After last semester’s research work, we are going to work toward writing either White Papers or Peer Reviewed Articles. To start off, we will be researching the basics of what exactly white papers are, why we would bother writing them, and what the differences are between them and peer reviewed papers. This blog post is intended to document my research and understanding of White Papers. What is a White Paper? Investopedia has a very business minded view of white papers, defining them as: “An informational document, usually issued by a company or not-for-profit organization, to promote or highlight the features of a solution, product, or service. They say that they are written as sales or marketing documents that are meant to entice the potential customer into further investigating the product or service in question.” This definition may have some overlap in that we are trying to inform the audience with what we are doing but we will not be looking to sell a product so there wi...
