Final Project-Paper: Your paper needs to be written in APA format and 8-9 pages in length. Focus most of your attention to addressing points 2-4. It is worth 90 points. The research you use must come from peer-reviewed, academic journals.
I Have research question ready you will be going and writing off of
Guideline Questions
What is your research question? Why did you choose this question? *I have my research question done and will provide in the a separate document
What sociological concepts can you use to better understand your question (use at least 2 from course materials)? *I have the concepts from my course material picked out and will send over in a separate document
Find at least two examples of sociological research that address your question:
In general, how did the researchers investigate the question?
What did they find?
What are the implications of their findings for your research question?
- How does sociology help us better understand the social world we live in?
Organization of you paper
- Your final paper will include the section below. Include the headers in your paper.
Introduction
In this section your will introduce your question and apply the course materials
- Address guideline questions 1 & 2
Methodology
- Discuss your use of secondary data sources as your methodology
- Explain the methodology and include a discussion of the benefits and drawbacks
- Was it difficult or easy to find resources? Offer an explanation why.
- How did you decide on which sources to use?
Research
Present your outside research
Address guideline question 3
Conclusion
Restate your question and how your research addresses it
- Address guideline question 4
-You can use sources outside of this database but they must be peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles. Using this database in the way I described ensures that you are using appropriate materials however there are other online sources, like Google ScholarLinks to an external site., which can also yield appropriate materials.