Discussions for week 9/10/11 | Science homework help

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Week 9-

 

“Chapters 24 and 25”

For your primary post, provide a link to a current news article or science article that is related to at least one topic from Chapter 24 “Oceans, Atmosphere & Climatic Effects” and/or Chapter 25 “Driving Forces of Weather.”

In addition to the link, write a paragraph of at least 125 words describing the article and how it relates to the material from the textbook. Which concepts from the text does it mention, cover or depend on? Is the article more or less detailed on the science than the textbook?

Make a substantive reply to at least one fellow student.

Week 10-

 

“Chapters 26 and 27”

For your primary post, provide a link to a current news article or science article that is related to at least one topic from Chapter 26 “Solar System” and/or Chapter 27 “Stars & Galaxies.”

In addition to the link, write a paragraph of at least 125 words describing the article and how it relates to the material from the textbook. Which concepts from the text does it mention, cover or depend on? Is the article more or less detailed on the science than the textbook?

Make a substantive reply to at least one fellow student.

Week 11-

 

“Romantic Facts”

“Reality provides us with fact so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them” — Jules Verne

Respond to the above quote.

  • Do you agree or disagree?
  • What field did you explore in this class, that makes this true? Why?
  • What field did you explore that indicates this couldn’t be further from the truth? Why?

Ethics

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A. Research the two following topics and write a one page summary of your findings for the two scenarios: (5 points each)
1. Stem cell research for reproduction of a designer child whose sole purpose is to be a donor to a sick child.
2. Parents who decide, for religious and moral issues, to preserve umbilical cords for use in the future to potentially save a life.
B. Write a one page summary for the questions asked below. (10 points)
1. What are the moral and ethical implications of this genetic selection?
2. What conclusions have you reached about such medical technology?
3. How does your attitude toward God affect your opinion?

study guide and discussion

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World Music Name__________________________

Study Guide: Japan


1. _____________________ is the general name for traditional music in Japan.

2. The voice, the _______________, and the __________________ seemed to share basic melody, but each performed the melody in a somewhat different fashion, rhythmically as well as melodically resulting in a texture that may be described as _________________.

3. Classify and describe the following primary Japanese instruments:

Koto

Shamisen

Shakuhatchi

4. Since 1652, ________________ has been performed by adult males, as it still is today, and female roles are impersonated by male actors.

5. Kabuki has borrowed a lot from other types of theater, such as the classical __________ theater and the puppet theater ________________.

6. Describe some of the interesting features of a kabuki stage. How are these features utilized during a performance?

7. On-stage musicians in kabuki theater are called degatari. This group is divided functionally into two separate ensembles, called ___________________ (storytellers) and _________________________ (ensemble specializing in performing long songs).

8. The bunraku puppet, made of wood, is moved by _________ puppeteers who manipulate its arms, fingers, legs, body, head, eyes, mouth, and even eyebrows with extreme realism.

9. Exclusively an art of the ruling samurai class from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries,

__________, is a performance style of elegant simplicity and restraint with major themes of redemption of human suffering through the love of _________________.

10. _______________________ is the generic name for Japanese ensembles of flutes and drums.

11. List and describe the instruments used in noh theater:

12. Buddhism came to Japan in the _________ century from ________________________. By this time it was already a thousand years old and a highly developed religion.

13. Popular koto-and-vocal music of the Edo Period is known under the generic name of _____________.

14. The common instrumental koto ensemble today is called sankyoku, meaning trio, and consists of what three instruments?

15. Listen to the sokyoku audio track and describe how the musicians are creating a heterophonic texture?

16. _____________, meaning elegant or refined music, is the instrumental and choral music and dance that has been under the continual patronage of the imperial court for more than a thousand years. Influenced by the ancient music of ___________________________________, it has been carefully transmitted by generations of court musicians to the present day and is perhaps the __________________ ensemble music in the world.

17. Gagaku music, like most Japanese music that came after it, was conceived in an aesthetic scheme of introduction-exposition-denouement known as ___________________________.

japan Discussion Board

Many Japanese cultural traits include ancient Chinese influences. Please discuss examples of Chinese influence that you have discovered in Japanese religious activities, theater, traditional music and instruments.

Your discussion post should be around 150 words (5 pts), cover all of the topic points (5 pts), and be submitted on time (5 pts). You are also required to respond to at least one of your fellow classmate’s posts (5pts), and give constructive feedback and/or pose questions that are relevant to the discussion topics. There are 20 points possible for this assignment.

 

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Discussion question 4 | Statistics homework help

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The answer lies in how clearly you articulate the criteria for selecting data sources; (b) your ability to purposefully select cases; and (c) the extent to which those cases are “information-rich… for in-depth study” (Patton, 2015, p. 264) with respect to the purpose of the study. 

As you prepare for this week’s Discussion, consider turning your attention to the variety of purposeful sampling strategies you may consider in developing your research plan. Also consider that qualitative researchers seek a threshold or cut-off point for when to stop collecting data. There is no magic number (although there are guidelines). Rather, saturation occurs as an interface between the researcher and the data and (b) between data collection and data analysis to determine when enough is enough. 

For this Discussion, you will critique a sampling strategy used in a research article.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Review the Guest, Bunce, and Johnson article; the Yob and Brewer article; and the Learning Resources related to sampling and saturation for this week.

Prepare a critique of the sampling strategy used by Yob and Brewer (n.d.). Include the following your critique:

  • The purpose of the study
  • Research questions
  • Site selection 
  • The type of purposeful sampling strategy the researchers applied. (Note: Use Table 4.3 in the Ravitch & Carl text or from Patton’s Chapter 5 to identify and describe the strategy that you think best fits what they described.)
  • An alternative sampling strategy that the researchers could have considered. Explain your choice in terms of how the strategy is consistent with their research purpose and criteria for selecting cases. 
  • Provide a data saturation definition and evaluate the work of the researchers in this article regarding their efforts to achieve data saturation. Note what the researchers could have done differently to convince you that the relevant and important themes emerged. 

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.

Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2016). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 4, “Design and Reflexivity in Data Collection” (pp. 111–144)
Table 4.3, “Purposeful Sampling Strategies” (pp. 129–137)

Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 3, “Qualitative Data-Gathering Methods and Style” (previously read in Week 3)

Patton, M. Q. (2015). Chapter 5, Module 30: Purposeful sampling and case selection: Overview of strategies and options. In Qualitative research and evaluation methods (4th ed., pp. 264–315). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Guest, G., Bunce, A., & Johnson, L. (2006). How many interviews are enough? An experiment with data saturation and variability. Field Methods, 18(1), 59–82.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Mason, M. (2010). Sample size and saturation in PhD studies using qualitative interviews. Forum Qualitative Social Research Sozialforschung, 11(3).

Yob,   I., & Brewer, P. (n.d.). Working toward the common good: An online   university’s perspectives  on social change, 1-25. (previously read in   Week 1)