Assignment 3 Final Paper and Supporting Prototype
This assignment will provide students with the experience of extending a research proposal (Assignment 2) and developing a supporting prototype.
The work will lead to a proof of concept in which each student will design and implement a prototype demonstrating their research efforts.
Address each of the points below in descriptions that smoothly transition using the framework listed below. The written work will be judged based upon the quality of your writing (grammar, word selection, clarity, organization, and smoothly flowing discussion), your understanding of the content (accuracy, analysis, and synthesis), and the experiment’s compliance with the design and test methodology.
Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double-space, section headers and sub-headers, and citations and references in APA style.
Submit a ZIP file consisting of a Word document containing the Final Paper, a full-text copy of each article referenced (only those that were cited) in your paper, and prototype materials to the Assignment 3 category in Blackboard.
Final Submission
This is the final manuscript.
Introduction, Problem and Goal
This contains a concise statement of the problem, need and a concise definition of the goal of the work. The point of a goal is to establish a measurable entity that is used in evaluating your work. Provide the necessary background and discuss the relevant literature that was the focus of the research.
Discuss the problem in detail.
Revise based on feedback.
Review of the Literature
Provide detail on the research contributions that support the problem, need or goal.
Revise based on feedback.
Methodology
Describe the method used to address the problem. Expand upon your approach from Assignment 2 and address any comments from the previous assignment. Justify you methods.
Results
Present the significant results of your study and relate it to the existing literature.
Conclusion
Summarize and highlight the significant contributions of your work. Identify potential limitations of the study and suggest areas of research that can address these limitations.
An outline of the project format is given below:
Front Matter
Title Page
Table of Contents
The Text
Chapter I. Introduction
Relevance, significance and need for the study
Statement of the problem to be investigated and goal to be achieved
Barriers and issues
Limitations (factors beyond your control) and delimitation’s (factor under your control)
Definition of terms
Summary
Chapter II. Review of the Literature
The theory and research literature specific to the topic Summary of what is known and unknown about the topic The contribution this study will make to the field
Chapter III. Methodology
Specific Methods and Procedures to be employed Resources
Reliability and validity Summary
Chapter IV. Results
Data analysis Findings
Summary of results
Chapter V. Conclusions
Conclusions Implications Recommendations
Back Matter
References Appendixes
Content
Chapter I. Introduction
This chapter explains the reasons for conducting your study. Provide a clear and concise statement of the problem to be investigated and goal to be achieved. The problem is defined in specific terms.
Reference the relevant literature throughout your paper based on the style presented in the SCIS Dissertation Guide. Do not provide an entry in the Reference section of your paper unless you have cited it in the body of the paper.
Chapter II. Review of the Literature
This chapter begins with an introduction that explains the purpose of the literature review and concludes with a summary. Organize the review by subject headings.
This chapter extends the context for the investigation. Use various sources to highlight and identify important previous work used to provide additional support. State the contributions other researchers have made to the subject explain the impact of their work on your study.
Chapter III. Methodology
This chapter delineates, in detail, the ways in which the investigation was conducted. Each step in implementing the inquiry is indicated. The model described provides the conceptual framework, methods, and measurements for the study. Goals of the individual steps are delineated. Testing or evaluation instrumentation is presented. The discussion is sufficiently detailed to permit a replication of the efforts presented in this chapter.
Reasons why the method selected should yield answers to the stated problem are presented. Goals and constraints, managerial and technical considerations, and resource requirements are examined. Specific research issues to be addressed are described. Assumptions and limitations are presented which provide direction to the methods employed.
Be clear and thorough in the explanation of your chosen methods!
Chapter IV. Results
This chapter includes an objective presentation of the results or outcomes of the investigation. The data is presented (where appropriate) in summary format. An explanation of techniques used for analysis is described.
Results and findings are derived logically and coherently from the analysis completed. Chapter V. Conclusion
This section is used to interpret, examine, and qualify the results of the investigation. This section will also report any inferences drawn from the research results.
A conclusions section (within this chapter) clearly states the conclusions of the study based on the analysis performed and results achieved.
An implications section discusses the impact of the research and the knowledge achieved by the study. This may include any implications for future research.
A recommendations section will present any future research or modification based on the study performed.
References
All works cited in the paper must appear in the reference list.
Appendixes
An appendix is used to present material that supplements the text or may be of interest to the readers, but is too detailed or distracting for the body of the paper.
Notes
Your paper should pay close attention to maintaining a consistent flow in form. The document must be well written and should be proofread for detail and accuracy. The paper should follow the basic framework for a scientific paper:
What is the problem? How did you address it? What were the results?