AI Report

INTRODUCTION

Write a short paragraph to explain what this report is about. This must be the shortest section of this report. This section must be less than a half page. Do NOT use indentation at the beginning of each paragraph.  In-line citation should follow the APA style (Author’s last name, Year).

PROBLEM

Define the problem to be solved.  What question(s) are you going to answer? Justify why it is important to solve the problem and the question(s) you wrote.

Do NOT use indentation at the beginning of each paragraph.  In-line citation should follow the APA style (Author’s last name, Year).Write only two or three paragraphs. This section should be about a half page.

EVIDENCE

Identify relevant facts and data to come up with solutions to the problem. Evidence can include relevant facts, rules, theories, models, concepts, techniques, perspectives or guidelines.Write evidences as facts with source following the APA reference style (Author’s last name and published Year), NOT as speculation. Ask yourself:

• How do I know these are facts rather than opinions, inferences or assumptions?
• From what perspective am I viewing the evidence? Are there other perspectives from which to view the evidence?
• What additional information do I need?

This is one of the main sections. This section must be more than one page. Do NOT use indentation at the beginning of each paragraph.  In-line citation should follow the APA style (Author’s last name, Year).

ANALYSIS

Generate and evaluate three alternative solutions to the problem in light of the evidence you mentioned in the above “Evidence” section. Explain strengths and weaknesses of the alternatives.  Ask yourself:

• Does each alternative really address the problem to be solved?
• How well does the evidence support each alternative?
• Do I need to find more or different evidence or data to help me generate and/or assess alternatives?

• What are the strengths and weaknesses of each alternative?
• What assumptions and inferences am I making?  Are these justified?
• What are the practical implications of each alternative?
• What criteria will I use to determine which is the optimal alternative?

This is one of the main sections.This is one of the main sections. This section must be more than one page. Do NOT use indentation at the beginning of each paragraph.  In-line citation should follow the APA style (Author’s last name, Year).

You may wish to use the following table to help you organize your evaluation of the relative merits of each alternative solution to the problem.

Table 1: Summary of Alternative Solutions

All figures, tables, images, etc. must credit a “source” of the image/graphic unless they are your own. If the image/graphic was created or generated by the author(s), then please list the last name and a year. If the image/graphic was not created by the author(s), please provide the source from which the figure was obtained, such as a scanned image from a book, an image from a website, etc.  For example,

Figure 1: Sample Figure -Enter the Caption of the Figure in Title Case

Source: Chart Adapted from Author’s Last Name and Year of Publication

SOLUTION AND CONCLUSIONS

Choose theoptimal solutionbased on good evidence, relevant facts and data, and your decision-making criteria.  Explain why your solution is better than the alternatives.

At the end, write concluding statements to provide advice. This assignment asks you for solid “business” advice, NOT the “most sociallyresponsible”path. Write a short paragraph to conclude this report.

Write two or three paragraphs. This section must be less than a page. Do NOT introduce new evidence or concepts in this section.

Note: From INTRODUCTION though SOLUTION AND CONCLUSIONS are the body of your report, which should be 5-10 pages.

REFERENCES (The below are APA examples of online source, article in periodical, and book in the alphabetically ordered by the author’s last name.BUT use the numbered list as shown below so the summary table of the CRAAP test result can use the number.See Appendix.)

1. Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites, 149. Retrieved from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving
2. Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
3. Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.

At least 10 references are required.

Note: This is NOT part of the body. 5-10 pages PLUS Cover page, REFERENCES, and APPENDIX.

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APPENDIX

Include the details of data, quantitative analysis and other necessary information to back your problem, goals, and solutions.