Servant Leadership Thesis

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Servant Leadership Thesis Research Questions

• Students are to develop at least five questions
  about Servant Leadership that can be answered
  through the research articles and other sources
  assembled for the Servant Leadership research
  paper. These questions are the basis for a thesis
  statement that will serve as the focal point of
  the Servant Leadership research paper. For this
  assignment, students should submit a thesis
  statement and at least five questions along with
  a proper APA cover page and references page. 2
  additional sources, beyond the three articles
  from the previous assignment, should be properly
  listed on the references page.

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Thesis Statement

• Determine what kind of paper you are writing
• An analytical paper breaks down an issue or an
  idea into its component parts, evaluates the
  issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and
  evaluation to the audience.
• An expository (explanatory) paper explains
  something to the audience.
• An argumentative paper makes a claim about a
  topic and justifies this claim with specific
  evidence. The claim could be an opinion, a policy
  proposal, an evaluation, a cause-and-effect
  statement, or an interpretation. The goal of the
  argumentative paper is to convince the audience
  that the claim is true based on the evidence
  provided.

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Thesis Statement Narrative

• If you are writing a text which does not fall
  under these three categories (ex. a narrative), a
  thesis statement somewhere in the first paragraph
  could still be helpful to your reader.
• Your thesis statement should be specificit
  should cover only what you will discuss in your
  paper and should be supported with specific
  evidence.
• The thesis statement usually appears at the end
  of the first paragraph of a paper.
• Your topic may change as you write, so you may
  need to revise your thesis statement to reflect
  exactly what you have discussed in the paper.

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Example of an analytical thesis statement

• An analysis of the college admission process
  reveals one challenge facing counselors
  accepting students with high test scores or
  students with strong extracurricular
  backgrounds.
• The paper that follows should
• explain the analysis of the college admission
  process
• explain the challenge facing admissions
  counselors

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Example of an expository (explanatory) thesis
statement

• The life of the typical college student is
  characterized by time spent studying, attending
  class, and socializing with peers.

The paper that follows should explain how
students spend their time studying, attending
class, and socializing with peers
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Example of an argumentative thesis statement

• High school graduates should be required to take
  a year off to pursue community service projects
  before entering college in order to increase
  their maturity and global awareness.
• The paper that follows should
• present an argument and give evidence to support
  the claim that students should pursue community
  projects before entering college

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Hypothesis

• Clearly stated.
• What is being studied.
• Research design being used.
• Variables to be measured.
• A hypothesis is a prediction. It is an educated
  guess as to how a scientific experiment will turn
  out. It is an educated guess because it is based
  on previous research, training, observation, and
  a review of the relevant research literature.

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Variables

• Categorical variables are groups...such as gender
  or type of degree sought.
• QUANTITATIVE variables are ones that exist along
  a continuum that runs from low to high.
• QUALITATIVE variables do not express differences
  in amount, only differences.

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Variables

• Independent (Experimental, Manipulated,
  Treatment, Grouping) Variable-That factor which
  is measured, manipulated, or selected by the
  experimenter to determine its relationship to an
  observed phenomenon.
• Dependent (Outcome) Variable-That factor which is
  observed and measured to determine the effect of
  the independent variable, i.e., that factor that
  appears, disappears, or varies as the
  experimenter introduces, removes, or varies the
  independent variable.
• Moderator Variable- That factor which is
  measured, manipulated, or selected by the
  experimenter to discover whether it modifies the
  relationship of the independent variable to an
  observed phenomenon. It is a special type of
  independent variable.

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Hypothesis Samples

• "It is predicted that the salary level of workers
  will be positively correlated with a measure of
  overall happiness in their job performance."
• "It is hypothesized that a rating of how
  satisfied workers are with their current salary
  will be positively correlated with a measure of
  their overall happiness and job satisfaction."
• "it is predicted scores on a scale rating the
  level of childhood trauma will be inversely
  correlated with scores on a scale of overall
  adult happiness."

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Sample Questions for Servant Leadership Paper

• "Is our business structured - organized - to
  produce servant leadership?
• What is Servant Leadership?
• Will practicing Servant Leadership improve
  productivity in my company?