Research Study
The Final Project will require to gather and explain raw data, arrange the data, analyze the data, and offer meaningful conclusions as to what the data show. Use Chapters 5 and 6 of this week’s required readings for assistance on the construction of the paper’s introduction and purpose statement. Raw data may be drawn from a singular source, though referral to multiple sources, including secondary sources, is highly encouraged. The arrangement, analysis, and conclusions must be original. Specifically, evaluate criminal justice data, interpret published research findings, and apply scientific methodology to answer a criminal justice research question.
Introduction:
- Introduce a research problem or question.
- Include a thesis statement that identifies the purpose of conducting the research study.
- Encapsulate the impact of the conduct of the study.
Literature Review:
- Provide the body of knowledge that previous researchers have generated.
- Describe how the research builds upon the base of knowledge already in existence.
Methodology:
Explanation of Data Sets:
- Explain where the data were originated.
- Identify and specifically define the data set being used, its origin(s), and its composition.
- Southern Poverty Law Center (www.splcenter.org/)
- Anti-Defamation League (www.adl.org/)
- Bureau of Justice Statistics (www.bjs.gov/)
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics (http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (www.fbi.gov)
- Data can be acquired from a variety of sources. The sites listed below are excellent sources from which to obtain secondary data.
- Explain why this particular data set was chosen.
- Identify particular strengths and weaknesses of the set.
Arrangement of Data:
- Explain the methodologies and statistical techniques used in research in criminal justice.
- Evaluate criminal justice data with specific reference to a methodological approach.
- Explain the principles of the selected approach.
Results:
Data Analysis:
- Describe the data was analyzed.
- Explain the conclusions drawn from the data analysis.
- Explain the inferences drawn from the data analysis.
Conclusion:
- Identify and discuss the findings of the research study.
- Examine justifiable conclusions and inferences resulting from the data analysis.
- Explain the methodologies and statistical techniques used in research in criminal justice.
- Apply scientific methodology to answer a criminal justice research question.
- Summarize the entirety of the study by restating the purpose and consolidated outcomes of data set selection, data set arrangement, data analysis, and conclusions.
Must Include:
- at least six peer reviewed sources in addition to the course text
Reference:
- Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (4th ed.). Retrieved from https://content.uagc.edu
