Create a PowerPoint presentation with 16 to 20 slides entitled Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychological Testing

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Create a PowerPoint presentation with 16 to 20 slides (not including the title and reference slides) entitled Ethical and Professional Issues in Psychological Testing. Your presentation must provide 2 to 3 slides for each of the required topics and include appropriate citations of your referenced sources. Separate reference slides, which follow APA formatting guidelines for a References page, must be included at the end of the presentation. You must create your own template and organize your presentation in the sequence provided. Do not use a font smaller than 20 pt. You are encouraged to insert relevant figures and graphics. Make sure to appropriately cite any images you use. If you include a table or figure from a journal article, cite it according to APA guidelines. The notes section of each slide must include the text for oral comments you would make while presentating the materials to a live audience.

References must be cited according to APA guidelines as outlined .For assistance with creating a visually engaging and readable presentation, you may review Garr Reynolds’s tips for creating presentations

The presentation must cover each of the following topics in the order presented below.

The Ethical and Social Implications of Testing

· Provide an overview and brief evaluation of the ethical and social implications of psychological assessment.

Professional Responsibilities

· Describe the responsibilities of both test publishers and test users.

Testing Individuals Representing Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

· Analyze and describe issues related to the testing of cultural and linguistic minorities.

Reliability

· Explain the common sources of measurement error and how measurement error can impact reliability.

Validity 

· Create a diagram or figure to compare the types of validity discussed in the textbook.

· Describe the extravalidity concerns related to testing.

· Review the articles by Fergus (2013), Kosson, et al. (2013) and Mathieu, Hare, Jones, Babiak, & Neumann (2013). Analyze the information presented in these articles on factor analysis and describe how it is used to validate the constructs of the instruments.

Clinical Versus Statistical Prediction

· Compare clinical and statistical prediction of mental health decisions based on the work of Ægisdóttir, et al. (2006) and Grove & Lloyd (2006).

Application One: An Ethical and Professional Quandry

· Select one of the Ethical and Professional Quandries in Testing from Case Exhibit 1.2 in your textbook and describe the ethical issues specific to the scenario you selected. Include an analysis of the relevant principles from Standard 9 in the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct 

· Taking on the role of the psychologist or counselor in the chosen scenario, describe how you might respond to the challenge you selected and provide a brief rationale for your decision.

Application Two: Evidence-Based Medicine

· Summarize Youngstrom’s (2013) recommendations for linking assessment directly to clinical decision making in evidence-based medicine.

· Elaborate on each of Youngstrom’s recommendations by providing practical examples that illustrate the relevance of the recommendations in a clinical setting.

Application Three: Selecting Valid Instruments

· Create a research hypothesis or brief clinical case scenario in which you must select an instrument to measure intolerance for uncertainty.

· Use the information in the Fergus (2013) article to support which measure to use.

The presentation

· Must consist of 16 to 20 slides (not including title and reference slides) that are formatted according to APA style as outlined

· Must include a separate title slide with the following:

o Title of presentation

o Student’s name

o Course name and number

o Instructor’s name

o Date submitted

Job Application Cover Letter

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  • Completing this assignment will help you name and identify the skills and abilities that will move your career forward.

    Find a specific job opening posted online within the last 9 months. You will develop a Job Application Cover Letter (as though you were applying to that position) that highlights and emphasizes why you are the most suitable candidate for this position. For the purposes of this assignment, you can present yourself as a recent graduate if needed.

    Complete the cover letter on page 1 of the submission and then include a link to the job posting on page 2 (a copy and paste of the link is acceptable and the link must work). To compose the letter, use the general writing guidelines on pp. 277-278 in the text for structural and content guidance. Note: An example can be found on p. 250, Figure 13.8.

    The message should take the form of a business letter; however, you will submit your assignment to the online course shell.

    The job letter / application message must adhere to the following requirements:

    1. Content
      1. Highlight relevant background and job history information specific to the opening.
      2. Emphasize significant qualifications and exclude nonessential ideas.
    2. Format
      1. Follow proper letter formatting techniques per business letter format.
      2. Use an appropriate and professional greeting and closing.
    3. Style
      1. Use professional language.
      2. Paragraphs effectively developed and efficient. Note: Six (6) or seven (7) lines when possible.
    4. Mechanics
      1. Make sure there are no grammar or spelling errors.
      2. Eliminate wordiness and unclear sentence construction.

    Your assignment must be typed, single-spaced within paragraphs and double spaced between the paragraphs, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

    The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

    1. Plan, create, and evaluate professional documents.
    2. Write clearly, coherently, and persuasively using proper grammar, mechanics, and formatting appropriate to the situation.
    3. Deliver professional information to various audiences using appropriate tone, style, and format.
    4. Develop presentation skills for use in the professional environment.

Decolonization In India (2)

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World War II was fatal to the European colonial empires. European states’ populations were too devastated to consider fighting to keep Asia and Africa subjugated. Both the United States and the Soviet Union were hostile to continuation of European colonies. A reluctant Britain, in return for American support, in 1941 agreed to the Atlantic Charter, a pact recognizing the right of people to choose their own government.

The Indian National Congress agreed to support the British war effort in return for a significant share of power in India and a postwar commitment to independence. The British rejected the offer. Negotiations failed to lessen increasing tensions. Mass civil disobedience campaigns, such as the Quit India movement, began during 1942. Gandhi and other leaders were imprisoned. The Muslim League, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, gained favor by supporting the British. The war caused hardship in India through inflation and famine. When a Labour government came to power in Britain in 1945, independence in the near future was conceded. The divided Indians were unable to work out a compromise between Hindu desires for one nation under majority rule and Muslim wishes for a separate state. When communal rioting spread, the British agreed to the creation of two independent nations, India and Pakistan, in 1947.

Case Assignment

Read the information in the background material, look for more information and then write a 3- to 5-page paper answering the following questions:

·  Describe how decolonization occurred in India.

·  Describe what happened at Partition and how this represented a breakdown in governability.

Assignment Expectations

In the Module 3 Case Assignment, you are expected to:

·  Describe the purpose of the paper and conclusion.

·  Answer the Case Assignment questions clearly and provide necessary details.

·  Provide a quality argument; that is, use good sentence structure, and avoid run-on sentences and spelling and grammar errors.

·  Provide citations to support your argument and references on a separate page. Please use APA format to provide citations and references: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ ; also, helpful information can be found in the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper: http://support.trident.edu/files/Well-Written-Paper.pdf].

·  Answer all the Case   Assignment questions in an essay format instead of point format. Please do not   type questions in the paper.

Stage 1 Background And Organization Analysis

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Stage 1:   Background and Organizational Analysis

Before you begin work on this assignment, be sure you have read the Case Studywhich is located in Content under Course Resources.  Refer to the Business Analysis and System Recommendations (BA&SR) Table of Contents below to see where you are in the process of developing this report.

Overview

As a business analyst in the Chief Information Officer’s (CIO’s) department of Chesapeake IT Consulting (CIC), you have been assigned to conduct an analysis, develop a set of system requirements and propose an IT solution to improve the hiring process for CIC.This work will be completed in four stages, and each of these four stages will focus on one section of an overall Business Analysis and System Recommendation (BA&SR) report to be delivered to the CIO.

The graphic below outlines the Table of Contents for this report:

Section I: Background and Organizational Analysis (Stage 1)WEEK 2 Submission– The first stepis to look at the organization and explain how an IT system could benefit CIC by improving its hiring system.

Section II: Strategic Use of Technology (Stage 2)WEEK 4 Submission– Next you will explain, in general, how CIC can use IT for strategic purposes.

Section III: Strategic and Operational Outcomes (Stage 3)WEEK 4 Submission– Then you will analyze CIC’s strategy and processes to determine how technology solutions can be used to support the organizational processes and enable CIC’s strategic and operational outcomes, and develop a set of requirements for the new hiring system.

Section IV: System Recommendation (Stage 4)WEEK8 Submission– Finally, you will identify an enterprise hiring system for CIC, and explain how it meets the requirements, and what needs to be done to implement the system within CIC.

The sections of the BA&SR will be developed and submitted as four staged assignments.  In stages 2, 3 and 4, you will also incorporate any feedback received when the previous stage is graded to improve the effectiveness of your overall report and then add the new section to your report.  At the end of the course, you will submit a complete BA&SR document that includes all the sections and changes that resulted from previous feedback.

Business Analysis and System Recommendation (BA&SR) Table of Contents

I.  Background and Organizational Analysis (Stage 1)       

A.  Introduction

B.  Organizational Strategy

C.  Components of an Information System

1.  People and Technology

2.  Processes

3.  Data/Information

II.  Strategic Use of Technology (Stage 2)

A.  Decision Making

B.  Communication

C.  Collaboration

D.  Relationships

E.  Structure

F.  Competitive Advantage

III.  Strategic and Operational Outcomes (Stage 3)

A.  Strategic Outcomes

B.  Process Analysis

C.  Requirements

IV.  System Recommendation (Stage 4)

A.  Benefits of an Enterprise Solution

B.  Proposed IT solution

C.  How the Proposed IT Solution Meets the Requirements

D.  Implementation Steps

E.  Conclusion

Assignment – BA&SR Section I – Background and Organizational Analysis (Stage 1)

Section I of the BA&SR document contains an organizational analysis and identifies ways in which information systems can help the organization in the case study (CIC) to meet its strategic goals and meet the information needs of various levels of management.  This analysis lays the ground work for the next section of the BA&SR which will explain how technology can be used to support specific strategic activities of the organization.

Using the case study, assignment instructions, Course Content readings, and external resources, develop your Section I: Background and Organizational Analysis.  Recommended lengths for each section are providedand be sure to includeall pertinent information.  A key to successful business writing is quality and conciseness rather than quantity.

To start, review the Business Perspectives Module (week 1 content), particularly the sections that describe the example of Booz Allen Hamilton, a services company with a business model similar to that of CIC in the case study.  The case study tells you that the executives and employees at CIC have identified a need for an effective and efficient hiring system.As you review the case study, use the outline below to help you take notes to assist in your analysis; in particular, list the needs of the individuals expressed in the “interviews.”

I.  Background and Organizational Analysis

A.  Introduction – briefly describe (at a high level) the organization in the Case Study; provide a context for the rest of the document.  (one paragraph)

B.  Organizational Strategy– Using the Business Strategy statement and information from the Case Study, explain how a new hiring system would support that strategy.(Two to three strong sentences that explain how the system would support the strategy and justify your position with specifics from the Case Study).

C.  Components of an Information System – Explain each of the following in relationship to an information system to support the hiring process at CIC:

1.  People and Technology – Identify the interest or objectives for the new hiring system for each stakeholder listed below based on his or her organizational role.  Include how the technology will improve how the job is done; that is, identify what each of the stakeholders needs the system to do. (Introductory sentence or two, followed by 1-2 sentences for each role)

i.  CEO

ii.  CFO

iii.  CIO

iv.  Director of Human Resources

v.  Manager of Recruiting

vi.  Recruiters

vii.  Administrative Assistant

viii.  Hiring Manager

2.  Processes –The overall hiring process has several sub-processes, four of which are listed in the table below.  For each of the sub-processes listed, complete the table with the requested information.You will describe the process as it is currently being done (As/Is Process), the process as it will be done after the system is implemented (To/Be Process) and the business benefits of the improved process.(Provide an introductory sentence for this section and copy the table and insert the information within.)

Hiring Process

Below are sub-processes that are part of the overall hiring process

As/Is Process

To/Be Process

Business Benefits of Improved Process

Receiving applications

Matching applications with open job requisitions

Screening Resumes

Scheduling Interviews

3.  Data/Information – In order to support CIC’s hiring process, the new system will need to collect, store and process data.An example of needed data is “Name of Hiring Manager.-”The case study providesinsight into the kinds of data that will be needed.First, insert an introductory opening sentence for this section.  Then identify ten (10) critical data/ information items forthishiring information system solution.(Provide an introductory sentence and copy the table and insert information within.)

Data/Information Requirement

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3.

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5.

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8.

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10.

Formatting Your Assignment

For academic writing, the writer is expected to write in the third person. In third person, the writer avoids the pronouns I, we, my, and ours. The third person is used to make the writing more objective by taking the individual, the “self,” out of the writing. This method is very helpful for academic writing, a form in which facts, not opinion, drive the tone of the text. Writing in the third person allows the writer to come across as unbiased and thus more informed.

·  Write a short concise paper:  Use the recommendations provided in each area for length of response.  Content areas should be double spaced; table entries should be single-spaced. It’s important to value quality over quantity.  Assignment should not exceed 4 pages.

·  Ensure that each of the tables is preceded by an introductory sentence that explains what is contained in the table, so the reader understands why the table has been included.

·  Use at least two resources with APA formatted citation and reference.  Use at least one external reference and one from the course content.