POLI 205

Title: Subtitle

Your Name

POLI 205

Dr. Frederick Wood

Month Day, 20Year

Write an introduction that tells the reader what your research question is about and why it is important. This should be no longer than the first page of your paper.

Literature Review

Describe what we already know about this question. This section is not your evidence. This section is your opportunity to prove that you know how other people have researched the same topic and why you should be trusted by the reader. You should use scholarly sources from JSTOR or Academic Search Complete, which are available through the library’s web site. You should not use blog posts or information from advocacy groups or ideologues. This is also not an annotated bibliography. You don’t write about how the article helps your research. Instead you should state the findings of the previous research. How it relates to your research should be obvious to the reader.

Analysis & Assessment

This is the section where you are going to demonstrate what you have learned in the class. I expect you to outline your hypotheses, data collection, method of examination, and describe your results in this section. You should use the data from the SDA website. This is the most important section of the paper. If your paper does not include a clear hypothesis test with clearly identified independent and dependent variables and the calculation of a test statistic with a conclusion, then you will receive a 0 out of 100. Those who attempt an analysis, but does it incorrectly, will receive a score of 50 out of 100. You may not reference statistics generated by others. Only papers that clearly demonstrate competence with the methods taught in class will receive a passing grade.

Conclusion

Describe what your research allows you to conclude. Answer the question posed in your introduction. Summarize the entire paper in a paragraph but also talk about potential for further investigation. Imagine what you would do if you could build a statistical model where you can include multiple independent variables.

Works Cited

Last, First M. 2012. “Title.” Journal Title. Vol.(Issue): First –

Last page number.

Last, First M. 2012. Book Title. Publisher: City, State.

Smith, Tom W, Peter Marsden, Michael Hout, and Jibum Kim. General Social Surveys, 1972-2016 [machine-readable data file] /Principal Investigator, Tom W. Smith; Co-Principal Investigator, Peter V. Marsden; Co-Principal Investigator, Michael Hout; Sponsored by National Science Foundation. -NORC ed.- Chicago: NORC at the University of Chicago [producer and distributor]. Data accessed from the Survey Documentation and Analysis website at sda.berkeley.edu.

Please use: http://www.apsanet.org/Portals/54/APSA%20Files/publications/APSAStyleManual2006.pdf

You can also consult: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html

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