Sociology 2206A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Dependent And Independent Variables, Time Management, Due Date
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Including sufficient information for others to evaluate the proposed study (comprehensive, detailed) Importance, impacts, relevance, practical application: methodology, method, a specific research too. It is ok to modify your research question: a process of "trial and error, find out what is the best for your entire group, remember, you cannot study everything, so focus! Creativity: thinking critically means thinking "outside the box, avoid repeating what has been stated already, go beyond the obvious (i. e. sustenance abuse is detrimental to one"s health, exercise your "sociological imagination" Linking your knowledge and experiences to the broader social issues. Introduce what is known about your topic to your reader: begin with research that pertains to the broad context/concept, as you go, progressively narrow your focus by discussing increasingly specialized research. Orchestrating voices: the literature review should get your audience familiar with the conversations that are happening in the field of your topic, your task is arranging for various scholars (harmony, conflict, reconciling both)