Research Report on Software Engineering and Data Verification

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Final Research Assignment

Checklist

BASED ON A CU RESEARCH GUIDE STRUCTURED - APA FORMAT - GUIDELINES

Naming convention of file: firstnameLastname_FinalResearchReport.docx

STOP!!!!! CHECK THAT YOUR PAPER INCLUDES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS

a. Title Page

 Running head: uppercase research title (no more than 50 characters)

 Research Title (Narrowed focus determined from the main topic selected)

 Individual/Group Members names

 Course information

 Professor’s Information

b. Blank page

c. Abstract

One paragraph describing the research to be conducted

Keywords: max 5

d. Blank page

e. Table of Contents

 See page 10 of the CU Research Guide for an example

f. Chapter 1

Introduction

 Include 1 paragraph as the introduction (no subheading)

 Problem statement

o Include 1 paragraph describing the problem you plan to research

o Expand on this section to include a detailed explanation of the problem

supported by literature sources

 Relevance and significance (see page 4 of the CU Research Guide)

o Include 1 paragraph describing the research goal

o Expand on this section to further highlight the significance of the

research.

o Who will be impacted and how will they benefit from your research

solution

 Research questions

o Add no more than 2 research questions as they relate to your research

focus

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g. Chapter 2 (See page 5 of the CU Research Guide)

Literature Review

 This section requires that you review at least 5 peer-reviewed literature sources

used in the research.

 For each of the 5 articles, write a paragraph each for the following sections

o Description of the research including who the target population was (if

available)

o Research Method used to conduct the research (describe what the

researcher(s) did to gather data for the research)

a. Was survey distributed? How many questions? How many

participants

b. Was it a focus group? Was it a case study

c. Be explicit

o Findings: Indicate the findings as reported in the article

o Conclusion: What was the conclusion of the research

**You are required to do this for each of the 5 articles**. Citation is critical as you report/review

the articles

DO NOT add the APA reference at the beginning of each article review in Chapter 2. Be sure

to add to them to the References page

h. Chapter 3 (See page 5 of the CU Research Guide)

Research Methodology

 Since you will not be conducting a “real” research study that would require you go

into the field, your research methodology should be a Comparative Analysis

 Describe how you plan to address your research problem and accomplish your stated

goal

 In this section, elaborate on all of the issues pertaining to the problem statement

described in Chapter 1

 Based on the literature, highlight the impact on organizations, people or any

population.

 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages

i. Chapter 4

Findings, Analysis, and Summary

 (See page 5 of the CU Research Guide on what should be included in this section

based on the research topic)

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j. Chapter 5

Conclusion

 (See page 5 of the CU Research Guide on what should be included in this section

based on the research topic)

k. Each chapter should begin on a new page

l. References

 Include at least 5 peer-reviewed journal references

 Must be as per APA

 NO websites

NOTE: AS PER APA:

The format of the outline must include the following

1. Title page – Include a header with a Running head:

2. Page numbers

a. Front Matter pages: Use Roman numerals – Place in the lower, bottom section of

page - See page 8 of the CU Research Guide

b. Chapters to Reference pages: Use English numbers – Place in the upper right

corner of page

3. Page headings

a. Front Matter pages and References page:

i. headings should be centered, bold, Times New Roman; 12 pts

b. Chapters – heading should be centered, double spaced, NOT BOLD, Times New

Roman; 14 pts

For example:

Chapter 1

Introduction

c. Sub headings: should be left aligned, bold, Times New Roman; 12 pts – NO

COLONs

4. Table of Contents – See page 10 of the CU Research Guide for an example

5. Citations must be as per APA

6. References must be as per APA