Part I
Using the thesis statement previously drafted, locate four (4) academic sources for the final paper. (NOTE: theses, dissertations, newspaper articles, and magazines, etc. are not considered academic sources).
Two (2) sources should describe the policy, its purpose, goal(s), background/history, and origins.
One (1) source should address the specific problem/issue the policy is designed to address/remedy.
One (1) source must be an empirical (primary) research study addressing/evaluating the efficacy of the policy. Note that a primary research study must be published in a peer-reviewed journal and should contain some of the sections that follow: Introduction/literature review, method/methodology, sample/participants, procedure, data/results/findings, discussion/conclusion.
Part 2
In a word document, provide the following information:
Your selected policy/topic
Your thesis statement
Then, for each of the four (4) academic sources include the following:
The purpose of the source in relation to your selected policy/topic (i.e., bullets from Part 1: purpose/history, problem/issue, or empirical research study) and the type of academic source selected (e.g., research study, law review, journal article, agency report, book, book chapter, etc.). For example, Source 1 purpose/history; law review article. Source 4 empirical research study; peer reviewed journal article.
Then, list the following information for each source:
Author(s)
Publication year/date
Article title/book title
Journal name/publisher
Volume and issue number (if applicable)
Page numbers (if applicable)
Library database or webpage where source was obtained
URL or link to source
Abstract – Copy the abstract from the source into the word document
Write a few sentences explaining how the source/research study and its findings will be utilized when writing your capstone paper.
I HAVE ATTACHED THE FIRST PART OF THIS ASSIGNMENT. PLEASE INCLUDE THE EXACT SAME THESIS STATEMENT IF REQUIRED IN THE NEW PAPER. THANK YOU.
