Los Angeles Valley College Gender and Society Article Discussion

n this assignment, you will use an article database (such as EBSCO, JSTOR, etc.) to select an article (published in 2010 or later) from a peer-reviewed sociological journal (such as the American Sociological Review).

1. In your own words, describe the primary questions(s) presented in the article.
2. Describe the primary theory or theories discussed in the literature review. How are
   the authors of this article expanding upon this theory or theories?
3. Does this article have a hypothesis (or multiple hypotheses)? If so, what it is? If not,
   what do you think it would be?
4. What research method do the authors use to address their research question?
5. What is/are the independent variable(s)? Why does this make sense?
6. What is/are the dependent variable(s)? Why does this make sense?
7. In your own words, what are the primary findings made by the authors?
8. What are three of the most challenging aspects of reading this article? Why?