BA105W
Guidelines for Term Paper (Research Report) Worth 500 points (half of your grades)
General Information
- The total length of the report should be approximately 10-12 pages.
(This includes the Cover Page, Transmittal Letter, Table of Contents/Illustrations, **Executive Summary, Introduction, the Body, Conclusions, Recommendation, and the Citation Page.)
- The body of your report should be between 1500 to 1700 words (4-5 pages),
excluding the Executive Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations.
- Double space report.
- Pages should be numbered as follows:
Use roman numerals (i, ii, iii, iv, v, so on for Cover Page (no number on first page), Transmittal Letter,
and Table of Contents/Illustrations. From thereon, beginning with the Introduction page, begin with 1, 2, 3,4, and so on.
- On the cover sheet, include the following information:
- The title of your paper
- Your professor’s name
- Your name
- The title of this class
- Date
** Submit Executive Summary Separately
*****Important: In addition to the main part of your report (the Body), your paper must include a transmittal letter (create a letterhead), Table of Contents, Table of Illustrations (if applicable), Introduction, Conclusion, Recommendations, and a Citation Page.
The paper will be graded on the following:
- All the components mentioned above need to be included in your paper.
- Your introduction must be clear and concise.
- Each paragraph should contain one main point or thought.
- Under each heading or reader cue, the material should be related.
- Reader cues (headings) must be short and concise.
- Good transition from paragraph to paragraph.
- Appropriate usage of graphs or tables if necessary.
- Content and/or Analysis.
- The problem statement needs to be reiterated in the Transmittal Letter, Executive Summary,
and in the Introduction.
- Analysis and support of information follows the Introduction.
- Grammar and punctuation
- End of sentence punctuation (avoid run-on sentences, comma splices, fragments, etc.)
- Agreement of subject and verb (verb forms and verb tense)
- Avoid spelling errors
- Use of apostrophe s and the suffix – es
- Use of quotation marks for all quoted words
- Proper sentence sense (no words omitted, scrambled, or incomprehensible). (Do Spellcheck).
Bibliography and citations
- Proper citation for all sources (quote or cite anything borrowed from another author)
- For citations, use the APA style
- At least 3 cited sources (may be internet, books, and academic research sites)
