Assignment
Write a 6 page paper on drug use during pregnancy. how much?
Preparation
Identify a research topic related to your specialization, professional life, or area of interest, and locate at least five recent (within the past five years) research articles on your selected topic.
Instructions
In 6-8 pages, write an evaluation in which you complete the following:
1. Begin your paper with an introduction that explains the purpose of the paper and its contents.
2. Identify and describe your research topic.
3. Synthesize your professional experience and the articles you found on your topic to justify the importance of doing research on this topic.
• Discuss some of the limitations in the findings of the research articles you identified and how future research could add meaningful information to the knowledge base.
4. Identify one or more theories used by researchers of your research topic.
• Discuss how future research could help advance theories in your field of study.
5. Based on the designs used by researchers in the articles you found, discuss the research procedures that you think would be best in investigating the research topic.
6. Explain why each component of scientific merit is important in determining the quality of research.
7. End your paper with a summary and a conclusion.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.