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Sociology 3801

Assignment 5 Name (note: fill this in at the END of lab on Mar 23)______________________

Assignment 5 will be completed in lab today and next week. Turn in Assignment 5 at the end of lab next week.

Your TA will provide detailed directions for working through Questions 1-7 sequentially.

In each of your responses to Questions 1-7, it is imperative that you write clearly and legibly so that each person who will be writing after you has sufficient information to go on.

Question 1

20 minutes

Write 1-2 pages—no more and no less—in which you clearly describe your research proposal with respect to the content from the first one-third of this course. So, for example, discuss your motivations and purpose; your research topic and question; key concepts and propositions; key variables and hypotheses; your collection/use of primary and/or secondary data; sampling; relevant comparisons (across groups, over time, etc.) and critiques; and potential ethical issues.

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Question 2 Classmate’s Name____________________________________

20 minutes

Read through your classmate’s written summary of their research proposal in Question 1. Write a 1-2 page summary of and reaction/critique to their research proposal. So, for example, you might begin by summarizing their research proposal in your own words, followed by listing and subsequently discussing the key strengths and weaknesses in detail.

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Question 3 Classmate’s Name____________________________________

20 minutes

Read through the written summaries of the research proposal in Questions 1 and 2. Regardless of the research design that your classmate intends to use, as described in Question 1, write a 1-2 page memo in which you walk your classmate through thinking about the potential strengths and weaknesses of approaching their proposal from the vantage point of experiments and quasi-experiments. What does this particular vantage point have to offer your classmate with respect to their research proposal? And, on the flipside, what does this particular vantage point not have to offer your classmate? Clearly, this question is designed for you to demonstrate your mastery of experiments and quasi-experiments, and, at the same time, to provide your classmate with some useful “food for thought” going forward.

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Question 4 Classmate’s Name____________________________________

20 minutes

Follow the same instructions that were provided in Question 3; however, in this question, write a 1-2 page memo in which you walk your classmate through thinking about the potential strengths and weaknesses of approaching their proposal from the vantage point of surveys and ethnosurveys.

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Question 5 Classmate’s Name____________________________________

20 minutes

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Question 6 Classmate’s Name____________________________________

20 minutes

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Question 7

20 minutes

Read through the responses that you received in Questions 2-7. Write a 1-2 page memo in which you identify and describe the 3 most important take-away points that you will use to inform your research proposal.

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