Write a five to eight (5-8) page paper in which you:

Summarize the seminal facts of the case that you chose.

Explain the main laws that have been violated in the case that you chose.

Describe the possible penalties that could be associated with the laws that you just described.

Explain whether your specific case was heard in the state or federal court system, and include any related jurisdictional requirements. Explain the fundamental reasons why it was necessary for the case to be heard in that particular court system.

Summarize the outcome of the case, and indicate whether the judge or jury made the decision.

Discuss whether or not you believe that the outcome of the case was justified. Provide a rationale for the response.

Use at least (3) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.

For this essay, analyze how Amazon has implemented a corporate strategy or a future policy rollout. Consider strategy development, and the implementation phase. In your essay, address the following questions.

· What are the stages of a corporation’s life cycle? How can a corporation’s life cycle be extended? What stage is your company in?

· What is strategy implementation? What questions must strategy makers consider to begin the implementation process?

· It is important to assess the strategy-culture compatibility when implementing a new strategy. Do you think that culture follows strategy, or does strategy follow culture? In your response, use your company to illustrate your points. Justify your answer.

· What is Six Sigma? Why would a company want to implement it?

Your essay should be two to three pages in length, double-spaced, and in 12 pt. Times New Roman font. The title and reference pages do not count towards the minimum page length. To complete this assignment, a minimum of two reputable sources must be used, cited, and referenced.

After reading article “The Culture of Celebrity” by Joseph Epstein provide a thoughtful, 400 word minimum response to the following:

In The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky writes, “So long as man remains free, he strives for nothing so incessantly and painfully as to find someone to worship.” Why do you think Dostoevsky makes this statement? Do you agree with this statement? Do you think we worship celebrities? Explain. 

Identify one current struggling consumer product.

Access the GCU Library business data bases. Research “rebranding strategy.”

In a paper of 750-1,000 words, present a rebranding strategy for the product, including the following:

A new name

Changes in packaging

The price point

Product position

Advertising strategy

A distribution method

Improvements in design or quality

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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

Week 2 Practice Worksheet 

Provide a response to the following prompts.

1. The Wilcox & Keselman (2003) article from this week’s electronic readings discusses two problems with measures of central tendency: skewness of the data and outliers. Discuss each of these issues and how they affect measures of central tendency.

2. How do the sample mean and the population mean differ? What is the symbol for each type of mean? 

3. An expert reviews a sample of 10 scientific articles (n = 10) and records the following numbers of error in each article: 0, 4, 2, 8, 2, 3, 1, 0, 5, and 7. 

a. Compute the mean, median, mode, sum of squares (SS), the variance, and the standard deviation for this sample using the definitional and computational formulas. You may use Microsoft® Excel® data anlysis to compute these statistics and copy your output into this worksheet.

Explain, to a person who has never had a course in statistics what you have done.

b. Note the ways in which the means and standard deviations differ, and speculate on the possible meaning of these differences, presuming they are representative of U.S. governors and large corporations’ CEOs in general.

4. A researcher records the levels of attraction for various fashion models among college students. He finds that mean levels of attraction are much higher than the median and the mode for these data.

a. What is the shape of the distribution for the data in this study? 

b. What measure of central tendency is most appropriate for describing these data? Why?

5. On a standard measure of hearing ability, the mean is 300, and the standard deviation is 20. Provide the Z scores for persons whose raw scores are 340, 310, and 260. Provide the raw scores for persons whose Z scores on this test are 2.4, 1.5, and -4.5.

6. Using the unit normal table, find the proportion under the standard normal curve that lies in the tail for each of the follow useing table starting on page 673 (Hint: Remember to change all percents to decimals):

a. Z = 1.00  

b. Z = -1.05  

c. Z = 0   

d. Z = 2.80  

e. Z = 1.96  

7. Suppose the scores of architects on a particular creativity test are normally distributed. Using a normal curve table (pp. 673-676 of the text), what percentage of architects have Z scores

a. above .10?  

b. below .10?  

c. above .20?  

d. below .20?  

e. above 1.10?  

f. below 1.10?  

Is this sample design an      example of random sampling? Explain. 

Assuming that all students attend his class that day, how many students will the instructor select to complete his questionnaire?

9. Suppose you were going to conduct a survey of visitors to your campus. You want the survey to be as representative as possible.

a. How would you select the people to survey? 

b. Why would that be your best method?

10. In a school band, 9 kids play string instruments, 10 kids play woodwind instruments, 7 kids play brass instruments, and 4 kids play percussion instruments. 

a. What is the probability that you randomly select a kid who plays a string or percussion instrument? 

b. What is the probability that you randomly select a kid who does not play a brass instrument?

 Because quantum mechanics is physics that describes the interactions of very small objects (i.e. molecules, atoms, and electrons), this week you will need to know how to multiply very small numbers.  Remember that scientific notation writes very small or large number in terms of powers of 10.  For example, .0008 can be written in scientific notation as 8 x 10-4 or as 8E-4.  The power of 10 (-4 in this case) tells you to take the number 8.0 and move the decimal 4 places to the left giving us .0008. 

REL212 WORLD VIEW CHART

This chart contains all the research you need to write the final paper for this course. If you do the research and reading on the religion(s) we study each week, and if you give yourself a good guide to the religions using this chart, you will have a good foundation for that final paper. The more information you provide for yourself with this chart, the easier it will be to write your final paper. Do not forget to provide adequate material for any in-text citations and be sure to include a reference page as well. On the left hand side of the chart are the categories and the content to be discussed.

Complete and submit the following chart. Provide citations for any source(s) you used to explain or provide examples for in your research. List in SWS Style full references for any in-text citations and source(s) made in the above chart. Use full sentences and correct grammar, etc..

After watching the PBS documentary Cheney’s Law in class today, please answer the following questions in a three (3) page typewritten paper.

What events during the Ford, Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations shaped Dick Cheney’s views of executive branch powers?

David Addington and Dick Cheney have worked together for two decades  and share similar views on executive power. Explain these views.

What did Vice President Cheney hope to accomplish by expanding presidential power after the Sept. 11 attacks?

What role did the Justice Department under Attorney General John  Ashcroft play in deterring the Bush administration’s policies on  interrogation and intelligence gathering?

What is a signing statement? How does a signing statement affect a  congressional law? What effect does a signing statement have on the  checks and balances between Congress and the executive branch?

In which areas discussed in the program (torture, domestic  wiretapping, redefining presidential authority and the use of signing  statements) do you feel the president and vice president are justified  in their actions? Why or why not?

Political Spectrum Writing Assignment

Read the article by Timothy Ferris, “Conservative is not opposite Liberal, That’s Totalitarianism”. Link is attached here:  ferris.PDF

Using the book and the internet, identify a one-dimensional political spectrum.

Draw a one-dimensional political spectrum and include the following: Libertarians, Democrats, Republicans, Green Party, Tea Party/Reform Party, Progressives/Liberals, Conservatives, Fascists, Communists, and Socialists. 

Next, Draw a two-dimensional political spectrum (like Ferris) and label the same parties as above on this spectrum as well. Use the attached PDF to see the drawing of the two dimensional spectrum that Ferris completed. There should be no excuse. Make sure to view the pdf to see the political spectrum. The second drawing should be like Ferris’!

Finally, explain why you put the political parties where you did on the spectrum, and compare and contrast your findings. (4 pages)

Write a 525- to 700-word response below that responds to the following question: 

How does the U.S. Federal bureaucracy influence, operate, and function with respect to implementing economic, social, and foreign policy?

Include APA citations for all borrowed ideas, facts, or definitions.