annotated biblio

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Instructions

Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography is an APA formatted listing and description of the sources used to develop the Integrated Project Literature Review.  No further coursework will be accepted unless this assignment is submitted in Week 3.

** Do not submit this assignment until you have sent me a few sample summaries for review and approval using  this exact  Template .  See the course announcement and email I sent with more information.   Peer-reviewed and evidence-based articles (articles published in academic journals) must be used for the annotated bibliography.  Each article must be current (within the last ten years, 5-7 years preferred) and a primary source, that is a single experiment conducted by the article author(s) only. Articles cannot be used if the author is writing about a topic in an essay style and/or if the article includes citations of multiple other authors' articles or summaries of multiple study findings in the same article. If you do not see the words purpose, sample, data collection/analysis etc - you have not selected single study research. Do not use meta-analysis, systematic review, data-set studies, discussion, commentary type articles, or PhD dissertations. Articles cannot be used if the author is writing about a topic in an essay style and/or if the article includes citations of multiple other authors' articles or summaries of multiple study findings in the same article. 

The Week 3 Annotated Bibliography must include 24 current (within the last ten years) peer-reviewed, evidence based articles formatted as per APA guidelines. The  annotated bibliography should be titled "References" centered at the top of the page, followed by the full APA citation of the article and a paragraph (4-6 sentences) describing the following:

1. Purpose of the study and gap in research being addressed (what is not known about the topic) 

2. Methodology (participants, data collection and analysis)  

3. Findings (how results are applied to the real world outside of the research setting) 

4. Relevance to the thesis topic

These paragraphs must be written in the student's own words. Quoting is not permitted for this assignment.

The annotated bibliography should be completed by Sunday 11:59 PM EST.  A title page, reference page, and general APA formatting are required. Please note that the Integrative Project Literature Review cannot be graded if submitted without the Annotated Bibliography in Week 3.