Writing your Research Paper: It will identify the three top trends in your industry

Writing your Research Paper: It will identify the three top trends in your industry

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Step 3: Writing your Research Paper

In the previous two steps, you performed searches, first to identify

industry trends, and then for information about an issue in one of

those trends that you consider to be important to your industry. Now

you should be ready to draft your paper. This would be a good time to

review organization in writing and paragraphs. You might also review

the Effective Writing Center’s Online Guide to Writing, a valuable

reference to students who seek to improve their writing.

Review your task. You are to provide a research paper that provides a

summary of the three top trends in your industry (with associated

NAICS codes). Supply sufficient background for your reader that the

trend is clear and supported by resources you have found. Review

resources in References and Citations to ensure that you are using “in

text” citations to give credit for the ideas of other authors and to

build your credibility as a researcher, neither ignoring sources nor

quoting excessively.

You will develop a paper that accomplishes two objectives:

It will identify the three top trends in your industry and your

rationale, based on the resources you have found, for your choices;

It will discuss the issue within one of the trends that you deem

important, based on the current state of the industry, and will be

supported by your analysis of facts and a well-reasoned conclusion of

what it means to the industry.

Start with an outline and flesh out the main themes with supporting

statements. This will become your roadmap to an organized paper.

Draft, sleep on it, and edit. Repeat.

Your paper will be 5-7 pages, not including your cover page and

References page(s), double-spaced and set up in APA standards. It does

not require an abstract.

Your citations, both “in text” and in References will be in accordance

with the APA Style Manual Sixth Edition .

Your headings will follow this general pattern:

I. Introduction

II. Findings

A. Top Trends of the _____ Industry

B. An Important Emerging Issue in a

trend and what it means in context to the industry

III. Conclusions

IV. References

MILESTONE: Many students are asked to re-submit their papers based on

incomplete or inaccurate citation formats. This milestone will get you

off to a good start with APA citations. By the end of Week 2, please

submit a draft of your References page. Please use the APA style guide

or References and Citations to draft your complete citations. This is

an opportunity for you to get feedback before your project is graded.

When you submit your draft References page for review, your faculty

member will provide feedback on your citation format so that you can

correct for your project submission at the end of Week 3.