As we move forward, you’ll continue commenting on each other’s posts, but now you’ll have specific discussion groups to help you get to know one another better. I hope you enjoy! Here are the groups: Heather Abner; Benjamin Coultis (brcoultis); Luis Hernandez-Carrizal (lahernandex5) Rebecca Buck (rjbuck); Samuel Lagle; Kelsie Hicks (krhicks); Daryl Reynolds; Chaun Johnson … Continue reading Discussion Groups Set
Question: Is the hypothesis in Question 1 “directional” or “nondirectional”? Explain. Question 1 hypothesis that is being reviewed- “It is hypothesized that there is a difference in job satisfaction between those who receive regular feedback on their job performance and those who receive irregular feedback.” Answer: Nondirectional As a reminder of what is the difference, … Continue reading Topic 24, DQ 2: Directional or Nondirectional Hypothesis
A new innovation that has caught my attention recently is that of block-chain technology and its use in new forms of digital currency. I learned about this new monetary method through some friends at work who have invested a decent amount of money in these types of technology. I currently see myself at the following … Continue reading Team Early Majority for Life!
My first thoughts on the class are that it seems truly very interesting and also very beneficial for not only my educational goals, but my current career as well. I work as a full time Intelligence Analyst for the United States Air Force, and with that comes a lot more research than one might think. … Continue reading The Infamous Dark Web
It was great to read everyone’s adoption experiences with different technologies! You have feedback in My Grades on Bb and within the rubrics you can access through My Grades. Here are some posts that stood out and general tips for your future posts: Brooke’s layout was great! The page is clean and easy to read. … Continue reading Feedback for future posts
Suppose you were on the board of a foundation that was giving a grant to a social welfare agency’s program. Would you obtain more useful information if you had the program evaluated by an employee of the program (such as the program director) or by an external, independent evaluator? Why? If you are the individual … Continue reading Topic 9, DQ 1: Program Evaluation
5G is a particularly interesting innovation in the Informatics world. I learned about it through my job, because I sell phones that began to use the 5G network. I would consider myself a member of the early majority. My Galaxy S20+ and iPhone 12 Pro Max can both access the 5G network. These two phones … Continue reading 5G and Phones
If you wanted to investigate the causes of child abuse, would you use the “experimental” or the “causal-comparative” method? Explain. As described in the text regarding the concepts of testing for cancer-causing effects of smoking, it is explained that it would be unethical to require someone to smoke in order to create your trial group. … Continue reading Week 3 Blog Post, Topic 5 Causal-Comparitive Studies, Question 1.
Question: Name a topic in your field of study that you might explore with a nonexperimental study. Which type of nonexperimental study would be most appropriate for your topic? My field of study is computer networking and telecommunication. A topic I’m interested in and might do a study over is with security such as “What … Continue reading Topic 6, DQ 1: What type of study?
1. Consider ways to take notes from articles in your literature review that will help you accomplish the two tasks above. In order to connect the literate to my study I would need to accomplish two task which are to come up with an outline of topics that the literature review should include and to … Continue reading ■ Topic 15 DC