Guideline for Writing a Research Paper - Draft Submission

Summary:

Submit the draft of your final research paper. Draft means gathering whatever you have found so far for different sections of your paper. The next step would be organizing and formating the draft and submitting the final research paper in week 8. Submitting the draft has many advantages for you and the best would be getting your professor's feedback on it before submitting the final version. The more detailed the draft you submit, the more detailed feedback you get. The Guideline is attached below.

• Title page - 1%
A professional title page should be in line with Student APA v. 7.0 title Page specifications that includes:
o Title of paper
? Identify the main topics/concepts and relationship between concepts
? Theoretical issues under investigations
? Identify the case studied
o Name of each author
o Affiliation of each author
o Course name and number
o Instructor name
o Assignment due date
o page number
o Student APA v. 7.0 title Page
• Table of Content - 1%
• Abstract (150 – 200 words) - 4%

Professional qualitative research abstract:
o Summarizes the significance of the study using the following requirement:
? Objectives
? Research findings
o Identify three to five keywords
o This should be written at the last stage of the paper compilation and should

provide the reader a gist of the paper.
? Limited to no more than 200 words including keywords
? Specific, clear, coherent, readable and concise

• Keywords - 1%
o Describe the most important aspects of your paper
o Limited to three to five
• Introduction (500 - 700 words) – 10%

Description of research problem/question
o Frame the problem or question and its context
o Identify key issues and framework in the relevant literature to clarify barriers or practical needs.
o The introduction may include case examples, personal narratives, vignettes or other illustrative material Study Objective Aims Research.
? State the purpose/goals/aims of the study
? Contribution of the researcher in the field of study should be provided in the introduction
? Should provide the structure of rest of paper

? Literature Review/Bibliography (300 - 500 words) – 5%

Description of the way literature has paved the way for this particular research and in what order of significance. This section would be a justification of the foundational background of the research.
• Method (500 - 1000 words) - 33%

Research Design Overview - 13%
o Summarize the research design, including data collection strategies, data analytic strategies and if required, approaches to inquiry.
o Provide the rationale for design selected.
o Method section can be written in narrative or chronological format.

Data (sources) Collection (10%)
o State the form in which data (or sources) were collected
o Describe the data collection process

Analysis- 10%
o Describe the methods and procedures used and their purpose/goal
o Explain in detail the process of analysis with the rationale
o Describe the process of arriving at an analytical scheme
o Indicate software if used

Findings/Results (1,000 - 1,500 words)— 12%
o Present research findings compatible with the study design
o Present synthesizing illustrations in organizing and conveying findings.

Discussions (500 - 750 words) - 8%
o Describe the central contribution and their significance
o Identify similarities and differences from prior theories and research findings
o Identify study’s strength and limitations
o Describe the limit of the scope of transferability
o Revisit any ethical dilemmas or challenges
o Consider the implication for future research, policy or Practice

References - 10%
o Minimum of 15 references and in-text citations based on literature review.
Appendices Mechanics of writing - 20%
o Student APA 7.0 Style compliance 5%,
o grammar 5%,
o Language, 2%
o Flow of the paper 3%
o Length of the paper - 5%
? 6,000 - 8,500 - 5%
? 5,000 - 6,000 - 3%
? 4,000 - 5,000 - 1%