Journal Article
Below are links to three different articles that correspond to each of the first three chapters in our text.
Select one of the articles. After you read the article, write a short paper (3 pages, double spaced) that addresses the following questions (please use the same structure, organization, and subheadings in your paper):
Reference (APA style):
Citation (APA style):
- What is the Research Question? What interesting and/or important sociological issue is this study trying to solve?
- What type of Background Information is provided (this will usually appear in the Introduction or Literature Review)? You can simply list the major topics that are discussed as part of the background for this study.
- What is the research Methodology? How were the data collected? If appropriate, include a description of the subjects, location/setting, procedures, and a description of any instruments (such as a questionnaire) that were used. Also, discuss any potential limitations to this study (there are generally two types of limitations: some related to the validity of the study (that is, are the researchers able to collect accurate data? Are they measuring what they need to in order to answer the research question? Are there any threats to the accuracy of the study?) and some are related to the ability of the research to be generalized to other settings (that is, if the study was conducted in New York City, are the results likely to be applicable to Los Angeles? Denver? Fresno?).
- What are the most important findings/Results?
- What are the most important Conclusions? What did the authors learn?
NOTE: When you click on these links you will be re-directed to the Student Study Site. On the landing page you will see a list of articles that have cited the article you selected. Just to the right of that list you will see the heading This Article with Full Text PDF highlighted; click on that link. You can also go to the Student Study Site directly and select the article from the apappropriate chapter resources.
Chapter 1
Ling, R., & Slaid, G. (2010). Mobile communities: Are we talking about a village, a clan, or a small group? American Behavioral Scientist, 53(8), 1133-1147.
Community
Greaves, C.J., & Farbus, L. (2006). Effects of creative and social activity on the health and well-being of socially isolated older people: Outcomes from a multi-method observational study. The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, 126(3), 134-142.
Social Interventions
Miller McPherson, M., Smith-Lovin, L., & Brashears, M.E.(2006). Social isolation in America: Changes in core discussion networks over two decades. American Sociological Review, 71(3), 353-375.
Sampling
Chapter 2
Harding, D.J. (2007). Cultural context sexual behavior, and romantic relationships in disadvantaged neighborhoods. American Sociological Review, 72(3), 341-364. (Don`t be scared-off by the statistics! Just talk about what you can understand!).
Culture and Theory
Bennett, L., Goodman, L., & Dutton, M.A. (1999). , Systemic obstacles to the criminal prosecution of a battering partner: A victim perspective. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14(7), 761-772.
Domestic Violence Research
Rodríguez, H., Trainor, J., & Quarantelli, E.L. (2006). Rising to the Challenges of a Catastrophe: The Emergent and Prosocial Behavior following Hurricane Katrina. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 62(1), 82-101.
Inductive and Deductive Techniques
Chapter 3
Bonta, J., Wallace-Capretta, S., and Rooney J. (2000). A quasi-experimental evaluation of an intensive rehabilitation supervision program. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27(3), 312-329.
Maintaining Honesty
Leakey, T., Lunde, K.B., Koga, K., & Glanz, K. (2004). Written parental consent and the use of Incentives in a youth smoking prevention trial: A case study from Project SPLASH. American Journal of Evaluation, 25(4), 509-523.
Written Consent
Rios, V.M. (2009). The consequences of the criminal justice pipeline on Black and Latino masculinity. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 623(1), 150-162.
Maintaining Privacy
You will find an example of this assignment - and all future Journal Article Assignments - in Doc Sharing. The example is based on the article below. The example is meant to provide you with an illustration of the organization of your paper and of the types of information that should be included in each section. This article is part of the NU Library collection. If you have difficulty accessing the article from the link below try logging in to the library and search on the author or title.
Casey, D. (2007, March). Findings from non-participant observational data concerning health promoting nursing practice in the acute hospital setting focusing on generalist nurses. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16(3), 580-592.
Non-Participant Observation