Critical Thinking Essay

Order Description
By the end of the third unit you should have:

Developed a survey instrument that demonstrates your working knowledge of:
a. survey instrument development
b. Provide brief explanation of how you would analyze survey data in the test of your hypothesis
Submit the survey/questionnaire in the submission link.
Submit an excel spreadsheet that provides for how the variables of interest will be coded for data entry and at what level you will measure the variables (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio).
Identify the type of variables utilized in your survey instrument.
Post literature review (minimum five pages, APA format, minimum five outside sources – NOT in annotated bibliography format).

Please take this assignment very seriously. Provide information that could be used as a basis for your research proposal and your senior seminar thesis. This assignment is worth two percent of your final grade. When in doubt, provide a survey. Most students do not know how they will actually test data from studies that have already been completed.

Writing Assignment Rubric

These assignments are worth thirty points, which will be assigned based on the degree to which the essay fulfills the following three requirements:

Write a short essay that responds to the following prompt. The rubric and requirements for this essay can the Grading Rubrics page under “Course Home”.

These assignments are worth thirty points, which will be assigned based on the degree to which the essay fulfills the following three requirements:

The essay refers specifically and accurately to assigned texts (10 points) – Analyzes key elements from all sources (text, and three sources – minimum) into a consistent whole. Using multiple (more than 8) words specific to the aspect of the profession of the research topic, the artifact demonstrates an exceptional understanding of the terminology in a CJ course and the weekly research proposal topic.
By discussing multiple (more than 3) key ideas in the unit assignment demonstrates an exceptional understanding of key concepts The reported results are substantive. It is particularly helpful to use specific examples or experiences, properly cited, to illustrate your point. The essay is sufficient required length (10 points) –
The essay reflects careful and thorough proofreading, editing, and formatting (10 points) – Proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, word choice, sentence construction. The term paper contains fewer than 2 errors in the APA writing convention and in the paper presentation (grammar, spelling, etc.). The artifact contains less than 2 errors in the following paper components: cover sheet, body of term paper, or reference page (10 points).
At the discretion of Dr. White points will be taken off any response that does not fulfill all of these goals.