Tag: Academic writing

Which represents the best way to compose experience statements?
?      a.Responsible for inputting data for more than 35 accounts into QuickBooks
?      Experienced with creating monthly billing statements to mail to customers
?      As receptionist, I answered customer billing questions, wrote e-mails to vendors
?      b.Input 35+ accounts receivable using QuickBooks
?      Prepared monthly billing statements and mailed them to customers
?      Answered phones in busy office, referred customer billing questions to appropriate staff, and wrote e-mails to vendors
?      c.Used QuickBooks to input accounts recievable
?      Prepare monthly billing statements for customers
?      Conducted general office duties such as phone inquiries, referring customers to proper staff, and I also wrote e-mails to vendors

A holacracy is a style of governance based on
A) profit margins, which involves employees being promoted based on their contribution to a company’s profitability.
B) individual autonomy, which involves equal say for all employees and evaluations by peers.
C) top-down management, which involves managers having more authority than other employees.
D) popularity, which involves employees voting for who will be their manager every year.

CASE 1: The Promising Chemist Who Buried his Results
Bruce, a research chemist for a major petro-chemical company, wrote a dense report about some new compounds he had synthesized in the laboratory from oil-refining by-products. The bulk of the report consisted of tables listing their chemical and physical properties, diagrams of their molecular structure, chemical formulas and computer printouts of toxicity tests. Buried at the end of the report was a casual speculation that one of the compounds might be a particularly effective insecticide.
Seven years later, the same oil company launched a major research program to find more effective but environmentally safe insecticides. After six months of research, someone uncovered Bruce’s report and his toxicity tests. A few hours of further testing confirmed that one of Bruce’s compounds was the safe, economical insecticide they had been looking for.
Bruce had since left the company, because he felt that the importance of his research was not being appreciated.
Define the rhetorical situation: Who is communicating to whom about what, how and why? What was the goal of the communication in each case?
Identify the communication problem (poor task or audience analysis? Use of inappropriate language or style? Poor organization or formatting of information? Other?)
Explain what costs/losses were incurred by this problem.
Identify possible solutions or strategies that would have prevented the problem, and what benefits would be derived from implementing solutions or preventing the problem.

Directions:
Read the following statements carefully. Decide if each statement is true or false. Write T on the blank if the statement is true, if false, write F then rewrite or revise it to make it correct. Use the space provided after each statement.
______1. Anyone who is a proficient speaker of a language will find communicating across cultures easy.
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______2. Our emotions do not matter whenever we communicate with others.
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______3. There is no such thing as the right culture or a wrong culture.
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F   4. All cultures have the same way of thinking about time.
Other cultures have different way of thinking about time.
Not all cultures have the same way of thinking about time.
___T___5. Communicating across cultures happens in one’s own country because of the diverse domestic workforce of many companies today

(A) Symbolize the following arguments using the letters provided, and (b) show that each argument is valid by constructing proofs of their conclusions from their premises using the rules of inference we have studied in this course.
(a)  If Smith once beat the fireman at billiards, then Smith is not the fireman. Smith once beat the fireman at billiards. If the brakeman is Jones, then Jones is not the fireman. The brakeman is Jones. If Smith is not the fireman and Jones is not the fireman, then Robinson is the fireman. If the brakeman is Jones and Robinson is the fireman, then Smith is the engineer. Therefore, Smith is the engineer. (O— Smith once beat the fireman at billiards; M— Smith is the fireman; B— the brakeman is Jones; N— Jones is the fireman; F— Robinson is the fireman; G— Smith is the engineer.)
(b)  If Xavier takes Spanish, then Yolanda tutors him. Zeke pays Yolanda if she tutors Xavier. Either Waldo or Xavier takes Spanish. Waldo does not take Spanish; also Yolanda doesn’t tutor Xavier. So, Zeke pays Yolanda, but Waldo doesn’t take Spanish. (X— Xavier takes Spanish; Y— Yolanda tutors Xavier; Z— Zeke pay Yolanda; W— Waldo takes Spanish.)
(c)  If Anderson was nominated, then she went to Boston. If she went to Boston, then she campaigned there. If she campaigned there, she met Douglas. Anderson did not meet Douglas. Either Anderson was nominated or someone more eligible was selected. Therefore, someone more eligible was selected. (A— Anderson was nominated; B— Anderson went to Boston; C— Anderson campaigned in Boston; D— Anderson met Douglas; E— Someone more eligible was selected.)
(d)  If Santacruz is injured, then she will not play. And if Santacruz does not play, then Khumalo must play. What’s is more, if Khumalo and Nakata both play, then Jones must be moved to the center. In fact, Santacruz is injured and Nakata will play. Thus, Khumalo will play Jones will be moved into the center. (I— Santacruz is injured; S— Santacruz will play; K— Khumalo must play; N— Nakata plays; J— Jones must be moved to the center.)

Which of the following is true for an argument by analogy:
Group of answer choices
One example of a relevant dissimilarity can be enough to weaken the strength of the argument
They are always strong inductive arguments
Your comparison must always have a minimum of 4 examples of analogy
They are always weak inductive arguments
The following is a sentential argument:
Suppose that water cannot freeze.
If water cannot freeze, then ice cannot exist.
But obviously ice does exist.
Therefore, water can freeze.
In the truth table for this argument (being sure to list out each premise as it appears in the argument and being sure to include the guide columns and if needed any “key” columns (what I called secondary guide columns in the lecture) in the total number of columns represented, column 5, row 3 is which of the following?
In other words,  truth table for the argument above. In that truth table, column 5, row 3 is ___________. Choose the best possible answer from the list below.
Group of answer choices
True
False
The antecedent is true and the Consequent is false.
The contradictory of p
An EAE-3 categorical syllogism is invalid.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Which of the following is false in the Venn Diagram for the following categorical syllogism:
No M – P
All M – S
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No S – P
= EAE-3 Categorical Syllogism
Group of answer choices
Areas 3 and 4 are shaded
Are 1 is not shaded
Area 2 is shaded
Area 5 is not shaded

OPERATION: Orbitotomy on the right with biopsy of right lacrimal gland
DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION: The patient was brought to major operating room where general endotracheal anesthesia was induced. Lateral lid crease of the right eye was marked, and I marked the incision to extend lateral to the lateral canthus in case a lateral orbitotomy became necessary, pending the biopsy. The area of the lateral upper lid, beyond the lateral canthus, was injected with approximately 5 cc of 50:50 mix of 2% Xylocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine, 0.75% Marcaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine. He was prepped and draped in the usual manner for sterile oculoplastic surgery.
Attention was turned to the right upper lid. A lateral lid crease incision was made with a 15 blade. Dissection was carried down through the orbicularis to the superior orbital rim using the Colorado needle. The periosteum of the superior and lateral orbital rim was incised with the Colorado needle. Freer elevator was then used to reflect the periorbital off the lateral orbital wall and lateral orbital roof. Prior to proceeding with the orbital dissection, a 4-0 silk suture was placed on the insertion of the lateral rectus muscle for traction to better identify lateral rectus if an orbitotomy became necessary.
It was obvious, as the periorbital and lacrimal gland were lifted off the superotemporal orbit, that the lacrimal gland was enlarged with an infiltrative mass. Periosteum was opened near the posterior third of the mass and a modest biopsy was taken. It was then opened at the anterior edge and a biopsy was taken from this portion. Clinically, the biopsies looked like a lymphomatous infiltrate. These were sent for frozen section, and frozen section did reveal lymphomatous infiltrate consistent with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Because of the need for special studies, more tissue was excised and pretty much as much of the infiltrative mass that was safely excisable was excised.
Bleeders were cauterized with the Colorado needle and the use of cottonoids saturated with 1:100,000 epinephrine. After adequate hemostasis was obtained, the 4-0 silk was removed from the lateral rectus muscle. The periosteum was closed with
2 interrupted 5-0 Vicryl, and the skin was closed with a running 5-0 fast-absorbing gut. Polysporin ointment was placed in the right eye and along the wound. He was awakened and taken to the recovery room in good condition. Estimated blood loss less than 10 cc. He tolerated the procedure well without complications
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QUESTION 1
“All As are Bs” is the pattern of
a universal generalization.a non-universal generalization.a specific statement.
4 points
QUESTION 2
“Some Cs are Ds” is the pattern of
a universal generalization.a non-universal generalization.a specific statement.
4 points
QUESTION 3
“John is a plumber” is the pattern of
a universal generalization.a non-universal generalization.a specific statement.
4 points
QUESTION 4
“All Bananas are rich in potassium” is the pattern of
a universal generalization.a non-universal generalization.a specific statement.
4 points
QUESTION 5
“Mafalda’s web page probably has spelling mistakes. After all, almost all web pages have them” is an example of
enumerative inductionstatistical syllogismcausal argumentanalogygeneralization
4 points
QUESTION 6
“In the past, most recessions were followed by a period of economic recovery. Since we’re now in a recession, we can expect that there will soon be a recovery” is an example of
enumerative inductionstatistical syllogismcausal argumentanalogygeneralization
4 points
QUESTION 7
“Diabetes is spreading rapidly in Asia at the same time as American-style fast food is becoming more popular there. Australian and Vietnamese scientists who have studied these trends believe that they are related. They concluded that fast-food diets are responsible for the increased incidence of diabetes” is an example of
enumerative induction
statistical syllogism
causal argument
analogy
generalization
4 points
QUESTION 8
“As Mr. Narducci was getting out of his car in front of his house, two men in a passing car fired shots point-blank at him with automatic weapons. Police inferred that his shooting was the effect of the current war between crime families” is an example of
enumerative induction
statistical syllogism
causal argument
analogy
generalization
4 points
QUESTION 9
“Subway service on the Red Line in Boston will get better. After all, there is better service now on Boston’s Green Line, Blue Line, and Orange Line” is an example of
enumerative inductionstatistical syllogismcausal argumentanalogygeneralization
4 points
QUESTION 10
“President Reagan’s conservative program was applauded by conservatives and rejected by liberals. Because the GOP’s new candidate has a conservative program similar to Reagan’s in many ways, we can infer that his program will be applauded by conservatives and rejected by liberals” is an example of
enumerative inductionstatistical syllogismcausal argumentanalogygeneralization
4 points
QUESTION 11
“Most successful politicians are shrewd and practical in the decisions they make. Therefore Mayor O’Connell will be shrewd and practical in her decisions, since she is a successful politician” is an example of
enumerative inductionstatistical syllogismcausal argumentanalogygeneralization
4 points
QUESTION 12
“Since Mr. Jackson is now editor-in-chief of the magazine and 99 percent of people with such responsibilities cannot also be production managers, he cannot also be production manager” is an example of
enumerative inductionstatistical syllogismcausal argumentanalogygeneralization
4 points
QUESTION 13
“A poll of many members of the club shows that seventy percent of respondents apparently favor moving to the new facility in Fairfax County. So, seventy percent of members of the club favor moving to the new facility” is an example of
enumerative induction
statistical syllogism
causal argument
analogy
generalization
4 points
QUESTION 14
“In most major New York law firms, partners are well compensated. A recent poll of partners at ninety of the largest New York law firms found that partners are highly paid in most of those firms” is an example of
enumerative induction
statistical syllogism
causal argument
analogy
generalization
4 points
QUESTION 15
“Scientists studying owls observed more than a million owls in all the geographical locations where owls are known to exist. Since all of the observed owls were found to be nocturnal hunters, this suggests that all owls are nocturnal hunters” is an example of
enumerative induction
statistical syllogism
causal argument
analogy
generalization
4 points
QUESTION 16
“Since all cases of bi-polar disorder studied by neurophysiologists so far include imbalances in brain chemistry, it’s likely that all cases of bi-polar disorder are cases of a chemical imbalance” is an example of
enumerative induction
statistical syllogism
causal argument
analogy
generalization
4 points
QUESTION 17
“Most politicians with academic backgrounds are unable to solve tough multi-faceted problems. Since our governor is a politician with an academic background, it follows that he is unable to solve tough multi-faceted problems” is
enumerative inductionstatistical syllogismcausal argumentanalogygeneralization
4 points
QUESTION 18
“The members of the Supreme Court are judges, and they have lifetime appointments. Members of the panel on The Voice are also judges, so they probably also have lifetime apopintments” is
enumerative induction
statistical syllogism
causal argument
analogy
generalization
4 points
QUESTION 19
“Antelopes are mammals and live in the wild. Like Antelopes, cows are mammals. Therefore, cows live in the wild, too” is
enumerative induction
statistical syllogism
causal argument
analogy
generalization
4 points
QUESTION 20
“Most dogs are domestic animals. Since retrievers are dogs, retrievers are domestic animals” is
enumerative inductionstatistical syllogismcausal argumentanalogygeneralization

1. What is the main question that both Relative Ethics and Universal Ethics seek to answer? Explain how they answer this question. 2. What evidence supports Relative Ethics? In your view, how strong is that evidence? 3. What evidence supports Universal Ethics? In your view, how strong is that evidence? 4. What is the difference between Cultural Relativism and Ethical Relativism? Do you think this distinction helps to solve the problem of relativism? Explain. 5. How is it possible to reconcile Cultural Relativism with Ethical Universalism? 6. If I am firmly committed to tolerance and human rights, is my view more supported by Ethical Relativism or Ethical Universalism? Why?

Why can William Paley be criticized for committing the fallacy of false analogy in his teleological argument?
which one
Because he claims that the universe is similar to a watch in its complexity.
Because he claims that a watch is similar to a stone, since they are both inanimate objects.
Because he claims that the universe is similar to a watch in its purposiveness.
Because he claims that one can come across a watch in the sand during a stroll on the beach, just like one can come across a stone.