I am working on a sociology case study and need a sample draft to help me understand better.
- Choose one research subject (I strongly recommend a classmate, parent, friend, or partner – NO clients or children).
- Choose one small thing they want to change (reduce stress, lose weight, improve timeliness, etc. – NO major depression, significant trauma, etc.) – this is the dependent variable.
- Choose one potential intervention to affect change (nothing life-threatening, please) – this is the independent variable.
- Measure their baseline dependent variable (e.g. stress) for 3-4 times without any intervention
- Implement the intervention (e.g. lavender on their pillow at night), continue to measure their dependent variable (still stress) for an additional 3-4 times (usually days or weeks)
- Write up your results. Viola! You just completed a small research study!
The write up will be a 7-9 page (double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt. font) “Single Case Evaluation Paper” that includes: Title Page; Abstract; Introduction; Literature Review; Method; Results; Discussion; Personal Experience; and References. This is a formal research paper and should look like published empirical journal articles (with the exception of the “personal experience” section at the end of the paper). The grading rubric is attached to the back of this syllabus and I strongly recommend following the headings provided in the grading rubric. See APA Publication Manual pp 23-59 for specific instructions, and sample papers posted on Canvas. The literature review due on April 18th may be used as the literature review for this single subject design paper.
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