Assignment 3: Selecting a Topic for a Research PaperSelect a topic for your paper and discuss why you are interested in writing a paper on this topic. Read Chapter 8, “Reaction Papers” in Johnson et al. Develop a reaction paper on the topic you have chosen to conduct your research paper on. Your assignment should be double-spaced with 1 inch margins all around using a 12 pt. font. Read Chapters 3, “Student Paper Formats” and Chapter 5, “Citing Sources in APA Style in Johnson et, al. Select a topic from those listed in the announcement section of this course. Feel free to add to your topic. You may also develop your own topic . Start collecting book and scholarly peer reviewed (please look up peer reviewed journal) journal articles on your chosen topic. Please do not write on the topic of "No child left Behind" unless you can directly tie it to children in the criminal justice system. Do not deviate from your chosen topic without permission.Learning Objectives: Students should be able to:Develop a criminal justice related topic.Relate their personal ideas to a scholarly problem.Deliverable Length: 1-2 pagesAssignment 4: Developing the Formal Topic Outline (October 18-24, 2021) Read Chapter 3, "Organizing Ideas and Setting Goals" in Lester; Chapter 9, Writing Effective Notes and Creating Outlines" in Lester, and Chapter 3, "Finding Useful Sources" in Turabian. You are required to develop the formal topic outline for your paper. Please review the steps and other information for writing a research proposal in the "Announcement" section of this course. Your outline should contain all of the information listed in the steps for a research proposal as stated in the "Announcement" section but the information under each section should be relevant to your topic. For example, you should list items to be discussed in your introduction; your statement of the problem should describe the problem as it relates to your topic of research (in essence, why does the research need to be done); etc. Learning Objectives: After reading these chapters students should be able to:Understand the sources they are expected to use when writing a scholarly paper.Write a rough outline.Evaluate sources for relevance and reliability.Deliverable Length: 4-5 pagesAssignment 5. Developing an Annotated Bibliography You are to compile a 10 source annotated bibliography for your topic using the APA format (please review an example of this format in the announcements). Remember do not state how you plan to use the information from your annotations in your research paper; merely state what the author(s) has/have stated that is essential to your research paper. After reviewing the sample annotated bibliography in the announcement's section and you still do not have a thorough understanding you can always perform a search for annotated bibliographies on your computer to determine what they are prior to asking me. If you are still fuzzy on this issues ask me.Learning Objectives: After performing this tasks students should be able to:Utilize sources to enhance the credibility of their papers.Understand how to correctly borrow from a source.Find reliable sources.Prepare an annotated bibliography.Deliverable Length: 5-7 pagesAssignment 6: Draft of the Research Proposal: Writing the Introduction, Statement of the Problem, Purpose of the Study, Literature Review, Research Questions/Hypotheses, and ReferencesRead Chapter 10, "Drafting the paper in an Academic Style", in Lester; and Chapter 12, "Writing the Introduction, Body, and Conclusion" in Lester. Students are to write the introduction and the literature review of their paper.Learning Objectives: After reading these chapters students should be able to:Refine their theses statement.Write their paper in the third person.Write in the proper tense.Avoid sexist and biased languageCompare and contrast issues and critical views relevant to his/her topic.Organize by chronology relevant to his/her topic.Review the history and background of the topic.Write the body of the research paper.Cite evidence from scholarly sources.Write the reference page.Deliverable Length: 5-7 pagesAssignment 7: Final PaperSubmit your research paper.Learning Objective: After performing this assignment students should be able to:Provide a thesis statement.Provide a hypothesis.Review the literature of their paper.Challenge an assumption.Define key terms.Write a reference page.Deliverable Length: 10-15 pages

Evaluating Assessment InstrumentsPrior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 11 in the textbook, the article by Baez (2013), the assigned chapters in the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (2006) guide (Links to an external site.), and view the video Psychometric testing and employment. (Links to an external site.).For this discussion, you will use the PSY640 Checklist for Evaluating Tests (Links to an external site.) document to compare two assessment instruments used in industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology assessment. Based on the information in your text and assigned readings, select and evaluate two psychological tests used in industrial-organizational psychological assessment. You may not evaluate any of the tests you evaluated in the Week Four Applications in Personality Testing discussion.In addition to the text, locate a minimum of two appropriate scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources to aid you in the analysis of the psychometric properties of the instruments based on published data. In your initial post, provide the names of the two tests you evaluated, and attach your completed PSY640 Checklist for Evaluating Tests document (Links to an external site.). You must maintain the original format of the document and include the textbook and two additional scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources in the references section.Guided Response: Review several of your colleagues’ posts and respond to at least two of your peers by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful interactive discourse in this discussion. Evaluate the analysis presented by your colleague, including an explanation of each of the following elements: the dimensions of completeness, accuracy, and professional credibility of the analysis. Use your research and the assigned readings to support your assertions.Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on Day 7 of the week and respond to anyone who replies to your initial post.

Evaluation & Deduction Assignment 1) you MUST first watch the following videos, which can be accessed on youtubeInduction and Deduction: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iRcNQkWNWNkEvaluation (3 part series):Part I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmxZTtn5tII Part II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VveEe49eAek Part III https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9sabjrFegQ 2) You are then to complete the following assignment: Case Problem –JurisdictionWhere in the World Do I Start Resolving These Issues? A Matter of JurisdictionCaptain Kirk and Mr. Spock have entered into a contract for Kirk to purchase a spaceship for his personal use. Kirk, the buyer, lives in California and Spock's earth residence is in New York. Spock hasagreed to sell the spaceship to Kirk for $175,000. At the last minute,Kirk backed out of the contract claiming that he had been called for a mission by the Federation and decided that another ship would be more suitable. In this situation:1.Does any court system (federal or state) have exclusive jurisdiction over this case? Concurrent jurisdiction?a.What happened here?b.In your own words, explain concurrent and exclusive jurisdiction. What page number(s) in the textbook are those explanations? If you used the internet to find the explanations, provide the URL and explain why you think this is a good source of information.c.What additional facts would you need to know in order to determine whether Spock could file suit in New York?d.Apply the definition to reach a conclusion whether any court has exclusive jurisdiction. Apply the definition to reach a conclusion whether any court would have concurrent jurisdiction. Explain how you reached each conclusion.2.What if this was a case where Spock claimed he'd been deprived of his right to freedom of speech under the U.S. Constitution and that his harm was $20,000. Would a federal court have jurisdiction? Explain.a.In your own words, explain when a federal court would have jurisdiction. What page number in the textbook is that explanation? If you used the internet to find the explanation, provide the URL and explain why you think this is a good source of information.b.Apply the definition to reach a conclusion whether a federal court would have jurisdiction. Explain how you reached each conclusion.