Research Project Part 4: 1st Draft

Using research and my Outline from Research Project Part 3.

INSTRUCTIONS

Format

• 3,000–5,000 words, double-spaced, not including title and reference pages

• Times New Roman, 12-point font

• Left justified

• One-inch margins

• Current APA format

• Numbered pages

• At least 20 scholarly articles from peer-reviewed journals, no more than 10 years old

• Block quotations for any quotes more than 40 words:

• Reference page in current APA format including active URL links

• Single spacing between references and double spacing within the reference

Content

• A title page that includes:

o “Running head:” and page number (right aligned)

o Course number and name

o Case name

o Date submitted

o “Respectfully submitted to: (Instructor’s Name)”

• Abstract (in block format)

• Content of your topic and/or paper (review the associated grading rubric)

o Use concepts from the textbook that are related to your topic, including page numbers where the concepts may be found. Credit will only be earned for concepts supported by page numbers from the textbook. (Essentially, this is accomplished through integration of the relevant course content, using properly formatted, current APA citations.)

o Use in-text citations in current APA format to credit sources listed in the reference list as appropriate.

• Conclusion

• References

Plagiarism

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Plagiarism commonly occurs when the student utilizes an author’s words without properly attributing the source. All sources must be referenced. No cutting and pasting or copying is appropriate unless quoting. Purchasing papers of any form will result in automatic failure for the course and a recommendation for expulsion.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool. The tool is a starting point for instructors to check overall Academic Integrity and higher scores generally indicate a higher probability of Academic Misconduct. The higher a score, the higher the probability that there are too many quotations included in the narrative, and/or there are passages that have not been properly cited.