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Proper Resources for Research

When asked to completed a research paper in the UC School for Computer and Information Sciences, you must use scholarly, peer-reviewed articles.

A peer-reviewed article is one that has “been evaluated by several researchers or subject specialist in the academic community prior to accepting it for publication” and is “also known as scholarly or refereed.”

Your professor or the UC Librarian team can help you determine whether or not an article is peer-reviewed.

Proper Resources for Research

Examples of sites with peer-reviewed resources

UC Library Site

EBSCOhost

JSTOR

Google Scholar

Examples of sites with unacceptable resources

PC Magazine

Cisco

Ars Technica

Proper Format is Important

All papers written for courses within the School for Computer and Information Sciences must follow the American Psychological Association (APA) writing style.

Link to the APA Style Guide is located in the Residency Weekend folder under Content in our iLearn course.

Research Paper

Minimum of 10 pages/ Maximum 20 pages(Double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point)

APA style

At least 5 works cited

At least 2 of your references have to be scholarly peer-reviewed articles

Research paper will be checked for plagiarism so be sure to correctly cite your sources!

Research Presentation

Goal is to summarize your research paper

PowerPoint Presentation is required and must be submitted inside of iLearn

Must present for at least 10 minutes but no more than 15 minutes

Your group will be randomly selected for presentation

All group members need to participate in the presentation

Component	Exemplary (3)	Adequate (2)	Inadequate (1)	Score
Project overview	Effectively and insightfully develops a set of testable, supportable and impactful study hypotheses.	Develops a set of testable and supportable hypotheses.	Hypotheses are not testable or justifiable.
Justification for hypotheses	The introduction section provides a cogent overview of conceptual and theoretical issues related to the study hypotheses. Demonstrates outstanding critical thinking.	The introduction section provides a logical overview of conceptual and theoretical issues related to the study hypotheses. Demonstrates competent critical thinking.	Very little support for the conceptual and theoretical relevant to the study hypotheses was provided. Provides little evidence of sound critical thinking.
Supporting evidence	Provides clearly appropriate evidence to support position	Provides adequate evidence to support position	Provides little or no evidence to support position
Review of relevant research	Sophisticated integration, synthesis, and critique of literature from related fields. Places work within larger context.	Provides a meaningful summary of the literature. Shows understanding of relevant literature	Provides little or no relevant scholarship.
Maintains purpose/focus	The project is well organized and has a tight and cohesive focus that is integrated throughout the document	The project has an organizational structure and the focus is clear throughout.	The document lacks focus or contains major drifts in focus
Methodology Sample Procedures Measures Data analytic plan	Identifies appropriate methodologies and research techniques (e.g., justifies the sample, procedures, and measures). Data analytic plan is suitable to test study hypotheses. Provides appropriate justification for controls. Project is feasible	Identifies appropriate methodologies and research techniques but some details are missing or vague.	The methodologies described are either not suited or poorly suited to test hypotheses. The methodology is under-developed and/or is not feasible.
Grammar, clarity, and organization	The manuscript is well written and ideas are well developed and explained. Sentences and paragraphs are grammatically correct. Uses subheadings appropriately.	The manuscript effectively communicates ideas. The writing is grammatically correct, but some sections lack clarity.	The manuscript is poorly written and confusing. Ideas are not communicated effectively.
References and citations	Properly and explicitly cited. Reference list matches citations	Properly cited. May have a few instances in which proper citations are missing.	The manuscript lacks proper citations or includes no citations.