Westcoast SOC280 Week 8 Assignment Research Paper Final Draft Latest 2019 MAY Question # 00601291 Course Code : SOC280 Subject: Sociology Due on: 05/13/2019 Posted On: 05/13/2019 11:41 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.8/5

SOC280 Sociology

Week 8
Assignment

Research Paper Final Draft

This week, you will submit the final draft of your research
paper.

Your paper must be minimum 8–10 pages, not including your
title or reference pages. You should include at least five recent references
(published within the last five years), and the paper must be presented in APA
format (see rough draft requirements in week 4).

General Requirements:

The paper must be 8–10 pages, not including a title page,
and should include an abstract, acknowledgements (if any), references, and
tables.

Title page

Abstract

Introduction

Methods

Results

Discussion

References

Tables

General Writing Instructions:

Once your proposal has been approved, you can begin the task
of researching and writing a thorough literature review of your topic. Remember
to use scholarly sources and APA style throughout your paper. You should
continue to develop your outline as you find more articles. Your outline will
help to keep your thoughts and your writing organized. I will be happy to
review your outline as your paper topic develops. You must start your paper
early and work on it gradually throughout the course.

Responding to all the comments from your rough draft will
help to ensure success on the final draft of your paper. Do not lose momentum.
Continue to work consistently on your paper; you may turn it in before the due
date. The final paper will include a well-developed introduction, body, and
conclusion. It will be at least 8–10 pages in length (of text) and include at
least 5 scholarly references. Your final draft should be free of grammatical
errors, and APA style errors should be corrected at this point. You should have
a good grasp of your subject matter, and your writing should convey that. Keep
your writing clear and concise. Long and awkward sentences are not impressive;
good and clearly expressed ideas are. Again, checking the grading criteria will
help to ensure that you earn a good grade on your paper.

Checklist for your Paper

I. Organization

Does the paper have (in this order) a Title, Abstract,
Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, References?

II. Style

1. Is everything (yes, everything!) double-spaced?

2. Are all measurements and units in metric?

3. Are the units abbreviated (m for meters, mg/l for
milligrams per liter, etc.)?

4. Use italics where needed (please see
http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/italics/)

5. Is everything correctly spelled?

III. Content

1. Does the title strike a balance: general enough to
interest readers but specific enough to describe the contents?

2. Does the abstract adequately present the goals, methods,
key results (with some actual data such as counts, averages, etc.)?

3. Does the introduction set the stage for the topic as a
whole?

4. Does the introduction end with an explicit description of
the hypothesis and the objective of the study?

5. Have I kept results from sneaking into the Methods
section?

6. Are the methods sufficiently described so that someone
else could repeat the study, or fully evaluate what we did?

7. Are all the important results expressed in words (that
is, not hidden in a table and merely referred to in the text)?

8. Are all results expressed in the past tense?

9. Have I kept speculation and interpretation out of the
results section?

10. Does the discussion review and interpret the key results
rather than reviewing only other published studies?

11. Make sure you discuss the inadequacy of the study in the
discussion?

IV. References

1. Are all papers cited in the text found in the references
(and vice versa)?

2. Have I limited my use of secondary sources and used
primary sources?

3. Are all references formatted in APA style?

4. Have major points been backed up with appropriate
references rather than forcing the reader to take my word for it?

V. Tables and Figures

1. Are all tables and figures necessary? Could the
information be easily expressed in the text? Is there duplication between
tables and figures?

2. Are the tables and figures organized to minimize space?

3. Do all tables and figures have fully self-explanatory
captions? That is, could a reader understand the figure or table without
reading the rest of the paper (and vice versa)?