Abstract (max 200 words) • Introduction • Literature Review • Methodology • Results • Conclusion • References • Appendix (survey instrument must be included) paper should include an abstract, introduction, literature review which will end with your problem statement. The literature review provides a thorough look at what scholars had said about your specific research topic. If you did not define the topic in the introduction, it should be in the first paragraph of the literature review. In addition, you may include historical perspectives, theoretical perspectives and of course, your paper should include a problem statement. In the next section, the Methodology, you will begin with the purpose of this research study. Your first line should be the purpose of this research is to …………….. After that you will explain how your research design (how did you select the sample (probability sampling or non-probability sampling which includes convenience sampling). The research hypotheses and research questions should also be included along with information on how you collected or analyzed the data. Your survey instrument should be included in the appendix at the end of your paper. This next section focuses on the Results (what did you find as a result of your research?) Charts and graphs that are specific to your research study will be in this section, The final section is the Conclusions (in this section, this is the first time that the author’s voice is heard regarding your findings and how they relate to the prior research that is available) It should also include recommendations for future research including additional topics as well as ways to avoid problems that may have been encountered during your research. References and Appendix (contains your survey instrument). ADDITONAL INFORMATION • Avoid using “i” or 2nd person (you, we, etc.). Proofread your paper carefully. • Use the quotation marks in Google Scholar to ensure that your citations are correct in the reference section. For in-text citation, refer to the APA 7th ed. information in Module 2
