With your specific argument stance (thesis/claim) in mind, locate one scholarly source with opinions that do not agree with your own stance. Using Toulmin's model, demonstrate the use of concession and refutation to rebut an opposing viewpoint, keeping in mind the importance of a humble yet assertive tone. Steps: In 2 rich paragraphs, answer the following as related to your stance for your argument essay: Locate a specific opposing point within the article: Note one point in this article...

Read the course theme announcement. What is the course theme? The course theme is the Issues Arising from Rural or Urban Living. Which debates in the course theme announcement interest you the most? List two of the debates from the course theme announcement (you may list more than two) The debates in the course theme announcement that interests me the most are: Poverty's impact specific to living in urban or rural areas. Mental health factors specific to living in urban or rural...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 13 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source In your reference for this assignment, be sure to include both your text/class materials AND your outside reading(s). Initial Post Instructions If a regression analysis was to be completed on body mass index (BMI), what could be an independent variable in that analysis? Why? If we could, what other independent variables should be included in t...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: OpenStax Textbook: Chapter 8 Lesson Chamberlain University Library Scenario/Summary The highlight of this week's lab is confidence intervals and the use of these intervals in the health sciences. There is a short reading that specifically relates confidence intervals to health sciences and then you are asked to demonstrate your knowledge of confidence intervals by applying them in a practical manner. ...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 9 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source In your reference for this assignment, be sure to include both your text/class materials AND your outside reading(s). Initial Post Instructions Describe a hypothesis test study that would help your work or conclusions in some way. Describe what variable would be tested and what would be your guess of the value of that variable. Then include how...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 8 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source In your reference for this assignment, be sure to include both your text/class materials AND your outside reading(s). Confidence Intervals In everyday terms, a confidence interval is the range of values around a sample statistic (such as mean or proportion) within which clinicians can expect to get the same results if they repeat the study prot...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: OpenStax Textbook: Chapter 2, 6, and 7 Lesson Weeks 3 and 5 Excel Spreadsheets Scenario/Summary This week's lab highlights the use of probability and normal distribution. Follow the directions below to gather data, calculate using Excel spreadsheets, and interpret the results. Deliverables The deliverable is a Word document with your answers to the questions posed below based on the data you fi...

Week 5 Discussion: The Normal Distribution Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: OpenStax Textbook: Chapter 2, 6, 7 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source In your reference for this assignment, be sure to include both your text/class materials AND your outside reading(s). Initial Post Instructions Many variables in medicine follow a normal distribution where there are approximately an equal number of values below the mea...

1. Which of the pairs of events below is dependent? Select the correct answer below: a) drawing a 7 and then drawing another 7 with replacement from a standard deck of cards b) rolling a 1 and then rolling a 6 with a standard die c) rolling a 3 and then rolling a 4 with a standard die d) drawing a heart and then drawing a spade without replacement from a standard deck of cards CORRECT ANSWER D 2. Identify the option below that represents dependent events. Select the correct answer ...

Week 4 Discussion: Probability   Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: OpenStax Textbook: Chapter 2, 3 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source In your reference for this assignment, be sure to include both your text/class materials AND your outside reading(s). Initial Post Instructions Probability plays a major role in the medical community. Diagnoses are based on probabilities. They are really questions or "what ...