Directions: Performance Evaluations, Managing Workplace Conflicts, Staff Development I. Develop the section of your Supervisors†Policies and Procedures Manual for Supervisors that addresses Performance Evaluations and Staff Development as follows: Provide guidelines for supervisors to conduct performance appraisals; you may enhance this section by developing a general form that supervisors can use to evaluate and […]

21pts.Thiccasthieves.Ab outtenyearsago,therewasalotofmentioninthepressthatyourfriendsmakeyoufat,whichyounowknowisap eereect.ButwasthereanythingtoitReadtheblogp ostathttps://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/how-your-friends-make-you-fat%E2%80%94the-so cial-network-of-weight-201105242666andanswerthefollowingquestions:(a)3pts.Thesurveyfoundthatheavierp eoplehaveheavierfriends.Isthis,byitself,evidenceofendogenousso cialeects?Explainwhyorwhynotin2-3sentences.(b)9pts.Classifyeachofthethreepathwaysconjecturedasanendogenousso cialeect,exogenous(correlated)eectorcontextualeect.Explaineachanswerin2-3sentences.(c)3pts.Supp oseIwavedamagicwandandmadeyourfriends10lbs.heavier.Basedonthisdescriptionofthestudy,wouldyougainweight?Explainin1-2sentences.(d)6pts.Inlightofyouranswertothepreviousquestion(notyourpersonalpriorbeliefs)doyoundtheinterpretationofthisstudytob ecredible?Commendorcriticizeitin5-6sentences.3.47pts.Growingtogether.Ifyoulo okedatmarriedcouples,youmightthinkthattheirweightsarep ositivelycorrelated,i.e.,overweightp eopletendtocouplewithoverweightp eople,andunderweightp eopletendtocouplewithunderweightp eople.1Let’sexplorethisasso ciationabitfurther.Forparts(a)-(c),youcannotuseanexplanation/pathwaythatwaspresentedinthearticlecitedinproblem2.(a)2pts.Giveoneexplanationforwhycouples’weightsarep ositivelycorrelatedthatisanendogenousso cialeect.(b)2pts.Giveoneexplanationforwhycouples’weightsarep ositivelycorrelatedthatisacorrelatedeect.(c)2pts.Giveoneexplanationforwhycouples’weightsarep ositivelycorrelatedthatisacontextualeect.1Yourobservationisb orneoutinsurveydata.Chen,et.al.(2014)ndacorrelationco ecientof0.24forsp ouses’BMI.1Nowsupp osethatyouaremarried.Youandyoursp ouseeachweigh100lbs.ondayt1.Yourweightondayt,t+ 1,t+ 2,…evolvesaccordingtothefollowingequationofmotion:YourWeightt=you1YourWeightt1+you1CaloriesYouEatt+you2Sp ouse’sWeightt1+you2CaloriesSp ouseEatst+(1)youTemp eraturetYoursp ouse’sweightevolvessimilarly,butwithdierentco ecients.(Theirco ecientshavesup erscriptssp ouseinsteadofyou,e.g.,sp ouse1.)(a),3pts.Whichparameter(s)corresp ond(s)toendogenousso cialeects?correlatedeects?contextualeects?(Hint:ParametersaretheGreekco ecients.Notallparameterscor-resp ondtooneofthesetyp esofeects!Someeectsmayormaynotb erepresentedbyaparameter!)(b)Supp oseyou1andsp ouse1areb othequaltozero.Assumeyourdietsandthetemp eratureneverchanges.Youranswersshouldb eintermsofoneormoreoftheparameters.i.4pts.Ifyouweighed101lbs.int1insteadof100lbs.,howmuchmorewouldyouandyoursp ouseweighint,t+ 1andt+ 2?(Hint:Writeouttheexpressionsfortheweightsifyouweighed100lbs.andifyouweighed101lbs.andthentakethedierence.You’llseeapatternthatwillsimplifythisandallfuturecalculations.)ii.3pts.Forwhatparametervalueswouldalittlebumpinyourweightmakeitgotoinnityastgetslarge?iii.3pts.Forwhatparametervalueswouldalittlebumpinyourweightmakeyoursp ouse’sweightgotoinnityastgetslarge?(c)Nowsupp oseyou1andsp ouse1arenotequaltozero.Assumeyourdietsandthetemp eratureneverchanges.Youranswersshouldb […]