Environmental Studies

Discussion Topic- Mountain Voices

Discussion Topic- Mountain Voices

Mountain Voices

“Mountain people are among the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged. Living far from the centres of commerce and power, they have little influence over the policies and decisions that influence their lives and contribute to the deterioration of their mountain homelands. With the exception of a few regions, such as the European Alps where mountain communities are politically represented in national governments, the voices of mountain people generally go unheard. As a result, many mountain people live on the economic fringe as subsistence farmers and herders, traders and day labourers, with no authority over those who exploit their mountain homes.”

Purpose

The passage above is taken from a site linked to my favorite web site on mountain peoples, Mountain Partnership — a voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to improving the lives of mountain people and protecting mountain environments around the world, launched at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in 2002. Dig deeply into this site; you will find plenty of useful information. Eventually you should find a link to Mountain Voices (here it is in case you couldn’t find it). The purpose of this Discussion Assignment is to engage you in this page, to give you an opportunity to learn about the mountain peoples of one country, and to share that information with your group members.

Your Task

Please do the following:

  1. Spend time digging into the Mountain Voices Website; be familiar with the material thereon, including the testimonies at the bottom of each country page. Pick one of the countries to focus on.
  2. For your chosen country, read the webpage thoroughly, including as many of the testimonies as you have time for.
  3. In an informal essay of no less than 350 words (and, please, no more than 500 words), summarize what you learned – comment and reflect. In other words, good content and some personal reflections on what you learned.

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Experimental Design within Quantitative Writing

Experimental Design within Quantitative Writing

Using the keyword option in an advanced search, obtain a social science article that uses an experimental group and a control group. Summarize the article and answer ALL of the following questions:

1) Name the type of design used in the research. 2) Describe whether or not the researchers could have arrived at the same conclusions without a control group. 3) Would another design been more appropriate for the research, and if so what design and why. 4) Any ethical concerns in the research.

Please include the abstract with this assignment by either uploading a screen shot or by copy and pasting the abstract below your write up.

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HRM Graduate Level Essay – 600 words minimum, APA Format, 3 References.

HRM Graduate Level Essay – 600 words minimum, APA Format, 3 References.

APA Format

600 Words Minimum

3 References

Essay – Interpersonal trust is important to creating a cohesive environment in teams. Using your own words, explain why you think trust is important to a cohesive environment specifically in teams. Also, describe (in detail) three specific ways that a team leader can build or improve interpersonal trust in a team. ***Ensure each specific way is separated (separate paragraphs, and use words like First, Second and Third Way.

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Topic 5 DQ 1

Topic 5 DQ 1

PLease Respond to the following post with a paragraph, add citations and references.

The problem with this statement is that we are only presented with the “Given” which describes a linear correclation between number of cigarettes smoked and pulse rate. Linear correlation shows a relationship between the two variables – cigarettes and pulse rate- but never shows a causation. To show or prove a causation, a regression analysis needs to be performed.

Correlation is used to indicate relation, while a linear regression is a technique designed both to quantify a positive relationship between random variables, and prove that one variable is dependent on another variable

https://www.investopedia.com/exam-guide/cfa-level-1/quantitative-methods/correlation-regression.asp

Brase, C., & Brase, C. (2010). Understanding basic statistics (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning

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