Risk Managment

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I ask each of you to reach across your professional experience and share what you feel are relevant examples of risk influencing a project, either positively or negatively.  How might better preparation and understanding of the influence of risk and its management have enhanced the outcome you have observed.  Connect this to the assigned reading from Week 1 and Week 2. You will not see other’s postings until you post your first one, and importantly, you need to reply to at least two of your peer’s postings.  This medium is instrumental in gaining an understanding through peer sharing.

  • Prepare your initial post (a minimum of 250 to 300 words) response by Friday at 11:59 p.m. ET, and provide a minimum of two peer responses (a minimum of 150 words for each) by Monday at 11:59 p.m. ET.
  • Be sure your posts make substantive contributions. A substantive post will explain or analyze the topic in detail, ask a thoughtful question about the topic, or share a relevant personal experience or additional resources concerning the discussion topic.
  • Cite current credible references and format your posts according to the

Critiquing Geographic Information

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Critiquing Geographic Information
Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to present your data allows you to not only present data points but also gives you the chance of storing, analyzing, and presenting data in a graphic form that could be used by many different audiences. Many different programs and institutions use GIS to present information and interact with the public. As we explored earlier in this course, biosurveillance and syndromic surveillance use GIS as one tool to provide situational awareness to its users, and many public and private agencies in different levels (national and local) use different mapping solutions to present data.

For this Discussion, you will critique health data from a GIS.

To prepare:

Research the web for a map of health data from a GIS.

Post a critique of the map you selected and the health data it represents. Include the following in your post:

The map image
Describe the map (including: the outcome reported, main findings, and interpretation of the map)
Your critique of the map, describing its strengths and weaknesses
Support your post with additional scholarly resources. Use APA formatting for your Discussion and to cite your resources.

References:

Shi, L., & Johnson, J. A. (Eds.). (2014). Novick & Morrows public health administration: Principles for population-based management (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
Chapter 14, Geographic Information Systems for Public Health (pp. 289312)

Ankersen, R., & Richardson, K. (2014). Helping hearts: Interactive atlas deciphers where heart attacks and strokes occur and who is at risk. Esri News for Health & Human Services Winter 2013/2014, 67. Retrieved from http://www.esri.com/~/media/Files/Pdfs/library/newsletters/health/winter-2013-2014.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Geographic information systems (GIS) at CDC. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/gis/

Chanda, E., Mukonka, V. M., Mthembu, D., Kamuliwo, M., Coetzer, S., & Shinondo, C. J. (2012). Can GIS help fight the spread of malaria? ArcNews. Retrieved from http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall12articles/can-gis-help-fight-the-spread-of-malaria.html

Community Commons. (n.d.). Maps & data. Retrieved from http://www.communitycommons.org/maps-data/

Ostchega, Y., Zhang, G., Sorlie, P., Hughes, J. P., Reed-Gillette, D. S., Nwankwo, T., & Yoon, S. (2012). Blood pressure randomized methodology study comparing automatic oscillometric and mercury sphygmomanometer devices: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 20092010. National Health Statistics Reports, no 59. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr059.pdf

Pratt, M., Moore, H., & Craig, T. (2014). Solving a public health problem using location-allocation. ArcUser Magazine, Summer 2014, 5659. Retrieved from http://www.esri.com/~/media/Files/Pdfs/news/arcuser/0614/solving-a-public-health-problem.pdf

University of Reading Statistical Services Centre. (2000). Informative presentation of tables, graphs and statistics. Retrieved from http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/n/resources/Docs/PresentationOfTablesGraphsAndStatistics.pdf

Vertices. (n.d.). HealthMap.com Blog. Retrieved from http://healthmap.wordpress.com/

Discussion – 5

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There are different algorithms used to identify frequent itemsets in order to perform association rule mining such as Apriori, FP Growth and Mafia Algorithm. All algorithms have distinct advantages and disadvantages and need to be chosen given a specific data analysis problem.

  • In your own words, explain the Apriori Algorithm and its the approach.
  • What are the possible advantages and disadvantages of the Apriori Algorithm?

Instructional Strategies

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After you have thoughtfully considered the learning theories, the next step is to develop your pedagogy, or effective teaching methods, through instructional strategies.

Instructional strategies encompass all the techniques teachers use to make learning engaging, relevant, and attainable to students. It is important to understand the various strategies you can use to instruct students and to meet the various needs of all students through these strategies.

Part 1: Template

Use the Instructional Strategies Template to complete this assignment.

Part 2: Summary

Write a 500-750 word summary addressing the following:

Description of the strategy identified, its benefits, and any potential challenges.
Explanation of how the strategy applies to one of the learning theories from the Topic 1 assignment.
Description of a specific learning experience or activity that supports the chosen instructional strategy and learning theory.
Summary of accommodations, resources, and materials to differentiate instruction according to the needs, strengths, and learning goals of individual students.
Support your summary with a minimum of three scholarly resources.