University of Michigan Biology Fast Food & Happiness Discussion Paper Traditional path – Final paper: 5-7 pages double spaced traditional research paper on

University of Michigan Biology Fast Food & Happiness Discussion Paper Traditional path – Final paper: 5-7 pages double spaced traditional research paper on either: word count at least 1700
1) an area of interest relating to the topic of the course in which you write an insightful synthesis of literature (books or primary research literature, or online talks/webpages that are scientific in content; meaning NOT pop culture) that interests you, complete with references;
2) an analysis of your own questionnaire. This would be a paper in which you introduce a hypothesis or theory (“I propose that eating Oreos increases long term happiness”), collect data (“Ask everyone how they would feel after eating 1, 2, 5, 10, or 100 Oreos”), analyze the results (“How does feelings of happiness vary with Oreo consumption”) and make a conclusion (“Eating one or two Oreos can make a person feel better for a short while, but eating 100 can make them miserable and feeling sick. There seems to be an optimal number of Oreos to consume for short term pleasure.”) and discuss the results (“Doing something that is pleasurable may be best done in moderation and at the right time.”). (Btw, your real paper should be more meaningful than Oreos, but even with this silly example you could discuss the theory of a meaningful life in a deep manner.)
A basic science oriented paper has these parts:

1) Your name and date
2) Title
3) Introduction (background);
4) Hypothesis – somewhere in the introduction (what are you proposing?);
5) Experimental design (how will you do your experiment?);
6) Results (what did you find);
7) Discussion (what do your results mean in light of the topic).

Your traditional paper will be graded based upon the following (30 pts total):
Is the project relevant to the material in the class? 1 pt
How clear is your hypothesis? 2 pts
How well did your introduction set the stage for your project? 4 pts
Are your methods clear (if there are methods)? 2 pts
Did you clearly state your results/findings? 5 pts
How well did you discuss the results/findings? Is there evidence of a clear synthesis of what you have what you have read/learned? 10 pts
Writing mechanics – are their spelling and grammatical errors and are your sentences complete, etc? 5 pts
Do you give references (at least 5) that are clearly relevant to your project? 1 pt