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SC250 Unit 4 Conversion Lab Assignment Note: Please complete Part 1 and Part 2 in this document using the table and space provided. Part 1: Data Collection & Unit Conversions To complete this lab you must first collect data by interviewing friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, etc. You can conduct these interviews via personal visit, phone call, social media, or however you choose. Interview four subjects to complete the conversion table below. Ask your subjects the following questions: 1. What is your height? 2. Approximately how much do you weigh? If you prefer not to give your weight, how much does your bag (purse, back pack, lunch bag, etc.) weigh? 3. What is the furthest you have ever traveled from your home (in distance)? (This can be approximated using an online mapping service e.g., Google Maps™, MapQuest™.) IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure to ask and then record the units of measurement your subject reports for each answer. Next you must convert this data into different forms of measurement: · Height in feet, inches and centimeters · Weight in kilograms and pounds · Distance in miles, yards, and meters Be sure to show your work and the equations used in making these conversions. Note that not only will partial credit be given for answers given without formulas used, but partial credit will be given for any incorrect answers where the correct formula was applied. At a minimum, show the correct formula used for each type of conversion. Report your collected data and conversions in the table on the following page. Part 2: Systems of Measurement After completing the computation work, answer the following questions. Include quality references in APA style to support your ideas and information presented. 1. Would a change from our current imperial system of measurement to the metric system be beneficial to the United States? Why or why not? 2. What challenges would the United States face if we did switch from our current imperial system of measurement to the metric system? Please discuss with details and supporting evidence. 3. Identify one specific job that requires frequent measuring such as a chef, architect, or other profession. Analyze how a change from the imperial system that we use now to the metric system would impact their job. Be specific. Also address these three key points: a. How would people in this job need to communicate differently? b. In what ways would business equipment or tools be impacted? c. How would previous work-related materials be impacted? In what other ways would the business have to change? Data Height in inches Height in centimeters Weight in kilograms Weight in pounds Distance in miles Distance in yards Distance in meters Subject 1 Subject 2 Subject 3 Subject 4 Show your work here: QUESTION # 1 ( NO WORD REQUIREMENT) Topic: Policy Cycle, Policy Formation, and Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Actions “Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.” --Franklin D. Roosevelt The policy cycle is a process that explains how public policy is created, implemented, and evaluated. Although there are many different variations of the public policy cycle, we shall use a simplified, four step public policy cycle: Step 1: Agenda Setting How public policy concerns are understood and how various interests highlight the public policy concern. Step 2: Policy Formation The crafting of public policy solutions. Public policy solutions are mostly addressed through legislation or regulation. Step 3: Policy Implementation How public policy is applied via federal, state, and/or local endeavors. Step 4: Policy Evaluation How public policy is assessed: success or failure. Policy formation is the second step of the policy cycle. Often, it is the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the U.S. government that affect public policy via policy formation. Policy formation at government level typically involves regulation, management, education, taxing, and market incentives (Kraft, 2018). The Second Amendment is a prime example of how executive, legislative, and judicial branches influenced public policy through policy formation. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution: "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." However, since the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 the 2nd Amendment continues to be interpreted and amended via executive, legislative, and judicial actions. There is little that is “well-regulated” about current American gun policy. The following policy formation examples highlight one executive, legislative, and judicial action: · On February 20, 2018, the White House issued a Presidential Memorandum that requested the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigate how to regulate bump stocks and other devices (White House, 2018). Later that year the Department of Justice instructed to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to outlaw bump stocks because the addition of this device fell “within the definition of “machinegun” under federal law, as such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger” (ATF, n.d.). · On June 26, 1934 Congress passed the National Firearms Act. This legislation required firearms to be registered and taxed. In addition, the following weapons were outlawed: “shotguns and rifles having barrels less than 18 inches in length, certain firearms described as “any other weapons,” machineguns, and firearm mufflers and silencers” (ATF, n.d.). · District of Columbia v Heller, 2008. In 2001, Washington D.C. passed municipal legislation that required registration of guns (with qualifications on what guns could or could not be registered) and that all guns stored within homes to be kept “unloaded and disassembled or bound by a trigger lock." Dick Heller, a police officer, sued the District of Columbia because he was not allowed to register his semi-automatic handgun within his home. The Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms could not be restricted by the District of Columbia’s municipal legislation (Heller v D.C., 2008). Directions: Using the required, academic readings, and supplemental academic research, please address the following while adhering to the Discussion Board Rubric: · Select a specific example of public policy from one of the following fields: · Economic policy · An example of economic policy is U.S. budget deficit spending. · Education policy · An example of education policy is the implementation of national education standards. · Environmental policy · An example of environmental policy is the Clean Air Act. · Foreign policy · An example of foreign policy is how we conduct trade with other countries. · Healthcare policy · An example of healthcare policy is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) · Welfare policy · An example of welfare policy is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). · Review the official website of the three branches of U.S. government: The White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court. · White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ · United States Congress: https://www.congress.gov/ · Supreme Court: https://www.supremecourt.gov/ · Conduct a keyword search of the official websites for public policies pertinent to your chosen public policy. Each website of three branches of government include a search option on the top of each page. · Select a total of two examples from executive legislative, or judicial actions that have helped or hindered your chosen, public policy. You can pick from the different branches or you can pick two from the same branch. · Summarize the executive, legislative, and/or judicial actions. · How do these examples inform the public policy cycle? QUESTION #2 ( NO WORD REQUIREMENT) We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” --Thomas Jefferson Policy theories are academic models that seek to understand why some public policies are implemented or not implemented. Those concerned with an analysis of public policy use policy theories to understand the intersection of policy-making and public policy. Whereas there are many, many different policy theories; you will focus on elite theory, group theory, and institutional theory. · Elite theory is premised on the idea that a small group of elites affect public policies. These elites could further understand as political elites (important members of government), social elites (movie stars, musicians, athletes, etc.), or economic elites (Wall Street, the 1%, etc.). · Group theory is premised on the idea that groups of individuals advocate a common, public policy concern, that then affects public policy. Groups span the political, economic, and social public policy spectrum. Here are a couple of groups that advocate particular, public policies: pro-life advocates (Susan B Anthony List), pro-choice advocates (Planned Parenthood), gun rights advocates (National Rifle Association), and gun control advocates (Everytown for Gun Safety.) · Institutional theory is premised on the idea that institutions affect public policies. Whereas government (both in the capacity of federalism and the executive, legislative, and judicial branches) is typically the focus of institutional theorists; other institutions such as corporations, non-profits, political parties, etc., can also affect public policy. It is the collective interaction of these various institutions that results in policy formation. *See the Unit 4 Overview for a detailed example how Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) resulted from an amalgamation of institutional input. Using the following outline template, craft a full sentence outline. Lumen’s Principles of Public Speaking has an excellent example of a full sentence outline. Please include the following: · Select two specific examples of public policy from one of the following fields: · Economic policy · An example of economic policy is U.S. budget deficit spending. · Education policy · An example of education policy is the implementation of national education standards. · Environmental policy · An example of environmental policy is the Clean Air Act. · Foreign policy · An example of foreign policy is how we conduct trade with other countries. · Healthcare policy · An example of healthcare policy is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) · Welfare policy · An example of welfare policy is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). · For each example, explain how this public policy can be analyzed by one of the following policy theories: elite theory, group theory, and/or institutional theory. · Why is your chosen policy choice better than the other theories? · Support your response with at least two different reasons. · What are the strengths and/or flaws of using this policy