In this assignment, you will conduct research to answer five questions about the company that you chose for your final course project in your Unit 1 assignment, and you will submit your research in a well-organized Microsoft Excel file. This work is the first step toward completing your final project.In today’s marketplace, the ability to support operational and strategic decisions with solid information is a critical competency. Finding information is not difficult today; the hard part is coming up with useful, high-quality information that you can count on. This competency involves several sub-skills, equally important for the business world and for your academic work, including searching for appropriate resources, evaluating the credibility and usefulness of the information you find, and synthesizing the information to make evidence-based decisions.To locate truly useful information, you need to know what you are looking for and understand the questions you need to ask to get you there. While this assignment will help you build skills in using the library, the Internet is sometimes a better source for answering certain questions. For that reason, you should use both the Capella library and the Internet for this assignment. While you are not required to submit this information as part of your MS Excel file, it will help you answer the questions. Use both the Capella library and Internet search engines to complete this assignment. Do not rely on either one exclusively.Include a for each of the five questions. Include a for each of the following categories of information:Write one sentence to describe the general level of credibility of the material you found. If the average score for your sources was 1 to 3, explain why finding credible sources was difficult. Describe how you will handle this problem in your final project. You are being asked to submit this assignment in an Excel format to demonstrate your basic Excel skills, in preparation for future courses.Review the Finding Credible Sources scoring guide in the Resources to be sure that you have addressed the grading criteria of this assignment.The purpose of this assignment is to help you learn to search for information that helps you form opinions and support or refute ideas. Use this assignment to practice using the Internet and Capella library for finding information. At the same time, remember that determining the credibility of information that you find is paramount. Of course, sometimes you may not be able to find credible sources. When that happens, you have to decide whether or how to use any sources that you question.Use the information provided with this assignment (linked in the Resources) to help you search in the library, evaluate your sources, and properly cite each source.Your instructor may also use the Writing Feedback Tool to provide feedback on your writing. In the tool, click the linked resources for helpful writing information.
Last Completed Projects
topic title | academic level | Writer | delivered |
---|
jQuery(document).ready(function($) { var currentPage = 1; // Initialize current page
function reloadLatestPosts() { // Perform AJAX request $.ajax({ url: lpr_ajax.ajax_url, type: 'post', data: { action: 'lpr_get_latest_posts', paged: currentPage // Send current page number to server }, success: function(response) { // Clear existing content of the container $('#lpr-posts-container').empty();
// Append new posts and fade in $('#lpr-posts-container').append(response).hide().fadeIn('slow');
// Increment current page for next pagination currentPage++; }, error: function(xhr, status, error) { console.error('AJAX request error:', error); } }); }
// Initially load latest posts reloadLatestPosts();
// Example of subsequent reloads setInterval(function() { reloadLatestPosts(); }, 7000); // Reload every 7 seconds });