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The paper for this week will be written in APA style and include the sections below. It should not include any other sections, just the ones listed below. The purpose of the Week 1 paper was to gather preliminary information on a topic. In Week 2, you will take that preliminary info and start crafting a research proposal. -Title Page (see APA manual for how to format it) – make sure the title is something related to your topic. Student papers do not have a running head on the title page. -Introduction (Use the heading, Introduction, even though APA doesn’t necessarily require a heading for the intro. Make sure that it is centered and in bold. This section introduces your topic and should pull from at least 10 scholarly articles. It is okay to use the five from Week 1 as part of the 10 as long as they are on topic.) -Hypothesis (A one sentence statement of your hypothesis) -References (A minimum of ten scholarly references are required. Websites and newspaper articles are not considered scholarly. Scholarly refers to peer-reviewed journal articles). The References heading should be in bold and centered; they should be on a separate page from the rest of the paper. *The ONLY headings in the paper in Week 2 should be Introduction, Hypothesis, and References. They should be centered and in bold. There should NOT be an abstract this week. This paper is a research proposal. You are proposing a study that could be done to address a specific hypothesis. Since it is a proposal, you don’t actually have to conduct the study. Pay particular attention to the APA formatting of your in-text citations and references. One aspect of the paper this week involves creating a hypothesis. A hypothesis is a specific, testable statement such as: CBT is more effective in treating generalized anxiety than behavioral therapy OR There is a positive correlation between minutes exercised per day and self esteem. The hypothesis should be the last sentence in your Introduction section. Make sure it is easy to find. Say something like this: The hypothesis for this proposal is…. You are HIGHLY encouraged to send me a hypothesis for review before submitting your paper. Try to do so before Friday. Rubric Unit 2 Written Assessment Original Research Paper Grading Rubric