Research synthesis summary paper
Research synthesis summary paper
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Write a briefin" rel="nofollow">ing paper summarizin" rel="nofollow">ing the results of your research synthesis project.
This paper should be written as if you were presentin" rel="nofollow">ing it to the decision-makers at your organization. As such, it should be brief (3 pages of text) and contain" rel="nofollow">in only the essential elements of the poin" rel="nofollow">int you want to make. Creativity is encouraged. The summary paper does not need to be written as a formal APA style paper; however, appropriate citations must be provided throughout in" rel="nofollow">in APA format.
The followin" rel="nofollow">ing content must be in" rel="nofollow">included in" rel="nofollow">in your summary paper:
? What is the problem?
o Based on Wiki Entry #1
o Convin" rel="nofollow">ince the audience of the importance of addressin" rel="nofollow">ing it. From their perspective, what is important and what is not important?
? How did you in" rel="nofollow">investigate a solution to this problem? o Based on Wiki Entry #2
o This should convey that your methods were rigorous and provide validation to your work. ? What did your in" rel="nofollow">investigation fin" rel="nofollow">ind?
o Based on Wiki Entry #3
o Provide only the essential details from your evidence base
o A table that summarizes the fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings of the articles may be useful to in" rel="nofollow">include (see Table 3
in" rel="nofollow">in AJN series #7 article for example) ? How confident can they be in" rel="nofollow">in these results?
o Based on Wiki Entry #4
o What are the major strengths?
o Whatarethemajorweaknesses/caveats?
? Summarize the solution you propose
o This solution should in" rel="nofollow">include some course of action to be taken by your audience. o Doin" rel="nofollow">ingnothin" rel="nofollow">ingisasometimesvalidcourseofaction.
Additional considerations for writin" rel="nofollow">ing a successful briefin" rel="nofollow">ing document:
? Short: Your audience will not have an attention span for a long document.
? Succin" rel="nofollow">inct: Be brief and clear; avoid empty rhetoric and sweepin" rel="nofollow">ing generalizations.
? Persuasive: You are aimin" rel="nofollow">ing to convin" rel="nofollow">ince your audience on the best course of action.
? Evidence-based: Cite specifics, and use empirical data wherever possible.
? Accessible: Incorporate critical technical facts and trends without jargon, in" rel="nofollow">in a fashion
understandable to a non-technical audience.
? Realistic: Be careful with the assumptions you make. State the important ones.
(adapted from Hin" rel="nofollow">ints for Writin" rel="nofollow">ing a Briefin" rel="nofollow">ing Document https://www.eecs.harvard.edu/cs199r/hin" rel="nofollow">ints-briefin" rel="nofollow">ing.pdf)