SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Contingency Table, Operationalization, Content Analysis
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Quantitative content analysis. (identify content and meaning of text) Uncover patterns and quantify findings to answer research question. Title page (does not count towards 7. 5-8 pages) Bibliography and appendix does not count towards 7. 5-8 pages. Find one academic article, and extract, do a summary about it, then will have access to e(cid:448)er(cid:455)o(cid:374)e else"s su(cid:373)(cid:373)aries. State research question, outline content of your research report. Lays out what the project is and what the reader can expect. Situate your paper as well as your research question within the broader academic literature in sociology. Present the coding schemes, discuss criteria for inclusion, discuss units of observation and analysis. How you gathered your data (timeline, sources, databases, etc. ) Offer a tentative answer to your research question. Discussion your findings table, walk us through your findings. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your project. Discuss what you have learned from the project. Include citations (apa) for all 50 news articles analyzed.
