Assignment: Blog: Social ChangeResearch is often used to address problems or issues that occur in society. Despite this focus, conducting research focused on such problems or issues does not ensure that the findings will influence social change. For this blog, you explore how you might be able to impact social change through addressing the problem […]
Assignment 2: Capstone Project: Drawing Conclusions and Making Recommendations
Assignment 2: Capstone Project: Drawing Conclusions and Making RecommendationsIn research-based projects, conclusions and recommendations are an important part in finalizing efforts and sharing insights gained from the project. For your Capstone Project, your conclusions and recommendations will be based on your literature review and any other information you may have gathered. For this Assignment, you […]
Assignment 1: Blog: Disseminating Conclusions and Recommendations
Assignment 1: Blog: Disseminating Conclusions and RecommendationsAfter all data are analyzed from a research project, the next step is for the researcher to develop conclusions and recommendations. These conclusions and recommendations not only allow the researcher to make connections to other literature but also to share insights gained with colleagues and stakeholders. For this blog, […]
Assignment 1: Blog: Types of Data and Research Methods
Assignment 1: Blog: Types of Data and Research MethodsThe choice of [data collection] methods turns on whether the intent is to specify the type of information to be collected in advance of the study or allow it to emerge from participants in the project.Creswell, 2009 As this quotation suggests, the process of selecting and implementing […]
Types of Government
Some thinkers, like Amartya Sen, have claimed that democracy is both a universal value and produces better outcomes than other forms of government. Others argue that technocracy or rule by experts (as described in Daniel Bells The China Model, for example) is a viable alternative to democracy. Evaluate this debate on both normative and empirical […]
Federal Bureau of Investigation: Capstone Project: Draft Literature Review
Assignment 2: Capstone Project: Draft Literature ReviewAfter gathering all of your resources and making notes, it is time to start writing your literature review. While this may seem like an easy task after all the work you have completed, it involves tedious analysis of the resources you have found and careful consideration of the insights […]
Outsourcing the services
Finalization of title and research questions. After going through the past literature, you will develop a clear idea of the gap in the area of your selected topic.Explore this gap and find a suitable title for your chosen research topic.Please note that you are naming your research, earlier it was just broad topic.Draft research questions […]
Final Project Overview: Evaluation Design (American Heart Association)
Final Project Overview: Evaluation DesignFor your Final Project, due in Week 10, you will demonstrate your understanding of the major topics presented in this course by applying them to a public or nonprofit organization of your choice. You will develop an evaluation design that could be used to evaluate a program, problem, or policy. The […]
Wisdom of the Elders
For this assignment, we will have one discussion board, and we will be focusing on two questions based on this weeks assigned readings. Both questions aim to generate critical and open-ended assessments of the primary sources included in these readings. In your answers, please consider reflecting on how these texts are connected to the lectures […]
The Distribution of Identity and the Future of International Order: Chinas Hegemonic Prospects
one-page single-spaced response papers on different assignedreadings from the course. The purpose of the response paper is for you to engage inan in-depth examination of an academic article by summarizing and assessing itscontribution. Each response paper will:1. Identify the central thesis of the article2. Summarize key arguments or concepts3. Assess one strength and one weakness […]