Research Project (70%) Report The final report of my findings can be up to 3000 words maximum(10% over or under). The word counts of each section are a rough guide, but the majority of the word count should be on my findings. References and Appendix are not included in the word count. My final report should include the following sections: 1. Title: What are contemporary views on interracial dating among young people?(18-30 years) 2. Table of contents This should include a list of sections of the report (i.e. this list of sections) and page numbers 3. Abstract (100 words) An abstract is the synopsis of a piece of research. Its purpose is to provide a brief summary of the research. This should tell them briefly what my study investigated, the methods that I utilised to do this and what the key findings were. (why is important and why I did such a research) 4. Introduction (150 words) This section should include the following subsections: a) Research question: What are contemporary views on interracial dating among young people? (18-30 years ) b) Research aims: These should tell them how I aimed to answer my overarching research question. For example, I set out o To explore cross-cultural and gender differences, in the norms regarding interracial dating among young people. o To examine attitudes towards interracial dating among young people. o To understand how cultural differences contribute to dating conflict between young people, and their parents. c) Key terms: Please define the concepts I will utilise. 5. Literature Review (800 words) Please review pieces of literature relevant to my project (i.e. books, book chapters or journal articles). Explain how my research builds on this existing knowledge, ‘not reinvent the wheel’. A literature review is not a summary of what I read, but rather demonstrates that I can: “Understand and critically analyze the background research; Shows how my investigation relates to previous research; Reveals the contribution that my investigation makes to this field (fills a gap, or builds on existing research, for instance)” (University of Reading, 2014). 6. Methods (400 words) ???This section should indicate: a) the methods I utilised to gather my data. b) the advantages and disadvantages of using these methods c) how I recruited my sample d) where the research activities took place e) a detailed description of my sample f) a reflection on how my own race, ethnicity, class or gender affected the process of conducting my research( I currently live in the UK, I am originally from North Africa, married to a black mixed race British American Ex Military, I have two kids. this extra details I thought it may help to cover this question(F) ). g) ethical considerations 7. Findings (1250 words) This section presents an analysis of my data. It is also the place they expect me to utilise the course readings(to be attached) to theorise my findings. (In other words, in addition to describing what I found, give them some sociological explanations about my findings. For example, taking the investigation about young black men’s experience of playing rugby on a team in the Midlands, it may have been found that there are very few players. Why is this? Is it related to race, local demographics or geographic location? If so, how can you link it to what a sociologist has written about race and sport in England? Two ways to organise this section are by themes or by the main points that you discovered after gathering and analysing the data. For example, I will be doing interviews, I may have found three main themes that emerged from the transcriptions of the interviews. 8. Conclusion (200 words) In this section please provide a summary of what I found. Also, describe the limitations of the research (e.g. if the interviews didn’t work, why? Was the sample big enough, if not, why? If you were to do the study again, what would you change, omit or add?). What about possible future areas of study? Did I discover any as a result of my project? 9. References (not included in word count) Please indicate the resources (i.e. books, book chapters, journal articles) that you cited in my project report, using Harvard Style. 10. Appendix (not included in word count) This section should include my research tools (i.e. interview or focus group questions, the questionnaire you designed), and the consent form you used. Note: if possible you can provide me with – interview questions form. – include the transcript .
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