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Touchstone 3: Presenting a Research Plan

SCENARIO: 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.

ASSIGNMENT: 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.

 

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You must incorporate the same community group and research question from Touchstone 1 as you complete the requirements for this Touchstone 3.

REQUIREMENTS: You must create 8-11 notecards using the touchstone template below. Your notecards will include:

· introduction card

· research question card

· literature review (4–6 cards)

· hypothesis card

· operational definitions card (if needed)

· research method card

Use the following Touchstone 3 template to fill in your research plan as you develop it. When you have finished, submit this template to move on to the next unit. You may also download an example of a completed touchstone.

 

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Touchstone 3 Template

Touchstone 3 Sample

Before you get started, let’s look at how you’ll build your notecards, step by step.

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 
Touchstones: Academic Integrity Guidelines for more about plagiarism and the Plagiarism Detected alert. For guidance on the use of generative AI technology, review 
Ethical Standards and Appropriate Use of AI.

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A. Directions



Step 1: Revise Touchstone 1

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.



Step 2: Conduct a Literature Review

Next, complete your reading for your literature review.

Reminder of attributes of good readings for your literature review:

· They are academic, scholarly works about research findings or they are reliable journalistic reporting based on scientifically credible and reliable data.

· They should have been published in the last 10 years—unless they are a landmark work on the topic and provide important background or as a comparison.

· They look at different sides of the argument and a variety of perspectives.

As you complete each reading, take notes. Some of the questions you could ask about each reading include:

1. Who wrote this article? Is it the researchers themselves, or is it a journalist writing about their findings?

2. 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?

3. Do they have an academic affiliation? Are the researchers sociologists, or are they of a different discipline?

4. When was the research conducted?

5. What question were the researchers attempting to answer?

6. How does this question/topic relate to my question/topic?

7. What methods did they use to study their question?

8. What conclusions did they draw from their results?

9. How do their conclusions impact my research question, hypothesis, or research plan?

As you did for your first Touchstone, you will include five key elements for each source, with each element separated by a period:

· Author’s name(s)

· Publisher and publication date

· Title of the source, in quotation marks

· Page numbers (if applicable)

· Source’s location for web-based texts (URL)

EXAMPLE

 Alireza Behtoui. Journal of Sociology, 2015. “Beyond social ties: The impact of social capital on labour market outcomes for young Swedish people.” p. 711-724. 
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1440783315581217


Step 3: Formulate a Hypothesis, State Your Operational Definitions, and Choose a Research Method

Hypothesis

Now, formulate a hypothesis for your research question and choose a sociological research method appropriate for testing your hypothesis. While you won’t be conducting the research, you will write up a description of how you plan to conduct your research. 
(HINT: Refer back to 

Lesson 1.3.5: Formulating a Hypothesis



Lesson 1.3.6: Collecting Data: Quantitative Approaches 

, and 

Lesson 1.3.6: Collecting Data: Quantitative Approaches 

for help.)

A formal hypothesis states the relationship between two variables—one is independent (IV) and one is dependent (DV). It must also be formatted as an If/Then statement, for instance:

· If people eat chocolate (IV), then they will get pimples (DV).

· If people go to the gym (IV), then they will be fit (DV).

Operational Definitions

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?

Research Method

Then, choose a research method. Deciding on a research method will also take some thought and planning:

1. Will you use qualitative or quantitative research or a combination?

2. How will you engage subjects or find your data?

3. What kinds of tools and assessments will be used to gather the data?


Step 4: Prepare Your Notecards

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.

Notecard

Component

Introduction

Your introduction notecard should introduce your audience to the community group being studied.

Research question

Your second notecard will state your research question.

Literature Review (4-6 cards)

Now that you’ve introduced your community group and research question, it’s 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.

Hypothesis

Your hypothesis notecard should describe your hypothesis.

Operational definitions

Your operational definitions notecard should include and explain any operational definitions you developed for your study. You may skip this card if you have none.

Research method

Your research method notecard should introduce your proposed research method and explain how you propose to conduct your research.

Refer to the checklist below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines.

1. Literature Review: Sources and Feedback
❒ Have you provided 4-6 sources appropriate for a sociological literature review?
❒ Have you addressed all feedback on the Unit 1 Touchstone bibliography?

2. Literature Review: Description and Analysis
❒ Have you thoroughly and accurately described your sources and identified relevance to the research topic?
❒ Did you properly format these sources and include the five key elements for each source, with each element separated by a period:

· Author’s name(s)

· Publisher and publication date

· Title of the source, in quotation marks

· Page numbers (if applicable)

· Source’s location for web-based texts (URL)

3. Hypothesis and Operational Definitions
❒ Is your hypothesis well-aligned to the research question?
❒ Is your hypothesis testable and predicts outcomes between two or more identified variables?
❒ Are all concepts needing operational definitions identified and definitions are provided?

4. Research Method
❒ Did you select and explain a qualitative or quantitative research method that is suitable to the research question?
❒ Did you identify specific instruments?

5. Conventions
❒ Have you proofread your essay for grammatical and mechanical errors?
❒ Have you used spell check or another method to check spelling?

6. Before You Submit
❒ Have you included your name and date at the top left of the page?



B. Rubric

 

Advanced (100%)

Proficient (85%)

Acceptable (75%)

Needs Improvement (50%)

Non-Performance (0%)

Literature Review: Sources and Feedback

Sources are of good quality and feedback was applied. (20%)

4-6 sources appropriate for a sociological literature review are provided; all feedback on the Unit 1 Touchstone bibliography was addressed.

At least 3 sources appropriate for a sociological literature review are provided; most feedback on the Unit 1 Touchstone bibliography was addressed.

At least 2 sources appropriate for a sociological literature review are provided; some feedback on the Unit 1 Touchstone bibliography was addressed.

Only 1 source appropriate for a sociological literature review is provided; there is little evidence that feedback on the Unit 1 Touchstone bibliography was addressed.

Did not identify any appropriate sources or submitted so little work that no credit can be given.

Literature Review: Description and Analysis

Sources are described and analyzed. (25%)

Sources are described thoroughly and accurately, and relevance to research topic is identified.

Most of the sources are described thoroughly and accurately, and in most cases the relevance to research topic is identified.

Most of the sources are described thoroughly and accurately. Relevance to research topic may be absent.

Most of the sources are minimally described or contain inaccuracies in their descriptions. Relevance to research topic may be absent.

Sources are not described or analyzed.

Hypothesis and Operational Definitions

A well-developed hypothesis is provided and operational definitions are identified. (25%)

Hypothesis is well-aligned to the research question, is testable, and predicts outcomes between two or more identified variables. All concepts needing operational definitions are identified and definitions are provided.

Hypothesis achieves two of three: is well-aligned to the research question; is testable; predicts outcomes between two or more identified variables. Not all concepts needing operational definitions are identified or defined.

Hypothesis achieves one of three: is well-aligned to the research question; is testable; predicts outcomes between two or more identified variables. Concepts needing operational definitions may be unidentified or undefined.

Hypothesis is not well-aligned to the research question; Concepts needing operational definitions may be unidentified or undefined.

Did not submit a hypothesis or submitted so little work that no credit can be given.

Research Method

A suitable research method is selected and described. (20%)

A qualitative or quantitative research method that is suitable to the research question is selected and explained. Specific instruments are identified.

A qualitative or quantitative research method that is suitable to the research question is selected and explained.

A qualitative or quantitative research method is identified and explained but is not suitable for the research question.

A decision to use qualitative or quantitative methods is made but is not specified or explained.

Did not submit an explanation of a proposed research method or submitted so little work that no credit can be given.

Conventions

Submission follows conventions for standard written English and meets requirements. (10%)

There are almost no errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization; all length and formatting requirements are met.

There are minor errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization that do not impede readability; length and formatting requirements are nearly met.

There are frequent errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization that somewhat impede readability; length and formatting requirements are nearly met.

There are consistent errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization that significantly impede readability; length and formatting requirements are not met.

Submission does not meet the minimum threshold for points to be awarded.



C. Requirements

The following requirements must be met for your submission:

· Use a readable 11- or 12-point font.

· All writing must be appropriate for an academic context.

· Composition must be original and written for this assignment.

· Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.

· Submission must include your name and the date.

· Include all of the assignment components in a single file.

· Acceptable file formats include .doc and .docx.

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