Empirical Research Study

locate and summarize two peer-reviewed empirical research articles that relate to your social issue. They must be published after 2010 in an academic journal. Here we define these key terms and explain what is needed for this assignment.

Peer-reviewed: an academic article that is reviewed by peers who are experts on the subject. Peer review ensures that the research is done well. Most academic journals are peer-reviewed, meaning that all articles published in those journals are reviewed by peers (Steinheimer, 2021). There are different types of peer reviewed articles: social theory, empirical, systematic reviews of the field, meta-studies, etc.

Empirical research articles: An empirical research article reports the results of a study that uses data derived from actual observation or experimentation. Empirical research articles are examples of primary research. (Education *: Identify Empirical Articles). To identify empirical research articles, they usually have sections for methods, results and discussion. The discussion section will usually explain the findings in relatively plain terms. Sociology research methods are often surveys, interviews, focus groups, or participatory research methods.

1. Find two peer-reviewed empirical research articles. See the mylearning folder on Library Services and Videos for more resources on finding and summarizing empirical articles. You can use the CSM library databases from EBSCO and Proquest or Google Scholar to find articles. You should download these articles and save them on your computer, along with all other sources used for this term paper (create a folder for the term paper).

2. Summarize key data and findings from each article. Specifically, you should identify three to five specific items of data or findings from each article that are directly relevant to your paper topic or research question. These items can come from the paper’s discussion of the topic, research findings, and any solutions offered by the authors. Review the Outline Template to see what content is required for the final term paper: this is the information you should be searching for from these two empirical articles. Note the page number for each piece of information and include it in a citation.

Tip: Whatis NOTa peer-reviewed empirical research article? Examples include a newspaper article, an entry in a dictionary or encyclopedia (e.g. Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannica), an article from a popular magazine (Time, Newsweek, Psychology Today, etc.), a meta-analysis, dissertations and masters theses, literature reviews (also called systematic reviews), opinion articles (editorials), or anything from Lumen Learning or similar sites.