1. Welcome to the Modern Studies assignment 3.

2. Assignment Due 17/10/14 Instructions for Chapters and Conclusion

3. Chapter 2(Primary Research) Explain and illustrate the findings from this research- Use the research methods booklet for advantages/disadvantages of your chosen research method. (Research Methods Booklet on School Website)Research Methods Booklet on School Website Refer back to your hypothesis after each point. For example: My survey shows that eight out of ten people agreed that poverty causes crime. This evidence proves my hypothesis correct, that poverty is the main cause of crime, because the majority of people surveyed agreed. This example assumes that poverty causes crime. EACH CHAPTER SHOULD BE ONE PAGE OF 12 POINT TEXT.

4. Chapter 3(Secondary Research) Explain and illustrate your findings – Use the research methods booklet for advantages /disadvantages for your secondary research. Refer back to your hypothesis after each point. For example – Evidence proves that there is in fact a strong link between alcohol and violence. The article explains that the fall in violent crime in recent years could be linked to the increase in alcohol prices. "Binge drinking has become less frequent, and the proportion of youths who don't drink alcohol at all has risen sharply. Also, after decades in which alcohol has become more affordable, since 2008 it has become less affordable.”(News article linking alchol and violent crime.)News article linking alchol and violent crime. This examples assumes the hypothesis is – Alcohol abuse causes violent crime. EACH CHAPTER SHOULD BE ONE PAGE OF 12 POINT TEXT

5. Reminder! Remember in your conclusion you will have to evaluate your chosen methods – what worked well and what didn’t. You will also be required to report on what decisions you have had to make during your investigation, so it would be worth taking a note of these. (E.g. To conduct a survey of your peers in school, rather than out in the community, for health and safety reasons.) You will also be expected to identify any bias you discovered during your investigation. Again it would be a good idea to keep a note of this during your investigation. (In your bibliography you could note down what was biased and why you thought so.)

6. Conclusion State whether you hypothesis has been proven to be correct or incorrect. Evaluate the methods used and the findings of your research. Did you choose the best research method? If so, explain why it was useful. If not, what other method would you choose next time and why? Did you get results that enabled you to draw a conclusion? If you didn’t, is there anything you could have done to change this? Did you find that any of the secondary sources you used were biased? Did you find any of the information you gathered or used was exaggerated? What decisions did you have to make throughout the process? What conclusions did you draw?

7. Appendixes Bibliography Record all of the secondary sources used in your research. (websites/newspaper articles/magazine articles etc.) Learning Log Record of all the work completed for this piece of research. As well as the dates each task was completed.

8. Bibliography A bibliography is the list of all the primary and secondary sources you have gotten your information from. You need to record where you are getting your information from as you go and hold it all in the one word document. (Remember Wikipedia is not an acceptable source, you need to find the original!) You also need to keep a log of other ways in which you have gathered evidence. (E.g. if you are conducting a survey, what date did you ask individuals questions on.) If you do not reference your information and claim it as your own this is plagiarism!