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Soc499LiteratureReview.pptxSociology 499: Moving from Introduction, Statement of the Problem, to Literature Review
“Copasetic.”
Sociology 499: Moving from Introduction, Statement of the Problem, to Literature Review
INTRODUCTION: Draw the reader into your topic. Put forward your topic with boundaries on what, who, and where. Provide some context and a tidbit of the scope. Layout your question and problem.
Sociology 499: Moving from Introduction, Statement of the Problem, to Literature Review
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: Put forward your question in greater detail. Post more statistics and data (not all, but more) on the breadth of the problem and who it affects. What are the costs, number of lives lost, economic costs, quality of life issues, damages to an industry, damages to a community?
Moving from Introduction, Statement of the Problem, to Literature Review
Thesis Statement: derived from your research question, it should put forward a testable hypothesis of your independent variable impacting your dependent variable. your question in greater detail.
Sociology 499: Moving from Introduction, Statement of the Problem, to Literature Review
LITERATURE REVIEW: Use our blue print, start the first paragraph with a hook, and end the first paragraph by restating the hypothesis. Set the context, tell us about the social environment the phenomenon is taking place in and build the picture around it. Who has already studied this problem? What did they identify as causes? Results?
Sociology 499: Moving from Introduction, Statement of the Problem, to Literature Review
LITERATURE REVIEW:
The priority is to tell the reader about what experts on your topic have written.
The literature review is not a forum for you to ‘prove’ your thesis is correct. Scientists do NOT prove something, but test to see if the data supports or negates a hypothesis.
Sociology 499: Literature Review
LITERATURE REVIEW:
1.Who has studied this?
2.Did researchers differ in opinion?
3.What factors did researchers identify as causes?
Sociology 499: Literature Review
LITERATURE REVIEW:
Name the names of researchers.
Write: “Newberry (2021) found ….”
Do NOT write:
“Researchers found …”
“The Journal of Sociology found …”
Sociology 499: Moving from Introduction, Statement of the Problem, to Literature Review
LITERATURE REVIEW format:
1. Paragraph(s) by article. You write a paragraph summarizing an article or book with it’s major points.
Sociology 499: Moving from Introduction, Statement of the Problem, to Literature Review
LITERATURE REVIEW format:
2. Paragraph(s) by author. You write a paragraph summarizing the main ideas encapsulating the work of an expert on the topic.
Sociology 499: Moving from Introduction, Statement of the Problem, to Literature Review
LITERATURE REVIEW format:
3. Paragraph(s) by topic. You write a paragraph on a major idea on the topic, and cite commonalities among authors.
Sociology 499: Moving from Introduction, Statement of the Problem, to Literature Review
LITERATURE REVIEW format:
4. Mixing Formats. You write some paragraphs by article, some by author, and some by topic. This is very common, and gives the writer the freedom to use each style for achieving efficient organization for effect.
