Does playing sports at an early age for kids help reduce the incarceration and violence rate? Introduction: 2-3 pages Literatu

SOC 499 Paper Check List – Does the Paper have these and how well are they done? ____ Each section is an essay _____ Cite with page numbers ______ Reference Page ____ Do you have page numbers in the upper right corner? Introduction Section ____ First paragraph starts with a hook ____ Introduction sets out the scope of the problem (lays out costs) ____ Ends with hypothesis (states independent & dependent variables & direction of relationship to be tested) ____ You may choose to define 2-3 important terms in this section Literature Review ____ First paragraph begins with hook ____ First paragraph end with restating hypothesis ____ Has summary of article or book paragraph ____ Has summary of author paragraph ____ Has summary of topic paragraph ____ Discusses how experts define repeatedly used terms Methods ____ First paragraph begins with hook ____ First paragraph ends with restating hypothesis ____ Define qualitative and quantitative data and explain why your data is either, or both if you are using both qualitative and quantitative data. ____ Explain, using logic and/or expert opinion, why data you have collected will test hypothesis. ____ Uses detailed ‘recipe’ step by step to explain how data was collected. ____ If doing a survey, who was your population? NSU College Students? ____ What is your n, sample size? ____ Where was survey conducted? When was it conducted? ____ How was it conducted? Did you ask questions or they filled answer on paper? ____ Define closed ended and open ended questions, and tell us what type you used. Data (aka Results) ____ First paragraph starts with a hook ____ First paragraph ends with restating the hypothesis ____ State the results, such as size & results of the survey, and do it with detail, not rushed. ____ Provide statistics from survey, especially using descriptive statistics. Discussion(aka Analysis) and Conclusion ____ First paragraph starts with a hook ____ First paragraph ends with restating the hypothesis ____ Consider starting discussion with a summary ____ Repeats important results and statistics and explains what their meanings are. Does the data have significance? ____ Data supports hypothesis. Data negates hypothesis. Data is inconclusive in testing hypothesis. ____ Are results consistent with the literature in the literature review? Conclusion ____ Limitations of the study (may be placed in discussion instead) ____ Recommendations for future research (may be placed in discussion instead) ____ Wrap it up with final insights and comments

Soc. 499 Modeling and Methods

MODELING

Read journal articles to see if you can find:

1. The Introduction

2. The Statement of the Problem

3. The Literature Review

4. Methods

5. Results

6. Discussion

7. Conclusion

Not all journals articles are written in this structure, but can you find these in them?

Sociology 499: Moving from Introduction, Statement of the Problem, to Literature Review

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