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The state of financial literacy in Tennessee: do students need higher quality financial education?
Get PDFFinancial literacy is the way that individuals understand, manage, and plan their personal finances, which is essential to making healthy financial decisions. In the United States, there is an overall lack of financial literacy. Some states, such as Tennessee, have tried to increase financial literacy by implementing a required personal finance course at the high school level. The purpose of this study is to understand the effectiveness of personal finance education in Tennessee high schools by measuring the financial literacy of college students who may or may not have been impacted by the requirement. When students were separated into Group A, who were impacted by the personal finance course requirement, and Group B, who were not impacted by the personal finance course requirement, there was not a meaningful difference in the financial literacy of the two groups. Furthermore, both groups report that their parents or guardians are the most likely source of their current financial education. The results from this study indicate the need for a stronger financial education program in Tennessee high schools
Increasing Quechuan identification through language Acquisition
Get PDFA language spoken by 3.7 million people in Peru and by several thousands more in the surrounding countries in the Andean region, Quechua as an indigenous language plays an important role not only in the rich history of the area but also the modern society. Through a history of colonization and racial injustice against indigenous groups, Quechua has survived as one of the strongest language groups in Latin America. Peru has been leading the way in bilingual education focused around acquisition, but does this focus on the key aspects of language acquisition for Quechua function in order to improve cultural identification? In this paper, I will build a framework for how to best understand learning Quechua in a Spanish dominated society and use this framework to offer a better solution than bilingual education to increase self-identification among indigenous Peruvians
The analysis of Erlanger Hospital’s suture inventory management operations
Get PDFThis paper evaluates the impact of using mechanical engineering and operations management principles to an inventory management system in Erlanger Hospital. Erlanger Hospital is a local, nonprofit hospital system in Chattanooga. Erlanger serves as a tertiary referral hospital and a Level I Trauma Center in the region. Therefore, they are heavily depended on during times of crisis or emergency [2]. This study focuses specifically on reducing the loss and ultimate waste of sutures across Erlanger’s surgery wing. A criteria for the appraisal of using mechanical and manufacturing engineering to improve the current system is established based on existing data regarding the stock of sutures in the surgery wing. The current system is analyzed and evaluated for potential opportunities to reduce the number sutures wasted, thus saving money and time for the hospital. The results of this study are summarized in a white paper for customer use
Relay coordination with multiple breaker-in/breaker-out stations on the transmission line
Get PDFThe main purpose of power system protection is to remove faults from the system as soon as possible so minimum damage happens to the transmission line or other equipment connected to the line. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) planners want to add multiple breaker-in/breaker-out stations on a two terminal transmission lines to reduce the number of Customer Connection Point Interruption (CCPI). This paper discusses the difficulty of setting up the zone distance relays and overcurrent relays when multiple breaker-in/breaker-out stations are added on the transmission line. It explains how many breakers can safely be added without compromising the zone 2 time delay of 50 cycles (limit imposed by TVA), how to set distance relay for phase faults and instantaneous overcurrent as well as time overcurrent relay for ground fault. It makes recommendation for not placing the breaker-in/breaker-out stations at a certain distance on transmission line and also talks about the maximum line loadability according to NERC standard PRC-023 when zone 2 of the distance element is set higher than 130%
Assessing violent encounters: police use of lethality reporting
Get PDFTo identify individuals at greater risk for violent victimization, police agencies have begun to use lethality assessments. This strategy involves the use of screening questions asked of victims that assess dangerousness. Grounded in the criminological literature on domestic violence (DV), the Maryland Lethality Assessment Protocol (LAP) has been adopted in numerous jurisdictions. More specifically, this risk assessment targets episodes of intimate partner violence (IPV). These situations tend to precipitate greater levels of lethality. Using risk assessment reports from a county located in the southern United States, this research examines the correlates of intimate violence, the predictive ability of the screening instrument, and distribution of intimate partner violence across areas with different degrees of economic stability. Findings suggest that offender sex, employment status, a recent separation, and scoring high on the assessment screening items helps to predict prior victimization. The subculture of violence perspective is used as a theoretical context
A comparison of resiliency in adult children of alcoholics versus adult children of non-alcoholics
Get PDFAlcoholism is a common occurrence. According to the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (1998), there are approximately 76 million Americans who have had a family member with an alcohol problem. Adult children of alcoholics (ACoAs) were studied to compare the differences between resiliency scores with adult children of non-alcoholics (NACoAs). We found that p = .022, indicating there was a significant difference among ACoAs and NACoAs. We found that NCoAs had a higher resiliency score than NACoAs. We also looked at differences in resiliency scores among the ACoAs who had a same gendered alcoholic parent and an opposite gendered alcoholic parent. We found no difference among resiliency scores and gender of the parent, p = .796, indicating that gender of the parent does not have an effect upon resiliency scores for this group
Do you speak Hadoop? An analytics tutorial of the latest tech in big data, and how you can utilize them in HR.
Get PDFOrganizations are increasingly using big data and analytics in decision-making, and HR is no exception to this trend. Applications of big data analytics are becoming common in HR with advanced tools being developed for this purpose. However, despite having a good grasp of the basic research methodologies, I-O and HR professionals generally lack the knowledge and skills to use big data analytics in their practice. In addition, the latest guidelines for education and training in industrial-organizational psychology do not even mention the terms “big data” and “analytics”, showing that this concern also extends to graduate education, and the literature is not very informative about how to actually do HR analytics. This presentation is aimed at addressing this problem by showing the audience “plain English” explanations of some of the technology, advanced modeling techniques, and methodologies that I-O/HR professionals might not be exposed to in master/Ph.D. programs or while working in HR. This will include AI/machine learning, natural language processing, relational databases, data lakes, and neural networks, and the software options available that handle big data applications such as Hadoop and other programming languages used by professionals in the field
Part-task training versus whole-task training for simple versus complex tasks
Get PDFThere is a plethora of approaches to training people on complex tasks. One method that has commonly been used is the whole-task training approach. Whole-task training occurs when an individual or group of people are trained on a task in its entirety within one training session (Wightman & Lintern, 1985). Another approach that has been used to train individuals on a complex task is through part-task training. Part-task training involves breaking down a complex task into smaller elements and training individuals on each of these elements before having to perform the task as a whole (Hasher, 1971). Throughout literature there has been a debate regarding which method is more effective for training individuals to complete complex tasks. There are many part-training methods, and because of this, some researchers suggest that the components of a task that a trainer chooses to focus on determines whether part-task training will show more favorable results than whole-task training (Wightman & Lintern, 1985). Wightman & Lintern (1985) suggest that the effectiveness of part-task training in part depends on the schedule in which the parts are practiced. Other researchers suggest that the qualities of the task, not the training method, determine which method will be superior. (Naylor & Briggs, 1963; Anderson, 1968; So, Proctor, Dunston, & Wang, 2013). The purpose of this study is to examine whether part-task or whole-task training is superior for teaching complex versus simple tasks. The researchers also will measure performance at two different times to distinguish between measures of immediate performance and measures of actual retention or skill acquisition. If researchers find that the task used was not high enough in complexity, researchers will still have established a baseline for which further research can stem. Due to previous research that says video games can help with real-world tasks, this study could potentially improve the way people are trained in a variety of tasks related to educational and organizational performance. Hypothesis: Part-task training will be superior to whole-task training for complex tasks RQ1: Which training is superior for simple tasks
Three facets of employee wellness: the potential moderating influences of physical activities, mindfulness, and vacation
No full textCurrent research notes a disconnect between well-being programs offered by organizations and those most valued by employees (Agarwal, Bersin, Lahiri, Schwartz, & Violini, 2018). Thus, the current study attempts to better understand the potential influence of health-driven, leisure activities on three worker characteristics, namely, workaholism, work stress, and work engagement. With a greater understanding, we hope to emphasize the importance of comprehensive well-being programs for both employers and employees who may experience any of the aforementioned characteristics. To best assess potential components of a well-being program, three leisure activities of interest (i.e., physical activities, mindfulness, and vacation) were selected. These specific activities were chosen for their alignment with the recognized domains of individual health: physical, mental, and social (“Constitution of the World Health Organization, 2006), respectively. The potential relationships between these factors will be assessed through three questions. The first two questions explore the corollary relationships that may exist between workaholism, work stress, work engagement, and overall participation in leisure activities. This research posits workaholism will be positively related to work stress (Q1:H1), while work engagement will be negatively related to workaholism (Q1:H2) and work stress (Q1:H3). Considering the relationship between worker characteristics and leisure activities, it is hypothesized that participation in leisure activities will be negatively correlated with workaholism (Q2:H1) and work stress (Q2:H2), but positively correlated with work engagement (Q2:H3). The third question considers the potential moderating influence of each identified leisure activity on the relationship between workaholism and work stress. It is anticipated that participation in physical activities (Q3:H1), mindfulness (Q3:H2), and vacation (Q3:H3) will have moderating influences on the relationship between workaholism and work stress, such that as participation in each of these activities increases, the relationship between workaholism and work stress will weaken. The potential moderating influence of a composite measure of leisure participation on the relationship between workaholism and work stress (Q3:H4) will also be assessed. Surveys will be dispersed through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) platform and will include demographic questions and study measures. Correlations will be obtained to test the first six hypotheses. To test the final four hypotheses regarding the potential moderating influence of leisure activities, a multiple regression analysis will be conducted
Investigating Stress Fasting and Possible Organizational Interventions
Get PDFThis project will have two studies: Study 1 aims to examine the relationship between perceived stress and stress fasting, while Study 2 examines how employees who engage in stress fasting react to various organizational interventions. Occupational Health Psychology research has largely focused on the obesity epidemic in the U.S., which includes stress eating and applicable organizational interventions. Little research has been done on individuals who are more likely to participate in stress fasting, which may have equally detrimental health and organizational outcomes. Stress fasting is a detrimental reduction in calories and nutrition consumed, during times of real or perceived stress. Some research has found evidence that the length and strength of stress, such as acute or chronic stress, may affect eating choices and behaviors. In Study 1, participants will complete self-report surveys which measure perceived stress and stress fasting behaviors. Additionally, information will be collected regarding the type of job, type of industry, and busy period(s) for that industry. In the second study, participants from the same job site will be randomly assigned to either a control group, a “family-like” meal group, or working lunch group. The treatment groups will experience the assigned treatment twice in one month and will be given pre and post-test stress fasting self-report surveys