APA (edition "APA 7") Economics

Economic Data and Business Decision Making

Must follow APA 7 guidelines Needs a running head.

Part 1. Economic Data and Business Decision Making (600-800 words)

Read Hughes-Cromwick & Coronados (2019) article on the value of economic data on business decisions. (Attached)

Identify and Discuss examples of economic data used by specific industries to enhance business decision making. (Last 5 years)

Prepare a 600 to 800-word SUMMARY of the research conducted for the key area using a minimum of 5 additional  new peer reviewed journal articles (last 5 years)- Stay within the word count.

        There should be an introduction (Remember APA 7 does not allow the word Introduction as a sub header)

        Use the title of each research article as the Heading above your Discussion/Response.

        Last paragraph Further Research. Identify QUESTIONS the researchers identified as needing further exploration in these areas.

Find five (5) Scholarly peer reviewed articles in this area Within the last 5 years

Discuss the contributions of the 5 additional journal articles and how these articles help to provide additional clarity on the topic.

Each Journal Articles title is the Heading above your response, and this heading is left justified.

(State the name of the Journal Article)

            Discuss the Contribution of this article and in a separate paragraph discuss how this article provide additional clarity on the topic.

(State the name of the Journal Article)

            Discuss the Contribution of this article and in a separate paragraph discuss how this article provide additional clarity on the topic.

(State the name of the Journal Article)

            Discuss the Contribution of this article and in a separate paragraph discuss how this article provide additional clarity on the topic.

Etc. for the remaining 2 journal articles.

Part 2 Annotated Bibliography:  1 paragraph per source. Total of 5 paragraphs

In preparation for writing each of your discussion forums, you should submit an annotated bibliography. An annotated bibliography is a list of sources (books, journals, Web sites, periodicals, etc.) one has used for researching a topic (Annotated Bibliographies, 2020).

For all sources used in your discussion forum you should:

        Provide an APA formatted Citation

        Summarizethe source and discuss the research study that was conducted and what the findings were.

        Assess the source and discuss how useful it is and how it compares with other sources in your paper.

        Reflecton how the source will be useful to you in your forum. How does it help to shape your argument and how are you using it to shape your writing?

A sample APA formatted annotated bibliography can be found here: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/annotated_bibliography_samples.html