Sociology Sample Presentation

Disclaimer This is only an example. Your presentation may need to be different, depending on how you set up your study. There is no minimum or maximum amount for slides or time. You will be graded on how well you set up your study and how thoroughly you can explain it to the class.

Introduce Your Topic What are you studying? Why is this an important topic?

Background Information Define any key terms What kind of studies have been done on this topic in the past? What were the results?

Hypothesis Explain, specifically, what you want to learn and what you expect to happen.

Research Design How did you set up your study? Explain in detail. List any questions you gave out if your group decided to do a survey Show any pictures or video of your study

Research Design Population How did you try to find a representative sample? Quantitative/Qualitative and independent/dependent/intervening variables

Data What were the results? Did you see any correlation between your variables? How did intervening variables affect the outcome? Include any graphs or charts that can display your quantitative variables. (I would suggest one graph per slide)

Findings and Conclusion What did this study show? Was you hypothesis correct? Were there any ethical questions raised by your study? Any potential problems with your study? (There always are) How could you improve this study? What is your new hypothesis?