BBS 490: Capstone Course

Email Nadine at nfanders@umich.edu with your research questions and/or to set up an online meeting.

During Summer I semester I am available from Sunday to Thursday to answer your emails and for online meetings. I do not engage in work emails outside of these days or during holidays.

This guide will help you with your Research Paper project:

1. Go to Online Library Access for help and instructions on accessing library databases, articles, and ebooks online

Annotated Bibliography

1. Go to Find Articles to find peer-reviewed journal articles about your research area
2. Go to Write Your Annotations for guidelines and instructions on putting together your annotations
3. Go to Write & Cite in APA for help formatting your citations in APA style

Research Proposal (Draft and Final)

1. Go to Find Articles to find peer-reviewed journal articles about your research area
2. Go to Analyze Your Articles to find key information in your research articles
3. Go to Use Your Articles for guidelines and instructions on using your articles to build your arguments and justifications for your proposed research study
4. Go to Write Your Introduction for guidelines and instructions on writing a compelling introduction and literature review
5. Go to Identify Methods & Populations to identify appropriate methodologies and populations for your research area and then find articles that justify the use of those methods and populations for your proposed research design
6. Go to Identify & Find Tests to identify appropriate tests and measures for your research area, find articles that justify the use of those tests and measures for your research design, and then find these tests and measures for your write-up
7. Go to Write & Cite in APA for help putting together your citations and formatting your References List in APA style

Research Paper 

1. Go to Find Articles to find peer-reviewed journal articles about your research area
2. Go to Analyze Your Articles to find key information in your research articles
3. Go to Use Your Articles for guidelines and instructions on using your articles to build your evidence, arguments and conclusions for your Discussion and Conclusions sections
4. Go to Write Your Research Paper for guidelines and instructions on putting together each section of your research paper
5. Go to Write & Cite in APA for help putting together your citations and formatting your Research Paper and References List in APA style

All planned research involving human subjects requires an IRB application. The primary goal of the IRB is to protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects recruited to participate in research activities conducted under the auspices of the University of Michigan-Dearborn. IRB-Dearborn reviews all planned research involving human subjects prior to initiation of the research, approves research that meets established criteria for protection of human subjects, and monitors approved research to ascertain that human subjects are indeed protected.