PLACE TITLE IN UPPERCASE LETTERS ON THIS LINE, 1.75” BELOW TOP OF PAGE AND IF TITLE IS MORE THAN ONE LINE, FORMAT IN INVERTED
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Your Name (3 space below title)
University of the Incarnate Word, Year(2 spaces below your name)
Research Focus. This heading begins three spaces below the university and year line. Headings begin at the left margin, are upper and lowercase, bolded, and end with a period. Begin thestructured abstract text a single space after the period and single space the text following each heading. Writers are encouraged to include more detail in the structured abstract, which may be as long as two pages. [Describe the objective or aim or purpose in the context of the research background. Depending on the type of study carried out, either (a) state the identified problem in the context of a brief account of prior research, and state the goal of the research; and/or (b) state the hypothesis in the context of existing research and what the hypothesis aims to test; or (c) state the question to be answered (or the assertion to be supported) in the context of existing literature, or body of theory, or personal experience, and why the question or assertion is important.]
Research Methods.Heading is a double line space from text in previous section and text is formatted as in previous section.[Describe the research design, which could be an empirical study (qualitative or quantitative) with or without a hypothesis, or an analytical or theoretical or discussion essay. For empirical studies, discuss data collection; discuss the population (the study sample) characteristics and collection methods and the setting (geographical location) where the data were found and methods of data analysis; or, in analytical, theoretical or literature review studies, discuss the parameters and method of analysis of the review of literature (or empirical case study, or personal experience), or the basis for the theory or argument.]
Research Results/Findings.Heading is a double line space from text in previous section and text is formatted as in previous section.[Describe the main findings in the context of the research focus; provide specific details about measurable outcomes; for non-empirical studies, present the main elements of the analysis or argument in the context of the aim or objective.]
Conclusions From Research.Heading is a double line space from text in previous section and text is formatted as in previous section.[State the conclusions and recommendations based on the research findings; or, for non-empirical studies, state the main conclusions and significance to the subject area.]