Methods of Social Research SOC 301

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part 1) Read the textbook (Appendix A: Reviewing the Literature) carefully, watch the video listed below, and answer the questions listed below. https://youtu.be/HpUiqkZw1tU?si=Z1mIgBoJ2JaoX7Jo video.

• w3r1What is a literature review?
• w3r2What is a peer-reviewed paper?
• w3r3What is an abstract?
• w3r4How does the Boolean operator, “and”, affect your search results in your search for articles using the library databases. Explain your answer using “gay and adoption” as an example.
• w3r5How does the Boolean operator, “or”, affect your search results in your search for articles using the library databases. Explain your answer using “gay or adoption” as an example.
• w3r6How does the Boolean operator, “not”, affect your search results in your search for articles using the library databases. Explain your answer using “gay and not adoption” (or “gay not adoption”) as an example.
• w3r7What are the sections contained in a scholarly empirical research article?
• w3r8What are the three goals of writing a literature review, according to the textbook?
• w3r9What is plagiarism?
• w3r10What should you do to avoid plagiarism?
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  Part2) Read the article carefully and answer the questions listed at the bottom of this page.( the article is the pictures uploaded)
• w3r21What is the problem of inserting too many direct quotations in your writing?
• w3r22What is paraphrasing?
• w3r23Why is it good to paraphrase?
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  Part 3) Read the article and answer the questions listed at the bottom of this page-
• [Sources: J.L. Galvan, Writing Literature Review, 1999, Pyrczak Publishing, and P.D. Leedy & J.E. Ormrod, Practical Research, 2001, Merrill Prentice Hall.]
• w3r31What do you need to conduct a literature search?
• w3r32What is an empirical research article?
• w3r33What is a review article? How does it differ from an empirical research article?
• w3r34What is the difference between a bad literature review and a good literature review?