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Are there social situations in which one or more of the factors among your identities seem especially challenging or which provide support for you? If yes, can you think of social situations in which your “dominant” or “subordinate” identities play out in different ways – either challenging or supportive or both?

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Study question

Answer only ONE question from each section. Make sure you number each section in your answers. Each answer must be at least 100 words in length. You do not have to include a work cited page. Answers must make use of the reading/video as evidence.

Part One – Tatum “The Complexity of Identity”

  • Tatum describes identity as “complex” and made up of many different factors. As you think of your own identity, what are the racial, gender, sexual, class, religious and other factors that have shaped it? Do you mainly focus on one or two aspects of your identity or do you think of your identity as “complex” in real-life, everyday interactions? Can you describe some examples of how various factors in your own identity interact with each other?
  • How do you think that (what Tatum calls) your “dominant” and your “subordinate” identities have shaped your sense of yourself – as you are today? As your experiences have changed over time? Were there any personal experiences that stand out for you that made you especially aware of a “dominant” or “subordinate” identity?
  • Are there social situations in which one or more of the factors among your identities seem especially challenging or which provide support for you? If yes, can you think of social situations in which your “dominant” or “subordinate” identities play out in different ways – either challenging or supportive or both?

Part Two – Johnson’s “The Social Construction of Difference”

  • Johnson quotes James Baldwin’s statement that “No one is white before he/she came to America. It took generations, and a vast amount of coercion, before this became a white country.” Can you identify one or two examples of immigrants who became “White” in the US? Were they considered “White” before becoming Americans? Can you describe how that process of “whitening” happened?
  • On the other hand, for immigrants who did not become “White” when they came to American, how were they identified racially? Had that been their racial identity before the process of immigration?
  • Johnson makes the point that the “social construction of reality” applies to sexism and ableism as well as to racism and that these social constructions have no significance except to provide privilege for some and disadvantage for others. Can you provide examples of how systems of privilege and disadvantage – concerning race, or gender, or any other system of advantage and disadvantage – may have changed over time, as the “social construction of reality” itself changed?
  • Johnson distinguishes between “diversity”/“difference” (“difference” need not imply inequality) and “privilege”/“oppression” (in which inequality is rationalized or justified by differences). Can you think of examples you’ve personally observed of “differences” that you have observed or experienced that do not convey inequality? Can you think of examples you’ve observed or experienced of “differences” that are used to justify privilege and oppression?

Part Three – Sue’s “Microaggressions, Marginality, and Oppression”. Make sure you also use this video on Microaggressions to support your answer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDd3bzA7450 (Links to an external site.)

  • Have you observed or overheard any of Sue’s examples of microaggressions in your neighborhoods or schools or families? Have you experienced them yourself? How does the accumulation of multiple microaggressions, day after day, make the person experiencing them feel?
  • Have you tried to interrupt a microaggression? Can you provide an example of interrupting microaggressions successfully?
  • Looking ahead to the next section, where Young describes oppression as the result of the “unquestioned norms, habits, and symbols … [of] normal processes of everyday life”: Can you give examples of how Sue’s approach to microaggression might illustrate Young’s description of oppression?

Part Four – Young’s “Five faces of oppression.”

  • Here’s how Young defines oppression: “Its causes are embedded in unquestioned norms, habits, and symbols, in the assumptions underlying institutional rules and the collective consequences of following these rules … in short, the normal processes of everyday life.” What examples of “the normal processes of everyday life” have you experienced or observed that fit Young’s definition of oppression? Why do you think these normal processes of everyday life are not questioned or resisted?
  • Young offers a different explanation of oppression from the explanation in Bell, Adams, and Zúñiga. Do you find it useful to have two different explanations oppression? Do they clarify different aspects of a complicated social system?

The researchers broke these results down further using body shape as a third factor. Describe why the inclusion of this factor complicates the analysis. In other words, why is this not a standard 2×2×3 experiment?

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DS-520 DATA ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING

FINAL EXAM

NAME:

SPIRIT ID:

 

  1. Where are your eyes?

The objectifying gaze, often referred to as “ogling” or “checking out,” can have many adverse consequences. A group of researchers used eye-tracking technology to better understand the nature and causes for this gaze. They asked 29 women and 36 men to look at images of college-aged women. Each woman had the same clothes and neutral expression but varied in body shape (ideal, average, and below average). Prior to looking at the images, each participant was told to focus on either the appearances or personalities of the women. Here is a summary of the amount of time (in milliseconds) the eyes focused on the chest of the women:

  1. Plot the means. Do you think there is an interaction? Explain your answer.
  2. Do you think the marginal means would be useful for understanding the results of this study? Explain why or why not.
  3. The researchers broke these results down further using body shape as a third factor. Describe why the inclusion of this factor complicates the analysis. In other words, why is this not a standard 2×2×3 experiment?

 

 

 

  1. A study reported the following results for data analyzed using a two-way ANOVA at the 5% significance level:
  2. What can you conclude from the information given?
  3. What additional information would you need to write a summary of the results for this study?

 

  1. 3. The effects of two stimulant drugs. An experimenter was interested in investigating the effects of two stimulant drugs (labeled A and B). She divided 25 rats equally into five groups (placebo, Drug A low, Drug A high, Drug B low, and Drug B high) and, 20 minutes after injection of the drug, recorded each rat’s activity level (higher score is more active). The following table summarizes the results:
  2. Plot the means versus the type of treatment. Does there appear to be a difference in the activity level? Explain.
  3. Is it reasonable to assume that the variances are equal? Explain your answer and, if reasonable, compute sp.
  4. Give the degrees of freedom for the F statistic.
  5. The F statistic is 2.64. Find the associated P-value and state your conclusions.

 

 

  1. The National Survey of Student Engagement found that 87% of students report that their peers at least “sometimes” copy information from the Internet in their papers without reporting the source. Assume that the sample size is 430,000.
  2. Find the margin of error for 99% confidence.
  3. Here are some items from the report that summarizes the survey. More than 430,000 students from 730 four-year colleges and universities participated. The average response rate was 43% and ranged from 15% to 89%. Institutions pay a participation fee of between $3000 and $7500 based on the size of their undergraduate enrollment. Discuss these facts as possible sources of error in this study. How do you think these errors would compare with the error that you calculated in part (a)?

 

  1. 5. Food neophobia is a personality trait associated with avoiding unfamiliar foods. In one study of 564 children who were two to six years of age, the degree of food neophobia and the frequency of consumption of different types of food were measured. Here is a summary of the correlations:

Perform the significance test for each correlation and write a summary about food neophobia and the consumption of different types of food.

 

 

BONUS:

Laptops and other digital technologies with wireless access to the Internet are becoming more and more common in the classroom. While numerous studies have shown that these technologies can be used effectively as part of teaching, there is concern that these technologies can also distract learners if used for off-task behaviors.

In one study that looked at the effects of off-task multitasking with digital technologies in the classroom, a total of 145 undergraduates were randomly assigned to one of seven conditions.12 Each condition involved performing a task simultaneously during lecture. The study consisted of three 20-minute lectures, each followed by a 15-item quiz. The following table summarizes the conditions and quiz results (mean proportion correct):

  1. For this analysis, let’s consider the average of the three quizzes as the response. Compute this mean for each condition.
  2. The analysis of these average scores results in SSG=0.22178 and SSE=2.00238. Test the null hypothesis that the mean scores across all conditions are equal.
  3. Using the means from part (a) and the Bonferroni method, determine which pairs of means differ significantly at the 0.05 significance level. (Hint: There are 21 pairwise comparisons, so the critical t-value is 3.095. Also, it is best to order the means from smallest to largest to help with pairwise comparisons.)
  4. Summarize your results from parts (b) and (c) in a short report.

Select an example of a PUBLIC DELIBERATION that has occurred in the last 6 MONTHS and write a short, 1-page explanation of the various “sides” of the deliberation and how you would decide or judge those sides.

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PUBLIC DELIBERATION

Select an example of a PUBLIC DELIBERATION that has occurred in the last 6 MONTHS and write a short, 1-page explanation of the various “sides” of the deliberation and how you would decide or judge those sides.

This can be about ANY topic – local, state wide, national, or in other countries – and can cover politics, social discord, cultural issues, religious issues, sports debates, and so on. This is a free for all! The only requirement is that the deliberation you select MUST have been argued by public advocates – in print or digital media. You MUST provide sources to support your claims/description of the deliberative event. Please include the citation(s) at the top of the page that you submit. You have now until May 10th to submit this assignment.

Using accurate terminology, describe what makes “Artist 47”, “Artist 47”.

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Writing Question

Do Kanye or lauryn hill

– Research Paper on Artist

  • Must be 5 pages in length
  • Must detail the Artist’s background
    • Do they play an instrument, are they a trained musician, when did they start playing/writing music, etc.
  • Must detail the Artist’s style
    • Using accurate terminology, describe what makes “Artist 47”, “Artist 47”.
      • Style, Genre, do they write their own music, who is their producer, has/did their sound changed after becoming famous?
    • Must use 8 scholarly sources
      • Properly cited in text.
      • Proper APA/MLA Citation format

Identify the predictor. Identify the criterion. Compute the regression line. Using the regression line – identify the predicted profiling score for a person with a score of 8 for prejudice.

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PSY212: Graded Assignment #5

Chi Square and Regression

80 points

 This assignment includes conceptual and computations problems regarding regression as well as SPSS. Please note that each problem has several parts. For full credit, please respond to each part completely and show all your work. Take a picture and insert your work for all hand computation which are noted with the following icon  Insert them in the place noted. Do not included them only at the end and do not submit them in a separate file. Submissions must be in PDF or word format – no other formats will be accepted for credit.

DO NOT change the formatting or the numbering of the exam. Keep all questions and point values on this document. Simply respond in the places noted.

*Note that this assignment should be completed individually. Think of this assignment as a “take-home quiz.” Therefore, please do not discuss this assignment with anyone other than your professor. When complete submit an electronic copy on Bb.

 

 

TYPE all of your answers in addition to the pictures of your work.

  1. A store owner is trying to decide whether he should order equal amounts of four types of milk (skim, 1%, 2%, and whole). To help determine if certain kinds of milk are more popular, he records how many gallons of each kind of milk he sells over the course of a week. His data shows that he sold: 31 gallons of skim milk, 23 gallons of 1% milk, 37 gallons of 2% milk, and 25 gallons of whole milk. The owner is interested in whether the store sells equal amounts of the four types of milk.

Compute a Goodness of Fit Chi Square. Report and interpret your results including the value of chi square, degrees of freedom and statistical and practical significance.

df = k – 1

Where  = chi square, fo = frequency observed, fe = frequency expected, ϕ = phi (measure of practical significance)

Show your work here (for full credit you must show your work for all steps – type in below or attach a picture). Also show your work for the computation of phi.  10 points :

fo fe
Skim milk      
1% milk      
2% milk      
Whole milk      
Sum      

Write out your interpretation including frequencies for all groups and use the following format for the reporting of the results, χ² () =  , p .05, Φ =) to report your results. 10 points

 

 

  1. Santos et al. (1994) described the pique technique. They claimed that people are more likely to comply with strange requests than with “typical” ones, even if the strange request is larger.

To test this hypothesis, a researcher asked 160 strangers for money. He asked some people if they could spare a quarter, and asked others if they could spare 37 cents. He then recorded how many people gave him the amount requested and how many people did not.

Were people more likely to give the researcher 37 cents than they were to give him 25 cents?

Compute a Chi Square Test of Independence. Report and interpret your results including the value of chi square, degrees of freedom and statistical and practical significance.

 

Observed Frequencies

Show your work here (type in row totals, column totals and grand total here):

(for full credit you must show your work for all steps – type in below or attach a picture)

YES – Did give the $ NO – Did not give the $ Row Total
Asked for 25 cents 18 42  
Asked for 37 cents 54 46  
Column Total     Grand Total =

 

Show your work here (for full credit you must show your work for all steps – type in below or attach a picture). Also show your work for the computation of phi.  10 points :

Expected Frequencies (For each cell compute the following: row total x column total/grand total)

YES – Did give the $ NO – Did not give the $
Asked for 25 cents
Asked for 37 cents

 

df = (ka – 1)(kb – 1)

(for full credit you must show your work for all steps – type in below or attach a picture)

 

 

YES – Did give the $ NO – Did not give the $
Asked for 25 cents    
Asked for 37 cents    

 

Write out your interpretation including frequencies for all groups and use the following format for the reporting of the results, χ² () =  , p .05, Φ =) to report your results. 10 points

 

 

  1. A researcher wants to assess whether students’ level of prejudice predict attitudes toward racial profiling.  As part of a larger survey, students complete two scales pertaining to those variables.  Higher scores on the prejudice measure indicate greater prejudice and higher scores on the profiling scale indicate greater support for racial profiling.  Scores on both measures are obtained from each of 20 students.
  Prejudice Profiling    
  X Y XY X2
  7 5 35 49
  4 4 16 16
  5 3 15 25
  6 7 42 36
  2 2 4 4
  3 4 12 9
  6 7 42 36
  4 5 20 16
  8 6 48 64
  9 8 72 81
  6 6 36 36
  5 3 15 25
  4 4 16 16
  6 5 30 36
  2 4 8 4
  6 8 48 36
  5 4 20 25
  7 8 56 49
  8 4 32 64
  7 9 63 49
Sum 110 106 630 676
Mean 5.5 5.3    

 

Insert one picture for work for both c and d here and Type your answers below

  1. Identify the predictor. 2 points
  2. Identify the criterion. 2 points
  3. Compute the regression line. 20 points
  4. Using the regression line – identify the predicted profiling score for a person with a score of 8 for prejudice. 4 points

 

 

  1. Peterson is interested in assessing whether self-esteem predicts reading ability. The data is as follows:
Self Esteem Reading Ability
4 13
6 10
7 16
8 13
10 17
11 12
13 14
13 17

 

  1. Identify the predictor variable (IV) 1 point
  2. Identify the criterion variable (DV) 1 point
  3. Compute the Regression Analysis in SPSS using the data provided on self esteem and reading ability. Paste your output here (you will need to use a snipping tool to copy from SPSS, it will not allow you to copy and paste). Output has several parts – it must include: variables entered/removed, model summary, ANOVA, ad coefficients tables. 5 points
  4. Report results in sentence format – see handout instructions on what to include and how to format it. 5 points

 

 

 

Write a SMART goal( Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time bound) goal for your practice related to your identified issue ( Lower hypertension to less than 140/90 in patients).

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NUR 616 Safety and quality management Part 4

Prompt: Write a SMART goal( Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time bound) goal for your practice related to your identified issue ( Lower hypertension to less than 140/90 in patients).

Python’s pow function returns the result of raising a number to a given power. Define a function expo that performs this task, and state its computational complexity using big-0 notation.

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Complete questions only 1- 3

Projects

1. A sequential search of a sorted list can halt when the target is less than a given element in the list. Define a modified version of this algorithm, and state the computational complexity, using big-0 notation, of its best-, worst-, and average-case performances.

2. The list method reverse reverses the elements in the list. Define a function amed reverse that reverses the elements in its list argument (without using the method reverse!). Try to make this function as efficient as possible, and state its computational complexity using big-0 notation.

3. Python’s pow function returns the result of raising a number to a given power. Define a function expo that performs this task, and state its computational complexity using big-0 notation. The first argument of this function is the number, and the second argument is the exponent (nonnegative numbers only). You may use either a loop or a recursive function in your implementation. Caution: do not use Python’s ** operator or pow function in this exercise!

4. An alternative strategy for the expo function uses the following recursive definition:

expo(number, exponent)

= 1, when exponent

= 0 = number * expo(number, exponent – 1), when exponent is odd

= (expo(number, exponent // 2))2, when exponent is even

Define a recursive function expo that uses this strategy, and state its computational complexity using big-0 notation.

5. Python’s 1 i st method sort includes the keyword argument reverse, whose default value is False. The programmer can override this value to sort a list in descending order. Modify the selection Sort function discussed in this chapter so that it allows the programmer to supply this additional argument to redirect the sort.

Propose what data you could use that may be available to benchmark your issue and how you could obtain data from your organization to evaluate your performance.

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NUR 616 Safety and quality management Part 3

Prompt: Propose what data you could use that may be available to benchmark your issue and how you could obtain data from your organization to evaluate your performance.

Find all Nash equilibria sand ubgame perfect equilibria of this game.

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Game Theory

Consider the following conflict among tenant and landlord about a deposit: When the rental agreement starts, the tenant leaves a deposit x with landlord. On termination of the rental agreement, the landlord returns y. The returned amount y is either the full deposit or a fraction: y ∈ [0, x]. The tenant can accept or refuse the landlord’s offer of y. If the tenant refuses, then the tenant goes to court. In this case the tenant bears a non-refundable cost of c (litigation fees). The court settles the case, i.e. decides that the landlord must return the amount of y* to the tenant. y* is a fixed number. Both parties, the landlord and the tenant, know y*, i.e. both know how the court will settle the case.

a) Draw this situation (handwritten) as an extensive form game. In a first move the landlord decides about y. In a second move the tenant decides whether to accept y or whether to go to court. Since the court has no choice, there is no third move.

b) Find all Nash equilibria sand ubgame perfect equilibria of this game.

Create a 7-point Adlerian leadership pocket card style reminder. Pay attention to how psychological birth order and family atmosphere might affect one’s leadership style.

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Adlerian Leadership Pocket Card

Create a 7-point Adlerian leadership pocket card style reminder. Pay attention to how psychological birth order and family atmosphere might affect one’s leadership style. Your reminder can be written as a narrative or as a bullet point document. It should be convincing. You must use at least one direct reference and one indirect reference.