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Competency
Draft a paper that answers the research question based on findings.
Student Success Criteria
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Scenario
You are a first-year graduate student. You are taking a graduate course on research and writing. In this assignment, your professor has asked you to write the introduction section of a research paper for a research question/problem in which you are interested.
Instructions
Write the introduction section of a research paper for your professor. This section should:
· Clearly identify the research question/problem.
· Pique the reader’s interest in your research paper.
· Analyze why the research question/problem is important by reviewing studies that have addressed the question/problem. Summarize groups of studies, not necessarily individual ones. The studies that you cite should be recent, published in the last 5-10 years. Older studies may be cited if they have been widely referenced by others.
· Evaluate the deficiencies/gaps in the studies.
· Explain how your research paper will address the deficiencies/gaps of past studies and how it will contribute to the scholarly research.
· Explain what you expect to find by performing research on this question.
· What benefits will the findings have and on whom?
· Establish the purpose and the thesis of your research paper.
Resources
For writing assistance, please visit the Rasmussen University Writing Guide .
For help with APA, visit the Rasmussen University APA Guide .
Library databases such as the following are great resources for this project:
· Health Sciences
· Health Sciences and Nursing via ProQuest
· Medline
· Business
Another database that you may be interested in knowing about is ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global . You can view original research, view research design, data gathering techniques, etc.
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