Methods - Assignment #12


1. Based on the discussion concerning the components of a research article, please visit the library (in real time or electronically) and select from a sociological journal, an article evidencing the four major sections of the report.

2. Utilize the description suggested in class to identify the following:

a. Keywords in the abstract likely to be picked up in a search engine (use Jstor to test your ideas)

b. The propositional statement in the Introduction

c. The type of respondent access (e.g. sampling) in the Method's section

d. The key word for the method of delivery (e.g. telephone interviewing)

e. The one number in the results that clarifies the hypothesis

f. The conclusion re: the initial proposition in the Introduction

g. An appendix citation and which of the following formats it follows:


Guide for citations: MLA, APA, ASA