Time to Practice – Week Five
Complete Parts A, B, and C below.
Part A
Some questions in Part A require that you access data from Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics. This data is available on the student website under the Student Text Resources link.
1.     Use the following data to answer Questions 1a and 1b.
Total no. of problems correct (out of a possible 20)
Attitude toward test taking (out of a possible 100)
17
94
13
73
12
59
15
80
16
93
14
85
16
66
16
79
18
77
19
91
a.     Compute the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient by hand and show all your work.
b.     Construct a scatterplot for these 10 values by hand. Based on the scatterplot, would you predict the correlation to be direct or indirect? Why?
2.     Rank the following correlation coefficients on strength of their relationship (list the weakest first):
+.71
+.36
–.45
.47
–.62
3.     Use IBM® SPSS® software to determine the correlation between hours of studying and grade point average for these honor students. Why is the correlation so low?
Hours of studying
GPA
23
3.95
12
3.90
15
4.00
14
3.76
16
3.97
21
3.89
14
3.66
11
3.91
18
3.80
9
3.89
4.     Look at the following table. What type of correlation coefficient would you use to examine the relationship between sex (defined as male or female) and political affiliation?
How about family configuration (two-parent or single-parent) and high school GPA? Explain why you selected the answers you did.
Level of Measurement and Examples
Variable X
Variable Y
Type of correlation
Correlation being computed
Nominal (voting preference, such as Republican or Democrat)
Nominal (gender, such as male or female)
Phi coefficient
The correlation between voting preference and gender
Nominal (social class, such as high, medium, or low)
Ordinal (rank in high school graduating class)
Rank biserial coefficient
The correlation between social class and rank in high school
Nominal (family configuration, such as intact or single parent)
Interval (grade point average)
Point biserial
The correlation between family configuration and grade point average
Ordinal (height converted to rank)
Ordinal (weight converted to rank)
Spearman rank correlation coefficient
The correlation between height and weight
Interval (number of problems solved)
Interval (age in years)
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient
The correlation between number of problems solved and the age in years
5.     When two variables are correlated (such as strength and running speed), it also means that they are associated with one another. But if they are associated with one another, then why does one not cause the other?
6.     Given the following information, use Table B.4 in Appendix B of Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics to determine whether the correlations are significant and how you would interpret the results.
a.     The correlation between speed and strength for 20 women is .567. Test these results at the .01 level using a one-tailed test.
b.     The correlation between the number correct on a math test and the time it takes to complete the test is –.45. Test whether this correlation is significant for 80 children at the .05 level of significance. Choose either a one- or a two-tailed test and justify your choice.
c.     The correlation between number of friends and grade point average (GPA) for 50 adolescents is .37. Is this significant at the .05 level for a two-tailed test?
7.     Use the data in Ch. 15 Data Set 3 to answer the questions below. Do this one manually or use IBM® SPSS® software.
a.     Compute the correlation between income and level of education.
b.     Test for the significance of the correlation.
c.     What argument can you make to support the conclusion that lower levels of education cause low income?
8.     Use the following data set to answer the questions. Do this one manually.
a.     Compute the correlation between age in months and number of words known.
b.     Test for the significance of the correlation at the .05 level of significance.
c.     Recall what you learned in Ch. 5 of Salkind (2014)about correlation coefficients and interpret this correlation.
Age in months
Number of words known
12
6
15
8
9
4
7
5
18
14
24
18
15
7
16
6
21
12
15
17
9.     How does linear regression differ from analysis of variance?
10.  Betsy is interested in predicting how many 75-year-olds will develop Alzheimer’s disease and is using level of education and general physical health graded on a scale from 1 to 10 as predictors. But she is interested in using other predictor variables as well. Answer the following questions.
a.     What criteria should she use in the selection of other predictors? Why?
b.     Name two other predictors that you think might be related to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
c.     With the four predictor variables (level of education, general physical health, and the two new ones that you name), draw out what the model of the regression equation would look like. 

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How Does This Relate to Me?
Prior to beginning this journal entry, read “The Development of Expertise in Performance: The Role of Memory, Knowledge, Learning, and Practice” and “Transitions and the Development of Expertise,” as well as review all other required resources. It is important for you to have already completed your initial post in the “Learning Trends” discussion before you compose this journal entry.
Part 1: As you were reading this week, what vocabulary was used that was unfamiliar to you or might be to your peers? Identify three to five words from this week’s content and research each word in the context of learning and cognition. Explain, in your own words, what each word means and how it is used in the context of learning and cognition.
Part 2: Based on the week’s discourse and content, you will access the Ashford University Library and research one scholarly article pertaining to expertise that was published within the last 10 years. Provide a summary explanation of the findings on “expertise” in the context of your article. What implications should scholars consider based on this information? Support your explanation utilizing this week’s resources and your researched article.
Part 3: Consider the events from the past week of your life. How does expertise, or the perception of it, affect our behaviors, actions, and knowledge development? Describe one personal real-life example of an occurrence that supports the implications of actual expertise, or the perception of it, on our behaviors and actions toward others. As you share this information, consider and apply the professional standards found in “12.06 Anonymity of Sources”found in the AERA Code of Ethics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
Part 4: Review “Principle A: Professional Competence” in the AERA Code of Ethics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. What implications should be considered in your scholarly writing and observations? How might you check for competence of the research in articles and research studies you read? Explain the public impression(s) and misconception(s) that can occur when secular articles or studies (e.g., Yahoo survey results, newspaper reports) are used instead of findings from peer-reviewed sources.
Each journal entry should be 400 to 700 words in length and should establish your understanding of the content, apply appropriate methods of ethical practices, and exhibit appropriate scaffolding of personal experience to the week’s content.

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements
Please use as many references as needed.
Write a research paper discussing the transmission of patients Electronic Medical Records (EMR) between healthcare providers in the U.S.A, the paper should address the following but not limited to
Identify the problems and provide recommendation.Database and Regulatory Compliance ChallengesPrivacy concerns (HIPAA) and enforcementProvide data to support your researchThe legal implications amongst others**The paper should adhere to college writing standards and be at least 6, but no more than 10 double-spaced pages in length, excluding title page, abstract, bibliography, table of contents, or any graphic, tabular or illustrative material. **

In this assignment, you will examine the international legal entities dealing with global health law incidents. Read “Cholera Outbreak in Zimbabwe” (5.2) on pages 68-69 in An Introduction to Global Health Ethics. In this case study, you explore options available for dealing with this health crisis. Write a 4-5 page paper evaluating the steps Zimbabwe should take in dealing with this situation and provide your recommendation on how to remedy a future situation. Your report should address the following substantive requirements:
• Examine the purpose of laws.
• Describe and assess each agency that would be involved in the situation. Include pros and cons for international involvement in state affairs.
• Develop a law that would prevent such a breakdown from occurring in the future and use reasoning to illustrate why such a law would not be considered intrusive. Your well-written report should meet the following requirements: • Be 4-5 pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.
• Formatted according to Saudi Electronic University and APA writing guidelines.
• Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but two must be external.
• Utilize the following headings to organize the content in your work: o Introduction, o Description and Assessment, o Recommendation, and o Conclusion. Case study 5.2 Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe Due to crumbling infrastructure, sewage plants in Zimbabwe begin leaking raw sewage into rivers. Within weeks, thousands of people who rely on the rivers contract cholera. The Zimbabwean government denies that the country is experiencing a cholera pandemic, despite thousands of deaths and sick refugees presenting in bordering countries, and refuses to act on the emergency. Can the international community legally intervene in instances when a state is unwilling or unable to control an epidemic? The above scenario mirrors what occurred in Zimbabwe in 2008, and raises the question of what recourse populations have in the event of a disaster if their host state is incapable or unwilling to provide basic aid and is reluctant to request international assistance.
Currently there is no general convention that governs all aspects of disaster relief, in stark contrast to international humanitarian law, which protects civilians during armed conflicts (Davies 2010). On the question of humanitarian access, international law tends to favour the protection of sovereignty and territorial integrity over the protection of populations (United Nations 2007). However, while international law does not currently govern humanitarian disasters, the WHO’s revised IHR (2005) lists cholera as one of the diseases about which states are required to notify WHO, due to its potential serious public health impact and its ability to spread internationally. The IHR requires that states request international assistance if they have insufficient antidotes, drugs, vaccine, protection equipment and financial, human and material resources to contain the disease. The breakdown of the public health system in Zimbabwe, the case fatality rate of cholera victims, and the speed at which the disease spread in 2008 all pointed to the state being unable to effectively contain the disease outbreak (Davies 2010). In terms of the IHR 2005, Zimbabwe’s 2008 cholera outbreak constituted an emergency and the Zimbabwean government had a duty to accept the assistance offered by WHO and various NGOs.
In instances where a state still refuses to accept international intervention in the face of a major disease outbreak, the UN Security Council could become involved. The UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change (United Nations 2004) noted that in certain instances: [T]he Security Council should be prepared to support the work of WHO investigators or to deploy experts reporting directly to the Council, and if existing International Health Regulations do not provide adequate access for WHO investigations and response coordination, the Security Council should be prepared to mandate greater compliance. In the event that a State is unable to adequately quarantine large numbers of potential carriers, the Security Council should be prepared to support international action to assist in cordon operations. The Security Council should consult with the WHO Director-General to establish the necessary procedures for working together in the event. Due to the possibility of being classified as a failed state (which would have opened the door to possible UN Security Council intervention), the Zimbabwe government eventually declared the cholera outbreak a national emergency in December 2008, and invited WHO to coordinate a Health Cluster response effort with the cooperation of the Zimbabwe health ministry and other nongovernmental agencies.