ase 8.2 Integrated Case: Auto concepts
Students must design a questionnaire that addresses the objectives of the integrated case.
Case Study analysis must follow APA Guidelines and is due by Saturday
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Case 8.2 Integrated Case: Auto concepts Case Objective Students must design a questionnaire that addresses the objectives of the integrated case. Go over the needed integrated case facts and information imparted to you in previous chapters and design an online survey questionnaire for Advanced Automotive Concepts. There are a great many ways that the questionnaire can be designed; however, the important features are: · Qualifying question · Warm-up questions that are related to research objectives · Transitions · Use of interval scales wherever possible and appropriate · Use of sections approach to keep related topics together · Demographics at the end PowerPoint Presentation APA Formatting and Style Guide Purdue OWL staff Brought to you in cooperation with the Purdue Online Writing Lab Welcome to “APA Formatting and Style Guide”. This Power Point Presentation is designed to introduce your students to the basics of APA Formatting and Style Guide. You might want to supplement the presentation with more detailed information posted on Purdue OWL http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ * The American Psychological Association (APA) citation style is the most commonly used format for manuscripts in the social sciences. APA regulates: Paper format In-text citations References What is APA Style? Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed., contains detailed guidelines to formatting a paper in the APA style. APA style is most commonly used for formatting papers in the Social Sciences—business, economics, psychology, sociology, nursing, etc. Updates to APA are posted on the APA website www.apastyle.org. You may also reference the Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/. APA format provides writers with a format for cross-referencing their sources--from their parenthetical references to their reference page. This cross-referencing system allows readers to locate the publication information of source material. This is of great value for researchers who may want to locate your sources for their own research projects. The proper use of APA style also shows the credibility of writers; such writers show accountability to their source material. Most importantly, use of APA style can protect writers from plagiarism--the purposeful or accidental use of source material by other writers without giving appropriate credit. * Language in an APA paper should be: Clear: be specific in descriptions and explanations Concise: condense information when you can Plain: use simple, descriptive adjectives and minimize figurative language Language This slide explains the APA requirements to language of an APA paper. Clarity and conciseness are the major concern when reporting research in APA . It is not easy to balance clarity (which requires providing clarification) and conciseness (which requires packing information). To achieve clarity, a writer should avoid vague wording and be specific in descriptions and explanations. To achieve conciseness, a writer should condense information. Because APA format is widely used in science-related papers, the language of APA format is plain and simple. A writer should avoid using metaphors and minimize the use of figurative language, which is typical for creative writing. This slide can be supplemented by the relevant sections from OWL http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/15/ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/14/ and “Conciseness in academic writing” handout http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/01/ * All assignments should: be typed, double-spaced, have 1” margins, use 10-12pt. Standard font (ex. Times New Roman), and be printed on standard-sized paper (8.5”x 11”) [Note: If you are writing a manuscript draft, APA suggests using two spaces between sentences to aid readability (see pp.87-88 in the APA manual).] General APA Format This slide presents the general format of an APA formatted paper: An essay should be typed and double-spaced on the standard-sized paper (8.5”x11”) with 1” margins on all sides. Times New Roman or similar font in 10-12 pt. size should be used. The document should include a page header indicating a short title of the essay and a page number in the upper right-hand of every page (including the title page). * Your essay should include four major sections: References Main Body Abstract Title page General APA Format This slide introduces four required part of an APA paper: a title page, abstract, main body (essay itself), and a list of References. An abstract page and list of references are titled as Abstract and Reference, respectively. It is important to remind students that each page should have a page header with a short title and page number. This slide can be supplemented by the “General Format” section from OWL http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ * Every page of your essay should: Include a page header (Title, all caps) in the upper left-hand corner and the page number in the upper right General APA Format This slide presents the general format of an APA formatted paper: An essay should be typed and double-spaced on the standard-sized paper (8.5”x11”) with 1” margins on all sides. Times New Roman or similar font in 10-12 pt. size should be used. The document should include a page header indicating a short title of the essay and a page number in the upper right-hand of every page (including the title page). * Title: (in the upper half of the page, centered) name (no title or degree) + affiliation (university, etc.) Page header: (use Insert Page Header) title flush left + page number flush right. Title Page * Page header: do NOT include “Running head:” Abstract: centered, at the top of the page Write a 150- to 250- word summary of your paper in an accurate, concise, and specific manner. Abstract Page This slide provides a visual example of an abstract page, which consists of a page header, a heading—Abstract, and a brief summary of the paper accurately presenting its contents. Type the heading –Abstract– centered at the top of the page. Below, type the paragraph of the paper summary (between 150 and 250 words) in block format—without indentation. The abstract should contain the research topic, research questions, participants, methods, results, data analysis, and conclusions. It may also include possible implications of your research and future work you see connected with your finding, and may include keywords. * Number the first text page as page number 3 Type and center the title of the paper at the top of the page Type the text double-spaced with all sections following each other without a break Identify the sources you use in the paper in parenthetical, in-text citations Format tables and figures Main Body (Text) This slide provides the basic reminders about formatting the text: Make sure that the first text page is page number 3 (page#1 is a title page, page #2 is an abstract page). Start with typing the essay title centered, at the top of the page. Type the text double-space with all sections following each other without a break. Do not use white space between paragraphs. Create parenthetical in-text citations to identify the sources used in the paper. Format tables and figures. The following slides introduce APA formatting of references, in-text citations, and tables and figures. * Center the title (References) at the top of the page. Do not bold it. Double-space reference entries Flush left the first line of the entry and indent subsequent lines Order entries alphabetically by the surname of the first author of each work Reference Page This slide explains the format and purpose of a references page. The facilitator may stress that each source referenced within the paper should also appear on the reference page, which appears at the end of the paper. To create a references page, center the heading—References—at the top of the page; double-space reference entries; flush left the first line of the entry and indent subsequent lines. To use “hanging” feature of “Indent and Space” tab, go to “Paragraph” ”Indentation” choose “Hanging” in the ”Special” box. Order entries alphabetically by the author’s surnames. If a source is anonymous, use its title as an author’s surname. Note: Unlike MLA, APA is only interested in what they call “recoverable data”—that is, data which other people can find. For example, personal communications such as letters, memos, emails, interviews, and telephone conversations should not be included in the reference list since they are not recoverable by other researchers. For specific information about entries in the reference list, go to http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05 * APA is a complex system of citation. When compiling the reference list, the strategy below might be useful: Identify the type of source: Is it a book? A journal article? A webpage? Find a sample citation for this type of source Check a textbook or the OWL APA Guide: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ “Mirror” the sample Make sure that the entries are listed in alphabetical order and that the subsequent lines are indented (Recall References: Basics) Making the Reference List APA is a complex system of citation, which is time-consuming to learn and difficult to keep in mind. To help students handle the requirements of APA format, this slide introduces a strategy of surviving APA. The facilitator should stress the importance of correct identification of a type of source: e.g., Is it an article from a newspaper or from a scholarly journal? Hard copy or electronic version? When the source type is identified correctly, it’s fairly easy to find a sample of a similar reference in the APA chapter of a composition book or in an on-line APA resource. The APA guide on the OWL website is particularly easy to browse since its links are organized by types of sources—scroll down to the box of links http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ After a sample is found, all it takes is to mirror it precisely and arrange entries in the alphabetical order. Note: Many electronic library databases, e.g. Proquest, have citation feature. The useful strategy is to save and import into a references list citation entries (make sure you choose APA format) while doing literature search. You can always delete later reference entries of the sources you’re not going to use in the paper. * In-text citations help readers locate the cited source in the References section of the paper. Whenever you use a source, provide in parenthesis: the author’s name and the date of publication for quotations and close paraphrases, provide the author’s name, date of publication, and a page number In-text Citation: Basics This slide explains the basics of in-text citations. In-text citations help establish credibility of the writer, show respect to someone else’s intellectual property (and consequently, avoid plagiarism). More practically, in-text citations help readers locate the cited source in the references page. Thus, keep the in-text citation brief and make sure that the information provided in the body of the paper should be just enough so that a reader could easily cross-reference the citation with its matching entry on the