Please follow the 6 steps when you work on your research paper. Please refer to

Please follow the 6 steps when you work on your research paper. Please refer to the grading criteria and sample paper when you work on your paper.
For Step 1, you select a research topic directly related to minority groups such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans in terms of race, women in terms of gender, gays and lesbians, people with disability, etc. covered in the textbook or beyond the book.
After you select your paper topic, you review literature in Step 2. You need to browse the Internet and visit the library to collect the existing data about the topic under study. There are two purposes of reviewing literature. First, you gather the existing data about the topic under study. Literature review will help you decide how you will work on your paper. By reviewing literature, you will know how to fit your research in the mainstream of the area under study.
In Step 3, you will formulate two hypotheses. For example, your topic of minority group is women. You try to argue that women are discriminated in terms of income. You can hypothesize that women are more likely to earn less income compared to men. Remember that hypotheses should be direct and specific. It is measurable. Please post your paper topic and two hypotheses in Module 5.
How to formulate a hypothesis?
A hypothesis is a suggested explanation of a phenomenon. A hypothesis is a statement of the relationships between factors or causes and the problem or phenomenon under study. You as a researcher can identify a problem or phenomenon, find the main causes or effects of the problem, and provide the possible solutions to the problem. For example, if you study the problem of divorce and try to find the main causes of divorce, you may hypothesize that lack of communication is more likely to cause divorce. In this case, lack of communication is one of the main causes of divorce. Also remember that a hypothesis should be direct, specific, and measurable. For example, if you study gender inequality or women as minority group, you try to argue that women are subordinated and discriminated against. You can hypothesize that women are more likely to earn less income than men do. Income here is measurable and is an indicator to measure discrimination against women. You can examine discrimination against women in aspects of income, power, occupation, education, etc. The following hypotheses might help for brain storm purpose. Your sources that you have collected also will assist you.· A child is more likely to progress when both parents are involved in their education.· Children that their parents are not involved tend to face difficulties in school.· Gays and lesbians are likely to be treated more unfairly when it comes to job offerings.· Children whose parents divorce are more likely to experience emotional and mental trauma.· Children whose parents divorce are more likely to get divorced in the future.· Women who go out with unknown men are more likely to experience date rape.· Adults who experienced child abuse are more likely to be violent or abusive as an adult.· African Americans are less likely to obtain jobs compared to other minorities.· The more a person belongs to minority group, the less likely the person will find employment.· Conduct Disorder is more prevalent in black males than any other minority group.· The wealthy are more likely to obtain the finest health care such as organ transplant.· If healthy food were more accessible and less expensive, there would be less obesity in the United States.· Couples with alcohol addictions are more likely to experience higher domestic violence rates than couples with relatively low levels of alcohol addiction.· Couples with alcohol addictions are more likely to report lower levels of trust and safety. · Children with divorced parents are more likely to experience a different lifestyle than children with married parents.· Children with divorced parents are more likely to experience emotional strain towards their school performance.· Children with a history of abuse are at risk of developing psychiatric problems as adults. · Children who are abused in their childhood are more likely to abuse their own children.
For Step 4, you design questionnaire to gather primary data along with your secondary sources that you gathered to support your hypotheses. In Step 5, you write your paper and report your findings.
1. Write a 10 -page research paper with the topic of Minority group (10 pages include all below)
2. Include the title page
3. Use headings and sub-headings in each section of the paper
4. Introduction 1) provides background on the topic of discussion and 2) state the purpose and layout of the paper
5. Literature Review summarizes the research findings of each collected secondary source on the topic of discussion
6. Methodology states 1) data (you use secondary data analysis to collect secondary sources) and 2) two hypotheses after you review your secondary sources that you collected
7. Interpretation is the body of the paper and longest of the paper: 1) you start this section with your hypotheses; 2) you bring in at least six sources to support your first hypothesis; 3) and bring in your secondary sources to back up your second hypothesis.
8. Conclusion 1) summarizes what you have done in the paper and 2) provides strategies for reducing the degree of discrimination against the minority group under study
9. Reference page with at least six sources at the end of the paper

Style and Mechanics
Points possible
5 points
Points earned
11. Follow APA guidelines for formatting both in the text and in the reference page
12. Paragraph topic sentences maintain the flow throughout the paper.
13. Follow rules of grammar and punctuation.

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