Tag: Project management

We had an eclectic combination of readings assigned this week. One of the important topics covered was the
idea of ethics in technology innovation. This week’s discussion question relates to that.
Take a close look at the “Ethics Canvas” below, which is a powerful way of focusing on issues, stakeholders,
processes, and inter-relationships among several variables connected with evaluating ethical issues relating to
an innovation project.
While all the boxes in this chart are important, different individuals may have different ideas as to where they
would like to initially focus on.
If you were in charge of implementing an innovation project in your organization, which “one” box within the
ethics canvas chart would you focus on, first? Why?

After you have determined which instrument you will be using, search the literature again for any journal articles that assess and/or report on the instruments validity and reliability. Then, using the article(s) you found, please answer the following questions.
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1. What is the exact name of one (1) empirical instrument (i.e. measure) you have selected to for your
research proposal in mixed methods research?

2. What is the correct APA citation for the journal article(s) that assesses your selected instrument?

3. What construct(s) does the instrument measure? Please identify all of them and provide a brief
definition and/or explanation for each.

4. Is evidence of the instrument’s validity established in the journal article? If so, summarize the details
for each type of measurement validity reported. If the type of validity is not reported, please write
N/A in the space provided.

Content (i.e. face) validity:
Construct validity:
Concurrent validity:
Criterion validity:
Predictive validity:

5. Is evidence of the instrument’s reliability well established? If so, summarize the details for each type
of measurement reliability reported. If the type of reliability is not reported, please write N/A in the
space provided.

Internal consistency (Cronbach’s α >0.70):
Test–retest reliability ( κ >0.70 OR ICC, r, ρ):

6. Has the instrument been previously validated in a population similar to the one you wish to study? If
not, please state the population in which the instrument has been validated. (For example, if you wish
to study urban, black youth, has the instrument been previously validated in a sample of urban, black
youth?)

7. In previous research using the instrument, did the authors specifically state the change in scores
required to be considered clinically meaningful?
8. Is the full version of the instrument available for public use and easily found online? If so, copy and
paste the link to where the instrument can be found. If not, what is the email listed to obtain
permission from the author for its use?

9. What surrogate or proxy measures have you identified that can also be used? (For example, grade
point average often serves as a surrogate or proxy measure of intellectual ability.)

10. Why did you specifically choose this instrument or what made you determine this instrument was the
best measure to use based on your area of research and/or topic?

After you have determined which instrument you will be using, search the literature again for any journal articles that assess and/or report on the instruments validity and reliability. Then, using the article(s) you found, please answer the following questions.
_____________________________________________________________________________________

1. What is the exact name of one (1) empirical instrument (i.e. measure) you have selected to for your
research proposal in mixed methods research?

2. What is the correct APA citation for the journal article(s) that assesses your selected instrument?

3. What construct(s) does the instrument measure? Please identify all of them and provide a brief
definition and/or explanation for each.

4. Is evidence of the instrument’s validity established in the journal article? If so, summarize the details
for each type of measurement validity reported. If the type of validity is not reported, please write
N/A in the space provided.

Content (i.e. face) validity:
Construct validity:
Concurrent validity:
Criterion validity:
Predictive validity:

5. Is evidence of the instrument’s reliability well established? If so, summarize the details for each type
of measurement reliability reported. If the type of reliability is not reported, please write N/A in the
space provided.

Internal consistency (Cronbach’s α >0.70):
Test–retest reliability ( κ >0.70 OR ICC, r, ρ):

6. Has the instrument been previously validated in a population similar to the one you wish to study? If
not, please state the population in which the instrument has been validated. (For example, if you wish
to study urban, black youth, has the instrument been previously validated in a sample of urban, black
youth?)

7. In previous research using the instrument, did the authors specifically state the change in scores
required to be considered clinically meaningful?
8. Is the full version of the instrument available for public use and easily found online? If so, copy and
paste the link to where the instrument can be found. If not, what is the email listed to obtain
permission from the author for its use?

9. What surrogate or proxy measures have you identified that can also be used? (For example, grade
point average often serves as a surrogate or proxy measure of intellectual ability.)

10. Why did you specifically choose this instrument or what made you determine this instrument was the
best measure to use based on your area of research and/or topic?

Write a report on one of the TQM topics or methods: its application areas, advantages, and disadvantages preferably in a field related to your work. Analyze and discuss the finding as well as recommend future opportunities for improvement.
Use a research paper approach and structure that includes abstract, keywords, introduction, literature review, methodology, analysis of results, conclusion and references.
You should include at least 10 recent and relevant references.
References should be cited in the text of the report.

Final Research Project Requirements CJBS 250 and PSC 255
You may choose any topic you’d like related to Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology,
Marketing, Public Administration.
PROHIBITED TOPICS: You may not do your final research proposal on the
following:
Capital Punishment, Broken Windows, Racial Profiling, Stop Question & Frisk,
Redlining, or ANY form of Corrections.
Main Goal to be Achieved: Create a Research Proposal of 6-8 pages where you will:
A. identify a topic and write a hypothesis statement which you intend to prove through
survey research. All semester you have been learning the vocabulary and the concepts
involved when producing and consuming research. These main points and topics from
each chapter MUST BE USED if you want to earn a quality grade on your research
proposal. Your hypothesis statement should begin with “I intend to prove…….”
Ex. “I intend to prove that students who sit in the front of the classroom perform
better academically than students who sit in the middle or the rear. Students who sit in
the middle of the class do better than students who sit in the rear of the class but do not
do as well as students who sit in the front of the class. In other words, your academic
success relies, at least in part, upon where you sit during the classes.
B. The following separate and distinct headers MUST BE USED to discern each
portion of the project.
• Problem or Objective — Describes what will be studied. This is your
main research topic to be studied, including a brief introduction to the
topic and a hypothesis statement to be proved.
“I intend to prove…….” (½ page)
• Literature Review — Summarizes the prior research on the topic
What is known about the topic? What have other studies concluded?
This is the “term paper” part of your exam. Write (2-3 pages) about
other studies encompassing your topic. Use at least 3 separate sources
here.
Research Questions — Specifies what the research will answer
This section must included 15-20 research questions that will be asked
to survey participants and used in your survey in order to obtain the
information you seek. Be sure to include demographic data, main
substance questions, and contingency questions specifically designed to
prove or disprove your main statement. This section should display a
stacked list of survey questions of your choice. This section should NOT
be written in paragraph form, but rather a list of questions with blank
fill in answers and others with predetermined choices (2 pages)
• Subjects for Study — Whom or what will be studied?
This section should include exactly who you plan to ask survey
questions, how this sample will be chosen. (1/2 page)
• Measurement — Identifies the key variables of the study
This section should clearly identify what measurements you expect to
find out with your survey questions. What are you measuring, exactly?
What measurements are you going to use? What are the dependent
and independent variables?(1/2 page)
• Data Collection Methods — Explains how observations will be
collected
This section explains what kind of survey structure you will use. How
will this information be obtained, exactly? (1/2 page)
• Analysis — Specifies how the observations will be analyzed
What did you learn? What information did you get? This page is made
up. It’s fabricated based on hypothetical answers that you might get.
You suppose the information. This section should contain pie graphs,
charts, conclusion data and summary statements (2 pages)
• References — List of materials consulted and cited in the proposal
This section MUST include an APA compliant reference page including
no less than 5 sources. You will have points deducted if this page isn’t
perfect.

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INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this task is to develop a working knowledge of nursing theory, nursing ethics, and professional accountability and apply these concepts to your professional clinical practice. You will be required to think about real-life scenarios and how they relate to nursing codes in your professional practice.

Research Purpose, Questions & Hypotheses (2-3 pages) Ben
• Explains why the research is being conducted (e.g. motivation and context for project, what we hope to learn or accomplish, etc.).
• Clearly states the specific research questions (and related hypotheses for quantitative analyses) you investigate. These questions should be related to client objectives and grouped by method (i.e., interviews and survey). Explain why you asked these questions (e.g. what you hoped to find out).

Findings & Recommendations （3 pages）Ben

• Section 2: Findings and Recommendations from Survey
• Summarizes the major findings of the survey research in a way that tells a story and addresses client objectives.
• Where appropriate, integrate insights from open-ended questions.
• Findings should be structured around key research objectives, and should discuss implications (e.g., finding X means this group is more important than you previously thought, or that you should do more research on Z, etc.) and/or recommendations (e.g., finding X suggests that you should consider doing Y).
• Findings should be supported by data (i.e. provide values in written text to support claims) and correct statistical analyses (i.e. descriptive, inferential, and associative).
• Findings should also be supported through display of charts, graphs, and/or tables, generated from SPSS, PowerPoint or Excel. Charts, graphs, and tables should be easy to understand, properly labelled, visually appealing, relevant to the findings, and representative of sound statistical analyses. Each chart, graph, and table needs to make a point, and that point should be emphasized in the title of the visual.
• You should also discuss the limitations of this research (i.e. what could have been done better) and suggest further avenues for future research.

Identify an operational problem and launch a project to solve the problem, build a
solution, action plan, deployment, and sustainment plan.
In week 2 you identified an operational problem, which is the premise of building your operational plan.
The operational plan should answer the following questions:
What is the problem we are trying to solve?
Where are we now?
Where do we want to be?
How do we get there?
How do we measure progress?
How to we ensure the progress is sustained?
Required Elements of your final paper
Abstract (this is where you do a high-level overview of the problem and project)
Project charter (Week 2 – Build a Project Charter)
Budget, outlining the ROI – this does not have to be again in revenue
Problem-solving method (Week 3 – Designing a Study)
Balanced Scorecard ( Week 6 – Balanced Score Card Assignment)
Value Stream Map (Week 4 – Value Stream Map)
Use of one statistical tool that you used to help understand the operational problem and assisted you in finding
a solution during your project. Refer to Chapter 7 for examples of statistical tools. You must actually build a tool
and discuss how you used it in your project.
The solution, which includes the Implementation Plan.
Outcomes – including if you met your ROI and if not, why.
Sustainment Plan – Ongoing monitoring of the plan to ensure it is being sustained.
Conclusion