W7 Assignment Sampling

This
week you have learned about sampling and its importance throughout the
process of quality assurance. Considering what you have learned, review
recent articles in the media to find a current event that you feel the
company could have used acceptance sampling for. The article should be
no older than six months of age. You may use your local media, CNN, MSN,
the Grantham University library, or any other media source of your
choosing. Be sure to explain in your analysis why acceptance sampling
would have been important for this company and how it would have changed
the outcome. Use your course materials and outside research to generate
a solid analysis on why these methods would be helpful. Your analysis
should be supported by research.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use
  at least three references from outside the course material, one
  reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other
  materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the
  three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data,
  dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper
  and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must
come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN,
online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites,
etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not
acceptable for academic writing.  

A detailed explanation of how to cite a source using APA can be found here (link).  

Download an example here.