Application #5

Post ID: 3297615

Data and Methods

In this assignment you will produce YOUR data and methods sections for your final research project.
Each student is required to conduct their own study.
This assignment allows me to review your study and help guide you for success.

Using the data I provided or another data set (must have my approval before you can proceed), locate data. Once you find a data set that has the variables you wish to use, write up your data and methods sections.

I have included italicized text to help you see where to fill in your data and methods information. This allows you to see where to drop in your own words - please do not italicize your words. Please use my paragraphs -- this class is to teach you how to write like a scientist. You must follow the American Sociological Association (ASA) format and your sections should look exactly like the sections below (without the italicized fields -- you will fill in your data and methods information in those fields).

DATA

The data are drawn from the insert the data source agency here. They include information from the year/s insert the years of your data. They include the population/sample of insert the group being surveyed and include n=insert the number of cases in the study insert the unit of analysis here – people, nations, schools, etc.. These data are particularly useful for the analysis because they include measures of insert your measures here. The data are not perfect as they do not consider insert any draw backs or limitations here. Despite this limitation, they do consider the key measures of this study.

{Choose population or sample. If your data include all people (like all college students) write "population"; if your data are a sample, write the word "sample." Choose year OR years - if your study is a snapshot of 1 year, use "year"; if it spans multiple years use "years."}

METHODS

The study will measure the effect of insert your independent variable here on insert your dependent variable here. It will compare insert the units of analysis here by insert race, class or gender here, specifically by considering how insert your measures here pattern the outcome of interest.

Example

DATA

The data are drawn from the Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. They include information from the year 2017-2018. They include the population of all high school students in Los Angeles Unified School District (N=170,093). These data are particularly useful for the analysis because they include measures of race and gender and graduation rates. The data are not perfect as they do not consider students who have dropped out prior to 9th grade. Despite this limitation, they do consider the key measures of this study.

METHODS

The study will measure the effect of race and gender on graduation rates. It will compare male and female graduation rates in each racial category by considering how race patterns educational outcomes.

Reminder -- here is a list of potential data sites for your study:

LIST OF POTENTIAL DATA SITES FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

CRIMINOLOGY

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporthttps://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/exp...

o an external site.

Officers Killed (Use the tables for data; do not use their figures): https://ucr.fbi.gov/leoka/2018/topic-pages/officers-feloniously-killedLinks to an external site.

State of California Department of Justice

https://openjustice.doj.ca.gov/exploration/crime-statisticsLinks to an external site.

EDUCATION

International (PISA)

http://www.oecd.org/pisa/data/Links to an external site.

PISA Data Explorer - 2015Links to an external site. 2012Links to an external site.