GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH SCHOLARLY RESEARCHThis assignment should help you practice taking notes on scholarly sources. Therefore, you may use contractions, abbreviations, point format or truncated sentences to answer the given questions. Your style of writing is not important here; the priority is to complete the given tasks.Using the UCI Library’s 39C research guide, search for scholarly sources in your topic area that you defined in your CP Assignment 1. (Remember that “scholarly sources” EXCLUDES popular publications as well as encyclopedias/reference publications).Read through your search results to identify a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal that pertains to your topic area. Look up this journal’s website, if it has one. You may use Google to find the information below, if necessary.[Note: these questions are not meant to steer you to any specific journals or types of journals; their purpose is to get you to ask relevant questions about your sources].• What is the name of the journal and who is its publisher?• Is the journal peer-reviewed? What are its criteria of selection for articles?What are the submission requirements?• Are there any names of individuals or institutions that seem to be closelyassociated with the production of the journal?• Is it preeminent? (For e.g. a well-known journal might have a Wikipediapage. It may be famous for a landmark article it published in its past).Search in the library databases for articles from this specific journal. Modify yoursearch to find things closely related to your topic area that were published relativelyrecently. Choose a specific article, and answer the following:• What can you learn from the abstract? Does it seem useful for yourresearch? (If not, pick another article!)• What can you find out about the author? (See if they have a faculty page at a university/edit a scholarly journal themselves/are quoted in the media/etc). What can you learn about their educational background and expertise? Is it in or adjacent to the same area as your topic?• Identify and read through the literature review section. Did any of the authors/works mentioned pop up in your earlier searches? What can the literature review tell you about the article’s purpose and context?• Read the introduction and the conclusion. What question is the article trying to answer? What is its primary message?

Students are to utilize the same local or state government from short papers #1 and #2 to research a public finance dilemma in their chosen local or state government. Students should prepare an 3 to 5 page public finance recommendation addressed to the head of that government (i.e., mayor, commission chair, or governor) with the following components:Executive SummaryBackground: Organizational Structure, Economic Conditions/Outlook, and Fiscal Policies, major revenue sources and major expenditures.Problem Statement: Identification of high cost/major expenditureAnalysis of Expenditure:What are expenditures? What programs are covered under this expenditure?What is public good and choice? How does this expenditure reflect both?How does political equilibrium affect public finance? What is the political equilibrium of your chosen expenditure?What is cost-benefit analysis? What are the findings of a cost-benefit of your expenditure’s programs?What are different revenue strategies? What taxation strategies are used to fund your expenditure’s programs?Recommendations:Is the current funding level appropriate for this public good?What changes should be made to the revenue streams and expenditure level?How will these changes impact the local or state government’s service to constituents?See Executive Summary Guidelines for expectations. When you are discussing the above areas, you must provide context for each category to ensure understanding about the issue (using historical information, data, current status, options for moving forward and explaining the challenges and opportunities/benefits for each option). Just because you are writing the summary to an executive, it does not mean the executive is fully aware of all the details as you are. So … fully explain.When you choose your level of government, you can go to that government’s website and seek information regarding the structure, budget, goals, strategic plan, and other information that will benefit this assignment. For example, if a student chooses Lee County, GA. You can go to Lee County’s government website and see some of this information. The information may not be on one or two webpages, so you should be diligent and seek this information out. Ensure to use in-text citations and have a reference page.There is no need for a title page or abstract. See the APA Style Guide if necessary.

Abby is interested in understanding who does well and who does poorly in statistics courses. Abby collects data from 100 students across the university in a statistics course. Besides their performance in the course, she obtains students’ scores on math and English aptitude tests that students took in their senior year of high school and their high school grade point averages in math, English, and all other courses.Open the file Data Week 7.sav for Abby’s SPSS file, which contains 100 cases and high school aptitude test scores for math and English (named mathtest and engtest, respectively), GPA for high school math, English, and other courses (named math_gpa, eng_gpa, and othr_gpa, respectively), and an indicator of university statistics course performance (pass/fail; named statsgrade).Conduct a logistic regression analysis to distinguish between students who have passed and failed their statistics course. Then, write a paper to summarize the analysis steps and results. Address the following steps and points:Decide which technique to use to build the model (i.e., direct, sequential, or stepwise). In your paper, describe the technique that was utilized, and then explain why.Conduct univariate and bivariate data screening. Assess Abby’s dataset to ensure it meets the assumptions necessary to conduct logistic regression. In your paper, describe each assumption, the analysis used to assess it, and the results.Run and report descriptive statistics for all key variables.Assess additional statistical assumptions: inspect Pearson residuals and utilize the Box-Tidwell procedure.Describe the sample size and whether it is appropriate for logistic regression.Proceed with conducting the logistic regression analysis. From the output, identify the following:Indicate whether or not the full model was significant. Utilize the likelihood ratio test. Report McFadden pseudo R2 if appropriate.Prepare a table to present the logistic regression coefficient, Wald, p, and odds ratio for each predictor variable.Write up your final results using APA style.Length: 3-5 pages, not including title and reference pagesReferences: Include a minimum of 1 scholarly resource.The completed assignment should address all of the assignment requirements, exhibit evidence of concept knowledge, and demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the content presented in the course.

Write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.Additional Information: Earlier today, you attended a meeting with Shawn Williams, the new VP of global human capital management at Atlantis Global Corporation (AGC), and John Dawson, the company’s chief executive officer (CEO). John was very concerned about the financial losses at AGC. John’s main concerns were product market share and the threat of losing AGC’s market position as the top manufacturer of electronic circuit boards for high-definition television screens. However, John did not mention any issues relating to the employees who work at AGC. Last month, the general manager of one of AGC’s global subsidiaries told Shawn that it is difficult to recruit talent for AGC, that employees are not happy, and that many are leaving AGC to work for other organizations. Shawn discussed developing a new recognition-and-rewards program to attract talent, motivate employees, and improve job satisfaction. When Shawn brought the up human capital concerns at AGC in the meeting, John was not very interested and thought that employee-related issues are not critical to AGC’s performance. Shawn thinks that it will be challenging to work with John to implement a global human capital management strategy.You and Shawn are scheduled to meet next week with John and the board of directors at AGC. Due to the urgency of the company’s situation, you and Shawn decide to create a briefing about the value and need for an optimized program for the management of global human capital.Review the AGC scenario for this course and with your classmates; discuss the following questions that will help you and Shawn prepare for the briefing:What are the differences between the leadership styles of Shawn and John? What are the pros and cons of each style?What is your own leadership style? During the briefing, how will you use your leadership style to illustrate the intrinsic value of human capital? What human capital management strategies will you recommend to John and the board of directors? What examples from other organizations can you provide to strengthen the board’s knowledge of global human capital trends and problems?

Assessment informationRead the Annual Report (latest) including the financial statements of Caltex Australia Ltd. and write a Memorandum to the Board of Directors clearly explaining some of the technical aspects of consolidation. Make sure you draw on the company’s specific details to explain the intricacies of consolidation to the Board and as much as possible avoid answering in general terms. Please make sure that your assignment is in a MEMO Format – A Report format will not be marked. The assignment must include appropriate references to Accounting standards and other regulatory bodiesSome of the aspects that you need to cover in your assignment are (but not restricted to): 1. Why did the parent entity have to prepare consolidated financial statements when the subsidiary company is a separate legal entity in its own right? 2. Does the published set of group financial statements reveal the company’s policy on corporate governance, Audit committees, Sustainability, Solvency? Does it reveal these issues and if so where and why? 3. Has there been any goodwill on the acquisition? Or any gain on bargain purchase? Where would you find it in the financial statements and what does it mean? Any impairment? 4. Any other relevant matter that you may wish the Board of Directors to make note of in respect of some transaction or event, the balance of account or disclosure that will assist them in understanding the financial statements of the group.Requirements Part (A) – Write a memorandum to the Board of Directors (the members of the Board have varying degrees of accounting knowledge or understanding) as noted in the assignment details. The memo should be no more than 1000 words. Part (B) – Summarise your findings in a 4-5 minutes’ video presentation. • Note that marks are also allocated for professional presentation, grammar, and spelling In‐Text Referencing and the Reference ListSources of information must be cited both in the body of the text (in‐text referencing) and the end of the assignment (reference list). Failure to do so will result in penalties. Remember that when referencing an Annual Report, it is a corporate document that does not have a particular author but it will still require referencing any time you use information from it. Any other documents or books or other references you use will also require referencing.