Module 14

Module 14

 

This week, you’ll bring all your semester’s activities together into one final paper. Next week, you’ll have an opportunity to share your research formally with your classmates via recorded presentations. Once we’ve all had a chance to watch the presentations, we will have real-time Q&A via Zoom meeting. Your final, the week of December 14, will be a one-on-one oral exam via Zoom, revolving around your final paper and presentation.

 

Please send me a draft of your paper by Sunday 11pm. Here are the 10 required sections which MUST be included, verbatim, as section titles in your paper.

 

Introduction & Statement of Research Question

Assume your reader doesn’t know who you are or what your research is about.

 

Review of the Literature

A condensed version of your lit review, including only the portions most relevant to your research. No more than 3 pages.

 

Survey Method

A detailed description of the method you used to conduct your survey. At least 1 full page.

 

Survey Instrument & Graphical Results

An image / picture of your survey in its final form, and survey results in graphical format (i.e. bar charts, pie charts, line graphs, whatever graphical format you found most suitable).

 

Method of Analysis of Results

A detailed description of the method you used to analyze your results. At least 1 full page.

 

Analysis & Interpretation of Results

The analysis itself – what do your data reveal within the context of your research question? And your interpretation – what are the meanings, significances and/or implications of your results?

 

Directions for Future Research

Do your data reveal new questions not fully addressed in your research? Did an error of scope or method lead to incomplete results? Where should future researchers go deeper or explore tangents?

 

Conclusions

Broad concluding thoughts on your research and results.

 

References

Bibliographic entries for all quoted or otherwise referenced materials. These can be annotated entries if you wish.

 

Appendix 1 – Tabulated Survey Results

Include your raw tabulated data in whatever form it’s in. You do not need to clean it up to make it presentable. You may include additional Appendices if you wish.