Choose 1 specific policy. You may want to use some of the feedback regarding your chosen policy from the Class Introductions

Choose 1 specific policy. You may want to use some of the feedback regarding your chosen policy from the Class Introductions

Annotated Bibliography Instructions

This assignment is the foundation that will be used to undergird the majority of the rest of the assignments in this course. Put forth the time and effort this assignment deserves in order to give yourself a good foundation for this course, as these sources will be used later for your Literature Review. Remember, you are not actually conducting the research. Your assignment is to develop the best plan possible using the best research methods to answer your research question.

You will choose 1 specific policy. You may want to use some of the feedback regarding your chosen policy from the Class Introductions forum. For example, you can choose the policy of “Obamacare,” although it is not recommended that you do as it is too broad. It would be wise to give particular attention to the sections of the articles suggesting information for further research, as this may help you with future assignments for this course.

You will find 5 qualitative research articles (from a peer-reviewed journal) and 5 quantitative articles (from a peer-reviewed journal) on your chosen policy. You will then read these articles and provide a summary for each article in 150–200 words (for a total of 1500–2000 words). Arrange each entry to include the following: article citation, article type (qualitative or quantitative), and article summary.

This assignment must be formatted in current Turabian style, thus the first article cited and summarized will be the author with the last name closest to beginning with “A” since Turabian requires that you complete your reference list alphabetically.

Below are some potential/recommended policy topics for your research:

Unemployment Insurance

The Federal Deficit

Immigration and Labor Laws

Welfare Reform

Spending on Military Expenditures

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