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Are placebos just as effective as the medication in curing a condition? Term Paper Outline The term paper proposal is a two-page description of your proposal, which identifies the following: the research question you intend to pursue, the aspects to be identified, and discussion of the importance and centrality of these questions. In addition, include your (tentative) conceptualization measures (see below). This is not a project you can leave to the last minute. You should be working on it for the majority of the trimester. Once you have determined your research question, the next step, which is critical, is to either find or collect data you may manipulate to determine the answers to your research questions. Papers that do not use a data set as the center piece of the analysis, will be returned to the student ungraded. Again, I will not accept any papers at the end of the semester for which I never received outlines. Suggested Format for Paper I. Introduction Specify your research question and discuss how you plan to seek the answer. Be sure to say why you feel this is an important question, meriting the effort or your research and the time of the reader. II. Literature Review Discuss an overview of what the literature says about your question and any specific studies that have dealt with the question at hand. Consider the merits and validity of the research you have found. III. Methodology Discuss your methodological approach to answering your research question. This should include a discussion of your data source or collection methods, threats to validity, and potential problems with the data that you must acknowledge. You should also specify what statistical tests you plan to use to test hypotheses you derived from your research question. IV. Analysis and Findings Present the results of your statistical analysis and the findings you make from the analyses. Be as specific as possible in terms of variables and controls you use in the analysis and how they relate to specific hypotheses. V. Conclusions Considering your findings from the literature and quantitative analysis, conclude the most valid answer to your original research question. Be sure to defend your conclusions with specific illustrations from both areas. VI. Indications for New Research Discuss any new questions your findings and research raise and your thoughts of how future scholars address those questions. VII. Bibliography and Endnotes Showing all sources of reference material, in the format you have chosen. VIII. Appendix Any additive material, such as survey forms or other such documents you want to add to illustrate your study. Doing your own survey (primary data): You are welcome to do your own survey. We will discuss survey construction extensively in course lectures. Please recognize that the data must be collected in a timely manner so you have enough time to analyze it and write up your paper by the end of the term. There are many online systems for collecting data that you may use for free or for a small fee. You may also use paper survey and enter the data manually. • If you choose to do your own survey, the form must be approved by Dr. Conrad before you may use it. • You must be able to collect at least 50 cases. • The minimum number of variables for such as study is 10. Suggested data sources for secondary data: • Please feel free to use data from your place of work or other organization, as long as the organization agrees to your utilization of their data and your research project. o The requirement of a minimum of 50 cases and 10 variables also applies. o You are likely to find most secondary data sets available to you will far exceed that requirement. • ICPSR – available data sets for download in SPSS format. The university is a member of the consortium, so you should be able to download all available datasets from a university computer. Please see a reference librarian in the library, if you need help. The link is www.icpsr.org • CDC – ascii and PDF files. Link: www.cdc.gov • Department of Justice: www.doj.gov • Bureau of Labor Statistics: www.bls.gov • US Vital Statistics (through the CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm