Research

Sample Approach

Select an automated societal function and evaluate risks associated with that function. Sample topics would include:

· tsunami warning - who to contact and how,

· computer glitches and lab test result reporting, and

· computer overload and the Comair shutdown.

Requirements

Your paper must fully explore the topic and identify various options of how to proceed and resulting negative aspects. It must clearly identify the limitations, restrictions, or the assumptions that you make. You must use relatively current reference material to support your paper. You can use any method of identifying your sources (footnotes, endnotes etc.). A complete bibliography of resources used must also be included. Your paper must have at least six reference documents (books, journals, papers or the like).

All of the issues may have positive and negative aspects as they apply to the function. Adequate justification to fully explore and evaluate your chosen function cannot be assured in less than 12 typewritten pages (double spaced for ease of reading, Times Roman, 12 pt. font, 1 inch margins) exclusive of figures, graphs, tables, and footnotes or bibliography pages.

A prospectus, proposed outline, (one page maximum) must be submitted for approval on Wednesday, Feb. 12. This can be handwritten and should overview your topic along with providing potential references. It should be nothing more than a very brief outline of your proposal. Submitting the outline does not eliminate the eventual addition of new resources but it does fix your paper to be written on the topic specified therein.