Sociology Research Paper Help

The research paper will follow the topic and research question outlined in your paper proposal and provide arguments to support its thesis statement. You must re-submit your graded proposal with your final paper

 

PART B) RESEARCH PAPER

 

Learning Objectives: Using the constructive feedback you received from your teaching assistant on the proposal assignment, you will continue to develop the topic, research, and answer to the research question outlined in your proposal.

 

This assignment will help you find your own voice, to logically think through and organize support for an argument. Your evaluation will primarily be based on the way you bring together and combine the research and sources to formulate and support your argument.

 

The purpose of this assignment is for you to demonstrate that you are thinking through an issue (rather than simply summarizing others’ work by means of paraphrasing content and resubmitting without seriously thinking through the organization and trajectory of your argument).

It is how you use and mobilize the research you have collected that is the key point of interest here. This assignment will help you formulate an evidence-based argument based on research rather than opinion.

 

Detailed Expectations for Content:

 

The research paper will be 10-12 pages double-spaced, plus title page and references. It will follow the same formatting guidelines as the proposal.

 

In addition to the three scholarly sources noted in the proposal, you will need to include another two scholarly references, bringing the scholarly sources referenced in your paper to a total minimum of five. There should therefore be a minimum of six sources altogether, since you will also once again reference the popular source first cited in your proposal. The bibliography will follow after the research essay.

 

“Please don’t forget the popular source, in the feedback I was told that it was missing”

 

Your introduction must include:

1) a summary of the issue of social inequality you will be engaging and the research question it raised

2) a detailed thesis statement, and suggestions as to why your proposition is important

3) an overview of the main points you will use to support your thesis statement, laying out the structure and content of the essay.

 

 

The body must:

1) be logically organized. Points should flow clearly from beginning to middle to concluding statements, and follow a clear trajectory that strengthens the thesis in its form of presentation.

2) demonstrate that you are making an effort to engage the issue rather than merely summarizing and paraphrasing key points laid out by the authors of your sources (combine and synthesize sources)

3) use quotes and academic sources effectively. Do not over-quote, or quote or paraphrase one source at length to take up space. These types of tactics are obvious to teaching assistants, and you will lose marks.

 

The conclusion should:

1) reiterate your thesis statement and its importance as it has to do with the problem of social inequality you are concerned with and how it is currently being treated in public debate

2) bring all the pieces together and offer a synthesis that goes beyond your introduction

3) include suggestions for further research based on your findings or what you perceive to be gaps in the study of this issue

 

 

 

 

 

 

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