Research Term Paper

Research Term Paper

You have already picked your research topic for your research paper when you completed

writing assignment number two. You are to use the knowledge gained from our other writing

assignments and class discussions throughout the course of this semester to complete your own research

project (primarily based on secondary data analysis, and the application of theory). Your essay needs to

include the following: a cover page, a brief abstract (half page max), an introduction (with your revised

thesis statement from WA2 included), secondary data analysis of at least three credible (published)

journal articles that you have found( including your revised version of WA2), a brief application of

theory (revised WA2), a brief hypothetical exploration of the methodology you would use for collecting

primary data on your research topic (revised WA2), an exploration of your findings, discussion, and

your conclusions. Be sure to use the sub headers listed below under the research process. All sources

for this assignment must have a publication year, at least three must be from scholarly journals with

author’s names, titles, publishers, vol. and issue numbers. You will lose points if you list URL/website

address for in-text citations, or use dictionary.com or Wikipedia to define terms (Use your textbook).

Your complete term paper must be no less than four pages long with an eight page max. You can find a

term paper grading rubrics on the cover of your syllabus.

The Research Process Explored (use the following format as subtitles):

Abstract

Introduction

Methodology: Analyze secondary data

Theory

Methodology (primary data collection not conducted but explored)

Findings

Discussion & Conclusions

References

Show your ability to apply terminology from the assigned readings and class discussions into your essay. It is

very important to note that this class is a discipline specific writing class and we will be using APA style citations.

You must demonstrate the ability to use the APA style tools you have learned in-class in all your writing

assignments this semester.

This essay must be written in proper left align paragraph format including all the above listed steps to a

research project. Be sure to write everything in detail so that any novice would understand the topic you are

exploring in your essay. And do not (don’t) use abbreviations.

The cover page should include your term paper title, your name, class meeting time and date centered in

the middle of the page. The writing assignment should be in proper left align paragraph format. Use the provided

sub headers. The body of the text should be double spaced using a 10 or 12 font size with 1” borders. The final

project should be at least four pages long (not including cover and reference pages). Students must use proper

APA in-text citation and a reference page for source documentation to give credit to another author’s work (and

include a reference page with the final project). To guarantee the assignments do not accumulate late points

they must be turned in on or before the beginning of the class period of the assigned due date. If you send the

assignments as an E-mail attachment, make sure your file is sent as a MS Word or Rich Text Format (rtf)

document or I may not be able to open it—which is the same as not receiving it. Remember, there is a loss of 5

points per each day the assignment is late (see syllabus).