This assignment is the first assignment for the Final Term Paper. See below for a description of the final term paper, a description of the first milestone assignment, and a rubric for the first milestone assignment. You will find an example assignment uploaded to the files section. This example assignment is from a previous class with slightly different requirements, but it provides a nice example of an annotated bibliography.
Description of Final Term Paper
• The individual term paper will ask each student to write a paper that provides an up-to-date synthesis of current research on any topic we cover in class.
• The final paper should:
o Be between 9 and 11 pages long (double-spaced; excluding references). Papers will be penalized 5% for failing to adhere to the length requirement.
o Relate to at least one decision-making model/method/theory we cover in the class.
o Provide an overview and synthesis of at least 5 peer-reviewed empirical articles from the last decade. Empirical articles are those that present data. The papers you review must present a study and analyses of original data.
These articles can be found on Google Scholar or a computer database (e.g., PsycINFO).
o Describe the current state of the scientific literature.
What questions are researchers asking through their studies?
How are they researching them?
What are they finding?
What are the proposing that future research on the topic should look like?
o Note: References should be provided in American Psychological Association (APA) 7th format. Note: You will not lose points for small deviations but do your best in terms of reporting your sources.
Description of the First Milestone Assignment
This first milestone assignment asks you to:
(a) identify the topic/model of interest
(b) provide an overview of any research you have done to date
(c) present a plan for how you will continue your research on the topic
(d) an annotated bibliography of at least two papers that you have found that you plan to use in your final paper.
Rubric
Submit all information in a Word document.
• Rubric
• Turned in = 60 points
• Does the turned in assignment identify a specific topic/mode of interest? = 10 points
• Does the turned in assignment provide an overview of research completed to date? = 10 points
• Is there a detailed plan for how the student will conduct the research? = 10 points
• Is there a clearly identified and detailed annotated bibliography of at least two papers? = 10 points