STATISTICS

STATISTICS

Address each of the following points/questions.

Note

Write a 1600 – word essay Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows you to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) sources in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page, section headers or reference page do not Count towards the minimum word amount.

Answer the following questions in your essay:

· Solving real world complex problems using either traditional optimization techniques or modern heuristic techniques would make interesting work. What do the terms heuristic and optimization (or optimal) mean? What is a quantitative application for each?

· How has statistical analysis, scientific data analysis helped human race make progress in various fields? Use examples from your work or outside work

· Can probability and statistics be used to manage projects? If yes how? Use an example from a project you or your company worked on

· Can probability and statistics be used to forecast (sales, profits, etc.)? If yes how? Use a real-life scenario as an example.

strategic planning process

strategic planning process

  1. Provide an overview of Estelle vs. Gamble and how that 1976 Supreme Court ruling pertains to the provision of inmate health care.
  2. Examine the challenges of providing health care in a correctional environment.
  3. What are the challenges of providing health care to a female offender population that may not exist in a male prison?
  4. What framework would you apply to the strategic planning? Why? (HINT: Remember all the available frameworks that you learned in the previous classes as well as in this class to make a correct choice; justify the final choice through the collaborative ).
  5. Identify what information and evidence you have to apply to the strategic process steps. Identify appropriate evidence you still need to correctly use the strategic planning process. (HINT: make sure to list all types of evidence you need)
  6. Identify appropriate evidence you still need to correctly use the strategic planning process. (HINT: make sure to list all types of evidence you need)
  7. Identify the sources of the needed evidence. Offer the stakeholders able to provide you with the evidence you are seeking.
  8. Develop decision-making matrix and identify appropriate solutions to the case. Read more about decision-making matrix.
  9. List potential implementation challenges and offer ways to offset them.

health care project management

health care project management

The purpose of this assignment is to contrast common project management methodologies that can be utilized in health care project management. Conduct your own research so you are able to contrast Lean/Six Sigma, Waterfall, PSDA, and Agile methodologies. In addition, select another project management methodology of your choice.

Use the Project Management Methodologies template to complete the assignment.

Note

This assignment requires two to three scholarly resources.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Project Management Methodologies Template

Directions:

Research information about the project management methodologies listed below to complete the table. In addition, conduct your own research on other project management methodologies and include this in the table below. The assignment requires a minimum of two or three scholarly resources. A resource may be used more than once in the last column of the template.

 Lean/Six Sigma

Waterfall

PDSA

Agile

 

Project Management Methodology Description Pros Cons Example of when this methodology would be appropriate Scholarly Resource
Lean /Six Sigma          
Waterfall          
PDSA          
Agile          
Choose an additional project management methodology here          

Rubric

The required elements for Lean/Six Sigma are present and thorough.

The required elements for Waterfall are present and thorough.

ALL

World Health Organization

World Health Organization

The World Health Organization helps countries to implement the WHO FCTC for tobacco control. in 2008, WHO developed MPOWER– six tobacco control measures of proven cost-effectiveness and ability to save lives. If implemented as a package, these measures protect against the illness and death that the tobacco epidemic will otherwise inevitably bring.
• Monitor tobacco use and prevention policies
• Protect people from tobacco smoke
• Offer help to quit tobacco use
• Warn about the dangers of tobacco
• Enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
• Raise taxes on tobacco

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Find Fiji’s country’s profile on the Global Tobacco Report 2021 (look in the Annex for country data)

2. Take a screen shot of the Summary of MPOWER Measures (table with different colors of blue and grey) for your country and paste onto a word doc.

3. Then, using the Tobacco Atlas (look under your country) look up data on the following indicators from the Fact Sheet: Tobacco Atlas (Links to an external site.)https://tobaccoatlas.org/

  • daily smoking prevalence overall
  • daily smoking prevalence for men
  • daily smoking prevalence for women
  • 2 other interesting facts from the report (such as deaths, use of smokeless tobacco, use among children, etc.)

Note

Along with the data above, post here a one-paragraph (10-15 sentences) analysis of the MPOWER policies that are implemented in your country (for example, where it is doing well and which policies are lagging behind).

JOURNAL ARTICLE

JOURNAL ARTICLE

GUIDELINES FOR JOURNAL ARTICLE CRITIQUE

You must read and critique the article listed below:

  • Rewriting Monetary Policy 101: What’s the Fed’s Preferred Post-Crisis Approach to Raising Interest Rates? Author(s): Jane E. Ihrig, Ellen E. Meade, and Gretchen C. Weinbach Source: Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Fall 2015), pp. 177-198

Note

Your written critique should be no more than three pages long (typed, double-spaced, one-inch

margins, 12-point Times New Roman font).  Please include a complete APA-formatted citation for the paper you are critiquing: title, author, journal, and publication date.  The citation may be included as a footnote.

Typically, 1.5 – 2 pages of the journal article critique will summarize the article. To fit your summary in 1.5 – 2 pages, you will have to be concise.

The 1.5 – 2 pages of summary will be followed by 1 – 1.5 pages of critique. Questions you must answer include:

(1) Is the title of the article appropriate and clear?

(2) Is the purpose of the article made clear in the introduction?

(3) Has the author been objective in his or her discussion of the topic?

(4) Is the objective of the experiment or of the observations important for the field? How so?

 

Importance of the writing skills

Importance of the writing skills

P1

View the short video on a unique Business Writing college course that tries to improve lives in Africa through effective written business communication. During this course you will analyze case studies on how corporate business practices improve productivity and efficiency and write an analytical report on how these practices can apply to real world situations today.

Note

Write a well developed paragraph that discusses the importance of the writing skills for the students in the video (short well developed paragraph)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm4BTs3LcAk

p2

Watch these two videos and then answer the questions below in 85 words

  1. Which commercial do you think is most ethical? Why?
  2. Explain which ethical systems the commercial(s) violate?
  3. Would you make any recommendations to either Dove or Unilever to make their commercials more ethical?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zKfF40jeCA

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwDEF-w4rJk

 

 

healthcare

healthcare

As healthcare has evolved so has the concept of a patient or consumer of healthcare. Technology and culture are among the many variables that have affected our concept of a healthcare patient.

Consider these items among the others noted in your text:

healthcare

healthcare

As healthcare has evolved so has the concept of a patient or consumer of healthcare. Technology and culture are among the many variables that have affected our concept of a healthcare patient.

Consider these items among the others noted in your text:
  • What has most influenced the way you view yourself as a consumer of healthcare?
  • What factors led to the redefinition of the patient as a consumer in the late twentieth century?