Problem Statement and Annotated Bibliography(600-700 words)

Term Paper: Problem Statement and Annotated Bibliography

Problem Statement

For this assignment, you will expand your topic proposal to frame the problem that you will eventually answer in your final paper. This will require you to provide more extensive background information and give readers a reason to care. In addition, you should reflect and report about where you are in the process of working towards proposing some kind of tactic, strategy, or response to the problem. The problem statement should be 600-700 words long. It will be worth 15 points out of the 30 points for this assignment.

A good problem statement should:

· Clearly and succinctly identify the issue you are going to investigate: What is the problem? Where and when does the problem occur? Over what time frame does it occur? How do you know it is a problem? – You might use an ethical framework to establish this.

· Identify the impacts of the problem: Who or what does this problem affect? What is the size, scope, or magnitude of these effects? Why is it important to fix this problem? What will happen until the problem is fixed?

· Give readers a reason to care: Why is this particular problem important for society at large? Why should computer scientists care?

· Give the reader some details on the history and background on the problem: Is this a new or old problem? What are its causes? Where does it come from? Have others attempted to solve the problem? Why have they failed or why were previous strategies insufficient?

· Include a short reflection about where you are in the process of working towards proposing some kind of tactic, strategy, or response to the problem: What is your current opinion about how computer scientists should respond to this problem? What do you think should be done? (This may change later, but you should be working towards being able to propose some kind of action in response to the problem by the end of the term.)

· Include a research plan: Where and how is your knowledge limited? What do you need to learn about in order to make a compelling argument about what this problem is and how it should be addressed?

Annotated Bibliography

Your annotated bibliography should contain at least three of the references you will use in your final paper. (Your final paper will need to include at least five references.)

· At least two of the references in your annotated bibliography must be peer-reviewed, scholarly works. This means they will be published in a journal or conference proceedings and will have information about the volume and page numbers. If in doubt, contact me via email about the resources you found.

· All of the three references in your annotated bibliography must be something that you located on your own, i.e., something that is not on the class syllabus.

Each entry in the annotated bibliography should include:

· A citation for the reference in a standard reference format (e.g., ACM, MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.). Identify the format you are using at the beginning of your annotated bibliography.

· A short summary of the source (3-5 sentences)

· A short reflection on how this source is useful for your project (3-5 sentences)

If you have never prepared an annotated bibliography before, you can find some examples here: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/03/

The annotated bibliography will be worth 15 points out of the 30 points for this assignment.

Grading Rubric

Content	5 Excellent	4 Very Good	3 Good	2 Fair	1 Very Poor	0 No Marks
Organization	5 Excellent	4 Very Good	3 Good	2 Fair	1 Very Poor	0 No Marks
Conventions of Writing	5 Excellent	4 Very Good	3 Good	2 Fair	1 Very Poor	0 No Marks
Annotated Bibliography #1	5 Excellent	4 Very Good	3 Good	2 Fair	1 Very Poor	0 No Marks
Annotated Bibliography #2	5 Excellent	4 Very Good	3 Good	2 Fair	1 Very Poor	0 No Marks
Annotated Bibliography #3	5 Excellent	4 Very Good	3 Good	2 Fair	1 Very Poor	0 No Marks

Acknowledgements

Parts of this document were written by or can be credited to Dr. Ellie Harmon.