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- 1. Two popular methods of financial statement analysis are horizontal analysis and vertical analysis. Use the corporation you selected for the Week 4 discussion or another corporation when responding to the two following questions. In your response identify the selected corporation. Please note that substantive responses add new topic related information to help move the discussion forward and do not summarize what was previously posted by another student. Teachers question below As a manager, how will you use the horizontal analysis of the income statement and balance sheet for intracompany comparisons? How do managers and investors use the vertical analysis of the income statement and balance sheet compared to competitor corporations when performing intercompany comparisons? Identify at least one competitor corporation and include an explanation as to why or how you selected the competitor. Reference Kimmel, P. D. (2013). Financial accounting: Tools for business decision making. Retrieved from University of Phoenix eBook Collection. Please read INSTRUCTORS instructions carefully and completely My organization that I choose is Starbucks Due date 4/21/15 in 4 to 6 hours
- 2. No plagiarism in own words Will run through a plagiarism checker Will not accept if after due date will dispute References page must include a valid URL to take the reader to the electronic copy of each source. If cannot complete with the given instructions do not reply Please contact me if you have questions Write as a discussion with another student Make a question out of the response, or I found the material interesting, or what do you think I may ask to change some areas at later date 100 to 200 word count Word count is counted by answer only Please write with question first followed by answer Please write clearly simplify I am in the U.S. No charts or graphs
- 3. Interview a teacher in the elementary grades regarding the teacher's social studies instruction. Include at least eight questions. Create your own questions such as: 1.Do you use a textbook? 2.What do you think of the standards for social studies? 3.How much time is spent per day in this subject area? Document the interview questions and answers and submit with the Standards Essay. Standards Essay Choose one grade level in the elementary grades. Evaluate the social studies standards on the Arizona Department of Education's website for that grade level for such things as thoroughness, clarity, and two other criteria of your own choosing. Write an essay of 750-1,000-words as a well-supported, objective, academic response to the interview and standards investigation, analyzing how social studies is currently taught today. Use the GCU Library to research a minimum of six peer- reviewed articles that support your rationale. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
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- 5. assignment. No outside sources were used to support major points. Content is incomplete or omits some requirements stated in the assignment’s criteria. Major points are not clear and/or persuasive. No outside sources were used to support major points. Content addresses most of the issues stated in the assignment’s criteria. Major points are addressed. Research is evident. Content is comprehensive, accurate, and definitions are clearly stated. Major points are stated clearly and are supported. Research is adequate, up-to-date, relevant, and addresses all of the issues stated in the assignment’s criteria. At least four relevant academic sources were cited. Content is comprehensive, accurate, and persuasive; definitions are clearly stated. Major points are stated clearly and are well supported. Research is adequate, up-to-date, relevant, and addresses all of the issues stated in the assignment’s criteria. Five or more relevant academic sources were cited. 15.0 %Organization and Effectiveness 7.0 %Thesis Development and Purpose Paper lacks any discernible overall purpose or organizing claim. Thesis and/or main claim are insufficiently developed and/or vague; purpose is not clear. Thesis and/or main claim are apparent and appropriate to purpose. Thesis and/or main claim are clear and forecast the development of the paper. It is descriptive and reflective of the arguments and appropriate to the purpose. Thesis and/or main claim are comprehensive. The essence of the paper is contained within the thesis. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear. 8.0 %Argument Logic and Construction Statement of purpose is not justified by the conclusion. The
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