Topic: Fog Computing

Should narrow your research to some specific technical aspects related to the subject. 

Research the speculations on where the state-of-the-art will be in the near future for one of the following technologies. Your paper should include a description of the state-of-the-art in your technology, a discussion of where the sources that you read believe the technology is heading in the near future, and a discussion of how this technology will affect the choices you would make if you were making purchase recommendations for a client. Although there is room for personal opinion in your paper, you must justify your conclusions.

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The different types of research can be classified as Theoretical, Empirical, and Evaluation. Theoretical research is focused on explaining phenomena through the logical analysis and synthesis of theories, principles, and the results of other forms of research such as empirical studies. Empirical research is focused on testing conclusions related to theories. Evaluation research is focused on a particular program, product or method, usually in an applied setting, for the purpose of describing, improving, or estimating its effectiveness and worth. 

Research methods are broadly classified as Quantitative and Qualitative. 

• Quantitative research includes experimental, quasi-experimental, correlational, and other methods that primarily involve collection of quantitative data and its analysis using inferential statistics such as t-tests, ANOVA, correlation, and regression analysis. 
• Qualitative research includes observation, case studies, diaries, interviews, and other methods that primarily involve the collection of qualitative data and its analysis using grounded theory and ethnographic approaches. The Case Study method provides a way of studying human events and actions in their natural surroundings. It captures people and events as they appear in their daily circumstance. It can offer a researcher empirical and theoretical gains in understanding phenomena. 

You bring a wealth of expertise to your studies. This knowledge and skills should be used to formulate a research paper that raises new questions, new possibilities, and regards existing problems from a new angle. Effective research compares, contrasts, analyzes, evaluates, synthesizes, and integrates information rather than simply reports it. It should contain references to and examples of various theorists, theories, ideas, philosophies, being compared and contrasted as well as synthesized and integrated within your work. The research paper must demonstrate scholarly treatment of the material that has been selected for further study. It goes without saying that the research paper must be free of spelling and grammatical errors. References must be cited correctly using APA style. 

Research studies must include a Breadth and Depth components. In the Breadth component, you should demonstrate familiarity with broad theoretical and conceptual topic area and provide an overview of major theories, theorists, and schools of thought. The Depth section should promote understanding of latest research and build on theory presented in the Breadth section; it should be designed to foster greater depth, development and detail in examination of one or more aspects that has already been introduced. 

Checklist

While developing the Research Paper, the following questions should be used as a checklist: 

• Does the research deal with significant and meaningful problem that lends itself to a substantial research effort?
• Is there a justification that demonstrates why the problem is worth studying?
• Is it clear who or what will be aided by research findings?
• Will the findings provide a basis for generalized conclusions or have practical applicability?
• Is the purpose of the research expressed clearly?
• Is the research question or hypotheses stated concisely and explicitly? Does it logically flow from the problem?
• Are limitations of the study identified with recognition of their consequences?
• Are technical terms well defined? Are definitions clear and unambiguous?
• Is the theoretical framework related to previous research? Is previous work on the topic critically appraised?
• Is the research informed by primary sources of theories, concepts, principles and models in the field, and are they referred to specifically?
• Are methods of data collection appropriately explained?
• Is data analysis complete and presented logically?

Are conclusions and recommendations useful and tied to findings?

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Details on the Individual Research Paper:

1. Length and Style: The body of an analytic research paper should be at least 10 pages in length (but not more than 11 pages) and typed using the APA Guide. The projects distill fundamental issues, discuss the various available solutions, discuss the benefits and limitations of the available solutions, and provide a new solution and justification. The papers must state a thesis, and based on the research, attempt to prove or disprove that thesis. An adequate literature search will include a few books and journal articles (or other relevant documents). A search of Internet documentation is required. You should develop a conclusion which synthesizes the literature in such a way as to demonstrate new knowledge.

Guidelines for the format of the paper are as follows:

• The paper should be 10-11 pages of text in length. (This minimum and maximum length should not include the title page, separate figures and tables, or the list of references);
• The paper should include a one paragraph abstract, an introduction, and a conclusion – think as if you were writing for a professional journal;
• The paper should use the APA format (double-spaced, 12-point Times New Romanfont, one inch margins, page numbers with running head in upper right corner, section titles, citations, and references in accordance with the APA standard).

Some notes about APA format:

The Graduate School uses the fifth edition of the Publications Manual of the APA as its standard. The fourth edition used conventions that were common to copy editors and proof readers who were dealing with manuscripts; for instance we would underline certain section titles to indicate that the final version would be be in italics. Other conventions had tables and figures attached at the end of the paper, because until proofs were prepared for final printing, the editors did not know where graphics would fit on the page. In the fifth edition, the APA has finally recognized that most of us now have direct access to desktop publishing software, so we can put things in italics directly. (They still want us to stick tables and figures at the end, but for purposes of this paper you can place them in line with the text if you wish). Other differences deal with the way we list references: the fourth edition had us indent the first line of a reference, but in the fifth edition, the first line is left-adjusted, and the following lines are indented. The fifth edition also has enhanced the instructions for how to cite electronic references. Pages 306-320 of the fifth edition show a sample paper with annotations. You can get aIDitional information from the APA web site at http://www.apastyle.org 

2. Process: Writers are required to use the structured approach to project construction to aid them in completing a successful paper. Consider the following as milestones

• Paper Title and Thesis (the proposition that you intend to support).
• Bibliography (a variety of sources, not just web documents.)
• Paper Progress
  – a brief description (abstract) of 200 to 300 words indicating the paper’s scope (the nature and extent of your coverage)
  – hierarchical structure of topics (outline down to second level.)