Intro To Sociology week 3 part 1

Writing Assignment (Part 1): Identifying the Hypothesis Due in Week 3 and worth 50 points

Consider
a social issue in which you are interested. It could be human freedom,
sexuality, deviance, crime, social mobility, poverty, education, aging,
or another similar issue. Select a specific hypothesis that you will
evaluate against the available evidence from your library / Internet
research.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Apply the sociological perspective to a variety of socioeconomic and political problems.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology.
Write clearly and concisely about sociology using proper writing mechanics.

In this Assignment, you will consider a social issue that interests
you. It could be human freedom, sexuality, deviance, crime, social
mobility, poverty, education, aging, or another similar issue. Within
that general issue, you will select a specific hypothesis to evaluate.
You will conduct library research to gather and critically evaluate
evidence that bears on your hypothesis

This assignment is
completed in four (4) stages that build on each other. At each stage,
you should keep the final stage in mind.

Stage (and Week due)	Point Value	Description of Stage	Grading criteria
1 (Week 3)	50	Identifying the Hypothesis	Hypothesis is stated in a clear manner.
2 (Week 5)	100	Outline and Preliminary List of References	Content is provided for each component of the paper. A list of at least three (3) references is provided.
3 (Week 8)	120	Draft 1	Evaluated on content for each component, as well as writing skills, and use of citations and references.
4 (Week 10)	150	Final Version	Evaluated on content for each component, as well as writing skills, and use of citations and references.

In the final stage of this assignment, you will submit a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

Specific Hypothesis. Introduce your paper by identifying the specific hypothesis you are evaluating in this paper.
Applicable
Sociological Concepts. Identify the sociological theories and
terminology from the text that apply to your social issue
Practical
Implications. Discuss the value of sociological research into your
issue. Determine whether or not there are (or would be) practical
implications of sociological inquiry into this issue.
Evidence.
This is the most important part of the paper. Analyze at least two
(2) lines of evidence that pertain to the hypothesis you are evaluating.
Does the evidence support your hypothesis? For each type of evidence,
consider possible biases and alternative interpretations.
Conclusions.
Draw conclusions based on the evidence that you have discovered. Does
the evidence confirm or refute your hypothesis? Is the evidence
sufficiently convincing to draw firm conclusions about your hypothesis?