Change Theories in healthcare informatics

BUSI 505

Research Project – Draft Instructions

Using your Annotated Bibliography and Outline, your group will work collaboratively on the draft of a 20–25-page paper. The topic of the paper will be selected by the group and approved by the instructor. You will contribute weekly to the group’s discussion in the Research Project Group Discussion Board Forum about this paper. The paper must comply with the formatting and content instructions below.

Format

· Minimum of 20–25 pages, double-spaced, not including title and reference pages

· Times New Roman, 12-point font

· Left-justified only with 1 1/2 inch margins on the left side

· One-inch margins on the top, right, and bottom

· Current APA format

· Numbered pages

· Minimum of 20 scholarly articles from peer-reviewed journals. Must be less than 10 years old.

· Use block quotations for more than 40 words:

· Single-spaced with a double space separating quotes

· Indented 5 spaces from left margin

· No quotation marks

· Reference page in current APA format including active URL links (not included in page total)

· Single-space between references and double-space within the reference

Content

· A title page that includes:

· Running head and page number (right aligned)

· Course number and name

· Case name

· Group # and all group member names

· Date submitted

· “Respectfully submitted to: (Instructor’s Name)”

· Abstract (block formatted)

· Content of your topic and/or paper (review the associated grading rubric)

· Concepts from the textbook that are related to your topic, including page numbers where the concepts may be found. Credit will only be earned for concepts supported by text page numbers (essentially, this is accomplished through integration of the relevant course content using properly formatted, current APA citations).

· Use current APA in-text citations to credit sources listed in the reference list as needed

· Conclusion

· References

Plagiarism

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Plagiarism commonly occurs when the student utilizes an author’s words and does not properly attribute the source. All sources must be referenced. Do not cut and paste or copy unless you are directly quoting a reference. Purchasing papers of any form will result in automatic failure for the course and a recommendation for expulsion.

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