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SOC 3733-001: Sociology of Gender 1 SOC 4943-001: Capstone in General Sociology Spring 2021 Assignment 4: Rough Draft of Second Part of Research Paper (worth 20 points) Due on Canvas by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, April 8 The second part of the rough draft of the research paper should include the following (consult the “Assignment 4 tips [rough draft - second part]” slides, the research paper instructions, and the “data and methods” slides from 3-16 for more information on writing these sections): 1. Data and methods. a. Data. Indicate that you used the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09). Briefly describe the HSLS:09: it was a nationally representative study that began with U.S. ninth graders, their parents, and schools in 2009 with follow-ups of the young people in 2012 (when they were in their mid-teens) and 2016 (when they were early twenties).The purpose of the study was to follow young people from their high school experiences through early adult experiences (e.g., postsecondary schooling, entering the labor force). Use the document by Duprey et al. (2018) available on Canvas as your source of information about the dataset. The document is the very last item in the “Research Paper Project (for All Papers/Research Questions)” module on Canvas. b. Variables. Be sure to indicate what your independent variables were, what your control variables were (i.e., race- ethnicity and/or gender if you chose to include them), and what your dependent variable was. Do NOT discuss gender and race-ethnicity if you will not include them in your results and tables. Briefly mention what all of the variables you use were about and how the response categories of the variables were coded (e.g., parental education was coded in years ranging from 11 to 20, high school extracurricular involvement was coded 1=more than 2 hours per weekday and 0=2 hours or less per weekday). Refer to the SPSS output from Assignment 2 (descriptive statistics and the frequency tables) for this information. Be sure to indicate your omitted (reference) group category if you had a set of dummy variables (e.g., both parents and children born in the US was the omitted category for immigrant generation status, and white, non-Hispanics was the omitted category for race- ethnicity). c. Sample size. Indicate the number of cases you analyzed. (This is the number of cases that were not missing data for the variables used in your analysis.) One place to look for the total number of cases (n) is the “N Valid” row in the Statistics box in the SPSS output from Assignment 2 (descriptive statistics). I also included in the number of cases in the table titles for each paper (see the table format document on Canvas for your research question/paper number). d. Analysis. You should indicate which specific type of regression you used (given on the handout for Assignment 2). You could give this information at the end of the data and methods section or right before you present your regression results. 2. Results. a. Descriptive statistics. Mention your descriptive statistics can be found in Table 1. Interpret them in your paper the way you did in class Assignment 2. (Keep in mind feedback I gave you on your interpretations.) b. Regression results. If you have not already done so in your paper, indicate the specific type of regression you used. Mention that your regression results can be found in Table 2. Indicate which variables were statistically significant and interpret them as you did in Assignment 2. Indicate whether any of variables were not significant. (Keep in mind feedback I gave you on your interpretations.) **Be consistent in your use of gender and/or race-ethnicity. If you did not use them in Assignment 2, do not use them in your paper. If you used them for one chart in Assignment 2 but not the other one, you need to decide whether to not use them at all in your paper. If you want to include gender and/or race-ethnicity, then you must have them in both the descriptive statistics (Table 1) AND regression results (Table 2) in your paper.** CONT’D 2 3. Discussion and Conclusion. a. A summary of your findings and whether each of your hypotheses was supported. (Keep in mind that sometimes hypotheses are not fully supported by all of the results.) b. A discussion of your findings in terms of theory—do your findings support the theory or theories you presented earlier in your paper? How or how not? c. A discussion of your findings in terms of the articles (studies) you reviewed earlier in the paper—are your findings consistent with those studies or did you find something different (and if so, how)? d. A discussion of the strengths (e.g., think in terms of the quality of your dataset and variables). e. A discussion of the weaknesses of your research (e.g., were some of your variables not ideal, would it have been desirable to have included additional variables in your analysis?). f. Make suggestions for future research. 4. Tables. You need to have two tables, one with descriptive statistics (means) and the other with regression results. Refer to the table format documents I created for each research question (paper) number. You may copy and paste my table formats into your paper and then enter your results into the tables. Start your tables on a new page of your document. 5. Abstract. This will be optional for the research paper project. If you wish to include one, place it as a first and separate page on your assignment. Consult the example in the PowerPoint slides for this assignment (Assignment 4). SOC 4943-001 SOC 4943 Fall 2020 Assignment 4: Rough Draft of First Part of Research Paper (worth 20 points) Due on Canvas by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, November 6 (note the changed due date) To facilitate writing the research paper, you will produce a rough draft in two parts. I am defining the first part (half) of the rough draft as the cover (title) page, introduction, literature review and theory, hypotheses, and reference sections of the paper. For reminders on how to write the sections that will make up the first part (half) of your rough draft: consult the research paper instructions you received earlier in the semester (available in the “Research Paper Project [For All Research Papers/Research Questions]” module), excerpts from the Edwards book on writing paper (pp. 19- 21 in the Week 4 module and pp. 31-33 and 47-54 in the Week 10 module), and the PowerPoint slides on writing research papers/articles from earlier this semester (see the slides in the Week 4 module). The Reitzes and Jaret (2007) and Purcell (2009) articles assigned earlier this semester (in the Week 3 and Week 4 modules, respectively) can serve as examples of how to write a research paper. Additional suggestions for writing the first part are in the “tips for assignment 4 (rough draft – first part)” PowerPoint file, which is available in both the Week 10 module and under the slides subheading of the “Research Paper Project [For All Research Papers/Research Questions]” module. A few brief reminders (consult the “tips for assignment 4 (rough draft – first part)”slides and the research paper instructions for more details): • Cover (title) page: include your name and a title for your paper. This is a separate page. • Introduction: what is your research question and why is it interesting and important? • Literature review and theory: make sure you include the three required articles and the two articles you found in your literature review (your assignment #2) and focus on findings reported in the articles for variables similar to the ones you are using. Write an integrative literature review, not a one-article-per paragraph review. The theory or theories you are using and why they are relevant to your study should be discussed before your hypotheses. Make sure you cite a source for your material on theory (refer to your assignment #2). Make sure you use ASA format correctly for your in-text citations and references. • Hypotheses: remind your readers of the theory or theories you are using. You wrote hypotheses in assignment #2—refer to what you wrote in that assignment (and my comments) for this section of your paper. • References: this section starts on a new page. Make sure you use ASA format correctly here. Make sure you alphabetize your references by last name of the first author of each article. SOC 4943-002: Capstone in General Sociology SOC 4943-001 Fall 2020 Assignment 3: Due October 27, 9:15 a.m. Research Paper Question #3: How are family factors (parental education and parental educational expectations for their child) and high school experiences (GPA and sport/extracurricular involvement) related to educational expectations during one’s early twenties? Independent variables (measured during high school)1: Parental education (how much schooling parent with most schooling has had) Parental educational expectations (how far in school parent expects child to go) High school GPA (total GPA from high school transcript) Extracurricular involvement (average number of hours per weekday on extracurricular activities) Dependent variable (measured in second survey follow-up in 2016): Educational expectations (how far in school respondent expects to go, reported during early twenties) Control variables (if you wish, now is when you have to decide whether to include any in your paper): Male (whether male vs. female) Race-ethnicity (Asian, black, Hispanic, multiracial, white) Directions: Referring to the descriptive statistics and regression results from SPSS that are attached, complete the following charts. 1. Report descriptive statistics (means) and interpret them Name/description of variable (include even omitted categories) State the mean here Interpret the mean. What does it tell you relative to the values of the categories as shown in the frequency tables? 2. Report regression results and interpret them Independent variable name/description (in leftmost column e.g., parental education) Estimate/coefficient from SPSS (look in