Writing Assignment

Writing Assignment

(WA

1

)

Secondary Data Analysis

Literature Review

Total Points Possible: 

5

0

pts.

(See Syllabus for Due Date) ________

Write a 

summa

ry 

analysi

s of 

the 

journal article given to you 

on Canvas

(pic

k one)

.  For the majority of 

the essay

,

you

are writing the article analysi

s in your own words but you must demonstrate the ability to 

know

when and how to use APA style 

in

text citations for quotes and paraphrases

,

and your sources 

ideologies,

definitions

, dates and statistics

.  You also need to create an APA style reference page

(at the 

end of your essay)

.

Give a good but brief introduction and b

e sure to explore the following phases of the

articles

research process in your review

:

theory, methodology, f

indings and conclusions

(if any are not 

included in the article

,

you need to state that in 

the

conclusions)

.

Three

page maximum length.

S

how your ability to apply terminology from the assigned readings

and classroom discussion

in

to

your 

essay

when approp

riate

.  It is very important to note that this class is a discipline specific writing class 

and we will be using APA style citations.  You must demonstrate the ability to use the APA style tools 

you have learned in

class in all your writing assignments thi

s semester.  

T

ype you

r

name, writing assignment number, class meeting time and date in the upper right

/left

hand 

corner, this 

header

should be 

single spaced

.  

The writing assignment should be in proper left align 

paragraph format.  

The 

body

of the text

should be 

double spaced

using a 

10 or 12 font size with 1 

borders

. To guarantee the assignments do not accumulate late points they must be turned in 

on or 

before

the beginning of the 

c

lass period of the assigned due date.  If you send the assignments as 

an E

mail attachment

,

make sure your file is sent as a MS Word or Rich Text Format (rtf) document or I may 

not be able to open it

which is the same as not receiving it.  Remember

,

there is a loss of 5 points per 

each day the assignment is late (see syllabu

s).

The Research Process Explored:

Abstract

Introduction

Methodology: 

Analyze secondary data

(

the 

lit review

is what we are doing for this assignment

)

Theory

Methodology

(primary data collection not conducted but explored)

Findings

Discussion

& Conclu

sions

References