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Review of Research Seminar 1

Assignments

Charles C. TappertSeidenberg School of CSIS, Pace

University

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Assignment 1 – Review Research Paper

Forgery detection from handwriting wrinkliness

What was essence of research – problem/question?

Presentation logical? Reviewed previous literature? Were procedures explained? Were data collected? Suggestions for future work? Strengths? Weaknesses? What did you find most important, interesting?

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Assignment 2 – Review Research Paper

DPS Dissertation of your Choice What was essence of research –

problem/question? Presentation logical? Reviewed previous literature? Were procedures explained? Were data collected? Suggestions for future work? Strengths? Weaknesses? What did you find most important, interesting?

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Assignment 3 – Prototype Literature Review

Your Choice of Problem

Find a research problem Question for examination, hypothesis, theoretical

posture Review the related literature

Find 2-5 foundational (key) articles Write a brief

Review of the literature Strategy for working on the problem

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Assignment 4 Reverse Engineer Idea Paper from DPS

Dissertation

Select a DPS dissertation Can be the same one selected in assignment 2

Write an idea paper that the DPS student might have written to begin his/her research Describe the problem to be investigated Explain the investigation's significance

(addresses the "So what?" question) Briefly outline what is to be done