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Both articles use rhetorical strategies to convey the purpose of their article to the reader. Charles Murray uses interesting anecdotes, understandable logical reasoning, and relevant statistics to facilitate his non-traditional ideas clearly to the reader. On the other hand, through the use of credibility Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill uses assertions, logical reasoning, and statistics to educate the readers, however, the unintentional result is a paper with tone and word choice that is…

The Rossetti can be administered by anyone in the assessment and intervention team; it does not have to be administered by a speech-language pathologist. The only qualification is that the evaluator has a thorough knowledge of child development and communication skills. The instrument can be administered in the home, at school, in the clinic, in a hospital setting etc., as long as the child is comfortable in the setting and there are few distractions. The caregiver should also be present during…

Let 's begin with a simple walk-through of the theoretical neo-classical model of the labor market, where wages are represented on the y-axis and employment is represented on the x-axis. Within this framework, workers who supply their labor to the market provide less labor at lower wages and more labor at higher wages, which is represented by an upward sloping labor supply curve. Employers, who demand labor as one particular input to production, will demand less labor at higher wages and more…

Colin is a kind and friendly fourth grade student with a fun and unique personality. Colin had greater challenges in the beginning of the school year as he was having difficulty with his transition to a new school, but since then has made significant progress with his behavior, attitude and effort in the classroom. Colin is now putting more thought and attention into his work and has been getting excited about the accomplishments that he has made. When he is proud of himself, he enjoys sharing…

with a “BMI of 21” are not both considered obese (“ About Child & Teen BMI”). The boy with the BMI of 23 would be considered obese because his BMI is at or above the 95th percentile (“About Child & Teen BMI”). Though, the boy with the BMI of 21 would be placed in the overweight category because his BMI is at the 85th percentile (“About Child & Teen BMI”). Even though BMI is calculated as weight divided by height, it is interpreted differently for children and teens (“About Child & Teen BMI”).…

"Current drinking," which doesn't necessarily relate to a dependence on alcohol (the question asked to define the term was "Do you ever drink any alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, or liquor?") increases with SES; adolescents in the highest percentiles of income, wealth, and parental…

significant strength or weakness. D.C.’s strongest area was her Perceptual Speed. In this cluster she was ranked at the 86th percentile or exceeded 86% of her peers. While not statically significant this shows D.C. is fully capable of located targets in a timely fashion. D.C’s weakest area was her Comprehension Knowledge. In this cluster she was ranked at the 29th percentile or exceeded 29% of her peers. While not statically significant this shows D.C. struggled when being asked about her…

cognitive processing abilities combine to form five index scores: Verbal Comprehension, Visual-Spatial, Fluid Reasoning, Working Memory and Processing Speed which all together make up the Full-Scale IQ score. Matthew obtained a score of 97 (42nd percentile), which falls within the Average Range. His performance across the various indexes ranged from the Low Average to the High Average. Matthew’s overall performance…

been occupied by students from high-income families”. Not only that but “According to a 2011 research study by Stanford sociologist Sean Reardon, the test-score gap between the children of the poor (in the 10th percentile of income) and the children of the wealthy (in the 90th percentile) has expanded by as much as 40 percent and is now more than 50 percent larger than the black-white achievement gap--a reversal of the trend 50 years…

The following are my raw scores and percentile rankings from Oliver’s (2015) Big Five Inventory survey. My raw open-mindedness (i.e. openness) score is 1.00, and shows a higher ranking than 98% of other participants that have taken the survey, which indicates I tend to enjoy new experiences and viewing situations or problems from multiple perspectives. My raw score for conscientiousness is 0.96, and places higher than 99% of previous participants, which overall suggests I am well-organized and…