Which measure better reflects your cost of living?

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In week 3 we are covering Chapter 22 that discusses the cost of living.  The Bureau of Labor and Statistics releases the CPI (Consumer Price Index) figure every month. CPI is the most popular measure of price inflation in retail goods.

How many figures of inflation did you cover up to this point in your study?

What are the differences and similarities?

Which measure better reflects your cost of living?

In Chapter 19 and 20 we covered Productivity.

What relation is there between productivity and GDP?

What can the government do to raise the living standards in a country?

Please write an essay response (1,000 words or more) to (ALL) the above questions.  Be aware that plagiarism (copying from other papers, Wikipedia, books, article, and any source that is not your own original work) will result in a zero.  However, I encourage you to research and properly cite credible sources to support your paper.  I am expecting that this essay follows the standard format of Intro, Detail and Summary.  Remember, when expressing your opinion, it should be supported by fact and using the text as a source is perfectly fine.

This is the rubric for the assignment:

Criteria

Possible Points

Good

Average

Needs improvement

Points

Directions

(35 Points)

(30-35)

Student answers all questions with specific examples supporting his/her answers

(20-29)

Student answers all/some questions with/without  specific examples supporting his/her answers

(1-19)

Student answers some questions with/ without specific examples supporting his/her answers

Organization

(10 Points)

(7-10)

Essay well organized and to the topic with less than 2 spelling errors and less than 2 grammatical errors

(4-6)

Essay not well organized or off topic with more/less than 2 spelling errors and more/less than 2 grammatical errors

(1-3)

Essay is disorganized or off topic with more than 2 spelling errors and more/less than 2 grammatical errors

For the Comments:

When you leave a comment, you must use the following rubric and tell us how many points you would give the essay according to the rubric.

You need to explain exactly why. Be specific.

Your comment should also include why you agree/disagree with all points (and not just some).

Rubric for the Comments:

8-10 Points – Comment follows the directions and is well organized

4-7 Points – Comment follows the directions and is not well organized

1-3 Points – Comment doesn’t follow directions and/or isn’t well organized

*Doctorate Level Questions

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***Doctorate Level Questions*** No Plagiarism….Paraphrase the content, and provide Citations and References for each source provided….Please provide a substantive response for EACH question. Each question should each have a word count of 150 words or more….Please provide appropriate foundational knowledge, be factual, and enhance the dialogue….Please do not recite the same words just to provide word count….

Question One

Suppose that you have collected data throughout a semester from a large elementary school regarding the number of days per week each math teacher spends in a collaborative teaching community. The average ranges from 0 to 7 days per week. You have also obtained the pre-test and post-test scores in math administered in those same classrooms in the beginning and end of the semester, and you have calculated a score that shows learning during the semester by subtracting the pre-test score from the post-test score for each student.

You are interested in examining any potential differences in student learning (i.e., post-test minus pre-test) that may be due to the number of days of teacher participation in a collaborative community. What are the independent and dependent variables? How can you best handle the data so that you can perform group comparisons to examine the potential effect of the IV on the DV?  Why is this technique the best for handling the data?

Question Two

Suppose that you have collected data throughout a semester from a large elementary school regarding the number of days per week each math teacher spends in a collaborative teaching community. The average ranges from 0 to 7 days per week. You have also obtained the pre-test and post-test scores in math administered in those same classrooms in the beginning and end of the semester, and you have calculated a score that shows learning during the semester by subtracting the pre-test score from the post-test score for each student.

You are interested in examining any potential differences in student learning (i.e., post-test minus pre-test) that may be due to the number of days of teacher participation in a collaborative community. Is group comparison the best approach to analyze the available data? Why or why not?

The Heritage Foundation

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The Heritage Foundation is a conservative political think tank that uses it influenced to change society. The think tank was founded in 1973 to advocate for conservative policies to the Nixon Administration. It continued advocating for pro-business economic policy, anti-communist domestic and foreign policy, and neoconservative social positions. It also attracted attention for advocating on behalf of conservative Christian movements. Heritage rose to prominence in the 1980s from its Mandate for Leadership report intended to give the Reagan Administration policy guidance. Their advocacy was characterized by Reagan as providing a significant role in the Reagan Doctrine and other conservative policies. It continued providing policy guidance for each subsequent presidential administration, although its success and influence fluctuated during that period. Generally, its influence waned during the tenure of Democratic presidents and rose during Republican Administrations. Generally, it has retained a record of high influence both domestically and abroad.[1] The University of Pennsylvania ranked Heritage as 12th worldwide and 7th in the United States.[1]

In the most recent administration, the Heritage Foundation has had widespread influence in government and culture. It’s academic arm was responsible for recommending at least 4 members of the Presidential cabinet, Scott Pruitt, Betsy DeVos, Mick Mulvaney, Rick Perry, and Jeff Sessions. Heritage’s lobbying arm, Heritage Action for America, has played a significant role in promoting conservative policies in Congress. As a 501(c)3, Heritage itself is not permitted to conduct direct lobbying or back specific legislation. Heritage Action takes the lead on these issues and helps lay the ground work for their ideal future.

[1] McGann, J. G., (1/26/2017), “2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report”. University of Pennsylvania.

Memo

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Campaign assignment

Congressman Pete Olson (R-Sugar Land) is not running for reelection this year in a district that once leaned heavily Republican, but has become more competitive in recent years as Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties have become more diverse.

On March 3, Republicans and Democrats will go to the polls to choose a nominee from each of their parties to compete for this position in the November election. Party primaries require a different type of campaign. The voters tend to be fewer and more partisan – really Republican Republicans and really Democratic Democrats.

Choose one of the candidates and design a campaign to win the primary election. Write this assignment as a 2 – 5 page  memorandum (memo)  (with cited sources) from you, the campaign manager, to your candidate. Outline the race for them, how much money you think they need to raise, how you will raise it for them, what you propose to spend it on, what issues they should talk about, how you want to deliver their message, etc.

Some things to keep in mind:

· Remember, party primaries are only for that party’s voters. If your candidate’s a Republican, you’re only campaigning to Republican voters. If your candidate’s a Democrat, you’re only campaigning to Democratic voters.

· On the other hand, Texas has an open primary – voters can choose either one all the way up until the moment they walk into the polling place.

· Donald Trump carried this area in 2016 over Hillary Clinton 52% – 44%.

· Ted Cruz carried it over Beto O’Rourke in the 2018 Senate race, but not by much:  49.9% – 49.3%

· If nobody in your primary race gets a majority (50% plus one vote) of the vote, the top two finishers will go to a runoff election on May 26, so if you can’t win it outright, you at least need to be in either first or second place.

· Not everybody who lives in District 22 will vote in this election. Some are under 18 years old, or they’re not U.S. citizens. Some simply won’t register or show up. Some voters just don’t vote in party primaries. How do you target people who are going to vote in this election?

· What sort of people live in your candidate’s district? What motivates them?

· What is your candidate’s background and experience? What will be his or her key issues?

· How much money will you need? How will you raise it? How will you spend it?

· How will you get your message out? Be cautious about television. Remember – anybody who lives outside District 22 can’t vote for or against your client. You’ll waste a lot of money if you use TV. Same with radio, although radio is a lot cheaper, so some candidates think it’s worth considering. If you use direct mail, you can mail only to people who are registered to vote. Or, you can be more surgical – only people registered to vote who voted in the 2018 general election, for example.

This can be a challenging assignment, but it can also be a lot of fun. Keep in mind that campaigning is more art than science, and that there are few absolutely right or wrong answers. If I asked five campaign professionals to do this assignment for the same candidate, I would probably get five totally different campaign strategies (and they’d charge me a lot of money).

Hint: Remember, this is a memo to your client, not an essay about your client. Talk to your client. Do not spend the first page telling them where they were born, where they went to college or how many kids they have – they know this already. Talk to them about your strategy to win the election for them.

Submit in Word. Cite your sources.

Additional Resources

Here are the candidates: Choose one from either party

Republicans

· Pierce Bush

· Jon Camarillo

· Douglass Haggard

· Aaron Hermes

· Greg Hill

· Matt Hinton

· Dan Mathews

· Diana Miller

· Troy Nehls

· Brandon T. Penko

· Shandon Phan

· Bangar Reddy

· Howard Steele

· Kathaleen Wall

· Joe Walz

Democrats

· Chris Fernandez

· Sri Preston Kulkarni

· Nyanza Davis Moore

· Carmine Petrillo III

· Derrick A. Reed

Here’s where you can find links to all the candidates’ websites (Remember, it’s a 2020 “federal” election for U.S. Representative District 22 – one in each primary):  https://candidate.texas-election.com/Elections/getQualifiedCandidatesInfo.do (Links to an external site.)

Ballotpedia has some good background information about the district:  https://ballotpedia.org/Texas%27_22nd_Congressional_District_election,_2020 (Links to an external site.)

Houston Public Media has this article about the race:  https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/in-depth/2020/01/15/357415/once-solidly-republican-tx-22-now-a-toss-up/ (Links to an external site.)

Wait…what’s a “memo?”  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/memos/sample