Research Report Marks: 40% Aims: To develop your skills in researching, critiquing, synthesising and organising information into a report, and in arguing and justifying a point of view derived from your research. Task — In this assignment, you will: • Conduct more extensive research on the issue or topic established in Assessment Task 2. • Select a minimum of 6 journal articles, conference papers or books relevant to the issue or topic. (Website articles or blogs do not count towards this total but may still be used). • Identify the main points that relate to your specific topic, position and argument. • Organise, synthesise and critique the main points to develop an argument. • Present your argument, fully justified, in an appropriate report format. Structure of Draft Report: In Week 13 students will be required to bring to their workshop a hard copy of their draft report in order to obtain feedback from their lecturer or tutor and have it marked. It is expected that a draft report will be approximately 2000 words. This must include the following: the complete main points completely fleshed out in draft form, the Introduction and conclusion, the complete Reference List using Harvard Referencing. Structure of Final Research Report A signed and scanned cover sheet for each student must be attached. The assignment should be typed with 1.5 spacing and should follow this outline: TITLE PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Briefly summarize the contents of the report. INTRODUCTION Identify and define chosen issue or topic; Set parameters or scope of topic; Indicate overall findings; Establish your own focus and point of view (your position); Briefly indicate the organization of the report. SYNTHESIS OF SELECTED TEXTS (Replace this heading with heading/s more suitable to your topic) Synthesize the relevant information around 2-5 main points (probably 3) . Organize these points into logical paragraphs that develop your ethical argument. Draw on at least 6 sources to support and justify your argument. Incorporates 1 visual presentation you've created from data obtained from articles or surveys CONCLUSION Summarize your argument and restate your position. REFERENCE LIST List the articles or books you cite in your report, arranged alphabetically by author's surname using Harvard UTS Referencing style. Note - none of these references should be a single URL.