Research Paper – What Research Design Did The Author Use?

Directions

Please find a sociological journal article that has been published within the last 5 years.

It does not make matter the paper is about, as long as it has been published within the discipline of Sociology.

You will need to use the library database for this assignment.

Once you have found an article that has been published within the last 5 years in the field of Sociology, you will need to do the following:

In your own words, briefly summarize your study. Your summarization should be at least a paragraph long.
Identify the Research Question.
What is the research question(s) in the article?
Identify the Research Design.
What type of research design did the author(s) use in their study?
Ex: Survey, Controlled Experiments, Observation (field research), Content analysis, Historical research, Ethnography, etc. Make sure you know what type of design the authors used.
Identify the data in the study.
What type of data did the researchers use in their study? Ex: Primary, Secondary, etc.
How did they gather their data? what type of data did they use?
Identify the limitation in your study.Report the findings of the study
What were some limits to the author’s study?
Submission Requirement:

Paper format:

Typed
Single-spaced
1” margins
Arial or Times New Roman
12 point font
Saved as .doc, .docx, or .pdf format
Include a cover page
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This was the instructions provided by my professor.

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Summary
The phrase “Fake it ‘til you make it” is one that is repeated by many youths and more so among college students. In this study, ‘‘Fake It ’til You Make It”: Why Community CollegeStudents’Aspirations ‘‘HoldSteady”, the author, Kelly Nielsen, explores why some students hold steady to their aspirations while others “cool out”. Nielsen defines holding steady as the maintenance of a degree plan or expectation.
In his study, he also focuses on students who have not made any transfers to a four-year university,

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