Must be five to six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.)
Must include a separate title page that is formatted according to APA style.
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) and Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources. Additional help with creating a thesis statement can found in Argument and Thesis Statement Download Argument and Thesis Statementand in How to Write a Thesis (Links to an external site.).
Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed sources in addition to your required non-scholarly, credible source from the Pew Research Center (PRC). In addition to your required source from the PRC, two scholarly, peer-reviewed sources have been provided for you with each prompt; you may use these sources, but they are not required. Any additional non-scholarly sources must pass the CRAAPO test Download CRAAPO test.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view Quick and Easy Library Research (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)
Provide support for the statements that you make in your paper by using APA-formatted in-text citations and references for your sources. For help with in-text citations, please refer to the Writing Center’s Quoting, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing (Links to an external site.), and for a template and correct formatting, please review APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).
Must include a separate references [page or slide] that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
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