Examining A Sample Student Six-Source Essay

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As you compare the two essays, consider the following information:

Transitions are like signs for your readers. They give direction and they help to link things together. Good transitions move the reader from one point to the next, and they also focus the attention of the reader on the main idea of the essay. You can use words or phrases as transitions, but you must be careful to choose words that indicate the right relationship between ideas. Here are a few examples of relationships you can indicate with transitions: (1) to show addition: and, also, in addition, furthermore. (2) to give examples: for example, for instance, specifically (3) to compare: also, likewise, similarly (4) to contrast: however, on the other hand, yet, although (5) to summarize or conclude: therefore, in other words (6) to show time: after, before, during, next, finally, meanwhile, immediately (7) to show place or direction: above, below, nearby, close, far, left, right (8) to indicate logical relationships: therefore, consequently, as a result, thus, since, because.

After reading over the two articles and the information above, please answer the following questions:

  • How has the author improved, or changed, the material from the 4 source essay to the 6 source essay?
  • What sources has she added? What effect do the new source(s) have on the paper?
  • Pick a paragraph section of the 6 source draft where synthesis needs to be improved, such as paragraph 3, and add an appropriate transitional phrase/sentence. 

Statistical Report Assignment

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n preparation for writing your report to senior management next week, conduct the following descriptive statistics analyses with Excel. Answer the questions below in your Excel sheet or in a separate Word document:

  • Insert a new column in the database that corresponds to Annual Sales. Annual Sales is the result of multiplying a restaurants SqFt. by Sales/SqFt.
  • Calculate the mean, standard deviation, skew, 5-number summary, and interquartile range (IQR) for each of the variables.
  • Create a box-plot for the Annual Sales variable.Does it look symmetric? Would you prefer the IQR instead of the standard deviation to describe this variables dispersion? Why?
  • Create a histogram for the Sales/SqFt variable. Is the distribution symmetric? If not, what is the skew? Are there any outliers? If so,which one(s)? What is the SqFt area of the outlier(s)? Is the outlier(s)smaller or larger than the average restaurant in the database? What can you conclude from this observation?
  • What measure of central tendency is more appropriate to describe Sales/SqFt? Why?

The GG Freightways (GGFRT) ITSP Part 2

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The GG Freightways (GGFRT) ITSP Part 2 Assignment is due at the end of this week.  The assignment instructions are attached.

The Case Study is posted under Course Resources > Case Study.  Use the Case Study as the background to develop your assignment.  Also review feedback from the Part 1 assignment to incorporate into this assignment.

You can utilize the ITSP2 IT Roadmap Table Example file (attached) to copy/paste the table into your assignment, then modify the information.

Analyzing The Results Of Three Research Studies

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To complete this task, you find three articles through UMGC’s OneSearch that report on research studies.  Many scholarly articles are actually reports of the findings of a research study. For this reason it should not be difficult to find three such articles.  For example, if your topic is teleworking (which is a very general topic), you could easily find three studies on teleworking.  If your topic is white-collar crime, you could find three studies on the very general topic of white-collar crime.

After you find your three articles, please read over the three articles and complete the following for each one:

  • list the source in APA format
  • list key terms in the article
  • describe the focus of the study
  • describe the methodology the author used
  • summarize the study’s findings
  • write your reflections on the article itself.  Comment on whether you found the study difficult to interpret, whether you understood the methodology, or other items that might be of interest to your fellow classmates.