INVESTIGATIVE FIELD ESSAY

This essay is focused around Finance, its an essay based on my major.
The essay has to be at least 2,000 words and the annotated bibliagraphy has to be at least 1,000 words making it a
total of 3,000 words minimum.
Here is the prompt lets aim for an A.
I attached a file of the full prompt with all the requirements.

This assignment asks you to explore the discourse of your declared, or prospective academic major, so that you can be a better, more engaged participant of this discourse community as you continue with your field of study. There are several elements that make up an investigative essay, including the fashioning of a research question, conducting primary and secondary research, and the presentation of information in written format following academic conventions.
To begin, you will identify a contemporary topic or issue within your field of study that you wish to learn more about. Then, you will form a research question that will serve as the cornerstone of your investigative essay. In order to explore your research question, you will engage in a variety of research methods. Research is finding information—and there are many ways to go about finding information. You will discover, however, that some research methods are favored within your academic discourse community. For instance, while the humanities tend to prefer secondary research (consulting scholarly, popular, and professional publications), the sciences tend to prefer primary research (collecting data through interviews, surveys, first-hand observations, and experiments). To that end, it is up to you to identify what research methods are most appropriate for your project.
Some options to consider include:
Primary Research
Observations
Interviews
Surveys
Data/Text analysis
Secondary Research
Scholarly
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Books (Published by an Academic or Scholarly Press)
Academic Lectures/Presentations
Popular
Websites
Blog Posts
Magazine Articles
Newspaper Articles
Documentaries
For the essay, you must include a minimum of six (6) sources. Three (3) of those sources must be scholarly, peer-reviewed (that is, vetted by authorities in the field) sources of any type. The other three (3) are your choice of primary, popular, or additional scholarly sources. These research elements will serve as the basis for your investigative essay.
Documentation Style: Use the documentation style of your field (for in-text citations and list of sources).
Formatting: Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double-spaced (which is common across major citation styles).
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Minimum of 1,000 typed, polished words)
This project also includes a preparatory assignment called an Annotated Bibliography that helps you organize and evaluate the sources you encounter in the process of conducting research.
For this assignment, you will summarize and analyze your data by annotating 6 potential sources, 3 of which must be scholarly ones (namely, peer-reviewed articles). In each annotation, you’ll articulate the credibility, relevance, potential incorporation, and potential connections of the source to your research questions.
You should properly cite each of the six sources in accordance with the documentations style for your field (refer to tabs 6-8 in A Writer’s Resource for information on the various documentation styles). Below each citation, you will include an annotation that should
briefly summarize the source and its main ideas,
explain how you would use the source in your essay,
offer an evaluation of the source’s credibility, and
tell how the source relates/does not relate to the other sources.
If you consult a source that appears to be relevant (as you explain in your annotation for it) but upon drafting your essay consider that it is not very pertinent or reliable, you can still include it in your annotated bibliography. However, be mindful of your need to replace the source with another that is more appropriate and/or trustworthy. Note: This assignment is worth 10 percentage points of the total 20 reserved for your Project 1 grade.
Documentation Style: Use the documentation style of your field (for in-text citations and list of sources).
Formatting: Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double-spaced (which is common across major citation styles).
Final Due Date: 10/4 at noon
Evaluation Criteria for Project 1:
Grade
Characteristics
A
The essay meets or exceeds the assignment criteria. It asks and investigates the right kind of questions. The essay uses reliable sources intelligently, including unpacking quotes, paraphrasing, and summarizing in fair and insightful ways. The voice of the author is present—evaluating, critiquing, affirming or contextualizing the sources to make meaning. The essay stays on task, operates logically, and moves the reader toward understanding. The essay builds ethos by making good use of the appropriate documentation style; sources are cited correctly and a well-constructed list of sources is present. The assignment is relatively free of usage and mechanical errors. All drafts are submitted and reasonably complete. There is evidence of revision.
B
The essay mostly meets the assignment criteria. It may lack a particular type of source or one of the minimum number expected; however, it asks and investigates the right kind of questions. The essay might have one or two sources that are unreliable or off-topic, though it mostly uses sources intelligently. The author might over quote or allow sources to dominate the discussion of the topic. Nonetheless, the voice of the author is present to some degree—evaluating, critiquing, affirming or contextualizing the sources to, for the most part, make meaning. The essay may stray off topic or speak too generally. Still, the author makes sense and mostly operates logically. The essay builds ethos by making pretty good use of the appropriate documentation style; most sources are cited correctly and a well-constructed list of sources is present. There may be recurring errors of usage and mechanics. All drafts are submitted and reasonably complete. There is some evidence of revision.
C
The essay neglects the assignment criteria; it is rather brief or missing more than one source. It is persuasive instead of investigative. The essay struggles to present supporting sources and use them intelligently. One source might dominate the essay by being over-quoted, even as it helps the essay retain focus. Although the voice of the author may be present, there are a lot of generalizations and unsubstantiated claims. The essay strays off topic and generalizes instead of examining sources closely. Rhetorical moves are somewhat confusing and might occlude understanding. Little attention is paid to documentation style. Several sources are cited incorrectly, and the list of sources has omissions or improper citation entries. There are several errors of usage, mechanics, and punctuation that undermine the author’s ethos. All drafts are submitted and reasonably complete. Little revision is evident.
D & Below
The essay largely ignores the assignment criteria. It is exceptionally brief and misses the point of the assignment. The essay fails to present sources and use them intelligently; as a result, the essay is not informative about the topic or demonstrates learning. The essay strays considerably off topic and relies on generalizations instead of the information from sources. Rhetorical moves are confusing and tend to occlude understanding. Appropriate documentation style is almost entirely missing. Mechanical, usage, punctuation, and syntactic errors are pervasive. Drafts may be missing and little to no revision is evident.

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