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My First Step Of The Sociological Research Model

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The first step of the sociological research model is to select a topic. In this case, my topic is extending the school day. My second step is to define the problem. I want to specifically learn if extending the school day would increase students’ overall process through a given school year. The third step is to review the literature. I will find books on the subject of an extended school day, read reports of school that have adopted this system, and search the Internet for accounts of individuals who have researched this topic. Next, I will formulate my hypothesis, which is: “Extending the school day will result in higher academic achievement and increased learning on the part of students.” Next, I will choose my research method. For my purposes, I think it would be best to choose an experiment, with one school serving as the experimental group and one as the control group. Next, I will collect the data. I must be sure to make sure the experiment measures what it is supposed to measure. I need to determine the correct definition of academic achievement and determine how I will measure it. I will determine academic achievement based on letter grades that students receive on average. The seventh step is to analyze the results and test my hypothesis. The last step is to share the results. In this case, I might share my results by publishing them in an article or a journal. I will also compare my findings to other theories of colleagues to determine they support or disagree with

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