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Prepare: In order to prepare for this assignment, view the following tutorial from the Ashford University Library:
- Scholarly and Popular Sources
Reflect: Good research is a combination of many types of sources. Prior to taking this course, did you understand the differences between these sources and the importance of finding one type of resource over another?
Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts:
Explain at least five differences between popular and scholarly sources used in research.
• Locate and summarize one peer-reviewed, scholarly source from the Ashford University Library and one popular source that pertain to your Final Argumentative Essay topic. In your summary of each article, comment on the following: biases, reliability, strengths, and limitations.
• From the sources you summarized, list and explain at least five visual cues from the peer-reviewed, scholarly source that were not evident in the popular source.
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Prepare the cost-volume-profit income statement
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Social security and medicare
: What do economists mean when they say Social Security and Medicare are "pay-as-you-go" plans? What are the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, and how long will they have money left in them? What is the key long-run problem of both Social Se..
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What is opportunity cost of producing an additional pizza
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Relationship between the growth rate and risk
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Differences between popular and scholarly sources
: Explain at least five differences between popular and scholarly sources used in research.- In your summary of each article, comment on the following: biases, reliability, strengths, and limitations.
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Discuss the pros and cons of each method of valuation
: Compare and contrast the factors that contributed to the EPS and present your views as to which company would be the better investment. Support your response with examples.
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Explain how the farm’s production possibilities will change
: If the farm adopted a new technology, which allows it to use fewer resources to fatten chickens, explain how the farm's production possibilities will change. Explain how the opportunity cost of producing a bushel of soybean will be affected.
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What are there technological factors and trends
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Who has a comparative advantage in producing caps
: In an hour, Sue can produce 40 caps or 4 jackets and Tessa can produce 80 caps or 4 jackets. Who has a comparative advantage in producing caps? If Sue and Tessa specialize and trade, who will gain?
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