Sociology

Use article attached, plus any other sources to answer the questions. The article:  https://kirkwood.kanopy.com/product/dysfunctional-societies What constitutes poverty?  What are problems with the official definition?  How would you define it? Characterize the distribution of wealth and income in the United States.  According to the documentary Dysfunctional Societies what are some social problems associated with high levels of inequality?  And why?  To what degree do you think the United States is a meritocracy? What are some potential social solutions to poverty?

ur Mobile Lives — Credit: Craig Tovey  The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.   Quote coined by author and poet, George Bernard Shaw The how’s and why’s of communication in the 21st century are diverse and complex. Our means of communication, primarily via cell phones, has created new and complicated dynamics. Have our mobile devices taken the place of face-to-face exchanges?  Is personal interaction becoming obsolete? Are we living under the “illusion” that we are truly communicating with others? These are but a few of the topics discussed in “Our Mobile Lives,” a documentary on today’s cell phone use. LINK — watch the video in its entirety     After you watch this documentary, answer these 2 questions in essay format: 1)  Write Three (3) aspects in the documentary that you agreed with 2)  Write Three (3) aspects in the documentary that you disagreed with Make sure you give full rich opines. There will be 6 full and richly written paragraphs in all.  Make sure “EACH” of the 6 paragraphs is written richly and fully. No short paragraphs or phrases or bullet-thoughts allowed with Assignment #2.  Rich collegiate dialogue of critical thought and reasoning in this work. (No works cited page)

THIS IS THE REAL QUESTIONS:  (a) Writing your answers in a Word document or PDF document. If you choose to go that route, please ensure you are submitting your exam in one of these formats. This is, by far, the easiest way for me to grade.  1. Conventional wisdom holds that among Canadians who donate to charities, the average total donation per year is $400. You want to test whether this conventional wisdom does in fact represent the true parameter value by running a two-tailed hypothesis test. You randomly sample 80 Canadian donors and find a mean of 430, with a standard deviation of 100. (8 points) a) Detail the steps of the hypothesis test you would run at a 95% confidence level, including the conclusion and its interpretation. b) Demonstrate how the answer arrived at in (a) is validated by running a 95% confidence interval.  2. A provincial government runs a limited series of TV advertisements to press citizens to respect COVID–19 restrictions. Because its budget is limited, it cannot afford to air the ads everywhere across the province, meaning that those living in certain media markets are exposed to the ads, while those living in other areas are not. The government starts to doubt that the ads are having an effect even in those areas where they are broadcasted. You are hired to measure whether the ads are, in fact, having an impact. You randomly sample two groups of people: 202 voters who have been exposed to ads, and 245 voters who have not. In the first group, 79 indicate that they intend to respect the restrictions. In the second group, 89 claim they will abide by them. Assuming that the ads alone are responsible for a possible, statistically meaningful difference between the two groups, are the ads having an impact? (8 points) i. Answer by running a two-tailed hypothesis test with 90% confidence. Outline every step, the conclusion and its interpretation. ii. Demonstrate and explain how the answer arrived at in (a) is validated by running a 90% confidence interval. 3  3. You hear on the evening newscast a pundit claim that Canadians who live in Ontario tend to show greater attachment to the British monarchy than do those live either in Quebec or in Atlantic Canada. Since you have now grown to develop a deep skepticism toward what you hear from journalists and the media, you decide to test this proposition by collecting a random sample of citizens across the country. You ask them to tell you their level of attachment to the monarchy – either very attached, somewhat attached, not very attached, or not at all attached. You lump the first two and the last two to arrive at two basic categories (attached vs. not attached), and produce the following contingency table. (8 points) Very/somewhat attached Not very/not at all attached Total Ontario 32 (30.9) 26 (27.0) 58 Quebec 35 (34.2) 29 (30.0) 64 Atlantic Canada 28 (30.0) 28 (26.1) 56 Total 95 83 178 a) Conduct a Chi-Squared hypothesis test with 80% confidence to evaluate whether or not Ontarians are more likely than others to profess attachment to the monarchy. Make sure to detail every step, provide a conclusion, and interpret that conclusion. b) What is the value 30.9 telling us in this table? Interpret in the context of the problem. 4  4. Suspecting that civil disobedience is linked with certain social, political, and economic factors, you try to explain the number of acts of civil disobedience in a city in a 12-month timeframe on the basis of four variables: the percentage of residents aged 18-30 per 1000 residents (x1); the percentage of residents who are male (x2); the gap between the wealthiest and poorest residents, in thousands of dollars (x3); and whether the city has a policy specifically pertaining to countering civil disobedience, with “no” coded as 0 and “yes” coded as 1 (x4). After collecting and entering your sample data into statistical software, you run a multiple regression model with a 95% confidence level. The software spits out the following results. (9 points) n = 314 R2 = 0.78 Disobedience acts Coefficient (Standard Error) z P > z 95% Confidence Interval Percent 18-30 1.13 (0.08) 2.18 0.015 [1.01, 1.15] Percent male 0.04 (0.02) 2.04 0.021 [0.01, 0.07] Income gap 0.24 (0.11) 1.79 0.038 [0.11, 0.37] City policy -0.05 (0.09) 1.12 0.131 [-0.17, 0. 07] y-Intercept -0.61 (0.10) 1.29 0.099 [-0.70, -0.52] a) Write out the full prediction equation for this regression model. b) If you were putting a star next to the variable(s) who meet statistical significance at the P < 0.05 level, which variable(s) would get one? c) What is the value -0.61 telling us in this table? Interpret in the context of the problem. 5 d) Would increasing our confidence level to 99% change our conclusion (i.e. significance test conclusion) about ?3? If so, why? If not, why not? e) Interpret the R2 value in the context of this problem. f) How many control variables does this model have?  5. On the October 9, 2014 edition of CBC’s The National, host Peter Mansbridge convened a panel to discuss the state of public opinion polling amidst what many are considering failures (most notably in predicting electoral results). In wrapping up the segment, Mansbridge asked the three panelists what advice they would have for ordinary Canadians who would want to evaluate whether a poll result they are hearing about can be trusted. One of the three panelists replied that people should “look around them” – i.e. to their circle of friends, relatives, and colleagues – to see whether the result or trend that a poll is reporting is reflected in the people around them. Is this sound advice to offer to ordinary Canadians wishing to evaluate whether a poll’s results are credible? Why or why not? (2 points) Bonus. You have now immersed yourself in the basic concepts of what arguably constitute the pinnacle of quantitative research method in the social sciences. Yet a colleague of yours, skeptical of quantitative methods, tells you that for all you have learned, it is no match for what qualitative methods provide. Is he correct? If so, why? If not, why not? Make sure to refer to chi-square and regression in your answer. (1 point)

its 2000 words no limit on pages This is the prompt for the essay: Callicles defends a distinction between conventional and natural justice. Explain his position and his reasons for holding it. Explain one of Socrates’ arguments against Callicles. Briefly assess whether this response succeeds – who wins this part of the debate, and why do you think so? Be sure to include: the general distinction between convention and nature and how this applies to justice; why there exists such a thing as conventional justice; why those who are naturally superior ought to live in accordance with natural justice, and what that would amount to; what Callicles’ conception of happiness is, and exactly how this underlies and supports his other views; precisely how Socrates’ argument is intended to undermine what Callicles has put forward. precisely how Socrates’ response does or does not succeed, and why you think so.

For this assignment, I need to answer the following question from Social Theory. The question should be answered in essay format with introduction, middle and conclusions paragraphs. Main source: book “Social Theory – Confrontation and Continuity ” by Roberta Garner and Black Hancock third edition. Question. Social theorists tend to emphasize the role of class, race, and gender in shaping social outcomes in contemporary society.  Write an essay in which you discuss these three social categories and their importance for understanding social behavior.  How do you understand the relationship between these social categories?  Is one more essential than others?  Your essay must draw on a minimum of three social theorists (two of which must be drawn from the second half of the course).

What kinds of information do you think clients need in order to be able to give their fullyinformed consent to enter into a counseling relationship? When does the informationgiven become too much information that it inhibits clients from entering into counselingrelationships?Material for summary attached.Please use standard intro/body/conclusion formatText for reference is:Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in CounselingRemley, Herilthy, 2016Pearson

The link for this film is http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.  You can also find the links to the film by googling: Frontline A Class Divided The film analysis needs to be 2-4 pages in length, double-spaced, with standard margins, and a 12 point font. Please make sure to cite any outside materials, direct quotes or paraphrased ideas you may use from our text. This paper will be worth 20 points towards your final grade and is due on Sunday at 11:59 PM. Make sure you answer all of these questions in your film analysis. General Reactions: • What did you learn? • What scene or scenes do you think you’ll still remember a month from now and why those scenes? • Did any part of the film surprise you? Do you think someone of a different race, ethnicity, or religion would also find it surprising? DO NOT JUST WRITE A FILM REVIEW OR SUMMARY Impact of Discrimination • What did the children’s body language indicate about the impact of discrimination? • How did the negative and positive labels placed on a group become self-fulfilling prophecies? • In the prison seminar, one of the white women asserts that all people face some kind of discrimination. Another woman challenges her, claiming that whites can’t really know what it’s like to face discrimination every minute of every day. What do you think? • Both Elliott and her former students talk about whether or not this exercise should be done with all children.  • What do you think? Elliott and her former students also discuss whether or not his exercise should be done with all teachers. What do you think? • If the exercise could be harmful to children, as Elliott suggests, what do you think actual discrimination might do? –Please make sure to put your name on your paper and attach your assignment as a .doc, .docx or .pdf. If you do not know how to attach as these types of documents, please copy and paste the body of your paper into the submission entry space or email to me by attaching your document to the submission box below and/or also sending to our course email by Sunday at 11:59 PM.

AS Description: Describe Marcia’s categories of identity achievement. Identify which category you were in at the end of high school, provide examples? In your opinion, which societal perceptions have the greatest impact on adolescent identity, explain.  AS Instructions: Describe Marcia’s categories of identity achievement. Identify which category you were in at the end of high school, provide examples? In your opinion, which societal perceptions have the greatest impact on adolescent identity, explain. The assignment should be a minimum of 500 words in length and follow strict APA 7th edition format. Upload as a Word document.

Explain, define, and defend why the contract managers code of ethics is important in the field of acquisition. Consider the impact on the profession of those that have acted ethically and unethically. Attached is an outline that was previously done. Please use it. As well as the source referenced in it. There can be additional sources if need be but the one in the attached outline file must be used.

Read this Sports Business Journal article I have attached based on the economics of the Rio Olympics.Respond to the following questions:? What strategies and tactics were used in the host city of Rio to gain exposure and marketability?? What was the significance of big-dollar sponsors in Rio during the Olympics?? Do you think these strategies were effective?? How did sponsorships and partnerships play out during these Olympics, in your assessment?? What economic role(s) do you feel Rio played during this prestigious sporting event?? Do you think hosting the 2016 Olympics was a financial success for Rio? If so, in what ways?RubricGuidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double-spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins,and at least three sources cited in APA format.