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Qualitative Research Methods – Final exam over Chapters 7-12, and readings
$30.00Qualitative Research Methods –
Final exam over Chapters 7-12, and readings
(As a rule of thumb, a double-spaced page for every 10 points is reasonable, but not a requirement.)
- Drawing upon lectures, the text, and various writings in the course on researcher bias, consider how you can guard against bias in future research. Is “bias free” qualitative research possible? (10)
- Consider the qualitative methodologies you did NOT use. Choose one that could have been used and discuss how your study would have been conducted and changed by the change of methodology. (20)
- Refer to the new text, page 193, Chapter 7, Gathering Data in the field, “Figure 7.2, What to Observe.” (I’ll also post this on Moodle) How do these apply to the communication in the link that follows this question? What differing types and items of information did they focus your attention upon? (20)
- A). Chapter 10 in the text, as well as the article by Renata Tesch, discusses categories, themes and metathemes. Using the videos at the above link, study these examples of communication for categories, themes and metathemes. Make your claim(s) give examples of the “data” they are based on, and write a conclusion/recommendation. (25) B). What paradigm did this fall under? Why? (5)
- Revisit the 7 “Principles of Good Practice” that appear in almost every chapter of the text. Using your own study or the Themes and Metathemes in the question above, discuss your encounters with/understanding of four of these principles. (20)
An American Movie Essay: The Heat
$5.00Write an essay about any American movie of your choice. Use fancy words to tell the story and events of the movie.
Pages: 2, double spaced
Comparison and Contrast Between Social and Bio-psycho-social Theories of Addiction
$5.00Essay instructions
Choose two of the theories of addiction and write a three-page comparison and contrast paper of the two theories
Theories chosen: Social and Bio-psycho-social Theories of Addiction
Pages: 3, double spaced
CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES PAPER
$20.00Be sure to identify the part and number of the question that you are answering.
I. CRITICAL ANALYSIS. ANSWER TWO OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS; USE THE TEXT TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWERS: 60 pts.
- How does Shakespeare establish the atmosphere of evil which pervades Macbeth? Start with the witches, and show how their presence reflects on all the events of the play. Give examples of how the imagery creates a feeling of evil.
- Trace how Lady Macbeth is destroyed by evil. Show how she renounces all human feeling in Act I and seems to be successful. After the murder, follow her downward course into madness and death.
- How does Macbeth’s changing attitude toward the supernatural reflect the change in his character? Contrast Macbeth’s reaction to the witches when he first sees them with his attitude toward them in Act IV.
- Do the supernatural events really occur, or are they projections of Macbeth’s inner state? Some readers believe that the floating dagger, Banquo’s ghost, and even the witches are products of Macbeth’s imagination. Explore that possibility. Point out in what way, if any, the meaning of the play is changed by accepting or rejecting the reality of the supernatural.
- Describe the way Macbeth and Lady Macbeth influence each other in the play. What effect does Lady Macbeth’s determination to kill Duncan have on her husband? After the murder, how does Macbeth change, and how does that affect Lady Macbeth?
- How does Shakespeare establish that Macduff is a good man? Show how Macduff’s character is revealed through his actions and reactions. Focus on how he handles himself after Duncan’s murder and after hearing that his wife and children have been killed.
- Is Macbeth a good man at the beginning of the play, or is he already plotting to be king? Macbeth’s quick response to the suggestion that he will be king could be interpreted as proof that he has already been plotting, or it could simply show that the forces of evil have been clever in choosing their temptation. Using Macbeth’s soliloquies and his scenes with Lady Macbeth, take a stand on the question and defend it.
- How does the fact that Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s shortest plays contribute to its effectiveness? Discuss the economy of the writing. Show how each detail contributes to the advancement of the plot; and how Macbeth seems to plunge to his destruction at a sickening pace.
II. CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES. ANSWER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS; USE THE TEXT TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWERS: 20 pts.
- Both Robert Frost and Langston Hughes impress readers with their skills in using figurative language; therefore, from one of Frost’s poems and Hughes’ poems identify a metaphor and a simile from each of their works. Explain their importance to the poems’ themes.
- Both Emily Dickinson and Shakespeare use personification skillfully. From each give an example from their poems in which they have employed effective personification. (You may include Shakespeare’s Macbeth.)
III. MAKING CRITICAL CONNECTIONS. ANSWER ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. 20 pts
- Michael Meyer, the anthologizer of our text, has asked you to nominate one poet for special recognition for his/her universal appeal. Name him/her and support your selection.
- Although you have read and analyzed many poems during the quarter, perhaps there is one (or maybe more) that has met your criteria for a masterpiece. If so, identify that poem and defend your selection.
Choose one of the questions on Macbeth that you have not already addressed and answer it in one paragraph
Breastfeeding for Working Mothers (Lot in Life Applied Final Project)
$32.00You are expecting your first child and are interested in breastfeeding your baby. You would also like to return to work relatively soon. You have to decide how valuable breastfeeding is and whether you can work and breastfeed.
Prepare a 7 – 10 page (not including title and reference pages) scholarly research paper on the underlying issue of the scenario you chose in the Lot in Life Applied Final Project and a description of how parents can deal with it (based upon theory and up-to-date research findings). This paper should draw information from at least 8 primary sources of information (peer-reviewed journal articles published since 2007 and books authored by theorists in addition to information from government and community agencies. Your sources of information should be cited and referenced in APA (American Psychological Association), 6th edition, style.
Note: Your references for Part 3 do not have to be the same sources of information included in Part 2. You may have located more appropriate and/or more recent sources of information since completion of Part 2.
This is to be a scholarly paper, written in third person voice (do not write “I,” “we,” “you,” “us,” “our,” etc.
You will contact at least two local community agencies (not just their websites) that provide services information, training, and support for the problem. Include their mission statement, specifics on how to contact the agencies, what services are provided, and how much these services cost.
If in addition to the required peer-reviewed sources of information, you include World Wide Web sources for information on this topic, review the guidelines for evaluating Internet sources.
Gambling and Its Effects
$20.00Prepare a paper between 1250-1500 words on the effects of gambling addiction. Explain how gambling effects the individual, the family, and the community. Briefly explain the Genetic factors, Social factors, Cultural factors (race, religion, sexual orientation, age, etc.), Discussion of progression of addictive behaviour, Impact on individual, family, and community, Possible treatment approaches to be utilised, Suggestions for continued involvement in treatment, and/or Hypothesis of prognosis.
This paper should include at least three academic resources from the class readings as well as an additional three academic readings (from the Excelsior Library). This paper should be in American Psychological Association (APA) format
Sociology Today
$5.00Sociology Today Short Papers
Course Objective: To enable the student to define and apply basic sociological terms to their own world.
For units 1-3, a short “sociology today” application paper is required. The objective is to demonstrate knowledge of a sociological concept from that unit and relate it back to something you can cite in your social world. Each paper utilizes the same rubric, described below. For units 4 & 5, the sociology today papers are extra credit.
Rubric
4 pts. Your summary and citation of your modern cultural application.
5 pts. Your summary and citation of a sociological concept from the appropriate unit.
5 pts. A clear link is explained of how your cultural application illustrates the sociological concept.
1 pt. Clear writing that is proofread.
15 TOTAL POINTS
Explanation of rubric
What is a modern cultural application? It is anything contemporary you can CITE in your social world. Examples I’ve graded include news articles (most frequent), TV shows, movies, commercials, advertisements, You Tube videos, video games, songs, poems, blogs, magazines, recipes, cartoons, etc.
What’s excluded from a modern cultural application? Your personal experience and anything that isn’t part of the modern world. Try to keep it within your lifetime. The only exception to this is if something that predates you played a big role in socializing you. For example, I adore classic rock, but was an infant for most of it. Nonetheless, I could cite Led Zeppelin’s lyrics because growing up with this music was part of my social world. If you’re a fan of the Civil War, Civil War music would not be accepted because it’s not modern. However, if you’re a fan of Civil War re-enactments, you could reference something (ie a blog, a script… something you can formally cite) since it is part of your modern world.
What is a sociological concept from the appropriate unit?
Make sure that you anchor your paper in a concept from the appropriate unit. Sociology Today #1 must be about a concept from unit 1, Sociology Today #2 from unit 2, etc. Define and cite the concept from the textbook for full credit.
Unit 1: Chapters 1-4 Unit 2: Chapters 5-8 Unit 3: Chapters 9-13 plus poverty & sexual orientation Unit 4: Chapters 14-19 Unit 5: Chapters 20-22
How should a cultural application illustrate the sociological concept?
Let’s say you select devaluation of things feminine (Chapter 11) as a sociological concept. You define and cite it both in-text and end-text. Let’s say you select the video game Grand Theft Auto V as your modern application. You summarize what is important for me to know about it (anticipate that your reader knows nothing about your cultural application). You cite it end-text and in-text. Your objective is to explain how your cultural application (Grand Theft Auto) illustrates the sociological concept (devaluation of things feminine). Don’t just tell me it does. Explain why for full credit.
Michael Joseph Jackson Matrix of Relationalities
C. Wright Mills described the sociological imagination as a “mindset” one adopts to discern the relations between individual and society, biography and history, and self and the world. In doing so the sociologist seeks to reveal the connections between “personal troubles” and “public issues.” Revealing these connections is the “promise of sociology.” I suggested a more contemporary rendering of this formulation is to think of individuals not as atomized and singularized beings, but rather as complex sets of relationalities constituted through experiences and identities that are biographical, gendered, racial/ethic, nationalized, sexualized, classed, religious, and tribal, all of which have a historical dimension.
In this paper, research the case of a particular individual (not yourself, or someone in your family or someone you know), and analyze the relation between his or her personal troubles/experiences and the matrix of relationalities in which she or he is embedded. There is no restriction on which individual you choose to analyze. For instance, you could take the case of Michael Brown (who was shot dead by a police officer), or the case of Brian Williams (the NBC anchor who embellished the news). Or there have been a number of individuals in NFL football who have got into trouble over domestic violence. Or you could look at a famous individual in history like Malcolm X, who went through a number of transformations before being assassinated fifty years ago this week. The individual cases you could choose are almost endless, but if in doubt check with your TA. Your paper should show how the troubles/experiences of individuals can be explained by sociological analysis rather than the psychology or moral status of those individuals.
You must use outside (primary) sources, such as newspapers, articles, books, the web etc. to document the facts of the particular case, and use material from the textbook and other texts (many are cited in the text) to construct your sociological analysis. You should cite at least four outside sources and four sociology texts. Use quotations when citing verbatim. If paraphrasing another source you should also cite it. You may use inline citations (in parenthesis in your text), footnotes, or endnotes, just be consistent. Provide a bibliography of sources. Your paper should be no less than four and no more than five pages, doubled spaced, with 1.25 inch margins, and 12-point Times New Roman typeface.
Pages: 5, double spaced
Citation: MLA
Interview: Compulsion for Drug Use and Risk of Relapse
$3.00- Interview two clients, and based on your assessment of them, determine their compulsion for drug use or risk of relapse. Write a two-page essay on your interview and findings
