- You must use APA format
- The paper should be 5-7 numbered pages, not including the cover page or reference sheet.
- It must be in 12pt Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins. Do not put needless spaces to make your paper appear longer (e.g., 5-line headings).
- In addition to content, you will be graded on grammar and sentence structure.
- The paper must include the following sections: Introduction and literature review, discussion of potential data sources, data collection and sampling plan, data analysis plan, discussion of the policy implications of this research, and reference page ( 7 sources in APA format. only appropriate sources are permitted.
- see the file below for a perfect sample paper.
- See the document below to help with some sections of the paper.
*Be mindful that this is for Research methods and statistics for criminal justice class so please keep the paper relevant to this course (indicating hat research method was used to answer the research question)