? 5 – 6 pages double space Times New Roman 12
Purposes of the Project:
1- Demonstrate sociological thinking
2- Practice doing social science research
3- Practice working in teams on a professional task
4- Understand community problems
Social Research Paper:
? Introduction, a question, review of literature, a hypothesis, instrument sample,analysis of data and conclusion.
The paper should be well organized and well written.
1) SELECT A TOPIC- what do you want to know more about?
2) DEFINE THE PROBLEM.
3) REVIEW THE LITERATURE- Reading what has been published about the top
This helps narrow the problem. Reviewing the literature may help you focus on the
questions you are asking.
4) FORMULATE AN HYPOTHESIS- A statement of what you expect to find
according to a prediction by a theory.
5) CHOOSE A RESEARCH METHOD (survey, participant observation
secondary analysis, analysis of documents, experiments, etc)
6) Collect the data Data must be reliable.
7) Analyze the results- testing your hypothesis against your data.
8) Reference Page
