2.ssay 1: Person I Admire
Purpose
This essay assignment is the culmination of all your previous work in this module. You have
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in this module. You have already engaged in the beginnings of the writing process of this essay. You have:
Brainstormed ideas (see Chapter 11 in SMG) about the essay in the Discussion Board.
Condensed your ideas down into manageable points around a working thesis.
Displayed knowledge of Description essays from Learning Activities
Drafted a Writing Activity (WA2) about this Description essay.
Consulted with a writing tutor to find areas of strength and areas of improvement.
Finally, you will now compose the final draft of a description essay that:
contains a clear thesis
identifies clear points to support your thesis
engages in critical thought about the subject chosen
uses 2-4 main ideas (points) that support your overall essay thesis
allows you to expand on your chosen topic
This essay assignment represents the first steps in writing any written essay for any academic course. The idea of thesis and support are the cornerstones of all essays. They represent the last part of the writing process. However, you may still revise your essay before final submission. This form of essay writing is the basis for all other academic writing pursuits. This skill translates to almost all careers that require critical thinking, critical reading, and responding in writing. Practicing "how to" write an essay carries over into any field's task of "what" you need to write. This skill will help with all formal writing.
Task
Write a 900-word essay, in MLA format, about a person or fictional character in whom you have an interest.
Select a subject (person or fictional character you admire)
Look to your Discussion (D1) and Writing Activity 2 (WA2) for your subject
The person may be current or historical
Some fictional characters have positive traits that can be identified.
Select several (2-4) traits about the person or character that you admire and write about these. These will be the essay's main ideas.
Biographical information should be used only to support claims.
Your essay should focus on the traits you admire. Do not write a biography or tell a story.
Example of what not to do: This person was born in 1979. They were born in middle Tennessee. They went to elementary school is 1985. They graduated in 1998.
Instead, follow this example: This person was born in middle Tennessee. Entering elementary in school in 1985 was hard for them. They never felt that they belonged in kindergarten. However, they persevered, learning that school was a place for them to grow and be themselves.
Focus on the "why" you admire them instead of a list of traits. In the above example, perseverance and learning to be themselves are the traits the writer of the essay admires.
Organize your main ideas to establish the essay's pattern of organization.
Your main ideas (traits you have chosen) need to be clearly organized.
Decide in what order you wish to discuss these main ideas (traits)
This organization needs to be presented in your introduction, preferably as the last sentence of your introduction in the thesis statement.
Note: your thesis is generally the last sentence in your introduction, but it not a requirement.
Follow this structure throughout the rest of the essay.
Always check to see if your main ideas/topic sentences, in each paragraph, relate back to your thesis statement.
Compose 5 well-developed paragraphs that support a clear thesis statement that is arguable.
5 paragraph minimum
introduction paragraph
introduces your essay and presents your thesis
three body paragraphs
Each paragraph contains one of your chosen admirable traits about your subject
expressed in a topic sentence in your paragraph
Each trait needs to transition to the next one in the next paragraph
look to your chosen pattern of development
conclusion paragraph
rephrases your traits into one last paragraph
reflects the earlier thesis, but with the knowledge of your traits expressed throughout the essay
This essay is a basic form of an argument essay. The essay should make an argument such as that the person or character selected is worthy of admiration because of the traits selected.
Criteria for Success
A successful essay:
Meets basic requirements of the assignment
Has been written by the student submitting the essay, for this class, and for this semester,
Does not contain plagiarism of any kind
Academic dishonesty is an offense of the NSCC Student Code of Conduct, punishable by a failing grade or zero
Has a clear thesis, main ideas, and pattern of organization
Has been carefully edited and proofread to minimize grammatical and other editing errors
These can be remedied by editing and with Writing Tutor visits and peer reviewing
Follows MLA style and guidelines (spacing, indent, margins, etc. )
The essay will be graded with the Grading Rubric for Essays. Please familiarize yourself with this rubric before you submit your essay. Here is the condensed version of the rubric:
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4.
Take me as someone who has always had an interest in air pollution, but doesn't have the time to learn
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earn about it independently. I am hiring you to learn all that you can about it and put together a report that will summarize all the information so that I can learn as much as I can in as little time as possible. Here is what you need to include in your report:
An explanation of air pollution. What is air pollution? //
Explain 4 causes of air pollution.
Explain 2 sources of air pollution. What are the toxins or pollutants that contaminate the air?
Explain at least 5 effects of air pollution on human health and/or the environment.
Explain 3 solutions to stopping air pollution. What can be done by the government or private organizations?
Work cited page should also be included, listing all the sources you used to get your information.
THIS REPORT SHOULD BE TYPED AND ORGANIZED IN 5 OR MORE PARAGRAPHS. READ THE RUBRIC BELOW CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROJECT WILL BE GRADED!!
WORKS CITED PAGE
General guidelines for citing sources:
List entries alphabetically by author (if no author list title first)
Separate entries with periods
General format:
Author, last name first. "Webpage title." Website title. Date published/updated. Organization/publisher. Date accessed. < URL >
Example:
Landsberger, Joseph. “Citing Websites." Study Guides and Strategies . 12 May 2005. University of
X. 13 May 2005. < http://www.studygs.net/citation.htm >.
These websites will format your citations for you: http://citationmachine.net/ & http://easybib.com/
**You should use google slides or powtoons to put together your information. You should have a minimum of 6 slides not including the title slide with your name.** DUE FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020
Rubric
Criteria
Points
Information Included
Three or more required elements are missing (not including additional facts).
(20 points)
1 or 2 required elements are missing (not including additional facts).
(30 points)
All required information is present, but no additional information is given.
(40 points)
All required information is present, including two additional facts.
(50 points)
_________
Quality of information
Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic OR sections do not provide any supporting detail or explanation.
(5 points)
Information clearly relates to the topic, but some sections are lacking detail and explanation.
(10 points)
Information clearly relates to the main topic and all sections include some supporting detail and explanation.
(15 points)
Information clearly relates to the main topic and all sections include significant supporting details and explanation.
(20 points)
________
Format
Title page is not present at all AND/OR there are errors in typing, spacing, no picture, etc.
(5 points)
Product has improperly formatted title page AND/OR no picture or not creative.
(8 points)
Product has incorrectly formatted title page and has pictures.
(12 points)
Product has a title page in the proper format, has pictures and is creative.
(15 points)
________
Spelling/Grammar
5 or more grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors present throughout the product.
(2 points)
3-4 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors present throughout the product.
(3 points)
1-2 grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors present throughout the product.
(4 points)
No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors present throughout the product.
(10 points)
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Works Cited
Works Cited page not present.
(2 points)
All sources are documented with 3-4 errors in format OR Works Cited is not done a separate page.
(3 points)
Works Cited is done on a separate page and all sources are documented with 1-2 errors in format.
(4 points)
Works Cited is done on a separate, properly headed page with all sources documented in proper Works Cited format.
(5 points)
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Total
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6.The problem: Cells that grow and divide in medium containing radioactive thymidine incorporate the thymidine into their DNA during S
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hymidine into their DNA during S phase.
Consider a simple experiment in which cells were labeled by a brief (30 minute) exposure to radioactive thymidine. The medium in which these cells are grown was then replaced with one containing unlabeled thymidine, and the cells were allowed to grow and divide for some additional time.
At different time points after replacement of the medium, cells were examined in a microscope. Cells in mitosis were identified by their condensed chromosomes. The fraction of mitotic cells that had radioactive DNA was determined by autoradi-ography and plotted as a function of time after the thymidine labeling:
Fig. Percentage of mitotic cells that were labeled as a function of time after a brief incubation with radioactive thymidine
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7.The problem: Cells that grow and divide in medium containing radioactive thymidine incorporate the thymidine into their DNA during S
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hymidine into their DNA during S phase.
Consider a simple experiment in which cells were labeled by a brief (30 minute) exposure to radioactive thymidine. The medium in which these cells are grown was then replaced with one containing unlabeled thymidine, and the cells were allowed to grow and divide for some additional time.
At different time points after replacement of the medium, cells were examined in a microscope. Cells in mitosis were identified by their condensed chromosomes. The fraction of mitotic cells that had radioactive DNA was determined by autoradi-ography and plotted as a function of time after the thymidine labeling:
Fig. Percentage of mitotic cells that were labeled as a function of time after a brief incubation with radioactive thymidine
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8.Answer all of the following questions as fully and succinctly as possible. YOUR RESPONSES SHOULD BE BASED ON POSTED NOTES
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BASED ON POSTED NOTES AND CLASS LECTURE ONLY. IF YOU USE/CITE OTHER SOURCES, POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED. Most responses should be at least four sentences.
1. Summarize the "Solitary Confinement" video. After watching this video, do you believe that this form of punishment is appropriate and/or effective in rehabilitating criminals?
2. Based on class lecture/notes, summarize Ross Chambers theory regarding “unexamined" individuals in society.
3. How are gender, race and aging interrelated?
4. What are the strengths and drawbacks of capitalism? What are the strengths and drawbacks of socialism? How are politics and economics interrelated?
5. Summarize any section of the class lecture/notes that resonated most with you (and that you were not asked about on any formal assessment such as the mid-term examination or other assignment).
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10.Task 1
You are asked to carry out a study on behalf of a business analytics specialised consultancy on a subsample
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on a subsample of weekly data from Randall’s Supermarket, one of the biggest in the UK. Randall’s marketing management team wishes to identify trends and patterns in a sample of weekly data collected for a number of their loyalty cardholders during a 26-week period. The data includes information on the customers’ gender, age, shopping frequency per week and shopping basket price. Randall’s operates two different types of stores (convenient stores and superstores) but they also sell to customers via an online shopping platform. The collected data are from all three different types of stores. Finally, the data provides information on the consistency of the customer’s shopping basket regarding the type of products purchased. These can vary from value products, to brand as well as the supermarket’s own high-quality product series Randall’s Top. As a business analyst you are required to analyse those data, make any necessary modifications in order to determine whether for any single customer it is possible to predict the value of their shopping basket.
Randall’s marketing management team is only interested in identifying whether the spending of the potential customer will fall in one of three possible groups including:
• Low spender (shopping basket value of £25 or less)
• Medium Spender (shopping basket value between £25.01 and £70) and
• High spenders (shopping basket greater than £70)
For the purpose of your analysis you are provided with the data set Randall’s.xls. You have to decide, which method is appropriate to apply for the problem under consideration and undertake the necessary analysis. Once you have completed this analysis, write a report for the Randall’s marketing management team summarising your findings but also describing all necessary steps undertaken in the analysis. The manager is a competent business analyst himself/herself so the report can include technical terms, although you should not exceed five pages. Screenshots and supporting materials can be included in the appendix.
Requirements
After completing your analysis, you should submit a report that consists of two parts. Part A being a non-technical summary of your findings and Part B a detailed report of the analysis undertaken with more details.
Part A: A short report for the Head of Randall’s Marketing Management (20 per cent). This should briefly explain the aim of the project, a clear summary and justification of the methods considered as well as an overview of the results.
Although, the Head of Randall’s Marketing Management team who will receive this summary is a competent business analytics practitioner, the majority of the other team members have little knowledge of statistical modelling and want to know nothing about the technical and statistical underpinning of the techniques used in this analysis. This report should be no more than two sides of A4 including graphs, tables, etc. In this report you should include all the objectives of this analysis, summary of data and results as well as your recommendations (if any).
Part B: A technical report on the various stages of the analysis (80 per cent).
The analysis should be carried out using the range of analytics tools discussed:
• SPSS Statistics
Ensure that the exercise references:
• Binary and multinomial logistic regression
• Linear vs Logistic regression
• Logit Model with odds Ratio
• Co-efficients and Chi Squared
• MLR co-efficients
• Assessing usefulness of MLR model
• Interpreting a model
• Assessing over-all model fit with Psuedo R-Squared measures
• Classification accuracy (Hit Ratio)
• Wald Statistic
• Odd ratio exp(B)
• Ratio of the probability of an event happening vs not happening
• Ratio of the odds after a unit change in the predictor to the original odds
• Assumptions
• Residuals analysis
• Cook’s distance
• DfBeta
• Adequacy (with variance inflation factor VIF and tolerance statistic)
• Outliers and influential points cannot just be removed. We need to check them (typo? – unusual data?)
• Check for multicollinearity
• Parsimony
Write a short and concise report to explain the technical detail of what you have done for each step of the analysis.
The report should also cover the following information:
• Any type of analysis that might be useful and check whether the main assumptions behind the analyses do not hold or cannot be
• Give evidence of the understanding of the statistical tools that you are using. For example, comment on the model selection procedure and the coefficient interpretation, e.g. comment on the interpretation of the logistic regression coefficients if such a method is used and provide an example of
• Conclusions and explanation, in non-technical terms, of the main points
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12.I am struggling to find three points that flow together for Social Media Marketing. My first point is the 6
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s the 6 pillars of a social media marketing plan that are needed to achieve the company's goals; set social media marketing goals, research audience, analyze competition, establish important metrics, asses results and optimize. I am going to go into detail about each pillar for this paragraph. My second point is "Once the marketing plan is set in place, business uses social media to facilitate consumers through the purchase process." I am going to talk about the stages of the purchasing process. My first two points flow together in my opinion. I am not sure what my third point will be. I want to talk about how the business uses social media to reach out to consumers and inform them about their product. The business also uses social media platforms to interact with social influencers who can promote their products on their social media. My idea of the third point does not really flow well with my first two points. Can you help me with a third point that does flow together with my first two? I am sorry if this is a bit confusing. Time is really against me on this one.
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13.After a dreary day of rain, the sun peeks through the clouds and a rainbow forms. You notice the rainbow
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nbow is the shape of a parabola.
The equation for this parabola is y = -x2 + 36.
Graph of a parabola opening down at the vertex 0 comma 36 crossing the x–axis at negative 6 comma 0 and 6 comma 0.
Create a table of values for a linear function. A drone is in the distance, flying upward in a straight line. It intersects the rainbow at two points. Choose the points where your drone intersects the parabola and create a table of at least four values for the function. Remember to include the two points of intersection in your table.
Analyze the two functions. Answer the following reflection questions in complete sentences.
What is the domain and range of the rainbow? Explain what the domain and range represent. Do all of the values make sense in this situation? Why or why not?
What are the x- and y-intercepts of the rainbow? Explain what each intercept represents.
Is the linear function you created positive or negative? Explain.
What are the solutions or solution to the system of equations created? Explain what it or they represent.
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17.Hi, I have one question on my math homework that I can't seem to figure out. Please help me! Here
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is Imagine that in the voting for a certain award, 7 points are awarded for first place, 4 points for second, 3 points for third, 2 points for fourth, and 1 point for fifth. Suppose there were five candidates (A, B, C, D, and E) and 47 voters. When the points were tallied, A had 155 points, B had 173 points, C had 170 points, and D had 154 points. Find how many points E had and give the ranking of the candidates. (Hint: Each of the 47 ballots hands out a fixed number of points. Figure out how many, and take it from there.)
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18.Discussion Questions
“The Speech the Graduates Didn’t Hear” by Jacob Neusner
1. List four groups of people, besides the graduating seniors, that
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oups of people, besides the graduating seniors, that are the audience for this speech?
2. What is the name and position of the speaker of this speech?
3. Whom does the speaker claim to represent?
4. What is the speaker's attitude toward his audience?
5. What is the speaker’s attitude toward those whom he claims to represent?
6. Paraphrase the speaker's primary claim.
7. List two points that the speaker makes that support his primary claim.
8. Does the author use anecdotal, experimental, statistical, or testimonial evidence to support his primary claim Provide an example of his evidence.
9. The speaker is very quick to his conclusions. What logical fallacy might best serve as a counterargument to the speaker’s primary claim? Why?
10. Does Neusner use an inductive style of writing or a deductive style of writing? Explain the reasoning behind your answer.
Discussion Questions
Chapter Three and pages 383-385
1. In “Burn, Baby, Burn” by Jay Rubin, please quote his claim of value.
2. In “The Mistake of the Millennium” by Paul O’Brien, please quote his claim of fact.
3. In “We Make Money by Making You Feel Ugly” by Estelle Hartson, please quote her claim of policy.
4. On page 383, statement one is what type of claim? Why?
5. On page 383, statement two is what type of claim? Why?
6. On page 383, statement three is what type of claim? Why?
7. On page 383, statement four is what type of claim? Why?
8. On page 384, statement five is what type of claim? Why?
9. On page 384, statement six is what type of claim? Why?
10. On page 384, statement seven is what type of claim? Why?
11. On page 384, statement eight is what type of claim? Why?
12. On page 384, statement nine is what type of claim? Why?
13. On page 385, statement ten is what type of claim? Why? (Be careful.)
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20.
Value: 1
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a. (x - 2)2(x - 3)2
b. (x2+ 4)(x2+ 9)
c. (x - 2)(x +
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2)(x - 3)(x + 3)
d. (x2 - 4)(x2+ 9)
Value: 1
The table below shows the cost of purchasing a standard stapler at five office supply stores, A through E. If the median cost of purchasing a standard stapler for these stores was $17.99, which of the following could NOT have been the cost of the stapler for Store A?
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a. $19.95
b. $18.95
c. $16.95
d. $19.25
Value: 1
If equation image indicator then x =
a. 7
b. 1/5
c. 5
d. 1/7
Value: 1
A six−sided die, with sides numbered 1,2, 3,4,5, and 6, is tossed. What is the probability of tossing a number less than three?
a. 1/3
b. 0
c. 1/2
d. 1/4
Value: 1
If 6m + 4 = 8m, then 4m =
a. 6
b. 2
c. 8
d. 4
Value: 1
In the xy-plane, what is the y-intercept of the graph of the equation equation image indicator?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 16
d. There is no y-intercept.
Value: 1
Which of the following equations has both 2 and −4 as solutions?
a. x2 + 6x + 8 = 0
b. x2 - 2x - 8 = 0
c. x2 + 2x - 8 = 0
d. x2 - 2x + 8 = 0
Value: 1
The perimeter of a square is 20 ft. If you increase the length of the square by 2 feet and decrease the width by 1 foot, what is the area, in square feet, of the new figure?
a. 22
b. 28
c. 35
d. 40
Value: 1
(3x-2y4)-3 =
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Value: 1
A softball is tossed into the air upward from a first floor balcony. The distance of the ball above the ground at any time is given by the function, distance function.png, where h(t) is the height of the softball above the ground (in feet) and t is the time (in seconds). What was the maximum height, in feet, of the softball above the ground after it was thrown?
a. 28
b. 30
c. 32
d. 34
Value: 1
A group of 100 people, some students and some faculty, attended a museum opening. Each student paid $10 per person for entrance to the museum and each of the faculty paid $25 per person for entrance. If the total paid, for all 100 people, was $1300, how many students attended the museum opening?
a. 20
b. 50
c. 70
d. 80
Value: 1
The ratio of Sam's age to Hank's age is 5 to 3. If the sum of their ages is 24, how old is Hank?
a. 21
b. 15
c. 19
d. 9
Value: 1
In the xy−coordinate plane shown below, point P has coordinates (8, −6). Which of the following is an equation of the line that contains points O and P?
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Value: 1
The variables x and y are inversely proportional, and y = 2 when x = 3. What is the value of y when x = 9?
a. 54
b. 6
c. 2/3
d. 3/2
Value: 1
A farmer has 1235 trees to be planted on a rectangular parcel of land. If there are 24 trees planted in each row and each row must be complete before it is planted, how many trees will be left over after planting?
a. 21
b. 11
c. 0
d. 55
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