Author name: Rosemary Mosco

Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina.

Week 4 Assignment

Task: 1- My topic is Hurricane Katrina. Every step need to be answered. Make sure provide an outline for the entire research plan. 1250-1500 words

  • Choose a topic, and describe why it should be studied. What is the problem or condition you seek to consider and evaluate, and why will the results of your study matter for social science and for policy makers?
    1. Find at least 3 external sources that address a topic relative to yours to produce a miniversion of a comprehensive literature review. Use journal articles, government documents, texts, testimony, official manuals, and other credible resources only.
    2. Provide each source’s bibliographic reference here in accordance with APA style guidelines.
    3. Summarize briefly what exists—or does not exist—in the literature review that provides a starting point for your project. This point should inform the choices you make in answering the questions below.
    4. If your topic seems to be difficult, you may want to start anew with a narrower focus.
  • Create a research question or questions. Look back at narratives from previous weeks for guidance on this.
    1. Identify and explain your research constructs.
  • Create 1 or more hypotheses.
    1. Fully operationalize each variable. Make certain that this step is as extensive as possible.
    2. Explain how and why your form of operationalization for each variable will help you avoid the threats to validity you learned about this week.
  • What approach will you employ to study your topic—quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods analysis?
    1. Define the parameters for the population you will study as a whole, draw samples from, or combine methods for.
      1. How will you extend any findings from this population to a larger one?
      2. Fully defend the choices you are making.
    2. Explain what research instruments you plan to use for any and all phases of your research.
      1. Fully defend the choices you are making.
    3. Outline how you will proceed in conducting your study.
      1. What forms of data collections will you use, and why did you choose them?
  • Explain the findings you expect to reveal.
    1. Consider and forecast the form your data output will be in.
    2. Estimate what process you will use to interpret and report your findings (you cannot do much more without conducting your research).
  • Provide an outline for your entire research plan.

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Assignment 2: RA 2: Characteristics of Effective Treatment Programs

Assignment 2: RA 2: Characteristics of Effective Treatment Programs

 

Several types of intervention and treatment

approaches have been presented in your course textbook. In addition, evidence-based treatment programs are presented on the recommended government website, http://www.crimesolutions.gov/. The Office of Justice Programs’ CrimeSolutions.gov uses rigorous research to determine what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services. On CrimeSolutions.gov, you will find:

  • Research on program effectiveness reviewed and rated by expert reviewers
  • Easily understandable ratings based on the evidence that indicates whether a program achieves its goals

Referencing the professional literature, address the following in a 6- to 8-page Microsoft Word document:

  • Identify two effective treatment approaches either from the textbook or from the website. One of the treatment programs should be based in a residential facility and the other should be community based. Use resources from professional literature in your research. Use resources from professional literature in your research. Professional literature may include the Argosy University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, and .gov).
  • Identify and describe the similarities and differences between community-based treatments and treatments in jails and prisons.
  • Identify the underlying principles common to both treatment programs that increase the chances of success. Treatment programs based in schools, the community, and the work site can serve as prevention programs. However, various factors need to be considered in establishing the nature of the treatment program.
  • Identify the factors that need to be considered in the treatment and prevention programs for offenders. Indicate the role that each of the factors plays.
  • Provide examples and rationales.

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Submission Details:

  • By the due date assigned, save your document as M5_A2_Lastname_Firstname.doc and submit it to the Submissions Area.
Grading CriteriaMaximum Points
Identified two treatment approaches as required in the assignment instructions and used the research literature to support the selections.36
Described the similarities and differences between community-based treatments and treatments in jails and prisons.72
Identified and analyzed the underlying principles common to both that increase the chances of success.72
Identified the factors that need to be considered in the treatment and prevention programs for offenders and indicated the role that each of the factors plays.60
Provided examples and rationales.24
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.36
Total:300

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What Is Your Leadership Style?

What Is Your Leadership Style?

In this assignment, you will be creating a personality portfolio based on the results of your six leadership assessments that you self-select via an Internet search. The importance of knowing your leadership style, strengths, weaknesses, and which style is best suited for managing change will be imperative to your success in industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology, whatever role you take on.

Specifically, write an 8- to 10-page report including the following:

  • Self-select six leadership assessments via an Internet search. Take the assessments and identify trends and patterns in your strengths and weaknesses indicated by the results of the assessments. Describe these patterns and trends in your report. You must choose assessments that include:
  • Develop an action plan to address the weaknesses you discovered and how you might use your strengths to overcome the weaknesses.
  • Identify a leadership style that is best suited for managing organizational change. Compare and contrast your style with this leadership profile best suited for managing change in organizations.
  • Indicate to your potential client why your leadership style is best suited for this company (identify one or use your first scenario in RA 1), including how you could be successful in assisting with managing change within the company.

Your final deliverable should be an 8- to 10-page document in Microsoft Word, utilizing a minimum of eight scholarly sources. The use of a table to display assessment results is encouraged. Apply APA standards for citations and references on slides.

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