Week 7 Course Project - Research Paper - Jamie Acker

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Week 7 Course Project - The Research Paper (Due Friday 4/13) Artificial Intelligence

This week, you will submit the final draft of your research paper. The paper is expected to be professional and written following APA guidelines. An APA paper template has been provided  here (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.  for students unfamiliar with these requirements.

The paper must incorporate all of the following components required for the assignment:

· A title page, including the student's name and DSI number

· An abstract

· A table of contents

· An introduction, including a clearly defined thesis statement (roughly one page)

· A historical timeline that diagrams at least three predecessors to the emergent technology that includes an assessment on how these technologies influenced the development of the current technology (roughly two pages)

· An analysis of the technology’s influence on society considering all of the following components (roughly four pages)

· Social

· Cultural

· Political

· Economic

· Environmental impact

· An evaluation of the ethical considerations associated with the technology in relation to its impact on humanity (roughly two pages)

· Concluding remarks that include predictions for the future of humanity given the technology’s emergence (roughly one page)

· In-text, APA-formatted citations with a reference page

· A one-page peer evaluation analysis detailing the following items: 

· A copy of the Peer Evaluation Grading Sheet

· The edits added or subtracted from the suggestions provided by the collaboration

· A description of the reasoning behind the changes

· Visual aids, including appropriate graphics and statistical chartsW

Grading Rubric

Content

Points

Formatting (title page, abstract, table of contents, running headers, page numbering)

20

Organization (clear thesis, effective use of headings, easy to follow, includes all required sections)

40

Research quality (high quality sources are well used)

40

Writing quality (thoughtfulness, originality, sense of audience)

40

Correct APA citations and references page

20

Effective visual aids

20

Grammar

20

Total

200