{"id":11950,"date":"2024-02-16T22:52:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T22:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/your-supervisor-has-approved-your-research-question-and-plan-for-studying-some-aspect-of-diversity-and-or-collaboration-in-a-community-group-now-it-is-time-to-conduct-your-literature-review-and-devel\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T22:52:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T22:52:30","slug":"your-supervisor-has-approved-your-research-question-and-plan-for-studying-some-aspect-of-diversity-and-or-collaboration-in-a-community-group-now-it-is-time-to-conduct-your-literature-review-and-devel","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/your-supervisor-has-approved-your-research-question-and-plan-for-studying-some-aspect-of-diversity-and-or-collaboration-in-a-community-group-now-it-is-time-to-conduct-your-literature-review-and-devel\/","title":{"rendered":"Your supervisor has approved your research question and plan for studying some aspect of diversity and\/or collaboration in a community group. Now it is time to conduct your literature review and develop your hypothesis and research plan."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.3em; padding: 1em; font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.892857em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 1.64706em; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Touchstone 3: Presenting a Research Plan<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">SCENARIO:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Your supervisor has approved your research question and plan for studying some aspect of diversity and\/or collaboration in a community group. Now it is time to conduct your literature review and develop your hypothesis and research plan.<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ASSIGNMENT:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>In Touchstone 1, you developed a research question and prepared a preliminary bibliography for your literature review. You will now conduct your literature review, formulate your hypothesis and research plan, and develop a set of notecards that summarize your work.<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">REQUIREMENTS:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>You must create 8-11 notecards using the touchstone template below. Your notecards will include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0.3em 2.94118em 1.17647em 1.17647em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.705882em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">introduction card<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">research question card<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">literature review (4\u20136 cards)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">hypothesis card<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">operational definitions card (if needed)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">research method card<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use the following Touchstone 3 template to create your note cards. When you have finished, submit this template.<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"touchstone-3-template-7\" data-km-type=\"link\"><span style=\"margin: 0px 0.238095em 0px 0px; font-size: 1.23529em; line-height: 1; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span>Touchstone 3 Template<\/a><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"touchstone-3-sample-8\" data-km-type=\"link\"><span style=\"margin: 0px 0.238095em 0px 0px; font-size: 1.23529em; line-height: 1; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span>Touchstone 3 Sample<\/a><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Before you get started, let\u2019s look at how you\u2019ll build your notecards, step by step.<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In order to foster learning and growth, all work you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any plagiarized or recycled work will result in a Plagiarism Detected alert. Review<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"touchstones-academic-integrity-guidelines-9\" data-km-type=\"link\">Touchstones: Academic Integrity Guidelines<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>for more about plagiarism and the Plagiarism Detected alert. For guidance on the use of generative AI technology, review<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"ethical-standards-and-appropriate-use-of-ai-10\" data-km-type=\"link\">Ethical Standards and Appropriate Use of AI<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0.454545em 0px 0.681818em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 1.29412em; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"link-11\" data-km-type=\"link\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A. Directions<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 1.17647em; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"link-12\" data-km-type=\"link\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step 1: Revise Touchstone 1<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">First, return to the community group description, research question, and proposed bibliography that you submitted in Touchstone 1, and make any necessary changes based on feedback from the grader. You will likely want to refine your reading list based on the feedback you received and what you learned about diversity and collaboration in Unit 3.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 1.17647em; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"link-13\" data-km-type=\"link\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step 2: Conduct a Literature Review<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Next, complete your reading for your literature review.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Reminder of attributes of good readings for your literature review:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.17647em; margin-left: 1.17647em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.705882em; font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">They are academic, scholarly works about research findings or they are reliable journalistic reporting based on scientifically credible and reliable data.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">They should have been published in the last 10 years\u2014unless they are a landmark work on the topic and provide important background or as a comparison.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">They look at different sides of the argument and a variety of perspectives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">As you complete each reading, take notes. Some of the questions you could ask about each reading include:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.17647em; margin-left: 1.17647em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.705882em; font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Who wrote this article? Is it the researchers themselves, or is it a journalist writing about their findings?<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Where was it published? Is it a scholarly publication like an academic journal, or is it for a popular audience? If the publication is for a popular audience, how would you characterize the audience?<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Do they have an academic affiliation? Are the researchers sociologists, or are they of a different discipline?<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">When was the research conducted?<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What question were the researchers attempting to answer?<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How does this question\/topic relate to my question\/topic?<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What methods did they use to study their question?<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What conclusions did they draw from their results?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How do their conclusions impact my research question, hypothesis, or research plan?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">As you did for your first Touchstone, you will include<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">five key elements<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>for each source, with each element separated by a period:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.17647em; margin-left: 1.17647em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.705882em; font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Author\u2019s name(s)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Publisher and publication date<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Title of the source, in quotation marks<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Page numbers (if applicable)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Source&#8217;s location for web-based texts (URL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<dl style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.882353em; font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<dd style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.882353em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0.294118em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">EXAMPLE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Alireza Behtoui. Journal of Sociology, 2015. &#8220;Beyond social ties: The impact of social capital on labour market outcomes for young Swedish people.&#8221; p. 711-724.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"journals-sagepub-com-doi-full-10-1177-1440783315581217-14\" data-km-type=\"link\">journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/1440783315581217<\/a><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 1.17647em; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"link-15\" data-km-type=\"link\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step 3: Formulate a Hypothesis, State Your Operational Definitions, and Choose a Research Method<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Hypothesis<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Now, formulate a hypothesis for your research question and choose a sociological research method appropriate for testing your hypothesis. While you won\u2019t be conducting the research, you will write up a description of how you plan to conduct your research.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(HINT: Refer back to<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"lesson-1-3-5-formulating-a-hypothesis-16\" data-km-type=\"link\">Lesson 1.3.5: Formulating a Hypothesis<\/a>,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"lesson-1-3-6-collecting-data-quantitative-approaches-17\" data-km-type=\"link\">Lesson 1.3.6: Collecting Data: Quantitative Approaches<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/a>, and<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"lesson-1-3-6-collecting-data-quantitative-approaches-18\" data-km-type=\"link\">Lesson 1.3.6: Collecting Data: Quantitative Approaches<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/a>for help.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A formal hypothesis states the relationship between two variables\u2014one is independent (IV) and one is dependent (DV). It must also be formatted as an If\/Then statement, for instance:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.17647em; margin-left: 1.17647em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.705882em; font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If people eat chocolate (IV), then they will get pimples (DV).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If people go to the gym (IV), then they will be fit (DV).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Operational Definitions<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Next, state your operational definition. Operational definitions identify important concepts related to the research. For example, If your community organization includes students, are they K-12? College? Medical? Or are students defined as: young adults between the ages of 18-21 who are attending a particular college or university?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Research Method<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Then, choose a research method. Deciding on a research method will also take some thought and planning:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.17647em; margin-left: 1.17647em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.705882em; font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Will you use qualitative or quantitative research or a combination?<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How will you engage subjects or find your data?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What kinds of tools and assessments will be used to gather the data?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 1.17647em; line-height: 1.4; cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\" data-km-value=\"link-19\" data-km-type=\"link\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step 4: Prepare Your Notecards<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Finally, incorporate Steps 1-4 to prepare a set of notecards for your proposed research study. Use the template provided to create 8-11 notecards that present the work you completed in Steps 1-4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<table style=\"font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<tbody style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<tr style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 0.3125em; font-weight: normal; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Notecard<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 0.3125em; font-weight: normal; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Component<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0.294118em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Introduction<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0.294118em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your introduction notecard should introduce your audience to the community group being studied.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0.294118em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Research question<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0.294118em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your second notecard will state your research question.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0.294118em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Literature Review (4-6 cards)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0.294118em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Now that you\u2019ve introduced your community group and research question, it\u2019s time to add information to your literature review notecards. Each source should have one notecard. The notecard should describe the information and analysis you performed in Step 2.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0.294118em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Hypothesis<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0.294118em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your hypothesis notecard should describe your hypothesis.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0.294118em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Operational definitions<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0.294118em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your operational definitions notecard should include and explain any operational definitions you developed for your study.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You may skip this card if you have none.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0.294118em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Research method<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 0.294118em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your research method notecard should introduce your proposed research method and explain how you propose to conduct your research.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Refer to the checklist below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1. Literature Review: Sources and Feedback<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2752 Have you provided 4-6 sources appropriate for a sociological literature review?<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2752 Have you addressed all feedback on the Unit 1 Touchstone bibliography?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2. Literature Review: Description and Analysis<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2752 Have you thoroughly and accurately described your sources and identified relevance to the research topic?<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2752 Did you properly format these sources and include the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">five key elements<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>for each source, with each element separated by a period:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.17647em; margin-left: 1.17647em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.705882em; font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Author\u2019s name(s)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Publisher and publication date<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Title of the source, in quotation marks<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Page numbers (if applicable)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Source&#8217;s location for web-based texts (URL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3. Hypothesis and Operational Definitions<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2752 Is your hypothesis well-aligned to the research question?<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2752 Is your hypothesis testable and predicts outcomes between two or more identified variables?<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2752 Are all concepts needing operational definitions identified and definitions are provided?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">4. Research Method<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2752 Did you select and explain a qualitative or quantitative research method that is suitable to the research question?<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2752 Did you identify specific instruments?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">5. Conventions<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2752 Have you proofread your essay for grammatical and mechanical errors?<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2752 Have you used spell check or another method to check spelling?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">6. Before You Submit<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u2752 Have you included your name and date at the top left of the page?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Touchstone 3: Presenting a Research Plan SCENARIO:&nbsp;Your supervisor has approved your research question and plan for studying some aspect of diversity and\/or collaboration in a community group. 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