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Writing Within Sociology: A Guide for Undergraduates

Department of Sociology Oregon State University

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Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Writing that Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Tips on Writing Theory and Content Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4. Overview for Writing a Quantitative Research Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.1 Writing Quantitative Research Papers: The Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.2 Writing Quantitative Research Papers: The Literature Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4.3 Writing Quantitative Research Papers: The Methods Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.4 Writing Quantitative Research Papers: Presenting Quantitative Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4.5 Writing Quantitative Research Papers: Discussions and Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5. Literature Reviews for Applied Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6. What’s Really Happening When I Write a Literature Review? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 7. Some Guidelines for Writing Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 8. The Internship Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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