Honors Sociology
Honors Sociology
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Contemporary Social Problem Exploration:
Contemporary Social Problem Exploration:
Use this document to take preliminary notes on your social problem, keep track of potential sources, and begin to develop research questions.
Use this document to take preliminary notes on your social problem, keep track of potential sources, and begin to develop research questions.
REMEMBER:
Questions must be OPEN enough to permit some flexibility in locating relevant sources, but not so broad as to provide little or no direction
Questions should help you examine CAUSES of a specific social problem so that you can collect relevant data and analyze it.
Questions should help you identify a SPECIFIC research method for your investigation.
-In what ways...
-What relationships exist...
-What impact did/does __________ have on ________? ...
-How does _________ affect __________? ...
Try these Databases:
Try these Databases:
CITATION FORMAT:
Author Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Source Title. Day Month Year Published, URL. Accessed Day Month Year.
Web Example:
The United Nations Security Council. "Syrian Civil War." Global Policy Forum. 2018, https://www.globalpolicy.org/security-council.html. Accessed 8 Jan 2019.
YouTube Example:
"8 Hot Dog Gadgets put to the Test." YouTube, uploaded by CNN, 6 June 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBLUdfjkjlj.
Part I: Background of the Research Problem
Part I: Background of the Research Problem
Part II: Presentation of Answers to Your Specific Research Questions
Part II: Presentation of Answers to Your Specific Research Questions
Part III: Perspectives
Part III: Perspectives
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