Research Paper

The research paper will be based upon an issue or topic of relevance to information system and business.Research paper topics must be submitted within the first three (3) weeks for approval. Type all papers, 12 pitch Times New Roman font , double-spaced, with one inch margins. The research papers will include page headers that indicate the short title of the work and the page number. Cite all references in accordance with the APA 6.0 manual. The body of Research papers (less title page, table of contents, abstract, graphics, figures, tables, and reference list) should be at least 10 full pages in length. The Research Paper must be submitted to Turnitin.com Final Paper folder for grading. Each student will be required to write a research paper on a topic pertinent to the class. Later in the syllabus are examples of topics that can be used, but you are not limited to those choices as long as your topic pertains to Information Systems. Samples of the APA format can be found in the Links section in our Blackboard course site.

Research Papers must be submitted to Turnitin.com for grading per instructions on our course site.

NOTE: Students must complete and submit the Plagiarism Tutorial during the first three weeks of the course or their Research Paper will receive a 10% reduction in their total score. No makeup work allowed.

NOTE: You should have your research topic approved by your instructor prior to the end of the third week of class (minus 10% from paper score for failure to submit on time). No makeup work allowed.

Grading for the research paper will be based on the following deductions:

- Research – Students must list a minimum of 5 research sources in their reference list in APA format (3 of which must be from scholarly peer reviewed journals), excluding the Course Textbook and Wikipedia – 10% reduction for not meeting the minimum.

- Overall paper must be in APA 6.0 format with abstract, running head, 12 pitch Times New Roman font, etc – 10% reduction for not meeting minimum requirement.

- Students must do proper APA in-text citations (in parenthesis) of the research sources used for ideas and concepts presented in the paper. 10% reduction for research sources list not meeting APA format and 10% reduction for not providing in-text citations for sources.

- Contents - Including writing quality, subject, grammar, and punctuation – 10% reduction for contents not meeting requirements. Note that this is a formal paper and students must use formal grammar.

- Turnitin Similarity Score – You are allowed up to a turnitin similarity score of 20%, which means that turnitin.com found 20% duplication with previously written material on the net or from other student’s papers. Any duplication percentage over 20% will result in a one point reduction from your score. For example a turnitin similarity score of 45% would equal a 25 point reduction from your score (45% - 20% = 25% reduction). Be careful to make the research report your own by paraphrasing the articles you reference. In addition, no quotations are allowed – we want to encourage you to paraphrase all material. You will be provided with a Draft Paper folder in turnitin so you can check your similarity score and make corrections before submitting your final report to turnitin – please take advantage of this service so you can improve your writing and your score. This scoring approach has been found to be fair and is not subject to question or changes.

- Number of Pages – 10 % reduction for each page falling below the 10 full page requirement for the body of the paper mentioned above.

Late Report – 10% reduction.

 

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