these sources do not have to be scholarly resources, but please do not use Wikipedia as a primary source, i.e. Wikipedia cannot count as one of your three sources. Additionally, the Bible can be used as one of your sources, and when citing the sources, please use the APA format for citing sources. Please include a cover sheet, and a bibliography page. Your book overview needs to be typed in 12 pt. Times New Roman Font, and must be double spaced. If you have any questions about this assignment please contact me.

Unit 3 Informative Essay Assignment

In your essay assignment for this unit, due in Module 10, you will be creating an informative essay, meant to inform or explain a topic. Use these instructions  to help you complete your first draft of this essay.

Purpose, Topic, and Audience

What are you curious about? We report and explain information when we want to understand an issue and share this understanding with others. Your purpose in this essay is to learn about a topic and explain it to others. The ability to accurately summarize information is important in most academic papers and in many professional settings. This type of writing appears in many academic and professional genres, such as public service announcements, brochures, magazine articles, internet sites, business reports, white papers, proposals, and briefs. In this assignment, though, you will write an academic essay following MLA format for an audience of peers: college students who would like to learn more about your topic. Please remember, however, that you should not use one of the topics to avoid as discussed in our Topic Ideas and Topics to Avoid for Your Unit 3 Informative Essay resource.

Evidence/Content

You may build on the experience you wrote about in Unit 2 or start on a new topic (See Topic Ideas for Your Unit 3 Informative Essay in the Unit 3 introductory module if you need help!). Once you decide on a topic, be sure to include what you already know about the subject. Then, use a variety of reliable sources to help you learn—web sites, interviews, magazine articles, or newspaper articles. All sources must be accessed through the GALILEO databases or community, educational, or government websites; include three to five sources total, one of which must be a peer-reviewed journal article. The best databases to use in GALILEO are Academic Search Premiere and ProQuest. You may not use any books unless you get prior approval, and you must not use AI to find sources, as AI often misrepresents what sources say.

Organization

Your organization should be logical and help the reader follow your ideas. Consider the guidelines of quantity, quality, relevance, and manner as you select and organize your material, but also remember to move beyond just reporting to explaining your information (show reasons for, connections within, or implications of the information you present).

Clarity, Readability, and Format

Write with your audience (engaged, intelligent adults) in mind, striving for academic English and effective style. Write in the third person only. Please do not use the first or second person in this essay. Your essay should follow MLA format and be submitted as a Microsoft Word file or PDF. Cite all ideas and facts with in-text citations, all words from sources with quotation marks and in-text citations, and a Works Cited page in MLA format for every source that informed your essay.

Requirements

Your essay should meet the following markers for success:

• Effective overview of the topic and its main ideas, with clearly articulated and specific thesis;
• Well introduced, contextualized, accurately represented, and explained textual evidence in each body paragraph;
• Strong organization, including topic sentences, logical relation of points within paragraphs, and transition sentences;
• Use of clear and straightforward language with little error;
• Evidence of critical thinking and synthesis, not just summary;
• Informed use of three to five credible sources, one of which must be a peer-reviewed journal article;
• Full attribution of all summarized, paraphrased, or quoted source materials through use of signal phrases, in-text citations, and works cited page;
• Completed development of a 3-5 page final draft in full MLA document format.

Grading Criteria

• Your ability to communicate a thesis: in this case a clear articulation of the topic to be explained, ideally with the points you will address to explain it;
• On the development and support of the main ideas in your paragraphs, including the use of properly introduced, contextualized, and analyzed information from your sources;
• On the organization of your work, and how effectively you have structured the synthesis of your information;
• On the clarity of your writing, and whether any errors of grammar or spelling, or places where the writing is awkward, remain after revision;
• On your use of full and correct MLA document formatting and complete and proper MLA citation for all quoted, summarized, or paraphrased source materials;
• On whether you have successfully addressed any aspects of the work that were confusing or needed further development in your rough draft.

Submissions

Your final draft must:

• Be in MLA document format, complete with running header, block header, and appropriate font, indentation, and line spacing.
• Be submitted as a Word .DOC or .DOCX file, or as a .PDF.

TOPIC

Topic Ideas for Your Personal Narrative Essay

For this essay, you will brainstorm ideas for your work and share these ideas with your classmates and professor to get feedback. The good news is that you are the expert in your own life and on what has been meaningful to you, so we hope you’ll have any number of great ideas! However, if you’re struggling to come up with a topic, here are some sample ideas. Use these to come up with something new!

• The day I challenged myself to do something I thought I couldn’t do
• An unexpected encounter or event that changed my perspective on life
• The experience of moving to a new place and adjusting to a new environment
• A difficult decision I had to make that shaped who I am today
• A mistake I made and had to face
• A moment when I had to confront my fears and overcome them
• An event that involved a special pet
• A vacation mishap or something unique that happened on a journey
• Meeting or losing a friend
• A realization I had about myself or someone close to me that had a profound impact on my life
• An experience of culture shock that challenged my assumptions and expanded my worldview
• A time when I had to stand up for myself or for someone else in the face of adversity

Topics to Avoid

Because this course includes dual-enrolled students who may be under the age of 18, it is important that all writing topics remain appropriate for a mixed-age, academic setting. Avoid subjects that are explicitly sexual, graphically violent, or otherwise unsuitable for minors. In addition, steer clear of overly personal topics that could make you or others uncomfortable, such as detailed accounts of trauma or sensitive private matters.

When in doubt, choose topics that allow for thoughtful analysis and academic discussion while respecting the boundaries of our shared learning environment. If you are unsure whether a topic is appropriate, please check with your instructor before beginning your assignment.

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Week 8 Final Paper

Your final paper will consist of a consolidation study. You are to make a case either for or against the benefits of consolidation. You can use the fire department from your Week 4 paper or choose another fire department. In many areas of the country, fire departments are undergoing consolidation. As communities grow and populations increase, some fire departments are considering combining with other departments in order to avoid duplication of services, reduce costs, and a variety of other reasons.You are to choose a fire department (“Department A”) and analyze the services offered to the citizens. Assume that a neighboring department (“Department B”) provides similar fire services, although possibly at a different level. Your goal with this paper is to determine whether or not there are benefits to consolidating two fire departments into a single department.Assume your are a Fire Chief of “Department A” that is considering absorbing “Department B.” You are writing this paper to make a case to your City Council or County Council as to whether or not it would be advantageous to consolidate and absorb “Department B.”Part 1. Report on the overall budget of both fire departments. Include the populations covered, the size of the departments, number of stations, services offered, ISO rating, etc. Give an overall view of both of the departments’ budget.Part 2. Make an argument as to whether or not consolidation of services into a single department would make sense from a financial standpoint. Analyze whether or not it would make sense to combine budgets in order to offer the same fire services, or possibly even better fire services, to the citizens to be covered under the consolidated fire department.Part 3. Explain how you would handle the change from two fire departments into a single department. If you are for consolidation, how would your command structure change? How would you absorb the personnel from the other fire department? Would you keep the same staffing at all of the stations? Would you keep all the stations open, or are there some that could be closed? How would you handle fire prevention and inspection efforts? If you are against consolidation, explain why. These are only some of the issues you should cover. Feel free to include others.Your paper should be a minimum of four pages and should be submitted in APA format. Use your textbook, the internet, professional journals as well as information you gain from personal interviews. You must use a minimum of four sources.

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Week 8 Final Paper

Your final paper will consist of a consolidation study. You are to make a case either for or against the benefits of consolidation. You can use the fire department from your Week 4 paper or choose another fire department. In many areas of the country, fire departments are undergoing consolidation. As communities grow and populations increase, some fire departments are considering combining with other departments in order to avoid duplication of services, reduce costs, and a variety of other reasons.You are to choose a fire department (“Department A”) and analyze the services offered to the citizens. Assume that a neighboring department (“Department B”) provides similar fire services, although possibly at a different level. Your goal with this paper is to determine whether or not there are benefits to consolidating two fire departments into a single department.Assume your are a Fire Chief of “Department A” that is considering absorbing “Department B.” You are writing this paper to make a case to your City Council or County Council as to whether or not it would be advantageous to consolidate and absorb “Department B.”Part 1. Report on the overall budget of both fire departments. Include the populations covered, the size of the departments, number of stations, services offered, ISO rating, etc. Give an overall view of both of the departments’ budget.Part 2. Make an argument as to whether or not consolidation of services into a single department would make sense from a financial standpoint. Analyze whether or not it would make sense to combine budgets in order to offer the same fire services, or possibly even better fire services, to the citizens to be covered under the consolidated fire department.Part 3. Explain how you would handle the change from two fire departments into a single department. If you are for consolidation, how would your command structure change? How would you absorb the personnel from the other fire department? Would you keep the same staffing at all of the stations? Would you keep all the stations open, or are there some that could be closed? How would you handle fire prevention and inspection efforts? If you are against consolidation, explain why. These are only some of the issues you should cover. Feel free to include others.Your paper should be a minimum of four pages and should be submitted in APA format. Use your textbook, the internet, professional journals as well as information you gain from personal interviews. You must use a minimum of four sources.

opic: Do the social networks have a positive or negative effect in the adolescents?

Position: Negative

Thesis Statement: I have to comment that the social networks in my opinion have a negative effect in the adolescents because these cause problems of mental health and lower their academic performance.

Arguments:

Argument 1: Mental health

· Exists a social comparison constant that generates low self-esteem and causes body dissatisfaction.

· Anxiety and depression provoked by the necessity of validation that do another with a like.

· The existence of a cyberbullying, that affects to a porcient considerable approximately of young people and causes emotional traumas.

Argument 2: Academic performance

· The addictive distraction that provokes a reduction of the concentration in tasks and studies.

· Decrease of the cognitive efficiency for the multitasking between networks and homework.

 

 

 

 

· Investigations link the excessive use of the networks with averages of qualifications minors.

Counterargument:

· Offer educational resources and learning content.

· Allow maintain friendships in spite of the distance and create communities of support between young people.

Refutation:

The educational benefits we see that are overshadowed by the distracting content, and the friendships that are reached of virtual form are not going to substitute never the real human interaction. Many studies from the point of view of the psychology confirm us that the negative psychological effects are much more generalized that the positives.

Using the annotated bibliography from Assignment 2 and the Topic Outline from Assignment 3, the student will develop a coherent literature review based on 10 peer-reviewed journal articles that present empirical research derived from primary sources. Note: These SHOULD be the same sources used in Assignments 2 and 3; however, if any of the 10 sources used in Assignment 2 were not peer-reviewed journal articles based on empirical research and derived from primary sources, then additional sources will need to be included. An NSU librarian will provide additional training on using the library databases in preparation for this Assignment. The paper should be approximately 5-7 pages in length (not including the cover page and references section) and adhere to APA style.

Upload a draft of your literature review for submission to Turnitin. Then click Submission Details. You should see a hyperlinked number. Click the number/colored box to view your Turnitin report. If the number is significantly high (yellow, orange, or red), you need to address any areas of concern before submitting your final draft.

Please see the Assignment for additional details and the corresponding rubric.