For this course, you are required to submit a 10-page critique and personal reflection on the textbook Why Evolution Is True. This draft is worth 3% of you grade. The final draft of this assignment is worth 23% of your grade and APA style is require
-What sociological causes and explanations have been linked to this problem? Keep in mind the various theoretical perspectives.
-What social factors (structural, cultural, interactional, political, etc.) contribute to the existence of the problem?
-What do sociologists or other experts believe may be potential solutions to this problem?
The directions are as follows: For this paper, analyze a film. Films are one agent of socialization, shaping and reinforcing our views of the world. Pick any film of your choice and analyze its content, looking closely at what it is teaching us. You might analyze how the film represents social class, or crime, or race/ethnicity, or gender, etc. Be critical and give examples from the movie to back up your claims. Write the paper as if I have not seen the movie.
The paper needs to be at minimum 1000 words. This word count does not count the works cited section. Do not forget to cite the book. To do this, use any recognized citation style such as MLA, Chicago Style, APA, ASA, etc. Make sure to tell me at the end of the paper what citation style you are using or you will lose points. Also make sure to use the required class textbook (i.e. do not solely draw material from a non-required sociology textbook although you may cite additional sources besides the class textbook). When attaching your files, please make sure they are word files, .pdf files, or .txt files. You can write a longer paper than required; however, note that if your paper is short in length, there is a penalty. Whatever % of your paper is missing…I take that % off your final grade. In other words, if you provide me 1/2 of a paper, the most you can earn is a grade of 50 on the paper if everything else is perfect.
Think of something that is currently classified as illegal in the United States. Now, consider what would happen if that was no longer illegal. What are the possible consequences? Be creative and don’t take the easy way out. For example, marijuana is not the best example here as many states are taking steps to legalize or decriminalize marijuana usage. Be sure you include research to support your posts. For example, what do other countries do? How does public policy differ? How might it impact institutions in society: law enforcement, prisons, education, communities, the environment, etc. Your paper should address how this change might impact individuals based on their race, class, and/or gender.
Parameters
Include at least two concepts from your textbook
Include at least two outside sources
500-800 words
Utilize APA format
A. Compare and contrast structural functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactionism. 150-200 words and be backed up by at least one academically credible reference from peer-reviewed journal articles.
B. Select one social institution (religion, education, government, etc). Find 3 peer-reviewed journal articles (different journals) that address issues faced by the social institution you selected.
a. Identify the research method and data collection method used by each article.
b. Identify the subfield of sociology represented each article and describe the empirical findings.
C. Define your selected social institution comprehensively and describe several statuses, roles, groups that make up the social institution. Use concepts such as minority and majority groups, SES, age, gender, etc. 10-150 words. Cite all references used.
D. Explain the complex links between individual experiences and broader institutional forces. Use your sociological imagination to connect everyday life. Explain how the forces attributed to your social institution affect everyday life experiences. Your discussion must include examples of how the social forces of that social theory are reflected in the life experiences of diverse members of society. Be sure to consider whether some groups benefit, some groups do not benefit, and how the perspectives account for this difference.
For this assignment, you’ll submit a 5-page paper in which you analyze a current event through each of these lenses. You may choose any recent event (something that has happened in 2022) that has significantly impacted society.
As you write your paper, follow to these steps:
1) Include an introductory paragraph. This is a good place to provide background on the event itself before diving into your analysis.
2) Analyze the event from a functionalist perspective, drawing on relevant course concepts.
3) Analyze the event from a conflict theory perspective.
4) Analyze the event from a feminist perspective.
5) Analyze the event from a symbolic interactionist perspective.
6) Include a brief conclusion. A few sentences are fine – just something to tie your paper up.
7) If you use outside sources, cite them in a References / Works Cited page and include in-text citations. You don’t need to cite the textbook. You may use either APA or MLA format, whichever you prefer. Note that this page does not count toward the five-page minimum.
Rural Sociologists often specialize in studying the Agriculture/Food Apparatus and how farmers navigate within it, with each other, their communities, and customers. Their research has become critical as agriculture has changed rapidly over the last 50 years due to technology, changes in consumer preferences, concerns over climate change, and the current Covid-19 Pandemic.
For this assignment, you should describe, explain, and interpret the information you learned from the “Harford County: Rooted in Agriculture” film, which you will access on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jbQvN72ylo
Your goals in writing this analytic essay are to let me know that (1) you viewed the film on YouTube and (2) you can apply the information you learned in this course to the information you learned about our local Agricultural/Food Apparatus.
For this essay paper, use the information you learned in the Rooted in Agriculture to:
Discuss and analyze how Harford County’s Agriculture/Food Apparatus, including farmers and local government, lead nationally in innovative strategies that mitigate climate change and provide healthy food to the local population.
1. Your essay should double spaced, typed, and 3-4 pages plus a Works Cited page.
2. Use a structural-functional perspective and state this in your thesis.
3. Use five examples/quotes from at least four sessions (presenters) in the Video.
4. In addition to the information you learned in the Symposium Video, use at least two additional resources.
5. Include and bold in your paper at least five of the following terms. You may use other additional terms not listed below.
1. Researchers often choose to reject the null hypothesis when there is less than a 5% likelihood of observing a given pattern in the data if the null hypothesis is true. They select 5% because
a. It’s a rule handed down by Isaac Newton
b. It’s the established scientific norm
c. It’s the absolute best way of establishing the truth
2. What’s the trade-off between certainty and confidence intervals?
a. If you want to be more certain of your estimate, your confidence interval will be smaller
b. If you want to be more certain of your estimate, there must not be a confidence interval
c. If you want to be more certain of your estimate, your confidence interval will be larger
3. Which of these polls might suffer from selection bias?
a. A survey of Rutgers students that randomly selects students from the Dean’s registry of all students
b. A survey of Rutgers Sociology students that randomly selects students enrolled in a Sociology course this year
c. A survey of Rutgers students that randomly selects fans attending a Rutgers football game
4. Response rates allow us to assess:
a. A poll’s validity
b. A poll’s reliability
c. A poll’s importance
5. If you’re calculating the standard error of a proportion, it will be largest when that proportion is:
a. 0.04
b. 0.46
c. 0.23
6. The null hypothesis is false, but you fail to reject it. This is:
a. A Type 1 error
b. A Type 2 error
c. An innocent mistake
7. The null hypothesis is true, yet you reject it in favor of the alternative hypothesis. This is:
a. A Type 1 error
b. A Type 2 error
c. An innocent mistake
8. When constructing a confidence interval, you switch from a confidence level of 95% to a confidence level of 90%. Your confidence interval will:
a. Get smaller (more narrow)
b. Get larger (more wide)
c. Not change
9. When you switch from a 95% confidence level to a 90% confidence level, what else happens:
a. Your risk of committing a Type 1 error increases
b. Your risk of committing a Type 2 error increases
10. Let’s say that the null hypothesis appears to be incorrect, but you just don’t have enough evidence to reject it and don’t want to risk a Type 1 error, what’s one plausible (good) course of action:
a. Just fudge the numbers
b. Lower the confidence level
c. Collect more data
11. When your sample is below ____ observations, you should check closely for outliers.
a. 15
b. 30
c. 45
d. 100
12. The t-distribution, relative to the normal distribution, has tails that are:
a. fatter
b. narrower
c. cooler
13. The degrees of freedom in the t-distribution determines
a. the total probability under the curve
b. the size of your sample
c. the contours of the bell shape
14. With a sample of 35 observations, what degrees of freedom would we have?
15. As the degrees of freedom increase, the t-distribution…
a. becomes indistinguishable from the normal distribution
b. gets wider
c. stops working
16. If your sample size is 10 and you want to calculate a 90% confidence interval, what is your critical t-value?
17.If your sample size is 20 and you want to calculate a 95% confidence interval, what is your critical t-value?
18. If your sample size is 30 and you want to calculate a 99% confidence interval, what is your critical t-value?
19. The average height of 507 adults is 171.1 cm with a standard deviation of 9.4 cm. What is the standard error?
20. If you wanted to create a 95% confidence interval for the mean from the previous question, what would the critical t-value be?
In your estimation, is the concept of double consciousness relevant today? Why or why not?
Is the concept of double consciousness applicable to other populations (e.g., LGBT, women, other ethnic or religious groups)? If “no,” explain why not. If “yes,” discuss how so.
Do you think double consciousness is the result of racial division or does it contribute to racial division? Explain.
Essay layout ‘Arial’ type face; Font size ‘12’; Justified margins; Double line spacing; Left Justified Page number in footer of page; Harvard Referencing; Reference and Bibliography pages.
Main Essay Question
Race and Diasporas – what is it? provide an outline and analysis of their arguments and the debates they engage in; provide a discussion of the sociological themes, concepts and arguments presented to draw out the wider implications for the studies. Compare and Contrast the following pieces of work (pls mentioned them in the intro)
Two journals, (i) Racism and Diaspora by Michel Wieviorka; (ii) What have I done to deserve this by Rucci; and one book chapter (iii) The Encyclopaedia of Diasporas Section on Italians in GB by Luca Sponza
All of which will be uploaded.
((iii) The Encyclopaedia of Diasporas Section on Italians in GB by Luca Sponza (FYI the contents page states page 874, but when you scroll down the document page is actually 898. Page 905, first paragraph of 2nd column starting with ‘Difficulties were experienced ….’ could be useful. If could also bear in mind or perhaps include, (from first-hand experience, don’t know how you could make it appear as part of the text) that some Italians living in London did experience discrimination when looking for rented accommodation. The accommodation would be substandard – infested bed mattresses, no heating, mold on walls – and some had doors shut in their faces when they inquired about accommodation or lied to – the room had just been taken. Some houses had displayed in the front windows posters/hand written notices stating, No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs, No Italians. Italians were less welcome than dogs!) Everything else in that paragraph is correct)).
Provide an outlined analysis of their respective arguments, the debates they engage in; discuss the sociological themes they raise, along with the concepts and arguments to draw out the wider implications for the study of race and diaspora.
Two sources of quantitative data on race and diaspora and provide a descriptive account that relates to the trends and patterns observed in relation to the above journals article and book chapter’s findings. (I’ve not been able to find any quantitative data on Racism and Diaspora, maybe you could find something, or it might be mentioned in either (i) or (ii) or both)
Our team has experienced writers that follow all the codes used in professionalism when writing academic essays. We focus our services on satisfied clients. Through critical attention to detail, our writers abide by all the instructions given by clients. Additionally, the paper format is done according to the dictates of the client in respect to the set academic style. We are proud of completing outstanding top-quality papers.