Kyle and Tess Water are married, file a joint return, and have two dependent children in college, Luke and Taylor. Luke attends a State University in a neighboring state, and Taylor attends a State University in their home state. Neither receives any type of financial assistance. The Water modified AGI in 2017 is $119,000. The children's classifications and expenses are as follows:

Spring Semester

(paid in January 2017) (paid in July 2017)

Luke: Senior Master's candidate

Tuition $7,400 $8,200

Laboratory fees 550 550

Student activity fees 300 300

Course materials (books) 450 500

Room and board 3,000 3,000

Taylor: Sophomore Junior

Tuition $1,550 $1,650

Student activity fees 300 300

Course materials (books) 150 275

Room and board 3,300 3,900

a. Compute any education credits that the Waters may claim in 2017.

(Assume that both Luke and Taylor qualify as eligible students for the American Opportunity Tax Credit.)

b. How would your answer in Part a change if Luke received an academic scholarship of $2,600 (excluded from gross income) for each semester?

c. How would your answer in Part a change if Kyle and Tess's modified AGI for

2017 was $172,000?

d. How would your answer in Part a change if Luke had been a junior during Spring semester and a senior during Fall semester?

From what you've learnt so far, write a report on the agile development methodology from the point of view of a programmer trying to argue the case for management of Academic City College to adopt a specific methodology for internal system development and contracted (procured) system development. You can assume the organisation has no experience in agile development processes at all so you will need to provide detailed arguments (this is not true but for the purposes of the assignment you should assume it is true).

Your report should be structured as follows:

1. An overview of Agile processes

2. An explanation of your specific proposed framework

3. Arguments for and against the adoption of your proposed framework. You will need to reference authoritative sources to convince your management

4. Clearly identify what sorts of projects would benefit and what sorts of projects will not benefit . This can be part of your point 3 arguments.

5. An explanation of two aspects of Agile methodologies (XP, SCRUM or other processes) that could be adopted across the organisation, even if some systems were not appropriate for your proposed framework. Explain why this is a good idea.

The report should not be more than 1500 words. You will not be penalised for going over the limit but it may indicate you have too much detail or your writing is not precise. Feel free to use the above items as major headings in your report/essay, a bit more concise of course. You should add a brief Executive Summary and a brief Conclusion.

Directions: Use the crosstabe option in the Descriptives menu to answer the questions based on the following scenario. ( Be sure to select Chi-square from the sStatistics submenu and Observed, Expected, Row, and Column in the Cell submenu. Assume a level of significance of .05)

The school district recently adopted the use of e-textbooks, and superintendent is interested in determining the level of satisfaction with e-textbooks among students classification. The superintendent selected a sample of students from one high school and asked them how satisified they were with the use of e-textbooks. The data that were collected are presented in the following table.

1. Of the students that were satisfied, what percent were Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior? (Round your final answer to 1 decimal place.

2. State an appropriate null hypothesis for this analysis.

3. What is the value of the chi-square statistic?

4. What are the reported degrees of freedom?

5. What is the reported level of significance?

6. Based on the results of the chi-square test of independence is there an association between e-textbook satisfaction and academic classification?

7 Present the results as they might appear in an article. This must include a table and narrative statement that reports and interprets the results of the analysis.

Note: The table must be created using your word processing program. Tables that are copied and pasted from SPSS are not acceptable.

Read the following scenario describing a research project, and then write a short criticism of this project. You should clearly identify at least four aspects of the project which you believe are incorrect or poor. These may relate to the research question, the experimental design, the analysis and reporting, and/or any ethical or academic misconduct issues. For each criticism which you identify, clearly describe the problem and state how it should have been addressed to improve the quality of the research.

A company providing on-line teaching software claims that students who are on-line
students achieve better results on learning programming languages than on campus students. The company has developed a hypothesis based on this claim. The company chose one university to conduct research to test this hypothesis. It applied for research ethics clearance and at the same time included both on-line and on campus students to participate in this experiment.
At the end of semester, all students undertook the same test on programming languages. The company used final scores of all students to test its hypothesis. The company has published a report in which it concludes “the average score of 67 for on-line students is higher than the average score of 65.5 for on campus students, and so we can conclude that on-line students achieve better results in learning programming languages than on campus students. Therefore, this teaching method should be used for all students in future.”

True or False: (PE = Physical Education)
1. A degree in Physical Education was historically viewed from a "generalist" perspective
2. Because of the nature of “physical education activities,” the physical educator isn’t concerned with standards of health and moral and ethical development of students.
3. The impulsive developmental aspect can determine attributes such as character and moral values
4. The advent of "specialization" is not a consequence of the growing knowledge in the academic discipline of physical education and the need of qualified professionals in a specific field
5. Leadership can be considered the key to meeting PE objectives
6. Each person’s experiences determine their truth about the meaning of physical education
7. Physical Education objectives are chosen only on the needs of the individual
8. The "quality" of any developmental area and subsequent adjustment is influenced by a predetermined standard
9. In physical education only neuromuscular and organic adjustment are considered as specific objectives
10. Adjustment can be considered essential in order to live.
11. Standards should be evident in all aspects of development and adjustment
12. Bio-mechanics and Sport history are not considered sub-discipline of physical education
13. Learning and acquiring skill in a variety of movement forms is not essential in neuromuscular development.
14. When referring to the objective of leadership in physical education it can be a process that determines the type of results
15. Standards are based upon the conceptions of the individual and/or profession

True or False: (PE = Physical Education)
1. A degree in Physical Education was historically viewed from a "generalist" perspective
2. Because of the nature of “physical education activities,” the physical educator isn’t concerned with standards of health and moral and ethical development of students.
3. The impulsive developmental aspect can determine attributes such as character and moral values
4. The advent of "specialization" is not a consequence of the growing knowledge in the academic discipline of physical education and the need of qualified professionals in a specific field
5. Leadership can be considered the key to meeting PE objectives
6. Each person’s experiences determine their truth about the meaning of physical education.
7. Physical Education objectives are chosen only on the needs of the individual
8. The "quality" of any developmental area and subsequent adjustment is influenced by a predetermined standard.
9. In physical education only neuromuscular and organic adjustment are considered as specific objectives
10. Adjustment can be considered essential in order to live
11. Standards should be evident in all aspects of development and adjustment
12. Bio-mechanics and Sport history are not considered sub-discipline of physical education
13. Learning and acquiring skill in a variety of movement forms is not essential in neuromuscular development
14. When referring to the objective of leadership in physical education it can be a process that determines the type of results.
15. Standards are based upon the conceptions of the individual and/or profession

what is the upper and lower limit?

B) Health care issues are receiving much attention in both academic and political arenas. A sociologist recently conducted a survey of citizens over 60 years of age whose net worth is too high to qualify for government health care but who have no private health insurance. The ages of 25 uninsured senior citizens were as​ follows:

Find Q1 of the data.

A.66.5 B. 64.5 C. 81.5 D. 65.5

C) A university dean is interested in determining the proportion of students who receive some sort of financial aid. Rather than examine the records for all​ students, the dean randomly selects 200 students and finds that 118 of them are receiving financial aid. Use a 99​% confidence interval to estimate the true proportion of students on financial aid.

a)0.59±0.0033. b)0.59±0.09090 c)0.59±0.0077 d)0.59±0.623

Instructions:

• Answer the following questions, citing relevant legal authorities (law and cases) in support of your answer. Answers not supported by any legal authorities will not receive any credit.

• Legal problem-solving questions must be answered using the IRAC (Issue, Rule, Application and Conclusion) method taught in class.

• Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report (either in-text or footnotes, AND listed appropriately at the end of the assignment in a Reference List following the AGLC (Australian Guide to Legal Citation) style. • Failure to cite references when reproducing the work of someone else without attribution amount to plagiarism. Please read the attached Academic Integrity Policy for further guidance.

• All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.

• Word counts for each answer are indicated after the question. Word count limits are strictly enforced. A deduction of two (2) marks will be imposed for every 50 words over the word count for either part of the report. Anything over the word count will not be read by your lecturer.

Question 3

You have been approached by some clients for advice about whether they should form a public or proprietary company for the purchase of a multi-million-dollar petroleum distributorship. What factors would you take into account when offering the clients advice?

(Maximum 450 words)

Read the following scenario describing a research project, and then write a short criticism of this project. You should clearly identify at least four aspects of the project which you believe are incorrect or poor. These may relate to the research question, the experimental design, the analysis and reporting, and/or any ethical or academic misconduct issues. For each criticism which you identify, clearly describe the problem and state how it should have been addressed to improve the quality of the research.

A company providing on-line teaching software claims that students who are on-line
students achieve better results on learning programming languages than on campus students. The company has developed a hypothesis based on this claim. The company chose one university to conduct research to test this hypothesis. It applied for research ethics clearance and at the same time included both on-line and on campus students to participate in this experiment.

At the end of semester, all students undertook the same paper on programming languages. The company used final scores of all students to test its hypothesis. The company has published a report in which it concludes “the average score of 67 for on-line students is higher than the average score of 65.5 for on campus students, and so we can conclude that on-line students achieve better results in learning programming languages than on campus students. Therefore, this teaching method should be used for all students in future.”

Paper Two

Find four (4) current event articles related to the following topics:

• Recently introduced Technology(ies) with impact upon society / people

• Workplace specific technologies,

• Technology with potential Intellectual Property, Patent or Cybersecurity concerns

• Technology with Privacy and / or Free Speech concerns

Write-up a summary of the current event article and include the following information as part of your discussion write-up. 1 point is awarded for satisfactory completion of each of the following (max score = 5)

1. What technology-based standards are presently used by governments, institutions or organizations to govern the technology?

2. What historical basis exist for such standards?

3. Discuss both the benefits and disadvantages of the technology upon society

4. Identify segments, groups or populations within society that are negatively impacted by the introduction of the technology, and discuss what gaps or measures should be taken

5. Identify segments, groups or populations within society that are most benefited by the technology

___________

The paper should 1-1.5 pages per article but do not race to fill the page. Answer the questions on each article! In terms of using articles to use: tech magazines are fine, academic journals, and mainstream media outlets.

Do not use tabloids or fringe sites such as the NY Post, Breitbart, National Enquirer, the Socialist Daily. NY Daily News and Huff Post are acceptable if the article is substantive. Beware of Blogs!!