Does playing sports at an early age for kids help reduce the incarceration and violence rate?

SOC 499 Paper Check List – Does the Paper have these and how well are they done? ____ Each section is an essay _____ Cite with page numbers ______ Reference Page ____ Do you have page numbers in the upper right corner? Introduction Section ____ First paragraph starts with a hook ____ Introduction sets out the scope of the problem (lays out costs) ____ Ends with hypothesis (states independent & dependent variables & direction of relationship to be tested) ____ You may choose to define 2-3 important terms in this section Literature Review ____ First paragraph begins with hook ____ First paragraph end with restating hypothesis ____ Has summary of article or book paragraph ____ Has summary of author paragraph ____ Has summary of topic paragraph ____ Discusses how experts define repeatedly used terms Methods ____ First paragraph begins with hook ____ First paragraph ends with restating hypothesis ____ Define qualitative and quantitative data and explain why your data is either, or both if you are using both qualitative and quantitative data. ____ Explain, using logic and/or expert opinion, why data you have collected will test hypothesis. ____ Uses detailed ‘recipe’ step by step to explain how data was collected. ____ If doing a survey, who was your population? NSU College Students? ____ What is your n, sample size? ____ Where was survey conducted? When was it conducted? ____ How was it conducted? Did you ask questions or they filled answer on paper? ____ Define closed ended and open ended questions, and tell us what type you used. Data (aka Results) ____ First paragraph starts with a hook ____ First paragraph ends with restating the hypothesis ____ State the results, such as size & results of the survey, and do it with detail, not rushed. ____ Provide statistics from survey, especially using descriptive statistics. Discussion(aka Analysis) and Conclusion ____ First paragraph starts with a hook ____ First paragraph ends with restating the hypothesis ____ Consider starting discussion with a summary ____ Repeats important results and statistics and explains what their meanings are. Does the data have significance? ____ Data supports hypothesis. Data negates hypothesis. Data is inconclusive in testing hypothesis. ____ Are results consistent with the literature in the literature review? Conclusion ____ Limitations of the study (may be placed in discussion instead) ____ Recommendations for future research (may be placed in discussion instead) ____ Wrap it up with final insights and comments