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Students will write a 9-page final paper including the work cited page
Final paper guideline
Title of the paper
Introduction
-the question of your study
-a snapshot of your major findings
Literature review
-Analyse the articles you read about the topic, what they researched, dates when they were done their methods of research, their findings on the topic (quote and reference the readings. Use the literature review to justify your research topic.) This will help with the theoretical framework for your paper.
Methods: Describe the method of research used in your study; describe your sample and how you found the participants
Findings: give detailed description of your data and the major themes out of your data. Note the recurrent themes and issues that emerge as important to the participants. Identify key issues informed by original research questions, and emerging issues raised by the participants. You will have evaluated the content of interview answers and will employ quotes from your interviewees in your text. You may rely on your interviews, as the articles for the class do, for much of your content; however, like our readings you should clarify what the quote exemplifies. I urge you to look closely at the articles you have read in class. The one called “Who protects and serves me?” the one about men undermining women in the military, and the one about secretarial work, nurturing, and the ethic of service. These readings all have qualities you can implement in your paper to document your research (interviews and questionnaires and more). Each introduces the topic and explains the thesis or premise and sampling method. The first two also tie their findings to the theories of many other writers. I don’t expect you to do too much of this; however, I do expect you will at least make connections and cite the texts and articles assigned for the class where appropriate.
Government statistics on women’s issues such as pay will be helpful if that is your focus and if you want to make a chart to clarify your research do. However, because charts take up a lot of space, please don’t make them part of your total page count.
Recommendations if any, you may recommend further research on the subject or policy recommendations
You will have to analyze your data just to organize and present it as a group to class. However, the final paper will focus on your ultimate analysis of your findings and this paper will do more than present a summary, but rather offer insights into what difficulties women experience in their work situations and how they are able to reconcile those compromises with the benefits the job offers (I am not assuming this is the main thing you will address it is just one aspect of focus). Then add a conclusion to the paper.
So again use the articles you have been reading to get ideas for how to present your information and have a clear purpose organizing your content.
Style
The paper should be double spaced, please use 12 point font, thesis should be in bold
Paper refers to the author and others from the texts employing the full name or last name never the first name only as this is too familiar and potentially subordinating. _Paper is clearly written and easy to read.
_Paper is free of spelling and usage errors.
_Paper avoids verbs of being (passive voice) as much as possible.
_Paper uses a variety of verbs and employs them properly using past tense when talking about the research findings.
_Paper employs complete sentences.
_Paper employs simple and complex sentences.
__Should be free of trite expressions and words (example, amazing/awesome).
_Paper uses language appropriately and avoids repetition.
_Paper accomplishes the task it sets out to accomplish. Quotes must not be overly long and you must indent and employ single spacing for quotes of more than two sentences and paraphrased material is appropriately cited using MLA documentation.
Conclusion:
__ Conclusion gives a brief summary of the subject or study.
_Conclusion does not contain material that would work better in the introduction.
_Conclusion introduces no new information.
_Conclusion does not just repeat sentences or phrases used elsewhere in the paper.
_Conclusion neither trivializes nor overstates the value or purpose of the research.
Bibliography:
_______Your paper must have a proper MLA bibliography. (check Purdue OWL site for formatting and style)
I will attach a powerpoint which has all the findings and the project information we did.