The research paper is a formal paper and the text should be formatted using APA style – double-spaced. The paper is expected to be properly prepared and professionally presented paper. That means a title page with a correct header and a running head, the core text of your research, and a reference list fully and properly set up and laid out with a minimum of six external sources of cited material. There should be 1500 to 2000 words of text/content excluding the material covered above, anything over 2500 words is too long and anything under 1500 words will be treated as non-responsive and will not be graded.
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
· Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style.
· Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
· Include cover page and reference page.
· At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
· No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
