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  • Project topic proposal

    Choose a project topic related to and clearly explain the main economic question you want to explore. Explain why this topic matters for understanding growth, inflation, unemployment, or macroeconomic stability. Also include:

    • Data Sources: Identify at least one real data source you plan to use, such as FRED, BLS, Census, World Bank, or another credible dataset. Briefly describe what variables you expect to use and how they connect to your question.
    • Literature and Background: Reference at least one credible article, academic paper, or policy report related to your topic. Explain how this source helps frame your project or motivates your research question.
    • Approach and Expectations: Describe how you plan to analyze the data, such as trend analysis, comparisons over time, or simple empirical relationships. Your proposal should be about 400 words, written clearly, and focused on feasibility rather than final results.

  • Outline with annotated bibliography

    • Today’s session will deal exclusively with the assignment, the outline, with annotated bibliography.
    • This is the last assignment that will be due before the spring break.
    • And, I wanted to cover what,
    • What kind of a format, what kind of content should be included in this assignment?
    • So you should be seeing right now the screen with the instructions posted on it.
    • The first thing it suggests is to review the examples of good and bad annotated bibliographies.
    • After I discuss a little bit about what the content of the bibliography should be.
    • I’m going to refer back to an example of a good bibliography so that you can make note of the format and of the content that was included in there.
    • So, in the instructions, it says to create an outline
    • For this assignment, for your paper.
    • You will provide an annotated bibliography for the introduction.
    • For the literature review.
    • The body and discussion.
    • So those should be the items that are in your outline. And for each of those different items, you will include a list of references that you believe you will be using
    • for that section of your paper. So that mimics or parallels what your final research paper should look like, and right now gives you an idea as to the references that should be included within those sections.
    • So… it… I do…
    • ask you to follow the template for the outline. I’m not going to go to that page right now, because I want to actually show you that in practice when I take a look at the example of a good bibliography.
    • It’s much easier to see it, in practice and try to imitate it than to read the template and try to follow it blindly.
    • You should have…
    • For number 2, no less than 10 sources for your paper at this point in time, alright? At this stage of writing, you should have at least 10 possible references.
    • These should be the 10 best references that you have found so far.
    • So, if you did a database search for references, and you pulled 20 references.
    • Out of those 20, did 10 look to you as though they looked really, really good? Make sure and use those. Don’t use references that you know offhand you’re not going to be using later on.
    • So, try to get at least those 10.
    • At this stage of writing.
    • When you finish your paper, you’re…
    • Introduction and your literature review section alone should have at least 10 references.
    • Right? They tend to be reference-heavy sections of the paper. And then the rest of the paper, the body of your paper, should have at least another 10 references for the rest of your paper. Okay, so right now, this is an exercise to start building that bibliography that you’re going to be using.
    • Students sometimes wonder, am I going to be required to use these references if I cite them here?
    • Well, if you believe that they’re good, it’s likely that you’re going to be using them.
    • But as you find other references, maybe you find some that are better, or you decide that the one that you started off with doesn’t really fit in so well, and you might want to remove it.
    • But by now, you should have a pretty good idea as to whether or not you’re going to be using it.
    • So, for those 10 references, I’m indicating here that none of them should be a website.
    • Amp.
    • By that, I’m usually referring to some sort of a blog website, or company website, or some sort of website that
    • provides advocacy for a particular topic, for a particular issue, a particular solution, a particular strategy. The reason being, a lot of that tends to be very biased. It’s already
    • Telling you that this is good, this is something that they favor, and they may not provide a very good critical review of the material.
    • Also, some websites publish material, but they don’t indicate the references, they don’t provide a method for how that information that they’re citing in that website, was achieved, and so you…
    • may not be able to tell whether or not it is accurate information, false information, misrepresented information, mistaken information. So, I’m asking everybody to try to use those published sources that you’ve been doing your database searches for.
    • There are exceptions.
    • There are sources of government databases, for example, census information, or you might go to a location where there are credible, database sources.
    • If you are not sure whether or not a particular source is suitable, if it’s not a published journal.
    • please contact me, and I can double check and verify whether or not that would be an acceptable type of reference.
    • I also indicate to limit the number of encyclopedia or dictionary entries that you provide.
    • Encyclopedias can be useful tools to start your, kind of, search for Information on a particular topic.
    • But you really need to go to first, first case studies, or, you know, first initial primary research type of papers that provide documentation. An encyclopedia will point you in the direction of types of research that have been conducted, but they themselves are not, the primary source of that research.
    • In addition, dictionaries provide a very
    • Kind of, decontextualized definition for concepts or ideas
    • And what you want to do is you want to get definitions or descriptions of concepts as they have been operationalized. In other words, contextualized to a particular type of
    • Research question, or research issue, or problem that you’re looking at.
    • So research papers, typically, what they do is they operationalize a concept. This is how it is being defined.
    • For the purpose of this research paper, instead of dictionary definitions, which are taken out of context.
    • The majority of resources should be primary sources. Good example of that are case studies. Basically, what I’m looking for is data-driven references.
    • I want to see data used as evidence, and so that means a research paper that has conducted some sort of research to assess the effectiveness of a particular strategy on addressing a particular issue.
    • It identifies the method it used, it identifies the data that was produced as a result, and then provides an interpretation of the significance of that particular result. So that’s the type of research paper that should be your primary, kind of go-to.
    • You can use secondary sources. Secondary sources sometimes combine multiple case studies together to kind of come up with an analysis of a trend or a particular… in support of a particular argument.
    • But they themselves have not conducted the research. They’re referring you to somebody else who has done that research.
    • And if you do use secondary sources, sometimes it is helpful to take a look at those primary sources that are cited in that secondary source to get a little bit more information with regard to how
    • The particular data was obtained, what kinds of questions might have been raised, to get a little bit more information about that.
    • So again, sort of a bottom line here, data-driven type of papers.
    • Some students
    • like to read conceptual or theoretical papers. These papers might suggest a particular framework for looking at certain issues, certain problems, or make recommendations based on theoretical or hypothetical situations, coming up with models of different things.
    • And, these are not data-driven.
    • articles. These are articles that are suggesting something could possibly be a good thing, okay? And as a result, what these articles do very often is mainly argue
    • a particular position, more or less the way that you’re arguing for a particular position. You cannot provide supporting evidence by pointing to the fact that somebody else is making the same argument that you are.
    • Right? So you want to have, essentially, data-driven publications, and you’re going to be using the data, the findings from that data, and the interpretation of the results of the analysis of that data to support your arguments.
    • If you’re not sure what kind of a source you’re looking at, you can send me a message, and I’ll take a look at it, and let you know if it can be used, and if it can be used, and under which conditions.
    • could it be used? So it’s not necessarily saying these cannot be used absolutely, but they must be used in the correct context, and for the right purpose.
    • Right? Number four, this should be, obvious, but pick one standard citation format and use it consistently throughout the paper.
    • Use it… use the same citation format to cite your references within the text, in-text citation format, bibliographic format.
    • It should all be consistent. Don’t be switching around and use one type of citation format for citing your references within the text, and then use a different one in the bibliography. Definitely do not use different types of citation formats in one single bibliography.
    • And number 5, perhaps the thing that I will most be taking a look at over here, is the content of your annotation within the annotated bibliography.
    • And so, what you’ll be doing is writing both a summary, of the source.
    • And also, an evaluation of the validity of that source.
    • Why it is considered valid, And more importantly, perhaps, its usefulness to you in writing this particular paper.
    • So, in order to indicate the validity of the source, one of the things that you can do is indicate whether the reference is peer-reviewed. Peer-reviewed journal articles
    • tend to be more valid, more credible, because they’ve been reviewed by a board of experts. It’s not just somebody publishing to an online journal, or having just one person review their paper, but it is an entire board
    • Of experts who must review it and determine that, yes, this does correspond to what we currently believe to be
    • The, credible science behind all of this information.
    • And let you go ahead.
    • If it’s not peer-reviewed, at least indicate if it’s primary or a secondary source. So, a primary source article that is data-driven, that documents the method that was used, the data that was developed, the analysis, and the results of that analysis.
    • Can be valid, especially if it’s a credible journal.
    • It may not necessarily be peer-reviewed, but that is more credible than a secondary source journal that is not peer-reviewed.
    • Secondary sources that are not review… peer-reviewed can pull together a wide variety of information that has not been very credibly
    • looked into, investigated to check for their validity, and then they write something, and it could possibly lead you down some wrong trails. So, that’s something to avoid.
    • If you’re not sure what your source is, again, please consult with me, and I can take a look at it. And again, as I said before, in some cases, it might be alright to use that particular article.
    • Summarize the content of the source.
    • This does not mean copy and paste the abstract.
    • This means looking through the abstract and looking through… now you need to have read through the article, not just the abstract. Read through the entire paper.
    • What was the purpose of that article? What was that specific article trying to do? What was it testing? What was it trying to uncover? What was its purpose?
    • What were some of the main or major findings and the methods they used to obtain those findings?
    • This very typically is covered in an abstract, but as I said, do not copy-paste the abstract. You need to read it, understand it, provide your own interpretation, and write it down to submit it here.
    • The last part is also very important. This is where you take a look at that paper, and if there is something in that paper that you believe is going to be useful to you in your paper.
    • Because it’s either going to support an argument, it’s going to provide background for the issues that you’re looking at, or it’s going to illustrate how significant an issue it is that you’re addressing, or the fact that that solution is significant, okay?
    • That’s what you need to include here. That’s going to match with whatever section of the paper you’re going to use that reference for.
    • Right? So, describe… In that section of your outline, the source…
    • And how it will be used
    • In that particular section of the paper.
    • If you have a particular article that you believe will be useful in multiple sections of your paper, then indicate what about it is useful for
    • The different sections of the paper that you will be using.
    • For example, if it’s good to provide background, then do not use it to support an argument, necessarily.
    • or if it’s very useful in demonstrating the significance, that might be useful in the introduction, but it might also be useful in later on in a discussion section. So you need to differentiate the usefulness of
    • Article, if you’re going to be using the same article, with regard to how it fits into different sections of your paper.
    • So I’m gonna talk briefly about The format… okay.
    • I’m going to show you how it should be written.
    • I want to make, again, a very strong, if not repetitive, point.
    • over here, I want this to be written by you.
    • Right? I do not want an AI-generated annotated bibliography.
    • And should I get a paper that is flagged as being significantly AI-generated content, I will call… I will ask you to send me a message to schedule
    • online Zoom office meeting to discuss why it got flagged.
    • Right? I have made several recommendations using tools such as the Google Docs version history.
    • the Word document using track changes.
    • To document the different edits that you made to show that you yourself wrote this paper.
    • If… It is impossible to tell after our discussion via Zoom I will have to refer
    • the paper to the SCAI, the Student Conduct and Academic Integrity Office, and they will have to review it.
    • Because it takes so long for them to do this, I need to do this as soon as possible.
    • And that is why I’m asking for an immediate 3-day return of my message, should your paper be flagged, and should I not be able to resolve the issue with you.
    • All right? So, please make sure and do everything you can, to demonstrate that this is your own work.
    • Should you ever be flagged for this, okay? So, I know I’m being repetitive throughout the semester, but it is important to remind you.
    • So let’s take a look at a good… an example of a good bibliography.
    • And so you see the outline here of the introduction.
    • You have the body.
    • With the different sub-arguments.
    • Okay, and then you have the counter-argument.
    • And… For the body, you have sub-argument 1, and you have the actual sub-argument
    • That is going to be presented here.
    • And you do that for sub-argument 2, sub-argument 3,
    • If you have a sub-argument for, do it there, or for the counter-argument, what that counter-argument would be.
    • Don’t just leave it sub-argument 1, and don’t write an entire paragraph or multiple sentences. This should be a very straightforward sub-argument.
    • So you have the introduction, and this is pretty much the layout. You’ve got something that is very clearly the first reference over here.
    • And it’s a full reference, full citation. The same citation, format is used throughout the annotated bibliography and the paper.
    • And, it comes in here, this journal article introduces a broad range of sustainability goals and targets created throughout the years.
    • May they address the Planetary Boundaries Concept Module?
    • All right? The source is useful for creating a wider context to the particular solution for creating more sustainable cities. So it’s indicating, kind of the general
    • application of this particular article for the paper.
    • It provides evidence creating more sustainable cities can sustainably remain, I’m sorry, sustainable cities can successfully help society.
    • Remain within the planetary boundaries.
    • It is a primary
    • source. It has… it introduces the methodology, the resources that they used to create that study.
    • Does not appear to be a peer-reviewed journal, but it is a primary source, and so for that reason, they demonstrate credibility.
    • I also take a look here at that particular journal, Ambio, a journal of the human environment, and I am extremely familiar with that particular journal, and I know how credible it is. It’s a good, journal, and so I say that’s… that’s good.
    • Okay? I’m able to follow the link that is provided and read the article should I have some more questions about it.
    • Also, another thing to do is take a look at the dates. In your database searches, most of you limited your search to the last 10 years. There might have been a couple of you who did an unlimited search, but most of you did limit it to some degree. That is good.
    • However, you might find that there might be an article that all articles refer to, and it was written maybe 20, 30 years ago, and yet every single article seems to point to that particular reference. That means that is a key reference
    • in that particular field. And, in cases such as that, it is…
    • It is possible that you might want to go and take a look at that particular article, and maybe use it yourself in your particular article as well.
    • There might be other historical,
    • journals, also, or articles that might be useful to you. They should not be used to demonstrate what the current knowledge is in the field.
    • But they do serve a purpose for creating some sort of a historical context for a particular issue.
    • a particular topic that you might be addressing. So sometimes those old articles are acceptable, But,
    • when I do see an older article, I will take a look at it and try to see whether… how it’s being used, and if it’s being used appropriately.
    • You organize this alphabetically, and so here in the introduction, you start with an H, you go to a K.
    • Sub-argument number one, green infrastructure drastically reduces air temperature and air pollution within cities. Okay, I got that.
    • And…
    • the same thing comes up. Okay, this is not… when I read this, this is not what is written in the abstract. This is written by somebody who has reviewed the article and is providing their own summary of that article.
    • With a particular focus with regard to how that article will fit into the paper that they are writing.
    • And they’re trying to elaborate whether or not the source is valid or credible.
    • And, again, if you use a peer-reviewed article, the fact that it is peer-reviewed by itself helps to make it… [Content truncated to 3000 words]

  • Week 5 Activity- Marketing Yourself

    In this week’s activity, you will interact with a sample resume to see how to highlight your unique strengths, skills, and personal brand.

    Directions

    • View the
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    • Be sure to
    • .
    • Note: If you are using FireFox, you may download the template within the Week 5 Interactive activity.
    • Save the template as Lastname_Firstname_BUS210_Week5.
    • Next, answer the questions, save, and submit your completed document.
    • Note: Watch
    • for assistance with completing and submitting your assignment template using the Strayer Mobile App.

  • ADA, OT, and Community

    I live in the Albany area if you want to use something from my area

    Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): accessibilitychecklist2012.pdf, ADA OT and Community – Google Docs (1).pdf

    Note: Content extraction from these files is restricted, please review them manually.

  • Mid Term

    Midterm Project

    OVERVIEW

    For your midterm project, which is worth 30 percent of your total grade, you will prepare a paper on VaR (value at risk). The requirements for your paper are described below.

    REQUIREMENTS

    Include the following elements in your midterm project.

    The body of your paper, not including a title page and any reference/citation pages, should be between 3000 and 3750 words. With a typical font and double spacing, this will be approximately 12 to 15 pages.

    After each element below is a suggested length in pages. These suggestions are meant to help you plan your project. They are not required lengths for individual parts.

    1. Provide a description of VaR and information on its origins and history. [12]
    2. Discuss the three primary measures of VaR, including the variance/covariance method, historical simulation, and Monte Carlo simulation. [56]
    3. Compare and contrast the methods in terms of the accuracy and reliability of the VaR estimates obtained.
    4. Discuss the pros and cons of each method.
    5. Discuss and evaluate at least three criticisms of VaR as a risk measure. [23]
    6. Analyze at least two variations/modifications of VaR. [2]
    7. Provide sample calculations using the variance/covariance and historical simulation methods. [12]
    8. Conclusion. Tie your paper together with a brief conclusion. [up to 1]

    Your paper should conform to APA style in terms of in-text citations and the list of works cited. It should display a clear style and proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. It should discuss course concepts coherently and competently.

    GRADING CRITERIA

    The course site includes a link to the rubric that will be used to grade your paper.

    WRITING AND RESEARCH RESOURCES

    The following links provide online writing and research aids to help you with your paper assignments.

    • [Online Writing Lab] at Purdue University
    • , the Writing Center at the University of WisconsinMadison
    • (an online guide from the New Jersey State Library to assist you in starting your research, searching databases for articles, citing sources, using ILLiad to request books or articles, etc.]

  • Reaction Paper

    write a 2 page critique/reactionary descriptive paper in response to the articleThe False Mirror that addresses a philosophical topic or issue of importance to society. Must include a minimum of 2 citations.

  • Chapter 1

    Please follow the directions and template to create your Chapter 1 introduction:

    Here is a how-to to create your paper in APA style PowerPoint presentation:

    How to create an APA reference page using Scribbr:

    Your paper should be 3 or more pages in length NOT including the Title page and reference page

    Here is the grading rubric:

    How to use Turnitin for plagiarism:

    How to use ETS grammar checker on Turnitin:

    You MUST include a clean ReciteWorks with your paper submission. Failure to do so will result in an automatic ZERO!!!! Here is a video on how to use Reciteworks:

    ONLY USE PEER-REVIEWED SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AS SOURCES AND/OR YOUR RESEARCH METHODS, PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT, STATISTICS TEXTBOOK! DO NOT USE WEBPAGES OR THE INTERNET AS REFERENCES!!!!

    Write in your OWN words, cite appropriately, and create a reference page. Otherwise, this is considered plagiarism. A Turnitin score higher than 20 will be a red flag and may result in a score of ZERO on the assignment. When in doubt paraphrase. !!!!

    Your paper needs to have matching citations and references. Failure to do this will result in an AUTOMATIC ZERO since it is considered plagiarism!!!

    PROOFREAD YOUR WORK!!! THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS TO READ WHAT YOU WROTE OUT LOUD!!!!

    Do NOT use a MAC computer, IPAD, cellphone and/or Googledocs to complete the assignment!!! The formatting will come out incorrect! Only use a PC and Microsoft Word.

    These are the references from google scholarly

    • Primack et al., 2017 American Journal of Preventive Medicine
    • Keles et al., 2020 International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
    • *ABCD Study (NIH-funded, peer-reviewed journal article)

    Make sure they follow the directions professor is asking if not hell find accurate ones. The references can be within the last 7 years old nothing past it.

  • Emerging Technologies Paper

    This assignment is worth 200 points. Preparing the Assignment Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions. General Instructions Visit the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Healthcare IT News homepage Links to an external site.. Select an article or white paper published on the HIMSS Healthcare IT News homepage within the past 6 months related to artificial intelligence or precision medicine. News articles and editorials may be used to find an example of an emerging technology and must be appropriately cited. News articles are typically editorials and blogs, which do not meet the standards for acceptable scholarly sources. Please review the NP Program Expectations for Scholarly Resources document Download NP Program Expectations for Scholarly Resources documentOpen this document with ReadSpeaker docReader . Download the Week 6 Emerging Technologies template Download Week 6 Emerging Technologies templateOpen this document with ReadSpeaker docReader . Use of the template is required. If the template is not used, a 10% deduction will be applied. See the rubric. Save the template and include your name in the file name. Write 1000 1500 words (excluding title and reference pages). Use APA in-text citations and complete references to support your writing. Follow APA current edition rules for grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation consistent with formal, scholarly writing. Abide by Chamberlain University’s academic integrity policy. Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the grading rubric): Article Selection Select an article or white paper published on the HIMSS Healthcare IT News homepage within the past 6 months related to artificial intelligence or precision medicine. Article Summary Provide a clear summary of the article. Identify and define the emerging technology described in the article. Provide an in-text citation from one scholarly source to support your writing. Example of Technology Describe your intended area of practice. Provide an example of how the emerging technology could be used in your future area of nursing practice. Provide an in-text citation from one scholarly source to support your writing. Ethical, Legal, and Safety Issues Describe at least one legal issue related to the emerging technology. Describe at least one ethical concern related to the emerging technology. Describe at least one client safety concern related to the emerging technology. Provide an in-text citation from one scholarly source to support your writing. Mitigating Strategies Describe a mitigating strategy for the identified legal issue related to the emerging technology. Describe a mitigating strategy for the identified ethical concern related to the emerging technology. Describe a mitigating strategy for the identified client safety concern related to the emerging technology. Provide an in-text citation from one scholarly source to support your writing. Reflection Identify whether you support the use of the technology in healthcare. Provide a rationale for why or why not. Reflect on how the knowledge will improve your effectiveness as an advanced practice nurse.

  • Week 4 Activity- Connecting the Dots

    Overview

    Now that you know your strengths and have started to identify your personal brand, you want to think about your career path. An important part of building your brand and marketing yourself is to understand your skills, interests, and values and to leverage those into a fulfilling career. The Strayer University Career Center offers many valuable resources to help students identify and investigate career choices.

    In this activity, you will review the Career Exploration Guides available in the Strayer Career Center. This will help you determine your educational and/or career goals and improve your professional marketability by better understanding occupation-specific information. You will also find this information useful when you develop an Elevator Pitch as part of your next assignment.

    Instructions

    Using the information from your exploration of the Career Center and the O*Net Occupational Information Network, imagine you completed an interview for the job you researched.

    • In a Word Document, draft a hypothetical Thank You email to the employer who interviewed you.
    • Include the following information to reiterate why you would be perfect for the job:
    • The job title.
    • The characteristics you possess that make you well-suited for the position (these can be hypothetical): knowledge, skills, strengths (from your CliftonStrengths assessment), experience, training, education, tasks, etc.
    • Conclude with your personal brand statement.
    • Save the document as Lastname_FirstName_BUS210_Week4.
    • Submit the activity using the Week 4 Assignment link.

    Note: This is personal writing, so you shouldn’t need to cite anything, but if you use information from a source, be sure to cite it. The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

    • Optional tip to extend this learning: Visit the to leverage a library of 8,000+ interview-driven videos with industry professionals. Here you can find videos that align with your specific career interests. With each Candid Career video, you can choose to watch the full video (which is just a few minutes long) or skip to the parts youre most interested in by clicking a specific tab, like how to prepare or finding success. Each video features professionals working in that particular career area.

    How to Access Career Information

    Step 1: Visit the located in the Strayer Career Center. Log in as a student.

    Step 2: Select your program (or a program you are interested in) and then select a degree and view the Career Exploration Guide.

    Note: These are listed on the page and expand when clicked, but they are not titled “Program.”

    Step 3: Under Explore This Field, you will find links to professional organizations, industry information, and job boards. Select a few from each category to learn more about jobs that require the skills, knowledge, and abilities you have or are pursuing in your academic journey.

    Step 4: Under Industry Information, click on

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    Step 5: In the top right corner, enter a job title in the Search field. Choose a job that matches your unique personal brand.

    Step 6: Select a position and take note of the details under each of the categories listed here:

    • Occupation-Specific Information
    • Occupational Requirements
    • Experience Requirements
    • Worker Requirements
    • Worker Characteristics
    • Workforce Characteristics

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  • Nurse As Leader Reflection Paper

    Assignment Overview

    All nurses are leaders in one way or another. This week you will reflect on how you can or do function as a leader. Remember, it is not necessary to hold a leadership title to be a leader.

    Instructions

    Answer the following questions as you reflect on your role as a nurse leader.

    • What are your strongest leadership skills?
    • How do you use your leadership skills to collaborate with the healthcare team, promote change, or advocate for better patient outcomes?
    • What steps would you like to take to further develop your leadership skills?
    • What leadership opportunities would you like to explore in the future?

    Format & Grading

    • APA formatted title page, page numbers, and body of paper
    • Adhere to basic APA writing mechanics spelling, grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, etc.
    • May write in first person tense
    • References are not required, but if used they should follow APA format
    • Typical length is 2-3 pages

    Review the