1000 words

Big Data is everywhere and various businesses around the world are driven by Big Data. However, while some businesses rely on Big Data for organizational decision making, this does not mean that the implications and applications of Big Data are properly used to ensure optimal effectiveness for the organization

For this scenario, you have been appointed as the Business Analyst for Big D Incorporated charged with providing authoritative recommendations to the Board of Directors. As the Business Analyst, the recommendation you provide will be based upon data calculated from statistical appropriate formulas. Be reminded that you are not the company’s statistician yet the Business Analyst and therefore responsible for interpreting statistical data and making the appropriate recommendations.

General Summary, Census Trend 1980 to 2000 Summary, Occupation and Employment Summary, and Income Summary based on the entire United States is here.

Reports for zip code 60614 is here. This particular file contains 4 reports: General Summary, Census Trend 1980 to 2000 Summary, Occupation and Employment Summary, and Income Summary based on the U.S. zip code 60614.

Big D Incorporated was offered a series of business opportunities and it is your job as the Business Analyst to provide expert insight and justification for recommendations regarding these potential prospects. Your recommendations are

•The company should invest in Chicago.

•Big D should adjust its prices to ensure that it can attract the income earners in the state.•The company should invest in its marketing and promotion to attract the unemployed laborers in the state.

For the outdoor sporting goods client, based upon your prior decision on whether or not to either expand to the next market or retain your current position, justify your decision further utilizing the Chi-Square Distribution tool. One key criterion point: You do not have adequate data to formulate a full Chi-Square for the outdoor sporting goods client. However, you do have sufficient data to initiate this process. You are charged to demonstrate the initial steps of a nonparametric test that are qualitative. Utilizing the null and alternative hypothesis, further present your justifications for your selection and what it means beyond the mere formulas. What is this going to tell the Board of Directors and contribute to the decision-making process?

The following information may be helpful in understanding Chi-Square and hypothesis testing:

Chi-Square and Hypothesis Testing

Please review this helpful video. The presenter uses the “flip of the coin” and the “role of the die.”

The following are assumptions you might make in this assignment that might make the assignment more helpful and make the responses more uniform:

• Continue to utilize the Big D scenario. Work under the assumption that the sample is based upon two different proposed product lines.
• Additionally, work under the assumption that the same demographics are utilized for each product.

From the instructor:

Please identify a computer system you have recently had experience with (at home, work,etc.); prepare an attached PowerPoint presentation (minimum 8 slides) describing a potential computer security problem related to that system. The target audience is a manager who you are trying to convince to investigate the potential security issues.

Suggestions:

• Begin with a description of the organization and the computer system you have chosen.
• Where necessary, you may make assumptions about any specifics – please note these as such in your presentation notes.
• Draw from the assigned readings (and your independent research) to identify what topics should be included.
• If you feel that slide information is not self-explanatory, add additional details in the presentation notes.

Also Reply to your classmates:

Reply to posts of your classmates’ posting, providing your thoughts on the security issue that he/she identified. Provide your response as to whether you (as a manager) would approve/disapprove the security project based on the results of the presentation.

Assignment: Action Plan 4: Supporting Families of Divorce

Application: Action Plan 4: Supporting Families of Divorce

Almost one out of two marriages in the United States ends in divorce (Berns, 2015, p. 93). This high rate of divorce potentially places many young children and their parents in need of support. In Week 2, you read about some of the changes and challenges that divorce can bring to families. This week, you will focus on the role of an early childhood professional in helping young children and families who are experiencing separation and divorce.

Action Plan Professional Scenario: Imagine that you are working in an early childhood setting and in the same year, three families are going through divorces. You are committed to supporting each family as much as possible and so decide to research the impact of this experience on infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in order to help all adults involved better understand what the children and families are going through. You also want to help each of the families—and others you will work with—diminish the negative emotional and behavioral effects on young children that divorce can bring. Your initial research underscores the complexity of divorce and family situations, noting that some children may do better following a separation and divorce than children in a household that is rife with conflict. You remind yourself to keep an open mind as you continue research and form your Action Plan.

As you put your Action Plan together, consider:

• What adults who work with young children need to know in order to understand the needs of children at different ages and stages who are experiencing separation and divorce
• What ideas and advice from experts can be useful in assisting young children and families dealing with divorce
• What an early childhood profession can do to help—both directly, by offering information and suggestions, and by referring the family to other community resources and professionals

Follow these steps to create your Action Plan:

1. What You Need to Know: Learning About Effects of Divorce on Children

Review the information on divorce on pages 93-97 of your text. Also click on the links below to read the following articles. As you read, take notes on information that you think is important to share with parents and other significant family adults, including what infants, toddlers, and preschoolers understand about divorce and how they may respond.

Web Article: Dealing With Divorce
https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/divor…

Web Article: The Different Age Stages as They Relate to Divorce
https://www.divorcesource.com/ds/children/the-diff…

2. Ideas and Advice: Checking Resources

Based on what you have been learning, think concretely about how best to help the parents and family members of an infant, a toddler, and a preschooler. Check your notes from reading the articles above. As needed, skim the articles again, looking for ideas and resources to share with parents and other significant adults. Access the articles below as additional resources.

Divorce: A Parents’ Guide for Supporting Children (PDF)

Facts for Families: Children and Divorce (PDF)

Web Article: Ways Child Care Providers Can Help Children Deal with Grief and Loss https://articles.extension.org/pages/59556/ways-ch…
(For this article, adapt ideas as appropriate for an early childhood professional working with families in nonprovider roles as well.)

3. Taking Action: Supporting a Family Experiencing Separation and Divorce

With knowledge and ideas in hand, you’re ready to take action to support young children by talking with the significant adults in their lives. Use the information and advice from the articles to make your plan. Think of it as preparing a script for meeting with the parents or other significant family adults. Include the following in your plan:

Part I: Supporting an Infant
Explain in your own words:

• Developmental information about what an infant may feel or understand about a separation and divorce
• Possible ways that an infant may respond
• Specific suggestions from experts on how to help an infant through a separation and divorce

Part II: Supporting a Toddler
Explain in your own words:

• Developmental information about what a toddler may understand about a separation and divorce
• Possible ways that a toddler may respond
• Specific suggestions from experts on how to help a toddler through a separation and divorce

Part III: Supporting a Preschooler
Explain in your own words:

• Developmental information about what a preschooler may understand about a family separation and divorce
• Possible ways that a preschooler may respond
• Three specific ideas or activities that the family can do to help a preschooler through a divorce and separation

As you write your plan, remember:

• Your goal is to increase parents’ awareness of how a child at each age may respond to separation and divorce. Focus on information that you, as an early childhood professional, are qualified to give.
• Most likely the parents are struggling, too. Be considerate of their feelings in explaining children’s needs.
• Choose language that you would feel comfortable using—language that is respectful and sensitive—to create a model presentation for talking with adult family members.

Assignment length: 2–3 pages

By Day 7

Of this week, submit this assignment.

Submission and Grading Information

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• Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK4Assgn2+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
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Week in Review

This Week you examined the critical topic of divorce and its influence on family structure and functioning. Your Action Plan for this week focused on supporting young children and families experiencing divorce. Next Week you will examine the role of community in socializing and supporting young children and their families. You will also consider your role as an advocate who can positively impact children families, and communities. You will also create an Action Plan for advocacy on an issue affecting young children that is of special concern to you.

To go to the next week:
Week 5

PHIL 120: First Essay Assignment

Please make sure to read all instructions carefully before writing your paper. In response to the prompt below, you are to write a 850-1000-word paper (3-4 double-spaced pages). Your paper should be typed in 12-point font, double-spaced, with 1” margins. You are required to submit your paper under the appropriate assignment on Canvas (there is no need to turn in a hard copy).

Citations

• Failure to properly cite the text will result in a lower grade.
• You are not required to submit a bibliography page, but you must include in-text citations. Every time that you make a reference to the text (e.g., when you [a] cite a passage, [b] paraphrase an idea, or [c] attribute a view to an author) you must include parentheses at the end of the sentence enclosing the page number from which the passage, idea or view is taken.

For example:

According to James Rachels, “morality demands that we be unselfish. How unselfish is a hard question…we are expected to be attentive to other people’s needs at least to some degree” (64)

James Rachels thinks that one requirement of morality is that humans act unselfishly (64).

• You are not allowed to “cite” the slides for this class. If you want to cite an idea from the slides but are having trouble finding it in the text, just let me know and I will be more than happy to point you in the right direction.
• You are not allowed to use secondary sources for this paper.

Writing expectations:

• Your writing should be as clear and concise as possible, without sacrificing content.
• You may quote passages from the text, but you should try to paraphrase when you can. I want to see that you can explain the material in your own words.
• It is okay to use the first person, but remember you are not just “giving your opinion.” You should provide reasons for what you think.
• You do not need to write a conclusion for this paper.

Prompt:

You are an ethics consultant who has been hired to prepare a report for Rachel Lander, the senior project manager of a major construction company called FastBuild.

Rachel Lander is currently overseeing the construction of a gigantic condominium complex in a developing country. This project is by far FastBuild’s biggest contract. If successful, not only will Rachel almost certainly be promoted, but everyone on her team will likely receive large bonuses.

Shortly before construction is scheduled to begin, Rachel is informed that soil tests from the site have indicated high levels of toxic radiation (likely due to nuclear weapons tests in that area in the 1980s). The radiation poses significant health risks for those working on the construction site. The country does not have strict environmental or labor regulations, and there are currently no laws against building on the contaminated site. However, in order to avoid future legal ramifications, Rachel decides that it is in the best interest of the company to undertake a cleanup operation to reduce the levels of radiation. She has two options:

Option one: employ local workers to clean up the site. Rachel knows that this part of the country has very few employment opportunities and that workers will be willing to do almost anything to support their families. Given the lack of labor regulations, the local workers will not have access to proper safety training or equipment and will likely be willing to work long hours in order to earn as much as possible (exposing them to higher levels of radiation). On the one hand, hiring the local workers will allow construction to begin on time, and is clearly the most profitable option. On the other hand, Rachel knows that high levels of radiation pose serious health risks for these workers (e.g., radiation poisoning, cancer, infertility, etc.).

Option two: hire a subcontractor called Nuklean which specializes in the safe cleanup of radioactive sites. Nuklean has an exceptional reputation for its commitment to safety. Its workers receive extensive safety-training, and they use state-of-the-art protective equipment to reduce the risk of exposure to radiation. Because of these precautions, Nuklean will take much longer to clean the site (causing costly delays to construction). Moreover, the upfront cost of hiring Nuklean will be substantially higher than that of hiring the local workers. In fact, hiring Nuklean could jeopardize the profitability of the entire project.

The senior executives of the construction company have told Rachel that they want the cleanup to be performed as quickly as possible. They do not seem to be concerned about the health or safety of the workers. Ultimately, as project manager, the choice between these two options is up to Rachel.

See next page for instructions.

Instructions:

Your job is to prepare a report in which you analyze the ethical decision outlined above and offer a recommendation about what to do. Your analysis must consider how the decision should be approached from the perspectives of both act utilitarianism and Kantianism.

Your report should be structured as follows:

Introduction: You do not need to write your own introduction to the report. You can simply begin by using the following template:

This report considers FastBuild’s decision from the perspectives of act utilitarianism and Kantianism. After briefly explaining these two ethical theories, I shall discuss which course of action each theory recommends. Finally, I argue that [insert ethical theory] offers the most compelling advice to Ms. Lander in this situation because [insert reason].

Part One: provide a concise explanation of both act utilitarianism and Kantianism.

• You should explain the most important concepts and ideas involved in these two theories and give a general overview of how they recommend that people make ethical decisions.

Part Two: apply both act utilitarianism and Kantianism to the decision that Rachel must make (i.e., say which option each theory would recommend).

• Make sure to be clear in explaining why these theories recommend that particular course of action (it may be the case that both theories recommend the same course of action, but for different reasons).
• You do not need to summarize the situation described in the prompt (assume your reader is familiar with Rachel’s decision).
• Make sure to explain what information about the situation would be most relevant from the perspective of each theory.

Part Three: explain which of the two theories you think does the best job of offering guidance in the case described in the prompt. Make sure to offer a reason in support of your claim.

Reading: Shafer-Landau, “The Kantian Perspective: Autonomy and Respect”

Friedman, “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits.”

Heal “Social, Environmental and Financial Performance”

Other readings see attached file

Grading Rubric:

	Excellent	Good	Competent	Needs improvement
Explanation of the two ethical theories (act utilitarianism and Kantianism) 20 points	Provides plenty of relevant detail. Key concepts are clearly explained in a way that shows strong command of material. No errors or mistakes.	Covers key aspects of the two theories but leaves out some relevant details. Key concepts are explained, but with some unclarity (e.g., over-reliance on quotes, or failure to explain connections between ideas). May include minor errors.	Covers some key aspects of the two theories but leaves out many significant details. Effort is made to explain key concepts, but with significant errors or unclarity. Suggests minimal familiarity with the text.	Does not cover key aspects of the two theories and leaves out many significant details. Little to no effort is made to engage with material, and/or includes major errors or unclarity.
Application to the ethical decision 15 points	Clearly explains how each theory bears on the ethical decision. Demonstrates a strong grasp of the ethical theories. Clearly relates the theories to the relevant details in the case.	Provides a plausible explanation of how both theories apply to the ethical decision. May include minor errors, unclarity or omission of details in connecting the theory to the prompt.	Attempts to show how each theory relates to the decision, but with significant errors, unclarity, or omission of important details. Suggests minimal familiarity with the text.	Fails to say how each theory is supposed to apply to the case. Little to no effort is made to engage with material, and/or includes major errors or unclarity.
Evaluation of the theories 5 points	Clearly takes a position on which of the two theories offers the best guidance for the case. Gives a strong reason (including textual support) for this claim. Demonstrates reflection.	Takes a position in evaluating the two theories. May overlooks minor details or include considerations that are not clearly relevant.	Does not take a clear position on which theory offers the best guidance for the case, or does so in a way that is either unclear, or rests on a misunderstanding of the texts and/or is not clearly relevant.	Extremely limited or non-existent evaluation of the theories. Does not demonstrate adequate engagement with the material.
Writing 10 points	Writing is clear, concise and well-organized. There are no significant grammatical errors.	Writing is mostly clear, and well-organized. There may be a few places where clarity could be improved, or slight organizational problems (e.g., repetition, wordiness, etc.).	Writing lacks clarity and concision. Grammatical or organizational errors occasionally prevent ideas from being articulated.	Significant issues in clarity. Grammatical or organizational errors often prevent ideas from being articulated.