What is a research project?

'A research paper an original thesis, or purpose statement, about a topic and develops that thesis with information gathered from a variety of sources' when performing research the main goal is to solve a theory or statement to come to a conclusion on if it is true or not. Essentially, proving the theory right or wrong is the main reason for performing a research project.

There are multiple sections of content that can be added to a research project and depend on how in-depth you would like to go must be covered. One potential item of content would be a title page in which the title of the research paper is presented and who it is written by. There are two main data sources that must also be included in a research paper, Primary and Secondary which is research you either do yourself or data performed by other people that can be used as evidence to back up your arguments or as factual proof of points you have made. Other content that may be added to a research paper could be an introduction which is pretty self-explanatory, it introduces the topic which you will be talking about, why you have chosen to talk about the topic and what you hope to conclude from your finding. A conclusion will also need to be added to a research paper, this ties in together all of your findings to come to a final statement on what you have discovered through your project. Finally, a bibliography must be added to the back of your research paper, this gives a list of sources you have used for data findings and also quotes, this can be done using the Havard style technique.

Overall, a research project is a written document which presents a question or theory which you must then answer using different sources of information to find a finale conclusion.