Putting it all together

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Final Paper

• Putting it all together
• Grades on specific criteria written comments
• Improvement vs. steady state vs. deterioration
• Weight given to criteria
• Important features for the final paper
• Additional Criteria not previously used

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Paper Title

• Use descriptive writing skills
• Precision Brevity
• Key variables their relation OR Key Conclusion
• Difference between title hypothesis

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Abstract

• Comprehensive, short summary of paper
• Complete yet Concise
• 1 page, but shorter is better
• Hypothesis, definition, evidence, analysis
  (implications, suggestions etc)
• See published review papers
• Write it last, using relevant main points of
  sections of the paper integrating them

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Introduction

• Why is your topic area important?
• Identify relevance to practice
• Use article submission ppt assignment feedback
  to determine type of newspaper articles
• Use descriptive paper feedback on how to justify
  the importance of something
• Start broad, but quickly narrow down to your
  specific hypothesis

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Central Section Definitions

• Compare and contrast with previous theoretical
  and empirical research
• Use feedback on when to source quality of
  sources (all drafts)
• Compare and contrast with other confusing
  concepts
• Use feedback from definition paper
• Extrapolate if your variables have changed

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Central Section Presenting Evidence For
Against Hypothesis

• Describe relevant specific features of
  data-based sources for
• Justifying your hypothesis
• Stating counter hypothesis
• Theoretical counter arguments only accepted in
  exceptional cases!
• Discuss how counter evidence counter to your
  hypothesis can be reconciled w/current research
• Analytical draft feedback

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Central Section Presenting Evidence For
Against Hypothesis

• Use feedback on
• Quality of your citations (all drafts)
• Summarizing paper
• Ability to describe with concrete yet relevant
  details
• Argument paper
• Quality of pro and counter evidence arguments

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Discussion Section Analysis

• Summarize current state of research
• Facts their explanations
• Identify limitations in variable definitions
  research methods
• Implications for current managerial practice

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Discussion Section Analysis

• Future Research
• How can hard to counter evidence contradictory
  to your hypothesis be addressed in the future?
• Articulate creative ideas for future research
• Potential variables, relations between them.
  Justify their importance
• Be specific and brief
• Usefulness for research practice
• Demonstrate insight understanding of important
  issues in the area

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Stylistic Issues

• References
• Quality is important
• Choose a style (e.g., APA, MLA) use it
  consistently
• See www.docstyles.com for styles
• See www.wooster.edu/psychology/apa-crib.htmlExamp
  les for APA style
• Ensure all in-text citations are in the reference
  section!
• No internet websites are acceptable! Why?
• Paper Length
• 10 pages, but shorter is better!

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Structure

• Logic of structure is clear to reader
• Paragraphs build on main idea, are connected to
  each other logically
• Have descriptive, brief topical headings
• Avoid
• Too many ideas in a sentence
• Unless you can handle complexity of long
  sentences
• Haphazardly put-together sentences
• Ensure connection b/w sentences
• Organizing your paper by article

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Writing Style

• Check for consistency within sentences
• Plural vs. singular tense agreement,
• Present vs. past vs. future tense agreement,
• First vs. third person agreement
• Check for punctuation errors (e.g., placement of
  commas, semicolons, etc.)
• Avoid the use of contractions (e.g., dont, cant
  etc.)
• Avoid misplaced propositions (e.g., the)
• Check spellings
• Use active voice Avoid using passive voice
• Avoid using direct quotes. Paraphrase in own
  words to demonstrate understanding

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Process for Writing Assignment
1 popular 1 academic article
Summary of 3 academic sources
Define terms in area
Discuss Argument about findings/theory in area
Feedback
Write Analysis of findings theory in area
Submit Final paper