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Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper
Provides guidelines on how to prepare, organize, and write a college-level research paper in the social and behavioral sciences, along with offering practical strategies for writing effectively and with confidence.
Purpose of Guide
Types of Research Designs
Design Flaws to Avoid
Independent and Dependent Variables
Glossary of Research Terms
1. Choosing a Research Problem
Reading Research Effectively
Narrowing a Topic Idea
Broadening a Topic Idea
Extending the Timeliness of a Topic Idea
2. Preparing to Write
Academic Writing Style
Applying Critical Thinking
Choosing a Title
Making an Outline
Paragraph Development
Research Process Video Series
3. The Abstract
Executive Summary
4. The Introduction
The C.A.R.S. Model
Background Information
The Research Problem/Question
Theoretical Framework
5. The Literature Review
Search Strategies for Literature Reviews
Citation Tracking
Content Alert Services
Evaluating Sources
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Tiertiary Sources
Scholarly vs. Popular Resources
6. The Methodology
Qualitative Methods
Quantitative Methods
Insiderness
7. The Results
Using Non-Textual Elements
8. The Discussion
Limitations of the Study
9. The Conclusion
Appendices
10. Proofreading Your Paper
Common Grammar Mistakes