Dunkirk Film Analysis Paper: Specifications: ● Must submit .doc or .docx format ● 3-4 pages – the paper must be a minimum of 3 FULL pages in length (you may exceed maximum length of 4 pages, but there is no special grade value in doing so). ● 1-inch margins on all sides. ● 12-point Times New Roman font (do not use Courier New or other fonts that change page counts) ● Double space ● 0 point spacing between paragraphs ● No subheadings such as “Introduction” and “Conclusion” ● Grammar and usage are taken into account when grading ● You may use a title page, but it does not count toward the page count. ● The work cited page does not count toward the page count. ● One way to experience history more vividly is through film. You are asked to view one film related to World History 1876-Present and write a 3-4 page analysis on the historicity of the movie, with a minimum of three FULL pages. The focus of your paper should be on how historically accurate the film is: what it gets right, where it goes wrong, how much creative liberty the filmmakers took. When viewing the film pay close attention to the narration, the characters (whether fictional or factual people), the dialog, the props, scenery, etc. Your introduction, in which you will briefly summarize the film’s plot, should be no more than 1 page long. The rest of your paper will analyze the historical accuracy of the film. Note : this is not a paper asking you if you liked or disliked the film. To determine how historically accurate a film is, students should consult the textbook and online sources, but make sure you cite them appropriately in MLA format in-text and in a work cited page. Usually students can find links to valuable information about a movie through IMDB.com

Discuss the Atkinson Shiffrin model of memory and elaborate with some daily examples. Analysis how those information is entered into long term memory with relevant supporting research
Use the following Criteria:
– Pls use your own words for checking No Plagiarism
1. Abstract (120 -150 words)
2. Introduction – thesis statement sentence at the end of introduction para.
Including the definition of short-term memory and long-term memory
3. Theoretical Orientation
– Explain with the “Modal model” of Memory → how inputs get into sensory register → short term memory → response → long term memory
– Using theories of attention, Bradbent’s model, attenuation model , late selection model,
– Characteristics of short-term and long term memory
– Serial position curve – Long term memory → primacy effect; short term memory → recency effect
4. Personal analysis – can use graph and explain with daily examples, research experiment
5. Discussion & Conclusions
– Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
– Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.

ARAB CASE STUDY
Mrs. Ayesha Said is a 39-year-old Muslim Arab housewife and mother of six who
immigrated to the United States from a rural town in southern Iraq 2 years ago. Her
mother-in-law and her husband, Mr. Ahmed Said, accompanied her to the United
States as participants in a post–Gulf War resettlement program, after they spent some
time in a Saudi Arabian refugee camp. Their relocation was coordinated by a local
international institution that provided an array of services for finding employment,
establishing a household, enrolling the children in public schools, and applying for
federal aid programs.
Mr. Ahmed, who completed the equivalent of high school, works in a local
plastics factory. He speaks some English. He plans to attend an English-language class
held at the factory for its many Iraqi employees. Mrs. Ayesha, who has very little
formal schooling, spends her day cooking and caring for her children and spouse, with
the assistance of her mother-in-law. She leaves their home, a three-bedroom upper flat
in a poor area of the city, only when she accompanies her husband shopping or when
they attend gatherings at the local Islamic center. These events are quite enjoyable
because most of those using the center are also recently arrived Iraqi immigrants. She
also socializes with other Iraqi women by telephone. Except for interactions with the
American personnel at the institute, Mr. Ahmed and Mrs. Ayesha Said remain quite
isolated from American society. They have discussed moving to Detroit because of its
large Arab community.
Four of the Said children attend public elementary schools, participating in the
English as a Second Language (ESL) program. Mr. Ahmed and Mrs. Ayesha are

dismayed by their children’s rapid acculturation. Although Muslims do not practice
holidays such as Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Easter, their children
plead to participate in these school-related activities.
Mrs. Ayesha is being admitted to the surgical unit after a modified radical
mastectomy. According to the physician’s notes, she discovered a “lump that didn’t go
away” about 6 months ago while breast-feeding her youngest child. She delayed
seeking care, hoping that inshallah, the lump would vanish. Access to care was also
limited by Mrs. Ayesha’s preference for a female physician and her family’s financial
constraints—that is, finding a female surgeon willing to treat a patient with limited
financial means. Her past medical history includes measles, dental problems,
headache, and a reproductive history of seven pregnancies. One child, born
prematurely, died soon after birth.
As you enter the room, you see Mrs. Ayesha dozing. Her husband, mother-in
law, and a family friend, who speaks English and Arabic and acts as the translator, are
at her bedside.
Study Questions
1. Describe Arab Americans with respect to religion, education, occupation, income,
and English-language skills. Compare the Said family with Arab Americans as a
group.
2. Assess the Said family’s risk for experiencing a stressful immigration related to their
isolated lifestyle.

3. Describe the steps you would take to develop rapport with Mrs. Ayesha and her
family during your initial encounter. Include nonverbal behavior and social etiquette
as well as statements or questions that might block communication.
4. Identify interventions that you would employ to accommodate Mrs. Ayesha’s
“shyness” and modesty.
5. You notice that, although Mrs. Ayesha is alert, her husband and sometimes her
mother-in-law reply to your questions. Interpret this behavior within a cultural
context.
6. Although Mrs. Ayesha is normothermic and states her pain is “little,” Mr. Ahmed
insists that his wife be covered with several additional blankets and receive an
injection for pain. When you attempt to reassure him of his wife’s satisfactory
recovery, noting as evidence of her stable condition that you plan to “get her up”
that evening, he demands to see the physician. Interpret his behavior within a
cultural context.
7. Discuss Arab food preferences as well as the dietary restrictions of practicing
Muslims. If you filled out Mrs. Ayesha’s menu, what would you order?
8. When you give Mrs. Ayesha and her family members discharge instructions, what
teaching methods would be most effective? What content regarding recovery from a
mastectomy might most Arab Americans consider “too personal”?
9. Identify typical coping strategies of Arabs. What could you do to facilitate Mrs.
Ayesha’s use of these strategies?

10. Discuss predestination as it influences the Arab American’s responses to death and
bereavement.
11. Discuss Islamic rulings regarding the following health matters: contraception,
abortion, infertility treatment, autopsy, and organ donation and transplant.
12. Describe the Arab American’s culturally based role expectations for nurses and
physicians. In what ways do the role responsibilities of Arab and American nurses
differ?
13. What illnesses or conditions are Arab Americans unlikely to disclose because of
Islamic prohibitions or an attached stigma?
14. Compile a health profile (strengths versus challenges) of Arab Americans by
comparing beliefs, values, behaviors, and practices favoring health and those
negatively influencing health.

APPALACHIAN CASE STUDY #1
William Kapp, aged 55 years, and his wife, Gloria, aged 37, have recently moved from an
isolated rural area of northern Appalachia to Denver, Colorado, because of Gloria’s
failing health. Mrs. Kapp has had pulmonary tuberculosis for several years. They decided
to move to New Mexico because they heard that the climate was better for Mrs. Kapp’s
pulmonary condition. For an unknown reason, they stayed in Denver, where William
obtained employment making machine parts.
The Kapp’s oldest daughter, Ruth, aged 20, Ruth’s husband, Roy, aged 24, and
their daughter, Rebecca, aged 17 months, moved with them so Ruth could help care for
her ailing mother. After 2 months, Roy returned to northern Appalachia because he was
unable to find work in Denver. Ruth is 3 months’ pregnant.
Because Mrs. Kapp has been feeling “more poorly” in the last few days, she has
come to the clinic and is accompanied by her husband, William, her daughter Ruth, and
her granddaughter, Rebecca. On admission, Gloria is expectorating greenish sputum,
which her husband estimates to be about a teacupful each day. Gloria is 5 ft 5 in. tall and
weighs 92 pounds. Her temperature is 101.4°F, her pulse is regular at 96 beats per
minute, and her respirations are 30 per minute and labored. Her skin is dry and scaly with
poor turgor.
While the physician is examining Mrs. Kapp, the nurse is taking additional
historical and demographic data from Mr. Kapp and Ruth. The nurse finds that Ruth has
had no prenatal care and that her first child, Rebecca, was delivered at home with the
assistance of a neighbor. Rebecca is pale and suffers from frequent bouts of diarrhea and

colicky symptoms. Mr. Kapp declines to offer information regarding his health status and
states that he takes care of himself.
This is the first time Mrs. Kapp has seen a health-care provider since their
relocation. Mr. Kapp has been treating his wife with a blood tonic he makes from soaking
nails in water; a poultice he makes from turpentine and lard, which he applies to her chest
each morning; and a cough medicine he makes from rock candy, whiskey, and honey,
which he has her take a tablespoon of four times a day. He feels this has been more
beneficial than the prescription medication given to them before they relocated.
The child, Rebecca, has been taking a cup of ginseng tea for her colicky
symptoms each night and a cup of red bark tea each morning for her diarrhea.
Ruth’s only complaint is the “sick headache” she gets three to four times a week.
She takes ginseng tea and Epsom salts for the headache.
Mrs. Kapp is discharged with prescriptions for isoniazid, rifampin, and an
antibiotic and with instructions to return in 1 week for follow-up based on the results of
blood tests, chest radiograph, and sputum cultures. She is also told to return to the clinic
or emergency department if her symptoms worsen before then. The nurse gives Ruth
directions for making appointments with the prenatal clinic for herself and the pediatric
well-child clinic for Rebecca.

Study Questions
1. Describe the migration patterns of Appalachians over the last 50 years.
2. Discuss issues related to autonomy in the workforce for Appalachians.

3. Identify high-risk behaviors common in the Appalachian region.
4. Describe barriers to health care for people living in Appalachia.
5. What might the nurse or physician do to encourage Mrs. Kapp to comply
with her prescription regimen?
6. What would your advice be regarding each of the home remedies that Mrs.
Kapp is taking? Would you encourage or discourage her from continuing
them?
7. What might the nurse have done to help ensure that Ruth would make the
appointments for herself and her daughter?
8. What advice would you give Ruth regarding the home remedies that she
and her daughter are currently taking? Would you encourage or discourage
their use?
9. Do you think Mrs. Kapp will return for her appointment next week? Why?
What would you do if she did not return for her appointment?
10. Do you think that Ruth will make and keep appointments for herself and
her daughter?
11. What would you do to encourage Mr. Kapp to consent to a health
assessment?
12. What additional services could you suggest to assist the Kapp family at
this time?
13. What additional follow-up do you consider essential for the Kapp family?
14. What advice would you give Ruth regarding her daughter’s frequent bouts
of diarrhea?

AMISH CASE STUDY
Elmer and Mary Miller, both 35 years old, live with their five children in the main
house on the family farmstead in one of the largest Amish settlements in Indiana.
Aaron and Annie Schlabach, aged 68 and 70, live in the attached grandparents’
cottage. Mary is the youngest of their eight children, and when she married, she and
Elmer moved into the grandparents’ cottage with the intention that Elmer would take
over the farm when Aaron wanted to retire.
Eight years ago, they traded living space. Now, Aaron continues to help with
the farm work, despite increasing pain in his hip, which the doctor advises should be
replaced. Most of Mary’s and Elmer’s siblings live in the area, though not in the same
church district or settlement. Two of Elmer’s brothers and their families recently
moved to Tennessee, where farms are less expensive and where they are helping to
start a new church district.
Mary and Elmer’s fifth child, Melvin, was born 6 weeks prematurely and is 1
month old. Sarah, aged 13, Martin, aged 12, and Wayne, aged 8, attend the Amish
elementary school located 1 mile from their home. Lucille, aged 4, is staying with
Mary’s sister and her family for a week because baby Melvin has been having
respiratory problems and their physician told the family he will need to be hospitalized
if he does not get better within 2 days.
At the doctor’s office, Mary suggested to one nurse, who often talks with Mary
about “Amish ways,” that Menno Martin, an Amish man who “gives treatments,” may
be able to help. He uses “warm hands” to treat people and is especially good with

babies because he can feel what is wrong. The nurse noticed that Mary carefully placed
the baby on a pillow as she prepared to leave.
Elmer and Mary do not carry any health insurance and are concerned about
paying the doctor and hospital bills associated with this complicated pregnancy. In
addition, they have an appointment for Wayne to be seen at Riley Children’s Hospital,
3 hours away at the University Medical Center in Indianapolis, for a recurring cyst
located behind his left ear. Plans are being made for a driver to take Mary, Elmer,
Wayne, Aaron, Annie, and two of Mary’s sisters to Indianapolis for the appointment.
Because it is on the way, they plan to stop in Fort Wayne to see an Amish healer who
gives nutritional advice and does “treatments.” Aaron, Annie, and Elmer have been
there before, and the other women are considering having treatments, too. Many
Amish and non-Amish go there and tell others how much better they feel after the
treatments.
They know their medical expenses seem minor in comparison to the family
who last week lost their barn in a fire and to the young couple whose 10-year-old child
had brain surgery after a fall from the hayloft. Elmer gave money to help with the
expenses of the child and will go to the barn raising to help rebuild the barn. Mary’s
sisters will help to cook for the barn raising, but Mary will not help this time because
of the need to care for her newborn.
The state health department is concerned about the low immunization rates in
the Amish communities. One community-health nurse, who works in the area where
Elmer and Mary live, has volunteered to talk with Elmer, who is on the Amish school
board. The nurse wants to learn how the health department can work more closely with

the Amish and also learn more about what the people know about immunizations. The
county health commissioner thinks this is a waste of time and that what they need to do
is let the Amish know that they are creating a health hazard by neglecting or refusing
to have their children immunized.
Study Questions
1. Develop three open-ended questions or statements to guide you in your
understanding of Mary and Elmer and what health and caring mean to them and to
the Amish culture.
2. List four or five areas of perinatal care that you would want to discuss with Mary.
3. Why do you think Mary placed the baby on a pillow as she was leaving the doctor’s
office?
4. If you were the nurse to whom Mrs. Miller confided her interest in taking the baby
to the folk healer, what would you do to learn more about their simultaneous use of
folk and professional health services?
5. List three items to discuss with the Millers to prepare them for their consultation at
the medical center.
6. If you were preparing the reference for consultation, what would you mention about
the Millers that would help to promote culturally congruent care at the medical
center?
7. Imagine yourself participating in a meeting with state and local health department
officials and several local physicians and nurses to develop a plan to increase the

immunization rates in the counties with large Amish populations. What would you
suggest as ways to accomplish this goal?
8. Discuss two reasons why many Old Order Amish choose not to carry health
insurance.
9. Name three health problems with genetic links that are prevalent in some Amish
communities.
10. How might health-care providers use the Amish values of the three-generational
family and their visiting patterns in promoting health in the Amish community?
11. List three Amish values to consider in prenatal education classes.
12. Develop a nutritional guide for Amish women who are interested in losing weight.
Consider Amish values, daily lifestyle, and food production and preparation
patterns.
13. List three ways in which Amish express caring.

AFRICAN AMERICAN CASE STUDY #2
Mr. and Mrs. Evans are an African American couple who retired from the school
system last year. Both are 65 years of age and reside on 20 acres of land in a large rural
community approximately 5 miles from a Superfund site and 20 miles from two
chemical plants. Their household consists of their two daughters, Anna, aged 40 years,
and Dorothy, aged 42 years; their grandchildren, aged 25, 20, 19, and 18; and their 2
year-old great-grandson. Anna and Dorothy and their children all attended the
university.
Mr. Evans’s mother and three of his nieces and nephews live next door. Mr.
Evans’s mother has brothers, sisters, other sons and daughters, grandchildren, and
great-grandchildren who live across the road on 10 acres of land. Other immediate and
extended family live on the 80 acres adjacent to Mr. Evans’s mother. All members of
the Evans family own the land on which they live.
Mrs. Evans has siblings and extended family living on 70 acres of land adjacent
to Mr. Evans’s family, who live across the road. Mr. and Mrs. Evans also have family
living in Chicago, Detroit, New York, San Francisco, and Houston. Once a year, the
families come together for a reunion. Every other month, local family members come
together for a social hour. The family believes in strict discipline with lots of love. It is
common to see adult members of the family discipline the younger children, regardless
of who the parents are.

Mr. Evans has hypertension and diabetes. Mrs. Evans has hypertension. Both
are on medication. Their daughter Dorothy is bipolar and is on medication. Within the
last 5 years, Mr. Evans has had several relatives diagnosed with lung cancer and colon
cancer. One of his maternal uncles died last year from lung cancer. Mrs. Evans has
indicated on her driver’s license that she is an organ donor.
Sources of income for Mr. and Mrs. Evans are their pensions from the school
system and Social Security. Dorothy receives SSI because she is unable to work any
longer. Mr. Evans and his brothers must assume responsibility for their mother’s
medical bills and medication. Although she has Medicare parts A and B, many of her
expenses are not covered.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans, all members of their household, and all other extended
family in the community attend a large Baptist church in the city. Several family
members, including Mr. and Mrs. Evans, sing in the choir, are members of the usher
board, teach Bible classes, and do community ministry.
Study Questions
1. Describe the organizational structure of this family and identify strengths and
limitations of this family structure.
2. Describe and give examples of what you believe to be the family’s values about
education.
3. Discuss this family’s views about child rearing.

4. Discuss the role that spirituality plays in this family.
5. Identify two religious or spiritual practices in which members of the Evans
family may engage for treating hypertension, diabetes, and mental illness.
6. Identify and discuss cultural views that Dorothy and her parents may have about
mental illness and medication.
7. To what extent are members of the Evans family at risk for illnesses associated
with environmental hazards?
8. Susan has decided to become an organ donor. Describe how you think the Evans
family will respond to her decision.
9. Discuss views that African Americans have about advanced directives.
10. Name two dietary health risks for African Americans.
11. Identify five characteristics to consider when assessing the skin of African
Americans.
12. Describe two taboo views that African Americans may have about pregnancy.

AFRICAN AMERICAN CASE STUDY #1
Robert Collins is a 49-year-old African American. He resides in the inner city of Detroit,
Michigan, with his extended family. He has a 43-year-old wife and five children, aged
26, 18, 16, 14, and 10. His wife, his elderly mother, three of his children (aged 16, 14,
and 10), two grandchildren, and his sick sister-in-law represent the household
membership.
Mr. Collins completed the 11th grade and maintains employment in a steel
factory. Although he works more than 40 hours a week, his income places him at the
poverty level. He cannot afford to purchase health insurance.
Mr. Collins’s 18-year-old daughter, Chloe, is pregnant for the third time and is a
single parent. Mr. Collins is caring for her other two children. Chloe is going to night
school to complete her high school education.
The Collins family goes to church every Sunday and is actively involved in the
church.
Mrs. Collins was diagnosed with cancer, and she is receiving spiritual healing
from her pastor and church for this illness. Mr. Collins is extremely concerned about his
wife’s health and has increased his tobacco use.

Study Questions
1. Name one occupation-related disease for which Mr. Collins is at risk.
2. Identify one family member who is likely to be caring for the younger
children in the family.
3. Describe three cultural beliefs that Chloe may have regarding her
pregnancy.
4. Discuss the role of spirituality in this family.
5. Identify two religious or spiritual practices in which Mrs. Collins may be
engaging.
6. Because Mrs. Collins has cancer, discuss possible cultural thoughts she
may have regarding death and dying.
7. Identify two diseases common among African American men.
8. Identify the high school dropout rate among African American teens in the
inner city.
9. Name one tobacco-related disease found in the African American
population.
10. Name two dietary health risks for African Americans.
11. Identify five characteristics to consider when assessing the skin of African
American clients.
12. Name two skin conditions common among African Americans.

Assume that your team represents four area directors under Dr. J.K. Suresh, the Principal Knowledge Manager at InfoSys. Dr. Suresh has asked you to consider your next steps, and make a recommendation on how to move forward. InfoSys is changing its business model from primarily being an outsourcing service provider (and a world leader in the area, by the way) to selling and supporting its own ERP style solutions. Making the switch is going to impact a number of business processes, and thereby, influence how the organization of about 150,000 employees manages its vast knowledge resource. The challenges are myriad. Dr. Suresh’s time is already stretched thin. The old system is a tough act to follow, it works extremely well in supporting the knowledge management activities of a client service firm. But Dr. Suresh knows better than to wait for the new business processes to expose the limitations of the existing Knowledge Management System (KMS). And as noted in the case, the new KMS should do a better job of identifying and incorporating information which resides outside the organization and not only that which lives in the heads of InfoSys employees. He has asked you to create a proposal, outlining his options in developing the new KMS. A few ideas have been identified in the case: Adapt the current system to reflect the needs associated with the change in business focus, or build a new system from the ground up. While Dr. Suresh thinks these ideas might make sense, he is convinced that there are other options, and he blames your team for not thinking far enough outside the box. So here is your ultimatum: With the goal of supporting the KM requirements associated with the switch in focus to a product provider (as defined in the case), identify at least one new approach not already discussed. Evaluate your approach, along with those identified already, and write a recommendation and action plan. This effort will require some research. Remember to cite your sources appropriately. Time is short, and you have a number of other projects going on, so you had better get started straight away. In your report, make sure you address the following: 1) Identify at least one alternative approach to achieving your objective 2) Establish several criteria that the new system must meet 3) Analyze each approach including evaluation against each criterion 4) Select and support one approach to recommend based on a complete synthesis of all information 5) Create a roadmap to the implementation of the approach that you decide to recommend (if new costs emerge, tell us how they will be funded) with a timeline that shows which resources would need to be mobilized at each phase of implementation

Question 1. What are the pricing factors smb and hml and how have they been computed? (hint: read the Fama and French (1996) paper – its on iLearn) (2 marks)

Question 2. Open the excel data file in EViews (File/Open/Foreign data as workfile). a) Create a new variable (mkt_rf) for excess returns of the market over risk free, also known as daily market risk premium, i.e. mkt_rf = market – rf. (hint: If you do this correctly the first value of mkt_rf will be -0.710.) Next, create a new variable for excess returns on the SMALL_HiBM portfolio, i.e. SH_rf = SMALL_HiBM – rf. (hint: if you do this correctly the first value of SH_rf will be -0.531.) (1 mark) b) Provide a graph of rf and comment on its behaviour before and after the global financial crisis in 2008. (1 mark)

Question 3. Provide a graph and descriptive statistics for both the SH_rf and mkt_rf returns, and compare them. Highlight any important differences between them. (3 marks)

Question 4. Repeat the exercise from Question 3 for a different sample period: 3 January 2000 – 31 December 2007. You do not need to repeat the preliminary steps. Use the “sample” tab in Eviews to set the new sample period. Comment on the performance of the SMALL_HiBM portfolio relative to the market portfolio during this period. (2 marks)

For the following questions restore the sample period to the full period in EViews for the remainder of the assignment, unless a question specifically asks you to do otherwise.

Question 5. Estimate the following model for the full sample period:

0 1 2 3 __ t t t t t SH rf mkt rf smb hml      = + + + + (1)

Present the fitted equation showing coefficient estimates, standard errors and t-statistics (type the results in your assignment, do not simply copy and paste the EViews output). (4 marks)

Question 6. Is the estimate of 0 
significant at the 5% level? Explain your finding, do not just answer yes or no. How do you interpret this result? (2 marks)

Question 7. a) Explain whether we should expect the estimates of 12 , 
and 3 
to be positive or
negative. (2 marks) b) Are the signs of your actual estimates the same as what you expected? If not, how do they differ? (1 mark)

Question 8. a) Conduct a hypothesis test to determine whether 𝛽0, 𝛽2 and 𝛽3 are jointly significantly different to zero, i.e. test the following null hypothesis 𝐻0: 𝛽0=0 and 𝛽2=0 and 𝛽3= 0. Set out all of the steps for a formal hypothesis test and state the conclusion. Use a 5% significance level. (hint: in Eviews click View Coefficient diagnostics/Wald test) (2 marks) b) What does your test result imply in relation to the validity of the CAPM? Why? (1 mark)

Question 9. Conduct the basic diagnostic tests on the estimated model, i.e. autocorrelation (use 5 lags of residuals), heteroskedasticity (White’s test with no cross product), non-normality, misspecification of functional form (only one fitted term, quadratic). You do not need to write out all of the steps of the hypothesis tests and you may copy the EViews output of the tests into your
assignment. However you must clearly write out the null and alternative hypotheses in each case, and clearly state the conclusion of each test. Use a 5% significance level. (4 marks)

Part B Total number of marks: 25

Question 1. Conduct ADF and KPSS unit-root tests on the market series for the full sample period (conduct the tests in levels, not differences, with an intercept and no time trend, and use default values for the remaining settings). Be careful to properly state the null and alternative hypotheses for the two tests. You may copy in the relevant parts of the EViews output. Comment on your findings. (4 marks)

Question 2. Plot the ACF and PACF functions for market (include 12 lags). Comment on the magnitude and significance of the correlations. What optimal ARMA(p,q) model would you choose based on these graphs? Why? (4 marks)

Question 3. Select an optimal ARMA(p,q) model for the returns based on an information criterion (see below). Select from the set of models up to and including the largest model of ARMA(3,3). You may use the automatic procedure (set no transformation, max.-difference=0 and max SAR=0) or you may undertake this task manually. (hint: Refer to examples in the Week 7 tutorial) a) Present a single table of the criterion values for AIC, SBIC and HQ over all combinations of p and q. What is the preferred model on the basis of the AIC criterion? (2 marks) b) What is the preferred model on the basis of SBIC? (1 mark) c) Do both information criteria select the same model? Explain why the two criteria may select different models. (1 mark)

Question 4. a) Estimate the ARMA(1,1) model for the market series. Report the fitted equation and comment on the significance of the parameter estimates. (3 marks). b) Present the ACF and PACF graphs and statistics for the residuals (use 12 lags) and comment on them. (2 marks)

Question 5. a) Perform a test for fifth order ARCH effects in the estimated residuals of the model in Question 4. (hint: After you estimate the model for Question 4, click on View from the
Equation Window and select Residual Diagnostics and then Heteroscesdasticity tests. In the ‘Test type’ box, choose ARCH and the number of lags to include is 5). Write out the null and alternative hypotheses for the test. Explain your conclusion from the test. (3 marks) b) Estimate the ARMA(1,1)‐ARCH(5) model for the market series (hint: select Quick, Estimate Equation, under method select ARCH. In the mean equation box type market c ar(1) ma(1) and in the variance part, specify the order of ARCH as 5 and the order of GARCH as 0). Report the fitted equation. Do all of the parameter estimates satisfy the ARCH restrictions? (2 marks) c) Graph the conditional variance from part (b) and comment on its behaviour. Explain why a GARCH(1,1) specification might be more effective for modelling persistent volatility clustering than the ARCH(5) specification (you are not required to estimate the GARCH model). (3 marks)

QUESTION 1

1. Fielding is interested in the stratification system in the United States and how it is perpetuated through time. Fielding decides to examine the experiences of minority students who seek college counseling in high school. He interviews minority students in four high schools to learn whether their personal experiences tell him something about stratification in the United States. After interviewing the minority students Fielding interviews non-minority students, school administrators, guidance counselors, teachers, parents, and social workers at the same four high schools.  Fielding is probably using a(n) _____ approach.

3 points   

QUESTION 2

1. Michael is spending three months living in a commune doing participant observation in order to fully understand and document the lives of the people who reside there. What is the likely result of Michael’s research?

3 points   

QUESTION 3

1. Which of the following is the best example of a breaching experiment?

3 points   

QUESTION 4

1. Sara wanted to learn about battered women. She entered the world of a battered women’s shelter and lived with the women in order to fully learn about the views of these women. She wanted to write a detailed and accurate description about the lives that the women reported. Which of the following approaches best describes Sara’s research paradigm?

3 points   

QUESTION 5

1. Professor Milne is preparing to do qualitative interviewing in a field research project. Milne knows that you are a research methods student and asks for your advice. You tell Milne:

3 points   

QUESTION 6

1. To examine the social interactions of online role-playing gamers, a relatively recent social phenomenon, Kyoko developed a rough outline of what to look for before setting out on observation. This outline was intended to guide, but not specifically structure, the observations. What approach did Kyoko use?

3 points   

QUESTION 7

1. Jennifer is interested in understanding the dynamics within an economically diverse high school. She interviews a wide variety of students, as well as the staff and faculty to understand how race has an effect on their education. Jennifer is using what sort of research paradigm?

3 points   

QUESTION 8

1. Jessica is concerned with the problem of reactivity in her study of a local diet group. Which of the following is NOT one of her reactivity concerns?

3 points   

QUESTION 9

1. _____ combines a naturalist approach with a positivist concern for a “systematic set of procedures” in doing qualitative research.

3 points   

QUESTION 10

1. Jenny wants to do research that tells the stories of rape victims. She wants to tell “their stories” the way they “really are.” Jenny is using a(n) _____ paradigm.