OVERVIEWThe steps of the research process for the technical workplace, as described in Chapter 14, range from defining your research subject and formulating a research question or hypothesis, to
triangulating your sources, taking notes, appraising your evidence, and, finally, revising, accepting, or abandoning your hypothesis. This assignment gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your
engagement with those steps of the process, as well as to practice preparing evaluative annotations.DIRECTIONSPlease review Chapter 14, and then proceed as follows: • Summarize one of the print sources you have found in the process of researching for Writing Assignment #3: Analytical Report. See pages 382-383. Unlike the example summary on page
383, your summary should provide a complete introduction to the source (author name, title of source, contextual information that establishes the credibility of the source). • Follow your summary with commentary as described on page 383. This commentary should address the following questions: ◦ Why did you choose this source for the report? ◦ How did you think it could be used in your report?  ◦ NOTE: There should be a clear connection between the source content and the subject of your report.  • Follow the process describes under “Step 7: Appraise Your Evidence” to appraise your evidence: ◦ Is the Source Reliable? What did your Internet search reveal? Is this source reliable? Why/why not? ◦ How Biased Is the Source? If so, how so? If not, what has led you to that conclusion?  ◦ Am I Biased? What is one alternative view you can take into consideration? ◦ Is the Source Up to Date? If the source is not up to date, why did you select it?  ◦ Can the Evidence Verified? Can you identify the evidence in a few different independent sources?  ◦ Have I Plagiarized Any of My Sources? See pages 389-390.  • Follow “Step 8: Revise, Accept, or Abandon Your Hypothesis.” Explain why the information contained in this source has led you to accept, modify, or abandon your hypothesis (see
Writing/Research Prep: Research Methodology Outline for Analytical Report if you need a refresher on what your original hypothesis was).  • When you have finished this process, please review the source expectations for Writing Assignment #3: Analytical Report:Source Expectations
The report should use at least 7 sources, which represent the following categories: ◦ Triangulation (see page 398 in your text): ▪ At least one electronic source. ▪ At least one print source. ▪ At least one empirical source.  ◦ The B.E.A.M. schema (see more information below): ▪ At least one Background source. ▪ At least one Exhibition Source. ▪ At least one Argument source. ▪ At least one Methods source. ▪ • Finally, provide a complete annotation of the source you’ve summarized and appraised, as well as categorize it according to the B.E.A.M. Schema (see below for more information on
the B.E.A.M. Schema). For information on the B.E.A.M Schema, please review this slide presentation (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., and this PDF (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..  Note that each source will fall into one triangulation and one B.E.A.M category (you need to identify which B.E.A.M category your sources are in your Annotated Bibliography). Your sources must be
cited according to APA or MLA style (See Appendix C in your text for citation guides). Review this source (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. on annotating research sources. Each annotation should be at least 100 words and should provide a summary, assessment/evaluation, and reflection. For the evaluation portion of the annotation,
please use the questions provided on pages 387-388 of the textbook.Your annotation should be well-focused and well-organized (not simply a list of information/answers) and included at the end of the document.