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Part 1 1. Using the descriptions and discussions in the text, create an original social science research question that could use content analysis to help answer that research question. What types of content would you use to gather the data? (Types of content could include books, e-mail messages, popular music, photographs, blog posts, newspaper editorials, poems, videos, etc.) Share your research question and type of content you would use and ask questions of other students about their research questions and content. List 1 one reference

2. In an academic journal in your major field of study (e.g., sociology or justice studies), find a report of (article about) research using existing statistics. What was the research question and where did the authors of this article get their data? Explain how you know that this research used the existing statistics method of doing research. List 1reference

Part2

Textbook:

Real Research: Research Methods Sociology Students Can Use

Read Chapter 6 in Real Research: Research Methods Sociology Students Can Use.

http://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2015/real-research_research-methods-sociology-students-can-use_ebook_1e.php

Cite two scholarly sources, including the textbook, to answer the following prompts.

Use the following situation to answer the prompts that follow:

A sociology student has decided to analyze how PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) has been described and explained in popular media (magazines, newspapers, online news blogs) and literature (novels, poetry, short stories).

Citing two sources that used quantitative analysis, explain how quantitative analysis could be involved in the student’s study of media and literature. If this approach were used, would it likely reflect an interpretivist or positivist methodology? (50-75 words)

Citing two sources that used qualitative analysis, explain how the student would approach this topic as qualitative analysis to the study of media and literature. If this approach were used, would it likely reflect an interpretivist or positivist methodology?(50-75 words)

Imagine you are using content analysis as your research method for your research study. Using your selected social problem, create a research question that could be studied through content analysis:

References:

SOC-400 Existing Statistics Worksheet

Scoring Guide

Grading Criteria	Points	Comments
Explain what information is needed to collect in order to test the hypothesis. A link to one source of existing statistics is provided. Textbook cited. (50-75 words)	0/5
Explain the difference between raw data and existing statistics. Textbook cited. (50 words)	0/5
Explain how this student will analyze the statistics that he or she finds. What variables that should be compared to each other to test the hypothesis are explained. Textbook is cited. (75-100 words)	0/15
Explain whether this type of research is based on interpretivist or positivist methodology. The definitions of the two types of methodology are used to explain. Textbook is cited. 50-75 words)	0/10
Explain how this student could have bias in his study. Textbok and one other source are cited. (75-100 words)	0/10
How a sociology student with the Christian worldview approach bias in research is explained. (50-75 words)	0/5
Explain how this student could evaluate the reliability and validity of the research and what steps they should take. (75-100 words)	0/15
Create a research question suitable for existing research.	0/5
Total	0/70