Assignment 4: Persuasive Paper Part 2: Solution and Advantages
Due Week 7 and worth 200 points

Using feedback from your professor and classmates, revise Part 1 and develop the solution and identify the advantages of the solution. Note: The disadvantages or challenges with your answers will be in Part 3.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

Provide Part I: Revision of A Problem Exists (3-4 pages)

1. Revise, using feedback from the professor and classmates, your Persuasive Paper Part I: A Problem Exists.

Develop Part 2: Solution to Problem and Advantages (3-4 pages for 6-8 pages total)

2. Include a defensible, relevant thesis statement clearly in the first paragraph. (The thesis statement may need to be modified to reflect added information and purpose of this part.)

3. Explain a detailed, viable solution that supports your thesis. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.

4. State, explain, and support the first advantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.

5. State, explain, and support the second advantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.

6. State, explain, and support the third (and fourth if desired) advantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.

7. Use effective transitional words, phrases, and sentences.

8. Provide a concluding paragraph / transitional paragraph that summarizes the proposed solution and its advantages.

9. Develop a coherently structured paper with an introduction, body, and conclusion.

10. Use one (1) or more rhetorical strategies (ethos, logos, pathos) to explain advantages.

11. Support advantage claims with at least three (3) additional quality relevant references. Use at least six (6) total for Parts 1 and 2. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting guidelines:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Note: Submit your assignment to the designated plagiarism program so that you can make revisions before submitting your paper to your professor.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Recognize the elements and correct use of a thesis statement.
• Recognize the use of summary, paraphrasing, and quotation to communicate the main points of a text.
• Analyze the rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, logos in writing samples and for incorporation into essays or presentations.
• Correct grammatical and stylistic errors consistent with Standard Written English.
• Prepare a research project that supports an argument with structure and format appropriate to the genre.
• Revise drafts to improve clarity, support, and organization. Recognize how to organize ideas with transitional words, phrases, and sentences.
• Incorporate relevant, properly documented sources to substantiate ideas.
• Write clearly and concisely about selected topics using proper writing mechanics.
• Use technology and information resources to research selected issues for this course.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

My major is general business

The Week 6 Discussion asked you to consider the following and draft a 100-word bio:

1. Stay at or just under 100 words

2. What makes you stand out and how can you define your “brand?”

3. Incorporate the appropriate wording (lexical choices) from the job announcements when necessary–the keywords and phrases from your analysis above.

4. What are three to five claims you can make about your accomplishments, experiences, and/or skills?

5. Be specific and concise.

Try to stay away from typical job search platitudes such as “hardworking,” “multitasker,” “dependable,” and others that can be used to describe just about anyone. Instead, push yourself to be unique and define you–and your brand.

Expanding on what you wrote for the Week 6 Discussion, compose and submit the 250-word full draft of the bio–ultimately, you’ll include the final draft in your Writing in Action portfolio. More specifically, consider the 3-5 claims you make in Step 4 from above. What short examples or anecdotes support those claims and help to *show* reader-users what you are able to contribute?

Evaluate and explain why scheduling is a vital process, and why project managers need to be alert and aware of it at all times throughout the project life cycle.

post should be at least 250 words in length, Properly cite any references utilized in APA format.

Question 1

1. When using assessment to inform treatment planning, counselors should be most concerned with:

   	a.	Using primarily formal assessments to increase objectivity.
   	b.	Gathering quality information and evaluating it using a scientific approach.
   	c.	Using primarily informal assessments to gather thorough client data.
   	d.	Gathering a large quantity of information to ensure that all domains of the client’s life are evaluated.

10 points

Question 2

1. Helms et al. (2005) assert that rather than using race to categorize assessment results, the construct of _________________ is more effective in explaining significant differences in assessment of cognitive abilities and other areas of psychological assessment.

   	a.	Cultural preference.
   	b.	Racial identity.
   	c.	Gender identity.
   	d.	Worldview.

10 points

Question 3

1. John is a second grade student who, on an achievement test, received a grade equivalent score of 4.5 (fourth grade-fifth month) on the reading comprehension subtest. As a counselor, you would interpret this score as an indicator that John should be:

   	a.	Skipped to the fourth grade.
   	b.	Moved to a fourth grade classroom for his instruction in reading.
   	c.	Tested for the gifted program, since he is doing fourth grade work.
   	d.	The score could not be interpreted without examining how the instrument was developed.

10 points

Question 4

1. What is one drawback of using the range as a measure of variability?

   	a.	It is more difficult to calculate than standard deviation.
   	b.	It can only be meaningfully interpreted by expert clinicians.
   	c.	It is only useful in research applications.
   	d.	It can be significantly influenced by extreme scores.

10 points

Question 5

1. The Beck Depression Inventory-II has a reliability coefficient (coefficient alpha) of .92. Using classical test theory, interpret the meaning of this reliability coefficient.

   	a.	The amount of error variance to observed variance is 92 percent.
   	b.	The amount of true variance to observed variance is 92 percent.
   	c.	The instrument has good enough reliability.
   	d.	The instrument’s validity coefficient would be .922 (or .92 squared).

10 points

Question 6

1. Using the general guidelines of user qualifications of Level A, Level B, and Level C, a clinician who has a master’s degree in counseling and has had a course in assessment in counseling would be qualified to use:

   	a.	Level A instruments only.
   	b.	Level A and Level B instruments.
   	c.	Level C instruments only.
   	d.	Level A, Level B, and Level C instruments.

10 points

Question 7

1. If a counselor is working with a client from an ethnic minority group, he or she should:

   	a.	Expect the client to have a lower-than-average intelligence score.
   	b.	Expect the client to have a higher-than-average intelligence score.
   	c.	Expect the client to do better on verbal items as compared to performance items.
   	d.	Not conclude anything about the client’s potential intelligence because there is significant variation within any ethnic group.

10 points

Question 8

1. When interpreting a client’s Strong Interest Inventory, the counselor should:

   	a.	Focus on the Occupational Scales because they are the most reliable.
   	b.	Move from general interests to more specific interests (for example, certain occupations).
   	c.	Provide the profile to the client and answer any questions that might arise.
   	d.	Start with the Occupational Scales and then move to the General Occupational Scales.

10 points

Question 9

1. The empirical criterion keying method of constructing a personality inventory means items are selected based on:

   	a.	Their content.
   	b.	Their relationship to some external criterion.
   	c.	Whether they correlate with other similar items.
   	d.	Whether experts judge them to be acceptable items.

10 points

Question 10

1. The assessment of couples and families has been influenced by the theoretical approach of many marriage and family therapists. This theoretical approach is:

   	a.	Person-centered.
   	b.	Adlerian.
   	c.	Object Relations.
   	d.	Systemic.

• Address the following in 900–1,200 words:
  • What is the hearsay rule? Explain in detail.
    • What major cases were involved in the establishment of the hearsay rule? Summarize.
    • What is the rationale behind the rule? Explain.
  • What issues exist regarding the hearsay rule? Explain.
  • What are the 4 main dangers of hearsay? Explain in detail.
  • What are the hearsay exceptions? Explain.
    • Are there any hearsay exceptions that you disagree with? Why or why not? Explain.
• Use at least 2 scholarly resources to support your arguments.
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.