write a paper ( Principles of Sociology)

Using your own words and not using quotes from the book or any other source, I would like you to define what is meant by an independent variable and a dependent variable. Why do you think these two concepts are so important to social science?

Font:

10 to 12 point font. The particular font does not matter to me. However if you are interested in trying to “stretch out” your paper, I would suggest “courier new.” It is a “fixed width” font that will artificially stretch your paper length since each keystroke takes up a fixed amount of space in your document.

Margins:

Margins must be no more and no less than one (1) inch all the way around the document.

Spacing:

Please double-space your document before turning it in to me. Also, please avoid extra (more than one) hard carriage returns (a.k.a. “enter”) in your paper between paragraphs.

Indents:

Please use indentations for the beginning of each new paragraph in your paper. Without indents to your paper, it makes it difficult for me to read.

Pagination:

Please include page numbers in your document. This helps me, and you, in case your paper comes out of order. You need to include page numbers regardless of the actual length of your post, even when it is less than or equal to a single page.

Paper Length:

There is no page limit for this assignment. You are encouraged to write as much as you think you need to properly answer the questions for the assignment.

Essay Format: It is expected that you present your answers in essay format. What this means is that you provide at least three paragraphs. The first paragraph should be an introductory paragraph that gives the reader a sense of what you are going to be discussing for the rest of your answer. The second or additional paragraphs constitute the body of your answer. Here you should be providing details and elaborating your point(s) introduced in the preliminary paragraph. Lastly, you should finish your answer with a concluding paragraph where you reiterate what you have discussed in the previous paragraphs.

Failure to provide at least three paragraphs for an answer is not college level work and will be marked down accordingly.

Last Notes:

Please make sure you run spell check on your document prior to turning it in to me. It will help the readability of your document if you remove the obvious typos before handing it in to me. But spell check is not a substitute for reading your paper with a critical eye; there is any number of cases where a word might be spelled properly but it is the wrong spelling for the how you are using it. For example, weather versus whether. Both if these words are spelled correctly, but depending on the context, one of them is wrong