Research and writing del 1

Deliverable 1 - Research Question for a Study

Competency

Create a research question for a study that will help fill a gap and provide benefits in a field.

Scenario

You are a first-year graduate student. You are taking a graduate course on research and writing. In this assignment, your professor has asked that you create a research question for a topic you are interested in and that you also perform an initial literature review.

Instructions

In a paper, do the following:

• Explain the research question you would like to pursue and why you chose it. It should be researchable, feasible to pursue in the time span of a school term, and of interest to you.


• Explain what type of research will be most appropriate to answer your research question.


• Perform a literature review to help identify how your research study will contribute to current knowledge about the topic. Include at least ten (10) scholarly sources from the last five years that are relevant to your research question. In your literature review, you should analyze the content of the articles reviewed, compare findings in different articles, and integrate the literature into an organized discussion.

Resources

For assistance on a writing literature review, please visit the Rasmussen College Answers page.

Library databases such as the following are great resources for this project:

• Health Sciences
  
  
  
  • CINAHL Plus
  
  
  • Health Sciences and Nursing via ProQuest
  
  
  • Medline
  
  
  
  


• Business
  
  
  
  • Business Source Complete
  
  
  • Business via ProQuest
  
  
  
  

Another database that you may be interested in knowing about is ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.  You can view original research, view research design, data gathering techniques, etc.

Grading Rubric

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Did not Submit

No Pass

Competence

Proficiency

Mastery

Not Submitted

Insufficient explanation of research question and why it was selected, its feasibility, and interest to student.

Or

Missing one or more of the above elements.

Basic explanation of research question and why it was selected, its feasibility, and interest to student.

Thoughtful explanation of research question and why it was selected, its feasibility, and interest to student.

Clear and thorough explanation of research question and why it was selected, its feasibility, and interest to student.

Not Submitted

No identification of the type of research that will be most appropriate to answer the research question.

Basic identification of the type of research that will be most appropriate to answer the research question.

Thoughtful identification of the type of research that will be most appropriate to answer the research question.

Clear and thorough identification of the type of research that will be most appropriate to answer the research question.

Not Submitted

Literature review has fewer than five scholarly sources; some or all of the sources were published more than five years ago; some or all of the sources have little relevance to the research question.

Insufficient analysis of the content of the articles reviewed, with inadequate comparisons of findings in different articles.

No evidence of integrating the literature into an organized discussion.

Literature review includes at least five scholarly sources from the last five years that are relevant to the research question.

Concise analysis of the content of the articles reviewed, with basic comparisons of findings in different articles.

Some evidence of integrating the literature into an organized discussion.

Literature review includes at least five scholarly sources from the last five years that are relevant to the research question.

Thoughtful analysis of the content of the articles reviewed, with comprehensive comparisons of findings in different articles.

Strong evidence of integrating the literature into an organized discussion.

Literature review includes at least ten scholarly sources from the last five years that are relevant to the research question.

Clear and thorough analysis of the content of the articles reviewed, with basic comparisons of findings in different articles.

Exceptional evidence of integrating the literature into an organized discussion.

Not Submitted

Major errors or omissions in APA formatting

Minor errors or omissions in APA formatting

Minimal errors or omissions in APA formatting

No errors or omissions in APA formatting.

Not Submitted

Spelling and grammar errors are numerous.

Spelling and grammar errors are evident but infrequent. May distract reader from the message.

Spelling and grammar errors are rare and do not distract the reader from the messages.

No spelling nor grammar errors.