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Gender Discrimination Research Proposal

Tiffany Williams

Columbia Southern University

Statement of purpose

In 2013, a high-profile case was developed in Beijing China where a twenty-one-year-old college graduate filed a case against an organization where she had applied for a tutorage position. The advertisement for a job had indicated that apart from other qualifications the successful applicant had to be male. After being unsuccessful, Cao Ju filed a case citing discrimination (Makinen, 2014). Her petition was upheld after one year of court battles with the defendant. After considering the case, I have decided to research on the gender discrimination in my state Colorado. I am particularly interested with the findings of the research since within the next one and a half years I will be completing my college and Cao Ju's predicaments may also befall on me (Makinen, 2014).

Where to source information

In my proposed research, I have planned to utilize both primary sources of data and secondary sources of research data. The primary sources included in my case include; holding interviews with random female respondents on streets, interviews with professional women, seeking views of professions' human resource managers and interview with representatives of college's administration on the issue (Rubin, & Babbie, 2009). The secondary sources of data that that I plan to utilize include; seeking information from the national census bureau on the employment of male and female applicants, seeking documented evident from peer-reviewed articles and seeking information on how much law defends both male and female applicants (Rosen, & Proctor, 2003).

Gathering of primary data shall require data collection tools. One of the tools that I propose to use for most of the respondents is the questionnaire. Particularly, random female respondents need to answer the same set of questions so that comparison of the information that they fill in can be made easier. Most of the questions shall be yes/no questions (Rubin, & Babbie, 2009). However, open-ended questions shall also be used in order to give respondents to give an unbiased opinion. The other form of data collection method that I shall utilize in data collection is interviews. I shall procure interviews with professionals who shall answer questions posed to them while I take notes. I shall request assistance of my fellow students in coming up with a combined idea on the answers that the respondents give (Rubin, & Babbie, 2009).

Use of internet

Most of the secondary data shall be sourced from internet sources. The college has given us student profiles that shall be vital in accessing different library materials. The profiles allow access to books, peer-reviewed materials and other relevant materials (Rosen, & Proctor, 2003). Once the libraries have been opened, I shall use key words in mining relevant data. Some of the key words that I shall use include; gender discrimination, employment opportunity for women, laws on employment, and affirmative action (Rubin, & Babbie, 2009).

Compiling data

After gathering all the relevant data, I shall assemble all the data materials and come up with a single research paper. The compilation shall include an analysis of the research materials used to determine their validity to be used as a source. Also, data consistence especially in answers given by respondents shall be used to determine the research findings. Data which have been given but not utilized shall be used explained in considerations for research findings (Rosen, & Proctor, 2003).

References

Makinen, J. (2014, February 8). China's women begin to confront blatant workplace bias - Los Angeles times. Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/28/world/la-fg-china- women-work-20140228

Rosen, A., & Proctor, E. K. (2003). Developing practice guidelines for social work intervention: Issues, methods, and research agenda. New York; Columbia University Press, : Columbia University Press.

Rubin, A., & Babbie, E. (2009). Essential research methods for social work. Columbia,: Cengage Learning.