Posted: March 18th, 2022

Sociology research paper (3,000 words)

Question description

I need a well written sociology  research paper 3,000 words,12 font times roman,5 references, citations,no PLAGIARISM  the instructions are written below:
1.  A
written and WORD PROCESSED college level research paper.  This paper will utilize the scientific method
to analyze and discuss data/information concerning our contemporary society.
2. 
Your paper should include the following parts of the SCIENTIFIC
METHOD.  You MUST use
these as HEADINGS in your paper. 
They are like chapter titles in a book:
A.  STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
B.  LITERATURE REVIEW
C.  HYPOTHESIS
D. 
METHODS
E.  DATA COLLECTION
F.  DATA ANALYSIS
G.  DATA SHEET
H.  CONCLUSIONS
I. 
REFERENCES
or BILIOGRAPHY
J.  Blank Questionnaire
3.  Your paper MUST be SOCIOLOGICAL in NATURE.  If
there is any doubt whether your topic is sociological please check with the
instructor.  If your topic IS NOT
sociological in nature there will be an automatic deduction of 30 points.
4.  Your study must include a questionnaire,
which is administered (given) to a minimum of 30 people.  Your questionnaire must include the required
minimum demographic questions (age and gender) and 10 – 20 questions.
5.  You should have a MINIMUM OF 5 SOURCES, in
your bibliography/reference page, from which you have obtained information/data
for your literature review of your paper. 
Failure to have enough sources will mean a deduction of points.
6.  ALL of your sources that you have read
concerning your topic should be included in your bibliography/reference
page.  Citations should be complete.  If your paper is missing a bibliography/reference
page
7.  Your paper MUST BE typed using a computer
and SINGLE-SPACED; standard font (Times New Roman or Arial – size 12).  It should be 2,000 to 3,000 words in
length.  Short papers under 2,000 words
in length will be penalized.  Papers OVER
3,000 words in length will NOT be penalized.
8.  For better organization your paper MUST
INCLUDE the above Scientific Method TOPIC HEADINGS that reflect the major
sections of the paper.  Failure to
utilize the topic headings will mean an automatic deduction of 30 points.
COMPLETED PAPER The Complete Research
Paper!
A. 
STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
B. 
LITERATURE REVIEW
C. 
HYPOTHESIS
D. 
METHODS
E. 
DATA COLLECTION
F.  DATA ANALYSIS
G.  DATA SHEET
H.  CONCLUSIONS
I. 
REFERNCE/BIBLIOGRAPHY
PAGE
J.  Blank Questionnaire
YOUR PAPER SHOULD
HAVE THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS:
A.  STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
One to two paragraphs (100 – 200 words)
which specifically discuss the intent of the research.  Make statements about “This research will
-”.  Avoid questions (?) in this section
(or any sections) of the research paper. 
Remember you are making a STATEMENT of the PROBLEM.  Questions cause doubt in the readers
mind.  You are attempting to make a
point.  For example a start might be,
“This research will investigate A; B; C; D. 
Be specific about exactly what this research will do and how
(questionnaire) it will be accomplished. 
Homework help – Discuss briefly what methods of investigation and analysis you will
use.  A common problem with this section
is it gets too long.  It should be
concise and directly to the point.  DO NOT WRITE IN THE FIRST PERSON.  ELIMINATE
THE WORD “I”, “we”, “they”, “our(‘s)”, or “their(‘s)” .
B.  LITERATURE REVIEW
Write at least 500 to 1,000 words
discussing information that has been previously written on the issue.  This is the Library Research (historical)
component of your research paper.  You
should try to include as much as you can which directly relates to your
research paper.  This section should compare and contrast different
authors, opinions, and concepts.  The
Literature Review is NOT a series of book reports.  This section is a mini standard research
paper/essay.
C.  HYPOTHESIS
This hypothesis is based on the literature
you have read, your questionnaire, and your sociological
intuition/imagination.  (250 – 350 words)
It will contain the expected answers to the questions you have developed in
your questionnaire. 
1.  Be specific and try to guess the
percentages (% of answers to your questions) of how people will respond to ALL of your questions.  You should address the expected answers to
each question separately. 
2. 
Try to have some reason or rationale as to
why you expect your results. 
3.  Make sure you remove numbers (#’s) for
questions.  Do not say “Question #1…” or
“#1…”.  Restate the question. 
4.  DO
NOT WRITE IN THE FIRST PERSON.  ELIMINATE THE WORD “I”, “we”, ”us”,
“they”, “our(‘s)”, or “their(‘s)” .
D.  METHODS
The specific methods and any materials used
to collect information.  (150 – 300
words) EVERYONE will use the SURVERY or QUESTIONNAIRE METHOD of COLLECTING
DATA.  Your QUESTIONNAIRE will have
between 10-20 questions.  Do the “W”
words.  (Who, What, When, Where, Why and
the backwards one, How)  What exactly did
you do to collect information?  Be as
specific as you can.  DO NOT WRITE IN THE FIRST PERSON.  ELIMINATE
THE WORD “I”, “we”, “they”, “our(‘s)”, or “their(‘s)” .

Where
did you go?
Who
did you ask?
When
did you do it?
Why
did you select these people?
What
did you do?
How
did you ask your questions?

In developing your paper one of the
critical things you want to focus on is defining your “population”.  The more specific and precise you are the
better your results.  You need 30 people
to fill out your survey.  As far a survey
research goes 30 people is an extremely small number of people.  To begin with, 30 is probably too small a
number to really do a great study.  Try
to get one group of people if you can. 
Try to stay within a boundary like a class you are in, your church, a
sports team, employees at a business, people at a pro-wrestling match.  AVIOD doing the mix and match method – I’ll
get a couple from my church, a few from my family, a few of my friends, a few
people from work.  Try to focus on one
specific group so you can define your population easily.
 
E.  DATA COLLECTION
During the actual process of collecting
data did you have any problems collecting
information?  Did people understand your
questions? (100 – 200 words)  For most
of you this will be a relatively short section because you won’t have many
problems.  DO NOT WRITE IN THE FIRST PERSON. 
ELIMINATE THE WORD “I”, “we”,
“they”, “our(‘s)”, or “their(‘s)” .
F.  DATA ANALYSIS
This IS
the most important section of
the paper.  This section should be a
minimum of 1,000 words.  This section must
include the statistical analysis of the information collected by the
research.  This analysis requires using
“Raw Numbers” (actual number results). 
The optional way (actually more scientific) is to present the “Raw
Numbers” and “Percentages”.  DO NOT WRITE IN THE FIRST PERSON.  ELIMINATE
THE WORD “I”, “we”, “they”, “our(‘s)”, or “their(‘s)” .
1)  Your paper should report and address ALL
the results and statistics found for EACH
QUESTION.
2)  It should also include analysis for each
question stating what your data means for the answers you found for that
question.
3)  You should re-integrate any information
from your literature review that substantiates or refutes your findings.
4)  Homework help – Discuss any pertinent parts of your
hypothesis here.  Was your hypothesis
proven correct or incorrect.
5)  Make sure you remove numbers (#’s) for
questions.  Do not say “Question #1…” or
“#1…”.  Restate the question.
****Most students do well with the
reporting of the data.  The biggest
problem I see with this section is the lack of critical analysis.  That is the MOST IMPORTANT portion of any research.  Getting back to Weber’s “Sociological
Imagination” – WHY did you get
those results?***
G. DATA SHEET
This sheet would sum up
the answers for each question.  Filling
in a blank questionnaire with the statistics you collected provides a good tool
for a data sheet.  The data should be
presented in raw numbers (actual results), or raw numbers and percentages (best).  Simply take a blank copy of your
questionnaire and save it as a file. 
Type the results into the survey and you have produced a very simple
spread-sheet of your data.  This is a
very simple way for a reader to be able to see all of your data at a glance.  This allows the readers to see your all of
your exact questions and all of the responses.
H. CONCLUSIONS
This section will be only about 125 – 250
words.  What is the significance of the
study?  Was the hypothesis correct or
incorrect and why?  What are the
significant and important aspects of this study? What are future concerns might
be studied based on the results of your research?  DO NOT
WRITE IN THE FIRST PERSON.  ELIMINATE THE WORD “I”, “we”, “they”,
“our(‘s)”, or “their(‘s)” .
OPTIONS FOR
YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE:
DEMOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION:
Your questionnaire MUST have the
following two minimum demographic questions. 
You may have more if you desire or require:
Age:____
Sex: 
MALE ___  FEMALE ___
Optional Demographics:  These are
other DEMOGRAPHIC categories that
are often asked in questionnaires.
Marital Status:
Single ___  Married
___  Divorced ___  Widowed ___  Separated ___  Other
__________
Number in Family: __________
Family income: __________
Political Party: ______________
Religious Preference: _____________
REMEMBER:  Demographic
information DOES NOT count as questions on your
questionnaire.

DEVELOPING YOUR QUESTIONS:

Try
BRAINSTORMING questions.  Sit down
and write out as many questions as you can think of on the topic (You can always
edit and reorganize them later.)
Keep the TOPIC
in focus.  Don’t drift off the topic
area.
Closed ended
questions:  Try to stay with Yes/No
or True/False types of questions. 
The more options you give people in their answers the harder it is
to analyze.
Multiple-choice
questions are also good.
Stay away from
open-ended questions where the respondent can say anything they want to.
Write out the
possible answer fully.  YES not
Y.  True not T.  Make sure your directions are
clear.  Make it as easy as possible
answer the questions

Check:  ____ Yes  ____ No
Or
Circle:   A.  Basketball  B.  Football   C.  Tennis
The following is a sample questionnaire.  It gives you some examples of different types
of survey questions.  My suggestion is
for you to stay with closed ended questions. 
Stay away from open-ended questions. 
Open-ended questions will be very hard to analyze.  If you ask 30 people you might get 30
different open-ended answers.  The
easiest to do would be a two option closed ended answer like:
 ____ Yes or ____No 
It will simplify results for you and cut down on the amount of math and
calculations you have to do.  Remember,
the more possible answers you have the more statistics you will have to report
and analyze.  I would make all 10
questions like #7, #8, and #9 if I could.
Please view the Powerpoint slide shows available in Blackboard to help
you understand the project in more detail.
The following is a sample questionnaire.  I have created it to give you some sample
questions.  If I was doing this I would
ask all of my questions like #’s 7, 8, &9 because they are all YES/NO
answers and would require the least amount of math to record and analyze the
results.
I would avoid questions # 2 and 6 because they are ranking questions and
require a much more sophisticated analysis of Data.  I would also avoid a question like #10 which
is an open ended question that is very difficult to analyze.

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