The components of this assignment include your research question, a purpose statement, and a literature review from the preliminary research question already completed.

We already provided:

1. State your the specific or combination of CBRN WMD that you want explore more in-depth that will generate new ideas for WMD planning (this is the start of the material for your research paper — due in week 6);

2. Offer a brief (one or two paragraph) purpose statement outlining your approach to the scenario and what you hope to show in your research;

3. Complete a literature review of seven academic sources on the subject you plan to write on. At least 4 of the 7 subjects must come from peer-reviewed journals. Use APA style in listing your sources.

***In this assignment, you will complete your research paper adding the methodology section, findings & analysis, and conclusions & recommendations sections to the week 2 assignment.

At this level, you are learning the core concepts of the discipline and you will produce a graduate level paper that presents a research “puzzle” relevant to the subject matter of this class. The paper will be no fewer than 17 pages, not including the cover page, the reference list, and any appendices.