Overview
instructions: Using what you’ve learned about empirical questions in Chapter 2, complete the following tasks.
Research Questions 1. Develop an empirical question about happiness. 2. Develop an empirical question about perceptions of friendly behavior. 3. Develop an empirical question about shyness. 4. Select something in the social world that intrigues you (e.g., social media, dating patterns, homelessness, economic inequality, daycare for children, etc.), then list what you know about this issue. 5. Why do you think your chosen issue is important in life? How do you think it might be related to other social issues like gender, age, race, religion, etc.? 6. Write a research question based on your chosen social issue. 7. Write at least one hypothesis for your research question. Be sure to be specific; your hypothesis should not be answered with a simple yes or no.
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Instructions: Locate an empirical research study published in an academic journal and write an annotation and reference for it. See detailed instructions below.
8. Locate and read one academic empirical research article related to the questions you wrote in item #6 above. Make sure your article is empirical. It must have a methodology section, tables/charts, and findings or results section. • Read the empirical research article. • Write a 1-page summary (approximately 250 words) of the empirical research article. • The summary must include the following: ▪ Research question examined in the article. ▪ Hypothesis tested in the article. ▪ Findings of the research study in the article. ▪ Include an ASA-style in-text citation to the article. ▪ Include an ASA-style reference at the end of your summary.