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Due Date: Apr 20, 2018 23:59:59       Max Points: 50

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In the prospectus, proposal, and dissertation there are 10 strategic points that need to be clear, simple, correct, and aligned to ensure the research is doable, valuable, and credible. These points, which provide a guide or vision for the research, are present in almost any research study. The ability to identify these points is one of the first skills required in the creation of a viable doctoral dissertation. In this assignment, you will identify and evaluate 10 strategic points in a published quantitative research study.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

• Review the Wigton dissertation.
• Locate and download “Modified 10 Points Template.”
• This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
• APA style is not required for this assignment.
• You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Directions:

Using the “Modified 10 Points Template,” identify each of the 10 strategic points in this quantitative dissertation.

Complete the “Evaluation” section of the template by addressing the following questions (250-500 words) with regard to the 10 strategic points in the study:

1. Discuss the key points in the literature review and how the author used this section to identify the gap or problem addressed in the study.
2. Describe the variables under study and how they are a key component in this quantitative research study. You are not expected to understand the differences between variables at this point, but should be able to identify how they inform the problem, purpose, research questions and data collection instruments.
3. Describe the problem and how it informed the research questions under study.
4. Describe the quantitative design used and why it is appropriate for the identified problem and research questions. Support your response with a peer-reviewed citation from a research source.
5. Assess the appropriateness of the instruments used to collect data and answer the research questions as well as to address the stated problem.
6. Discuss how the problem statement informed the development of the purpose statement in this study.

RES-825-RS-Modified10PointsTemplate.docx RES-825-RS-WigtonQuantDissertation.pdf

The study of the philosophy of friendship provides us with an opportunity to explore the concept of dissimulation and its vital role in friendship.

Novelist Marcel Proust believed that friendship was only bearable if we wear masks of good manners. This makes a deep and honest friendship very challenging. He believed that the greatest honesty meant acknowledging that real friendship could never really be fully given or received. Similarly, Immanuel Kant noted:

“For everyone has his weaknesses, and these must be kept hidden even from our friends… so that humanity should not be offended thereby. Even to our best friend, we must not discover ourselves as we naturally are and know ourselves to be, for that would be a nasty business” (p. 85).

Yet, some philosophers believe that when we do experience those powerful moments of truth and honesty between close friends, and completely let our guards down, it is a moment of great clarity and insight. In those honest moments, a friend becomes another self. One may feel as close to a friend as one does to oneself. Most philosophers recognize this phenomenon, including the French writer Michel de Montaigne, who described this friendship as becoming ”one soul in two bodies.”

Aristotle took it further to mean that only in friendship can we truly discover ourselves. Similarly, philosopher Giorgio Agamben shares, “The friend is not another I, but an otherness immanent in self-ness, a becoming other of the self.” Vernon adds: “It’s implying that a close friend is another part of you and that you can only fully become who you are in who they are too” (p. 87).

In a post of 250-350 words, please answer the following:

• With two seemingly dichotomous understandings of the nature of friendship, how exactly can both conceptions be true?
• Is a certain amount of feigning actually necessary in order to achieve a meaningful connection in a friendship?
• What are the ethical implications of such behavior in friendship?

4A – Colon Cancer

Instructions

• Describe the biological and physiological aspects of colon cancer and potential chemical treatments or pathways that are affected.
• Discuss the natural progression of colon cancer, or the natural history of infectious or exposure-related illnesses.
• What are the potential outcomes of the disease (recovery or death), and what leads to those potential outcome(s)?

Requirements

• NO PLAGIARISM
• The paper should be at least 1000 words in length.
• Include a list of references in APA format
• U.S. references only

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Choose one of the following  three policies related to health care reform that influences the economy:

1. Individual Mandate
2. Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments to  Insurers
3. Meaningful Use—Electronic Health Records    (EHRs), HITECH Act)

Write a paper of 1,000-1,250 words, not including the title and  References page that analyzes the chosen policy. Include the following  in your paper:

1. Summarize how key elements of health care reform impact the    economy on a macro level.
2. Research the governmental policy    process that was involved with the development, implementation, and    assessment of the chosen policy. Explain how the governmental policy    process affected the way the policy was developed, implemented, and  assessed.
3. Explain how the policy proposal you selected may    impact three major stakeholders within the health care system (e.g.,    consumers, insurers, hospital systems).

Cite a minimum of five references to support your rationale.

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.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer  to the directions in the Student Success Center.

This assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

MPA 4.5: Analyze how the governmental policy process informs the    development, implementation, and assessment of policy within health care.

MBA 5.2: Analyze the role of government and national health care    policies and programs and their impact on change within health care    delivery systems.