Sociology 280.003, Fall 2006
Team Presentations, Round One

Presentations will be approximately 20 minutes in length. See the website for the presentation schedule. You are encouraged to enliven your presentation with visuals (overheads, handouts, a PowerPoint presentation?) and (inexpensive) treats for the class. If you need a projector or other equipment, please let me know a week in advance (an overhead projector is already in the classroom; you may want to come to class a bit early to set up equipment). Remember: All team members will talk.

Introduction
Introduce yourselves -- the name of your team, your members, and your topic.

Topic and Research Problem
Tell us more details of what your project is about. How did you hone in on this topic?
What is the research problem? What is important about this topic to you as a team, to social science, and to the world?

Theory and Literature Review
Summarize theoretical frameworks and main ideas/themes of research articles you have found related to your research question. What are some hypotheses suggested by these theoretical frameworks and other studies?

Research Question
What is your research question? How did you decide upon this question? Tell us how/in what ways it is interesting, important, feasible and specific.

Research Plan/Design
What are the independent and dependent variables in your study? How will you measure them? What kind of data will you collect to investigate your question? Where/from whom will you collect this data? What methods will you use to collect it?

Ethics Statement
What ethical challenges will you face? What possible risks will be posed to participants in your study? How will you address these risks?