The Written Report

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The Written Report

• Notes on How to Read and / or Write Empirical
  Research Articles

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Stratification of Journals Three Tiers

• Tier One Journals distributed by a national
  organization or top Research One University
• e.g. American Sociological Review
• Tier Two Journals distributed by a regional
  organization or Top Private Firm (edited and
  externally reviewed)
• e.g. Sociological Perspectives
• Tier Three Journals published by local or web
  based organizations - (edited but not externally
  reviewed).
• e.g. Electronic Journal of Sociology

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The Written Report - Sections

• Title

• Abstract

• The Four Components

• Appendix

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The Written Report - Sections

• Report Title (what to look for)

• Seek out the phrase effects on

• The IV typically comes before this phrase

• The DV typically comes after this phrase

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The Written Report - Components

• Abstract (what to look for)

• Statement of the Research

• Keywords for Search Engines

• Summary of the Findings

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The Written Report - Components

• Part I - Introduction

• Importance of the topic

• Review of the Literature

• Discussion of the problem/issue

• Statement of the Propositions

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The Written Report - Components

• Part II - Methods

• Description of the Population/Sample

• Description of Instrument / Operationalizations

• Procedure Followed to Obtain Data

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The Written Report - Components

• Part III - Results

• Restatement of each hypothesis

• Presentation of statistical data (e.g. tables)

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The Written Report- Components

• Part IV - Discussion

• Interpretation of results re the hypotheses

• Limitation of sample, procedure, analysis

• Suggestions for further research

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The Written Report

• Appendix (what to look for)

• Footnotes

• References / Bibliography - MLA APA ASA

• Tables, Graphs and Figures

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Reference Format Comparison

• Books 1(MLA) 2(APA) 3(ASA)
• 1. Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Star Trek
  Chronology The History of the Future. New York
  Pocket, 1993.
• Okuda, M., Okuda, D. (1993). Star trek
  chronology The history of the future. New York
  Pocket Books.
• 3. Herrera-Sobek, María and Helena María
  Viramontes. 1995. Chicana (W)rites On Word and
  Film. Berkeley, CA Third Woman Press.

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Reference Format Comparison

• Journal Articles 1(MLA) 2(APA) 3(ASA)
• 1. Wilcox, Rhonda V. "Shifting Roles and
  Synthetic Women in Star     Trek The Next
  Generation." Studies in Popular Culture 13.2
  (1991) 53-65.
• 2. Wilcox, R. V. (1991). Shifting roles and
  synthetic women in Star trek The next
  generation. Studies in Popular Culture, 13(2),
  53-65.
• 3. Garcia, Alma M. 1998. "An Intellectual
  Odyssey Chicana / Chicano Studies
• Moving into the Twenty-first Century." Journal of
  American Ethnic History 18109.

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Reference Format Comparison

• Web Articles 1(MLA) 2(APA) 3(ASA)
• Lynch, Tim. "DSN Trials and Tribble-ations
  Review." Psi Phi Bradley's
• Science Fiction Club. 1996. Bradley
  University. 8 Oct. 1997 lthttp// www.bradle
  y.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/503r.htmlgt.
• Lynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations
  review. Retrieved October 8, 1997, from Psi Phi
  Bradley's Science Fiction ClubWeb site
  http//www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/50
  3r.html
• Smith, Herman W. and Takako Nomi. 2000. "Is Amae
  the Key to
• Understanding Japanese Culture?."
  Electronic Journal of Sociology 51. Retrieved
  May 5, 2000 (http//www.sociology.org/content/vol0
  05.001/smith-nomi.html).