Assignment:
Technical aspects:
This writing assignment must be typed. It should be between 2 to 3 double-spaced pages and absolutely no later than 4 pages. Rather than concentrate on the length of the paper, aim to answer each question in a thorough and complete manner. Your writing must be clear, free of grammatical errors, and misspellings. Points will be taken off for poor writing.
Requirements:
Carefully read the article entitled: "The effect of drug arrest on subsequent drug offending and social bonding." This article is posted on Canvas under the heading "Critical Thinking Writing Assignment 1."
Write a summary of this article. In your summary address each of the following issues:
- Which of the four types of research is this study?
- What are the research questions posed in this research? (The research question may be implied and never explicitly stated.)
- What are the research hypotheses?
- What are the primary independent(s) and dependent variables? (Hint: Focus on the variables in the research hypotheses.)
- For each research hypothesis, what type of relationship is predicted between the independent and dependent variable?
- What unit of analysis is used in this study?
- What did the research find?
- Can the researchers be confident that the relationship(s) between the primary independent(s) and dependent variables are causal?