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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