Imagine you have finished your degree and are seeking your next vocational opportunity. You search various websites that provide you information on mean and median salaries along with standard deviations for job titles you are interested in across different geographic locations. But what do these statistics really tell you? What is your possible earning potential within this job title? How do salaries vary across different locations? Where can you make the most money? What percentages of people in that job title have the salary you are looking for? Descriptive statistics provide you with the answers to these basic questions.

You are exposed to descriptive statistics every day and in many different ways. As Wheelan (2013) suggested, “descriptive statistics give us insight into phenomena that we care about” (p. 31). As you consider descriptive statistics in your daily life, also think about how understanding these data can propel you to the next level of developing your knowledge and skill set in quantitative analysis.

In this week, you will examine descriptive statistics to measure central tendency and variability. You also will explore the results of the data to determine implications for social change.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Analyze measures of central tendency 
• Analyze measures of variability
• Analyze implications for positive social change 
• Analyze descriptive statistics of categorical data

Frankfort-Nachmias, C., & Leon-Guerrero, A. (2018). Social statistics for a diverse society (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

· Chapter 3, “Measures of Central Tendency” (pp. 63-93)

· Chapter 4, “Measures of Variability” (pp. 94-127)

Wagner, W. E. (2016). Using IBM® SPSS® statistics for research methods and social science statistics (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

· Chapter 4, “Organization and Presentation of Information” 

· Chapter 11, “Editing Output” 

Wheelan, C. (2013). Naked statistics: Stripping the dread from data. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.

For this Discussion, you will examine central tendency and variability based on two separate variables. You will also explore the implications for positive social change based on the results of the data.

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Review      this week’s Learning Resources and the Descriptive      Statistics media program.
• For      additional support, review the Skill      Builder: Visual Displays for Categorical Variables and the Skill Builder: Visual Displays for Continuous      Variables, which you can find by navigating back to your      Blackboard Course Home Page. From there, locate the Skill Builder link in      the left navigation pane.
• Review the      Chapter 4 of the Wagner text and the examples in the SPSS software related      to central tendency and variability. 
• From the      General Social Survey dataset found in this week’s Learning Resources, use      the SPSS software and choose one continuous and one categorical variable Note: this dataset will be      different from your Assignment dataset).
• As you      review, consider the implications for positive social change based on the      results of your data.

By Day 3

Post, present, and report a descriptive analysis for your variables, specifically noting the following:

For your continuous variable:

1. Report the      mean, median, and mode.
2. What might      be the better measure for central tendency? (i.e., mean, median, or mode)      and why?
3. Report the      standard deviation.
4. How      variable are the data?
5. How would      you describe this data?
6. What sort      of research question would this variable help answer that might inform      social change?

Post the following information for your categorical variable:

1. A      frequency distribution.
2. An      appropriate measure of variation.
3. How      variable are the data?
4. How would      you describe this data?
5. What sort      of research question would this variable help answer that might inform      social change?

Be sure to support your Main Post and Response Post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA Style.

 

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Text Analysis-Paper 1

This type of analysis requires that you dissect a text carefully & critically. For this assignment, I will ask that you demonstrate for me in 1000-1250 words your understanding of a text and explain how its parts work together to create an overall impression on the viewer. You will learn terms like rhetorical situation, pathos, ethos, logos—terms which should appear in your paper. Your essay should identify and explain the rhetorical strategies that influence the text, the overall effectiveness of these strategies in achieving the author’s purpose, and the effects of the strategies on the intended audience.  

 

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Using search engines and Rasmussen resources look for human service agency websites and review how those agencies advertises their services. 

Choose one agency and discuss the following: Does the advertisement sound legitimate? Discuss which specific parts of the advertisement sound plausible vs anything that sounds questionable. Does the agency discuss its service model how it helps the clients? Be specific. Give examples. 

Rubrics:

Paper is 1-2 pages in length. 5 pts

Offer opinion regarding the legitimacy of the agency’s advertising approach. 20 pts

Discusses whether or not any part of the treatment claims are questionable or whether or not the agency discusses a treatment model. 35 pts

Spelling and grammar mechanics. When using in-text citations please reference your sources in APA format. 5 pts

 

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Due Week 10 and worth 250 points

Using the same scenario from Assignment 1, Supporting Documents, and Assignment 2, you have completed your proposal and are ready to present the information to the CEO and the organization’s decision-makers. Use a tablet, smartphone, laptop, desktop, or traditional video recorder to record a five to ten (5-10) minute video in which you present the findings and recommendations of your full proposal.

Note: If you are using a tablet or smartphone, you will need to email the video file to yourself, then save it to a computer in order to upload to Blackboard. You may want to upload your video to a file sharing service, such as Dropbox, if your email will not let you send a large video file. Dropbox is accessible from all smartphones and tablets from the Dropbox app.

Once you are ready to upload your video to Blackboard, view the Kaltura video tutorial located here.
Please use the following naming convention in the popup window for your video once it is finished uploading:

Title: Your First Name, Your Last Name – Proposal Video Presentation
Tags: HRM562, Proposal
Description: First Name, Last Name – HRM562 Assignment 3 (Date Uploaded ex. 10-27-2014)

Note: Check with your professor for any additional instructions. If you do not have access to a video camera or necessary hardware to complete this assignment, please contact your professor.

Tips to prepare for your video:

• Create note cards
• Practice in front of a mirror and / or friends
• Review materials thoroughly
• Be persuasive
• Be professional
• Be creative
• Have fun!

Create a five to ten (5-10) minute video presentation in which you:

1. Present the major points of your proposal for addressing organizational learning issues. Include details on criteria one through nine (1-9) from Assignment 2.
2. Project your voice in order to clearly convey your ideas.
3. Present in a professional manner.
4. Use technology (e.g., audio quality, video quality, naming conventions) to convey ideas.
5. Use voice inflection and proper grammar.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine the processes of how organizations learn and organizational barriers that impact the process.
• Examine the concepts of personal mastery and mental models and their related importance in a learning organization.
• Examine the driving forces related to organizational learning.
• Analyze the key components of a learning organization and the role of a chief learning officer.
• Evaluate strategies for creating a learning organization.
• Evaluate management behaviors that influence organizational learning.
• Analyze the shifts in organizational structure and processes to create a learning organization.
• Examine talent management as an essential element of the learning organization.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in developing a learning organization.
• Write clearly and concisely about developing a learning organization using proper writing mechanic.

 

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Recall a past or present manager.  Which of the five Leadership Grid styles does or did your manager use most often.  Describe the behavior.  Successful or unsuccessful?

For this and future discussions, your initial post should be 250 or more words. 

DB 2: Video Case Study

Video case (remember to open the link in a new tab  or cut and paste the link into your browser if needed, select Chapter 3 from the chapters,  and then select video):

Motivation at Washburn Guitar (7:05)

Video Link: http://academic.cengage.com/resource_uploads/downloads/1285866355_535789.mp4 (Links to an external site.)

In your discussion, address the three questions listed below:
 

1. What motivates most employees at Washburn guitars?

2. What kinds of guitars do employees most like to produce?

3. What is the connection between quality guitars and workforce motivation?

For this and future discussions, your initial post should be 250 or more words.  

 

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