This project will consist of a research paper. You will complete this paper on the topic that you described in your research proposal. This project will be in the format of a scientific article. The article will have the following sections.Abstract/summary (5-6 sentence summary of the article). Here you are to simply summarize your paper – 3ptsIntroduction (700 – 1000 words) Provide the background, explaining why your research question is relevant. Also list the specific question that you are addressing. – 15 ptsMethods (250-1000 words) Here you will explain how you did the study, where the data came from, and what analyses you performed. – 10 ptsResults (100 – 500 words) Here you will describe your results. Interpretation of the results happens in the Discussion section. – 10 ptsDiscussion (700 – 1000 words) In this section, you interpret your results in the context of your Introduction. Therefore, if your introduction was about the dangers of air pollution, your Discussion should interpret your results in the context of the dangers of air pollution. – 10 pts.References – list at least one reference that you used in your research. You will need to explicitly cite this reference somewhere in your Introduction or Discussion. Do not put references in your Results. 2ptsBe sure to put everything in its proper place. You will lose points if you do not do this. For example, if information that should be in the Results section is in the Methods section, you will lose points. In a couple of weeks, you will have the option of turning in a draft of your paper for feedback. If you turn in a draft, I will read it and provide feedback to make sure that you do well on this project.
