Order instructions

A) Introduction (Approximately 1/2 page)
Same as for the Research Proposal, but it should be further revised and refined based on any new information you have or based on improving it for your audience.

B) (Revised)* Neighborhood Statement (Approximately 1/2 page)
You wrote your initial neighborhood statement at the very beginning of your project, and it was mostly for your use to begin to clarify some things about the neighborhood and where you are working on this project.
Now, toward the end it is time to revise it and make it a useful part of your final paper to introduce and explain to your reader what and where this place is.

C) (Revised)* Literature Review (4 cr: Approximately 1/2 page; 8cr: Approximately 1 page) See description for literature review in the Research Proposal section, but for the Draft Research Paper besure to add, revise and edit this section for this draft of the research paper.

D) (Revised)* Methodology (4 cr: Approximately 1/2 page; 8cr: Approximately 1 page)
The methodology section describes in detail how the study will be conducted. This section addresses not
only the steps that will be taken to collect data, but also how they intend to analyze these data.
E) Body of Research Paper (4 cr: Approximately 2-3 pages; 8cr: Approximately 4-5 pages)
Here is where you present your findings, analyze your results and offer your conclusions. To do this well, you should have your research question in mind and work to begin developing a thesis that answers this question to the extent that you are able to. The body of your research paper should offer your reader the evidence and analysis of the evidence that support your answer to your research question. As part of the body of the paper you will also do a discussion section; in this section you offer some thoughts on what are
possible influences on the research, including your biases, omissions, lack of information, etc. It will become obvious over the course of your research what some other limiting factors on your conclusions. In your discussion you should also write about how the readings assisted you in your thinking. Your
conclusion should summarize your findings and give your reader some sense of why these findings are important and what else they may lead to or should lead to. Body of Research Paper Outline:
1. Findings
2. Analysis
3. Discussion
4. Conclusion
F) (Revised)* References (4 cr: Approximately 4-6 sources; 8cr: Approximately 8-12 sources)
The reference list at the end of the Draft Research Paper should include all works cited in the proposal;
conversely, all items listed, as references must have been cited in the text of the proposal. Purdue OWL can
provide guidance for accurately compiling a reference list that meet the American Psychological
Association’s (APA) format and style requirements adopted in this class.
* Note: You won’t put the word “Revised” in the headers in your paper; this is simply a note to you that you
have done this section for a previous assignment and should be sure to revise it for the latest draft.
Final Research Paper (due July 27th) 4 credit first session: 7-8 pages & 8 credit first session: 15-16 pages
The final paper will include the sections below. You will put the Final Research paper into Final Research
Portfolio (on the left side of the folder) and organize the rest of the materials listed above into Final
Research Portfolio (on the right side of the folder).
The Final Research Paper Format:
A) (Revised)* Introduction (Approximately 1 page)
Same as above for the Research Proposal and Draft Research Paper, but it should be further revised and
refined based on any new information you have or based on improving it for your audience.
B) (Revised)* Neighborhood Statement (Approximately 1 page)
Continue to revise it and make it a useful part of your final paper to introduce and explain to your reader
what and where this place is and what it is like to live there.
C) (Revised)* Literature Review (4 cr: Approximately 1 page; 8cr: Approximately 2 pages)
See above description for literature review in the Research Proposal section, but for the Final Research
Paper be sure to add, revise and edit this section for this draft of the research paper.
D) (Revised)* Methodology. (4 cr: Approximately 1 page; 8cr: Approximately 2 pages)
The methodology section describes in detail how the study was conducted. This section addresses not only
the steps that will be taken to collect data, but also how they intend to analyze these data.
E) (Revised)* Body of Research paper (4 cr: Approximately 4-5 pages; 8cr: Approximately 8-9 pages)
Here is where you present your findings, analyze your results and offer your conclusions. To do this well,
you should have your research question in mind and work to begin developing a thesis that answers this
question to the extent that you are able to. The body of your research paper should offer your reader the
evidence and analysis of the evidence that support your answer to your research question. As part of the
body of the paper you will also do a discussion section; in this section you offer some thoughts on what are
possible influences on the research, including your biases, omissions, lack of information, etc. This is the
section where your Lay Summary will play a role, but it’s not the only thing; it will become obvious over
the course of your research what some other limiting factors on your conclusions. In your discussion you
should also write about how the readings assisted you in your thinking. Your conclusion should summarize
your findings and give your reader some sense of why these findings are important and what else they may
lead to or should lead to. Body of Research Paper Outline:
1. Findings
2. Analysis
3. Discussion
4. Conclusion
F) Sociological Imagination and Possible Solutions (Approximately 1 page)
Sociological Imagination is a perspective developed by sociologist C. Wright Mills (1959) as “the vivid
awareness of the relationship between personal experience and the wider society.” It proposes that we
interrogate the “variables” or social forces that contribute to not only the problems, but also the social forces
that contribute to the possible solutions. These could be economic, geographical, institutional (education,
family, religious, social policy etc.), biographical etc. to alleviate the problem.
G) (Revised)* References (4 cr: Approximately 8-12 sources; 8cr: Approximately 16-24 sources)
The reference list at the end of the Final Research Paper should include all works cited in the proposal;
conversely, all items listed, as references must have been cited in the text of the proposal. Purdue OWL can
provide guidance for accurately compiling a reference list that meet the American Psychological
Association’s (APA) format and style requirements adopted in this class.
H) Field Notes Appendix and any other Appendices
Field Notes refer to various written notes as well as doodles, drawings, ideas recorded by the researcher
during or after their observation of a specific phenomenon, issue, meetings etc. that they are studying. Field
notes are particularly valued in descriptive research. They assist in your reflection of your research and
inform your conclusion and the direction that you are going in your research. Field notes should be
completed after every encounter with your research process. Each individual will keep and collect their own
Field Notes, which they will staple and include in the Final Research Portfolio