...Evaluating Websites More and more people are using the internet every day. It is important to know whether a website is credible or not. There are many websites out there that give false information or they give information trying to sell a product or they want you to believe a certain way, so the information is one-sided. Anyone can set up a web page, so how do you know if what you are reading is credible or not? You ask yourself some questions about the webpage. You want to ask questions about five different things; accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, and coverage. I decided to research the United States Health and Human Services website. This website is informational website designed to present facts, letting the public know about what services are offered and how to take advantage of them. With an informational website, the URL Address frequently ends in .edu or .gov, as many of these pages are sponsored by educational institutions or government agencies. Examples of these are: dictionaries, thesauri, directories, transportation schedules, calendars of events, statistical data, and other factual information such as reports, presentations of research, or information about a topic (Alexander, Tate, 1999). I asked myself the following questions about accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, and coverage.. . Accuracy – how accurate is the information on the page? Ask yourself the following questions: Can you verity the information (sources), is...
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...Monica Cotton- Johnson Evaluating Research Process University of Phoenix January 23, 2012 D. J. Steacy Evaluating Research Process The research process can be a long process. The research must be done completely to determine whether the research is worth the effort. The correct data must be collected and tested to analyze the statistics. Teen pregnancy is a huge issue for the school aged children. There is a process the students must take to prevent teen pregnancy. The process starts with the education to the students. Abortion is the ability to end an unwanted pregnancy. Teenagers have sex without thinking about the consequences that can follow their actions. Ninety percent of teenagers become pregnant each year (Medoff, M. May 2009). The mother, child, and society have consequences to the teenage pregnancies. The infants born to teenagers can have a low birth weight, risk of short and long term illnesses, developmental delays, and be maltreated. The teenagers do not know how to raise a child at a young age, as they are barely learning how to take care of themselves. Some of the teenagers do not finish school. There have been proven to have many reasons why teenagers get pregnant. Poverty, single parent homes, alcohol, drug use, and low educated parents are just a few reasons to explain high teen pregnancy rates. Of course, every decision has to be made by the teenager. The prevention of teen pregnancy is a priority; therefore the causes of teen pregnancy are...
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...Evaluating the Market Since the industrial revolution the role of markets in society has been heavily scrutinized. The standard market vision alludes to a market where values and relationships are external to the exchange of commodities. The foundation of this market vision is based off individual’s self-interest and the idea that individuals aspiring to obtain their own goals will create a beneficial outcome for society as a whole. Unfortunately, this early conception of markets was too primitive in its ideals and did not include influential aspects of the market in its evaluation. Friedrich Hayek and Karl Polanyi, two economists, elaborate on their beliefs of the market and how though it is the most functional system there are other variables that influence the market. Hayek discusses multiple positive traits of a free market system. For example, the idea that multiple individuals aspiring to achieve their own goals creates competition advocating the best product for society at an optimum price. Hayek elaborates that he concurs with the market vision to an extent but describes the market as not one big ambiguous entity but a catallaxy of multiple markets effecting one another. A catallaxy is “brought about by the mutual adjustment of many individual economies in a market. A catallaxy is thus the special kind of spontaneous order produced by the market through people….” (Hayek 1937, 109). Hayek displays that with this catallaxy our free market system requires little regulation...
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...* Paraphrase Practice | Evaluating Internet Sources Definition: In a rapidly changing world, Internet technology allows researchers to access the most up–to–date, timely, relevant, and targeted information. Accurately determining the reliability, validity, and usefulness of Web sites is an essential skill to understand and master. Credibility of a website is always important, especially when doing academic research or writing academic papers. In fact, credibility is crucial in academia. As you may or may not know, anyone can post information on the Internet. BobJones.com written by Bob Jones might contain information about the Civil War, but how does the reader know that Bob is an expert on the Civil War? Accurately determining the reliability and validity of websites is an essential skill when deciding to use an Internet source in an academic paper. Use the following guidelines when searching Internet sources for information to use in an academic paper: * Use websites that are credible * Use the most current sources possible * Use sources accessed through a university library These elements are discussed in detail below. Questions to Determine Internet Reliability What is the extension? The Web site address usually includes “www” followed by a period (called a dot), followed by an extension name (also called a domain name). The reliability of a website can frequently be determined by the domain or extension name. The most reliable extensions include...
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...There has been a lot technological info you can find on the internet as far as the library that you can find specific information to your liking. The evaluations discusses the advantages and disadvantages between the Library and the internet on which how many definition you can get from the internet and what information to go by whether that be the book answer or the internet answer. This is my tutorial on evaluating the Internet, and the advantages and disadvantages it has for me and today’s society. Most of us feel very at ease and confident using the Internet. Reason being, it doesn’t take up your time opposed to going to the librarys to find books , or look though the directory to find chronicles, articles or bulletin information, may seem to be time consuming. So why would you use those resources? What benefits would the library resources have over the Internet resource? One big advantage of resources, is the library over free Internet resources is that they’ve been considered. Books in the library and editorials in the database have been within an evaluation process that gives some assertion of credibility and accuracy. Since anyone can put no matter what on the Internet, the only assessment a website is obtainable to go through is the one that you do, determining whether or not to use it for your convenience. Let’s say I was writing an essay for my English class on a medical deficiency called Lupus. I would utilize Google to find sources of information...
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...“You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Bob Napier, Hewlett-Packard (hp.com, n.d., para. 2) Evaluating a sales person’s performance is part of the sales managerial functions. It incorporates information about performance and goals in the past and applies that data to improve performance in the future either by taking corrective actions or by rewarding good performances. One evaluation method my company will adopt for the sale team will be Feedback. Feedback is simply verbal or nonverbal communication between two or more parties. Feedback should be given in all work situations, good and bad. However, people sometimes think of feedback as being synonymous with criticism when it is given in situations where expectations have not been met. Regardless, we are constantly surrounded by feedback as we see the consequences of our actions and how our actions affect the impressions of those around us. One common problem that managers overlook when reviewing performance is remembering that feedback is not all about forms. Traditional performance reviews have checklists, ratings, or reports that are used as tools to analyze feedback in the organization. While these forms are useful in documenting and appraising a person’s performance, feedback should not be dictated by the type of form an organization uses. Instead, it should be well thought out and measured according to the individual employee in question, considering their unique circumstances and abilities. References: Damnjanovic...
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...Evaluating Compliance Strategies HCR/220 Compliant billing involves certain steps in order to properly bill a patient and receive any monies owed for those services performed. First step is for the doctor to fill out and sign any and all forms at the end of a patient’s visit. The next step is to post the transactions made along with the proper medical codes from a patient’s appointment into the practice management program which leads to the claims being filed. Payers then need to make sure that the services performed along with the diagnosis must show that it was medically necessary services. The billers also need to know the proper rules and guidelines put forth by a patient’s insurance company. Because medical insurance companies constantly change their policies, the insurance specialist rely on the payer’s website or may regular communicate with a representative of the payer. The correct coding initiative controls improper coding that would result in improper payments for Medicare claims. The CCI also monitors billing of any services that Medicare believes cannot be performed together. The CCI also requires doctors to tell about the most extensive service that was performed and not the revealing of both the extensive and limited services. Finally the CCI also tests for unbundling. Many mistakes can be made while billing/coding a patient. Some of those mistakes are: billing invalid/outdated codes, coding without the correct forms, truncated coding; using codes that...
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...Evaluating the benefits, costs, and risk associated with negotiating Juwan Howard’s free agent contract, Juwan Howard had many request to be comfortable with whatever organization that he chose to work for. Juwan Howard, due to his last two seasons with the Wizards, believed he had become a valuable NBA commodity, averaging 19.8 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game over the two seasons (Barry, Lewicki, & Saunders, 2007). With the stats recorded, Juwan Howard wanted his compensation to match his achievements and the ability to follow his dreams. Juwan Howard’s request, though demanding and deserving, were lavish in comparison to other contract at the time. He wanted a long term contract of $100 million over 7 years, luxury suites on away games, limo services paid for, extra tickets for games, and the possibility to purchase a new Ferrari and his dream home. Juwan Howard did not want to go to another team because of his love of the state of Washington, his loyalties to his coaches and fans and desire to stay where he started his career. Above all else though, he wanted to go where the money is. The General Manager for the Washington Wizards is Mr. Unseld. Mr. Unseld really wanted to keep Juwan Howard happy, keep him in the city that loved him, and to be able to provide a supporting cast of players to compliment Juwan Howard’s abilities. In doing so, he knew that with the salary cap, he could not accomplish paying Juwan Howard the amount of money he is requesting...
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...EVALUATING WORK 1. JOB EVALUATION Job Evaluation is the process of systematically determining the relative worth of jobs to create a job structure for the organization. The evaluation is based on a combination of job content, skills required, value to the organization, organizational culture, and the external market. This potential to blend organizational forces and external market forces is both a strength and a challenge of job evaluation. 2. TYPES OF JOB EVALUATION JOB BASED Job-based employee performance evaluations focus on the duties of the position and the tasks required to perform them successfully. This is a standard type of evaluation you can use for all employees filling the same position. First you must perform a job analysis, separating all duties into large categories, such as essential functions and communication. Under the categories of the position, specify tasks required to fulfill them. Be thorough in your analysis and ask your manager or the human resources department to review it. This will be the performance plan for the position. Each employee will receive the plan, sign it and be reviewed formally at the end of the rating period based on the duties outlined. PERSON BASED A person-based evaluation is specific to each individual employee. It takes into consideration the knowledge, skills and abilities the employee possesses upon hire and learns in the course of the rating period. In this way, an employee is compensated fairly for...
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...EVALUATING A WEBSITE: JOINT COMMISSION CREDIBILITY Evaluation TJC’s website is published by very well known organization and ends in .org which makes it very appropriate for offering authority. The information throughout the website is very accurate and provides daily updates. There is a link that is labeled “Daily Update” that offers most recent news anywhere from the day of your search to as far back as a month ago. There is also a “Contact Us” link that offers a customer service phone number for general questions. This website does not appear to be biased and is produced by an organization that offers very important information in becoming accredited or certified without a source of funding impact. Information is clearly listed on the website and can be accessed directly. The website and graphics of the site load very quickly and all the links are functioning. As far a privacy and security, this does not seem to be an issue for just simply searching the website generally. There is no sign in required to search for organizations but there is an option to Log In or log in using a Guest Access Request. If you choose either option, it takes you to a secure website called Joint Commission Connect and also lists other key stakeholders the website is intended for. Credibility TJC recommends best clinical practices. Incorporation of best clinical practices into the baccalaureate critical care nursing curriculum is important. Best practices promote...
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...1.) I will be using five vocabulary words in my discussion demonstrating the correct terms and understanding of their meaning. 2.) My birthday is 9 May 2013. I will be using these following integers. a= Month (5) b=day (-9) c= year (85) This given expression is use with the variables a and b and exponent of 3 on each variable. I plugged my integers in and multiply the exponents. I then followed the former steps to receive my answer. a3 –b3 53 – (-9)3 125- (-729) 125 + 729 = 854 This given expression I use my variables and plugged my integers in. I used multiplication to plug my exponents. I finish the problem by following the order of operation. (a-b) (a2 +ab + b2) (5-(-9)) (52 + 5(-9) + (-9)2) (5+9) (25 + (-45) + 81) 14(61) = 854 This given expression I used my variables and plugged my integers in. I also use multipacation in to get -94 and -23. Both of these are prime numbers and they can be simplified by using my divisor and put then I simplify fraction in lower terms. (b-c) = -9-85 = -94 = (2b-a) (2(-9)-5 -23 Did you notice anything interesting about the results of a3 –b3 and (a-b) (a2 +ab + b2)? Was this coincidence or do you think there is a reason for this? I notice that my A and B had the same answers. I think it’s an answer for everything. I believe because you follow the order of operation (PEMDAS) and you are using the same numbers helping with getting some of...
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...Family and Personal Issues Damaryes Villanueva University of Phoenix Business Management MGT/216 Dr Tucker-Johnson Family and Personal Issues This paper is written to view balancing family and personal issues while working for an organization. Despite of what one personal life entails life is demanding and everyone needs to know or learn how to balance one’s work, family and, personal life. There will always be pressure in the workplace regardless of one’s status, single or a family the job will somehow, slip into one’s personal life or one’s personal life will slip into work, it inevitable. The key is balancing both equally important lives. In the year 2000 it was reported that 77 percent of women were part of the workforce. It’s fair to say that mothers are a part and continue to be a part of this workforce. The jobs today are not limited to secretarial work in an office or the usual nine to five positions. These are positions that in high demand such as project managers, financial analyst, managers and more (Porter, 2006). Today’s employers demand more time, availability, flexibility to fulfill a full-time position. This can be a struggle for some employees with families, which may include infants, toddlers, teens, daycare, after-school activities, preparation for events and conferences. Some of these may include the occasional call from the school nurse, asking one to pick up a child because to illness or minor injury. Corporations are becoming more family...
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...Some people think that to improve the high quality of education, students should be encouraged to evaluate and criticise their teachers' performance while others claim that this activity is conducive to the disappearance of respect and discipline in classroom. I partly agree with the former idea for the following reasons. To begin with, students know their teacher better in the domain of teaching effect than any other people, such as headteachers, supervisors of the government. If we can compare the teaching service as a kind of commodity, say clothes, the people who know the quality of this commodity best must be the people who use it, say patrons. Students are the patrons of the educational service and have the right to evaluate its quality. Additionally, if students have the chance to evaluate their teachers, the attitude of teachers will change significantly. In the past, local newspaper often reported that students were physically punished by their teachers, only because they did not finish their homework. When students have the privilege to express their opinion of their teachers, the situation will change. Consequently, in order to get a reasonable score, teachers will pay more attention to their students' need. For example, a teacher may spend their off-campus time helping students resolve academic questions. What is more, under the pressure of evaluation, teachers will try their best to improve the quality of teaching. For instance, there are many old-fashioned...
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...The newspaper article I came up with is an editorial from The Washington Post titled “The NSA must disclose more to make it case”. This article touches on a sensitive topic which has spark out a debate across the country. The article says “the bulk collection of phone ‘metadata’ and call records is a potentially powerful tool that could reveal sensitive facts about nearly every American’s life if abused, and according to the article this practice was disclosed by the NSA’s former contractor Edward Snowden who demands extensive checks to guard against misuse (Washington Post, 2013). According to the article, a taskforce was formed and was to submit a report to President Obama, in their report they would like to see a higher legal standard applied in accessing phone records by government. The report proposed an end to the bulk collection of records, calling on the NSA to approach phone companies and ask for records as when investigators need them on a case-by-case basis. Government officials seemed to open in considering this arrangement but voiced concern that investigative speed may be lost in the interest of privacy protection (Washington Post, 2013) The article argued that for the NSA to make a strong case, it must demonstrate the national security benefit to the program. It further did mentioned of the U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon who issued an injunction to prevent the bulk collection of the data. His actions gives the government a chance to appeal and he ruled that...
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...Learning Team Summary Henry Woods BCOM/230 July 23, 2012 Byron Johnson Learning Team Summary During the first week of the course many students wondered how this particular learning experience could enhance their ability to be a productive member within a learning team environment. Participating in a learning team environment can often seem intimidating. As the first week progressed suddenly, I realized that this course would introduce the concepts of effective communication within a learning team environment and the business world. As week two began, I felt somewhat apprehensive about working in a learning team environment. Prior to entering this course most students have very little experience within a learning team environment. Some of the team members had been involved in an online structure where there was little or no interaction between classmates unless we were participating in a discussion week. Although I believed that my many years of supervisory experience would make me the likely candidate to lead the learning team, I realized that the best person to lead the team was a member with prior learning team experience. As week two progressed our learning team had to decide who would be the most effective leader, review the learning team tool kit, and establish an effective team charter. Our learning team leader believed it was important for use to have some background knowledge about each member. She quickly took the lead and established our learning team charter giving...
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