1. Writing a Research Paper Humanities and Social Science 1

2. SOCIAL SCIENCES 2

3. Purpose of a Social Sciences Paper Controlled investigation and inquiry in order to clarify social issues. Variety of qualitative and quantitative methods used: ◦ Surveys, interviews, experiments, observations, etc. 3

4. Anatomy of a Social Sciences Research Paper (hypothesis based) Background/Introduction Literature Review Methodology Results Discussion Conclusion References 4

5. Background/Introduction Tell them what you are going to tell them. What is your thesis, or what does your research focus on? Why is your work important/unique? 5

6. Methodology/Hypothesis What you planned to show with your research. An expansion of your thesis into specific details. Description of how you gathered information/sources studied/populations observed, etc. 6

7. Body Statistical or descriptive data on what you found. Specifically addresses Methodology/Hypothesis questions. Not the spot for interpretation. 7

8. Body Cont. How does your Results impact your Methodology/Hypothesis/Thesis? What did you discover? Was your thesis challenged, validated, or a little of both? 8

9. Conclusion & References Tell them what you told them. Lessons Learned Citations/references for all items you used in your work. 9