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You will submit several small assignments throughout the course as you develop your research paper, including choosing a topic, developing an annotated bibliography, writing an a

Identify one peer-reviewed article that you plan to use for your research paper. Write a brief paper in APA style in which you answer the following questions: 1. After reading the abstract of the article: What was the research question? What were the findings? What research methods were used? 2. After reading the entire article: How do you know that this is a credible source of information? What makes this article relevant to your research question? Does this article cause you to rethink or refine your original research question?

As a scholar in psychology or sociology, you no doubt have many interesting questions that you would like to answer. Review your burning questions and choose a question that interests you and is possible to answer in a 3-page essay. (You will use this question for writing your final paper in this course.) For this assignment, turn in a one-page document that includes your research question, a paragraph detailing your plan for research, and another paragraph explaining what you believe the conclusion of your research will be. The final paper will include a title page, an abstract page, three pages of essay text, and a reference page. Your final document will be six pages long. You must use exactly three references for your paper. Fewer or greater than three will result in a loss of points.

Identify three articles that you plan to use for your research paper. For each, provide the following: A full reference in APA style A brief summary of the article A statement about the validity of the resource The relevance of the resource to your research question

1. After reading the abstract of the article: What was the research question? What were the findings? What research methods were used? 2. After reading the entire article: How do you know that this is a credible source of information? What makes this article relevant to your research question? Does this article cause you to rethink or refine your original research question? Be sure to include a complete bibliographic reference in APA style for the article at the end of your paper (review the sample in the Content