The book for this is called PRACTICAL RESEARCH PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR YOU TO LOOK IT UP

This has six parts are Discussions, Article Evaluation and mind-mapping is a page paper APA styles and I have attached what the APA style paper should look like and it has to be work cited with the website and thanks. Just read the instructions presented

Discipline Areas (Bodies of Knowledge)

The following topic(s) will demonstrate what the discussion is about, but feel free to branch off or expand on the topics. At the end of the discussion, you will be asked to craft a 150 word reflection on what you have learned through this conversation and post it to the Weekly Reflection Journal. The more active you are in this part of the discussion, the more you will have to draw from in your reflection, so get involved, be active, help out your classmates when they need it, and, most of all, enjoy the conversation.

Your research paper must address a profession-related issue from at least two discipline perspectives. Please discuss the following questions about your proposed project:

1. How do the two areas you have selected relate to the issue?
2. How do they appear to overlap?
3. What challenges have you encountered so far in finding information relevant to your topic and how will you address those challenges? After you have posted your discussion, please comment to at least two of your peers.

Reflection Journal

This week, through our work, we have looked ahead at how we should approach crafting a research project and the steps we should take to prepare the best project we can in the time we have available to us. Additionally, we have begun to explore the following course outcomes:

• Survey professional journals, magazines, books and other texts for topic source validity
• Analyze extensive research data
• Combine two specialized areas of expertise with a well-rounded understanding of the sociological and cultural implications of the specialized knowledge

In this reflection journal, in at least 150 words, reflect back on what you have learned so far through the course readings, assignment (if you’ve completed it yet), and our discussion. Consider the following questions to guide your reflection:

• What, if anything, did you find surprising, particularly challenging, interesting, or useful?
• From what you know about this course so far, what connections can you make to previous learning experiences, and how do you think this course will help you as you move forward in your college and professional life?
• How do the course outcomes for this week apply to your experience so far?
• What questions do you still need answered?

Article Evaluation Checklist and Mind-Mapping

Complete the Evaluation of a Research Article Checklist (pp. 65-66 of the text) and then draw a mind map (p. 61 of the text).

Prepare a summary narrative of what you discovered and include both worksheets (mind map and article checklist) with it.

Submit these as a single document to the assignment drop box.

Here is the Questions for the Checklist

Evaluating a Research Article

1.     In what journal or other source did you find the article? Was it reviewed by experts in the field before it was published? That is, was the article in a journal (refereed) publication?

2.    Does the article have a stated research question or problem? That is, can you determine the focus of the author’s work?

3.    Does the article describe the collection of new data, or does it describe and synthesize previous studies in which data were collected?

4.    Is the article logically organized and easy to follow?  What could have been done to improve its organization and readability?

5.    Does the article contain a section that describes and integrates previous studies on this topic? In what ways is this previous work relevant to the research problem?

6.    If the author explained procedures that were followed in the study, are these procedures clear enough that you could repeat the work and get similar results?  What additional information might be helpful or essential for you to replicate the study?

7.    If data were collected, can you describe how they were collected and how they were analyzed?  Do you agree with what was done? If you had been the researcher, what additional thing might you have done?

8.    Do you agree with the author’s interpretations and conclusions? Why or Why not?

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Finally, think about the entire article. What is, for you, most important? What do you find most interesting? What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of this article? Will you remember this article in the future? Why or Why not ?

 4Discoveries (So Far)

The following topic(s) will demonstrate what the discussion is about, but feel free to branch off or expand on the topics. At the end of the discussion, you will be asked to craft a 150 word reflection on what you have learned through this conversation and post it to the Weekly Reflection Journal. The more active you are in this part of the discussion, the more you will have to draw from in your reflection, so get involved, be active, help out your classmates when they need it, and, most of all, enjoy the conversation.

Using the mind mapping and article evaluations completed in W3, discuss two things that surprised you regarding your topic. Additionally, are you on track with your topic or have you discovered that you may need to make some changes? Why or why not? Please respond to at least two of your colleagues.

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