There is an advantage in stating the hypothesis both in the null and in the alternate; it adds clarity to our thinking of what we are testing. Why?

Essay Assignment

This assignment requires the creation of an at least 5-page APA compliant multiple source essay citing at 

most five peer reviewed full text journal articles fetched from ProQuest, BE & T, InfoTrac, and Academic 

OneFile.  The essay should demonstrate the following:

  Compare and contrast three business research papers as to describe how the researchers

defined and operationalized variables while providing a theoretical framework.

  Explain why the researchers exhibited similarities and differences in how they defined and 

operationalized variables while providing a theoretical framework.

  Derive one rule given the above analysis.

  Explain why the rule you derived is important.

Further, the essay should have segments clearly labeled using APA Level 1 and 2 headings.

Essay Requirements

The essay requires the following components:

  A clearly stated thesis supported by an organized essay using Level 1 and 2 headings.

  The creation of a multiple source essay citing at most three peer reviewed full text journal 

articles. All papers mentioned in the references must be cited within the body text.

  One APA formatted short quote used to support the essay.

  APA formatted paper including:

o  Font: Times New Roman, 12 point, and double spaced.

o  Margins: One inch margins, all around.

o  Indents: One-half inch indent as to begin a paragraph.

o  Proper APA citations and references.

o  Proper use of Level 1 headings as to label the introduction, main body, and conclusions

segments.

o  Proper use of Level 2 headings as to label the sections within the main body and 

conclusions.

o  A proper title page.

o  A reference page utilizing hanging indents and alphabetized by the last name of the first 

author.

  Free of spelling errors and minimal use of passive voice.