Research Prospectus Assignment
RSCH 600 – Graduate Research Methods
Literature Abstracting Assignment
Important: Do not alter the template formatting
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Research Title |
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Should be descriptive and informative without exceeding 12 words. [5 points] |
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Research Topic |
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Provide a short paragraph by which you introduce the general field of the study, the targeted business sector, and some of the challenges faced by it. [12 points] |
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Abstracts |
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Pick a tentative business problem which you would like to make the focus of your research. Find three peer reviewed articles that are no older that five years and abstract them. Complete the following three components (summary/critique/value) for each of the article. No in-text citations are required. Do not exceed seven lines per component. Overflows will not be reviewed or graded. [7 points per component] |
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Article # 2 |
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Article # 3 |
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Writing Mechanics |
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Please proofread your assignments before submission. Points will be deducted for spelling, grammatical and formatting errors as well as APA violations and poor originality. Plagiarized papers will be rejected and reported to Academics. [20 points] |