Assignment
You will reflect on the feedback you received on your proposal from Week One. You will refine your research question and share how you have narrowed the scope of your research question based on your research so far as well as feedback from your instructor and peers. You will also identify your preliminary thesis statement.
Skills:
This assignment will help you practice the following skills:
1) Reflect on critical feedback provided by your instructor and peers
2) Develop an appropriate research question
3) Develop an answer to the research question, also known as a thesis
4) Consider how your role will shape your research question
Task:
Answer the following questions.
• First, post your original Research Question from your Proposal.
• What feedback did you receive on it from your instructor and others? What did you find helpful from this feedback?
• Using your reading and the feedback you received, post a refined draft of your Research Question.
• Why is this a better question? How is it argumentative? What different views are there on this topic? What stance are you likely to take?
• What is your answer to your Research Question? Write a single sentence that fully answers it. This will be a revised draft of your thesis statement.
• Next, conduct a search using Keiser's e-Library databases. Post an APA citation to one source you located through Keiser's e-Library.
• Provide a summary of the source. For instance, what does it say? What are its findings? Why is it relevant in the field?
• Provide an application of the source. How does this source help you answer your Research Question. Where specifically might you use this source in your actual paper?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.