Assignment 1: Reviewing Research and Making Connections (Student name) Dr. Goldstein Introduction to Sociology (Date) Ask (Write a paragraph of at least 5 7 sentences answering the following questions in your own words.) · What was the topic of the research? · Who was studied in the research? · What was the research question that was answered by the information in the article? Research (Write a paragraph of at least 5-7 sentences answering the following questions in your own words.) · What research methods were used? · Summarize the process researchers used to collect data. Learn (Write a paragraph of at least 5-7 sentences answering the following questions in your own words.) · What were the key findings of the research? · What conclusion was drawn from the research? Do (Write a paragraph of at least 5-7 sentences answering the following questions in your own words.) · What are two additional follow-up questions that you have based on this research? · Why did you choose these follow up questions? The topic of research is chose was the main difference of the people from different part of the world especially when it comes to their looks. During the research some 4000 people from 40 different countries were used as the sample for the study. The research question answered in the article was what are some of the difference witnessed in people from different countries? Through studying the samples the researchers were able to determine that people from different parts of the world prefer different space especially when communicating with others. Survey was the method which was used in collecting information for this particular study. Geographical locations are the one which determine personal space boundaries and thus conducting the survey, the world should be divided into contact and non-conduct cultures. For instance, conduct cultures will comprise of countries such as Middle East, South America and South Europe. On the other hand, non-conduct countries are such as Asia, Northern Europe and North America. All the participants were issued with sheet with two options and with at the end they should explain the amount of space they keep when dealing with others. The participants will be given three categories; personal distance, social distance and social distance. From the research, it was found that people from Saudi Arabia keep a large distance to their friend as compared to their counterparts from Argentina. On the other hand Hungarians keep a close distance to all the people they meet even if they are strangers. When it comes to gender, women have a more personal space when they are dealing with strangers as compared to men. On the other hand old people keep less distance to other as compared to young people. When it comes to climate, people living in warmer areas keep close distance as compared to those living in cold areas in the world. Because babies are not usually born with the understanding of perso.

1. Assignment 1: Reviewing Research and Making Connections
(Student name)
Dr. Goldstein
Introduction to Sociology
(Date)
Ask (Write a paragraph of at least 5 7 sentences answering the
following questions in your own words.)
· What was the topic of the research?
· Who was studied in the research?
· What was the research question that was answered by the
information in the article?
Research (Write a paragraph of at least 5-7 sentences answering
the following questions in your own words.)
· What research methods were used?
· Summarize the process researchers used to collect data.
Learn (Write a paragraph of at least 5-7 sentences answering the
following questions in your own words.)
· What were the key findings of the research?
· What conclusion was drawn from the research?
Do (Write a paragraph of at least 5-7 sentences answering the
following questions in your own words.)
· What are two additional follow-up questions that you have
based on this research?

2. · Why did you choose these follow up questions?
The topic of research is chose was the main difference of the
people from different part of the world especially when it comes
to their looks. During the research some 4000 people from 40
different countries were used as the sample for the study. The
research question answered in the article was what are some of
the difference witnessed in people from different countries?
Through studying the samples the researchers were able to
determine that people from different parts of the world prefer
different space especially when communicating with others.
Survey was the method which was used in collecting
information for this particular study. Geographical locations are
the one which determine personal space boundaries and thus
conducting the survey, the world should be divided into contact
and non-conduct cultures. For instance, conduct cultures will
comprise of countries such as Middle East, South America and
South Europe. On the other hand, non-conduct countries are
such as Asia, Northern Europe and North America. All the
participants were issued with sheet with two options and with at
the end they should explain the amount of space they keep when
dealing with others. The participants will be given three
categories; personal distance, social distance and social
distance.
From the research, it was found that people from Saudi Arabia
keep a large distance to their friend as compared to their
counterparts from Argentina. On the other hand Hungarians
keep a close distance to all the people they meet even if they are
strangers. When it comes to gender, women have a more

3. personal space when they are dealing with strangers as
compared to men. On the other hand old people keep less
distance to other as compared to young people. When it comes
to climate, people living in warmer areas keep close distance as
compared to those living in cold areas in the world.
Because babies are not usually born with the understanding of
personal space, I am now interested in knowing whether these
are practices that are taught to young children of the different
areas or if they are learned behaviors as they get older. If these
are learned behaviors, are they reprimanded for being too close
in non-contact culture settings? I chose this question because I
am interested in learning the different customs children across
the world are taught. I am also interested in knowing what the
reaction of non-contact cultures is when contact cultures
communicate to them with less space between.
Exam 2
You are the Sr. Security Engineer for ABC Startup LLC, a 300
user Latin Marketing firm, and your CISO
just got back from the ISSA CISO forum in Georgia. She
recently saw a talk by Michael Wylie called
Shooting Puny Phish in a Barrel where he talked about trends in
phishing campaigns, decentralized

4. workforces, and a new technique to phish users with
international domain names. She realized on her
flight back that since she’s been the CISO (6 years now), she
has yet to run an internal phishing
campaign.
ABC Startup LLC requires budgets for the next fiscal year to be
submitted before __10/30/2018 @
10pm__. Your CISO is tired from her trip and she needs to get
home to check on Belly Bop, her prized
pet gold fish, after a long trip, so she asks you to do the
following:
1. Create a compelling business case to get budgeting for a 2019
phishing campaign. She
recommends the business case be ½ to a full-page executive
summary that she can submit to
the CEO, COO, and CFO explaining the trends in phishing, why
it’s a concern to the organization,
and justification for why they should allocate business funds to
the campaign. The COO is a
smart guy and will ask for any sources if statistics are used.
Make sure to include credible
references that he cannot poke holes in (e.g. Harvard Business
Review, not Wikipedia).

5. Remember to make the business case professional as Sr.
Management will be reviewing it and
you job could be on the line. (35% of grade)
2. Create a complete itemized budget for the phishing campaign
in 2019. Think about software
licenses, implementation costs, training, cost per email sent,
professional services, internal
resource costs for you or one of your security engineers to
manage the phishing campaign, etc.
The CFO will probably ask you why you opted for the option
you’re recommending and ask if
you have compared the solution to other options (e.g. outsource:
PhishMe [buy it] vs.
insourced: GoPhish [build-it]). If you don’t have some of the
numbers estimate them and
document your justification to the CFO. (25% of grade)
3. Create the basic outline of your proposed phishing campaign
for the CISO. Think of a creative
phishing campaign that can be used. Appeal to human emotion.
Scarcity, urgency, charitable
acts, and authority generally get good results. (40% of grade)
a. Provide a brief concise 1-3 sentence summary of your

6. phishing campaign and how it will
work. Any specifics that will make the campaign more
successful (e.g. time of year)
should go here. (10% of grade)
b. Document how you’d determine success in your campaign
(e.g. Open rate? Click rate?
Credentials harvested? Opened attachment? Other?) (2% of
grade)
c. Find a good available domain (e.g. delivery-ups.com) for the
campaign that would get a
high open/click rate and take a screenshot showing the option to
buy it. (5% of grade)
d. Take a screenshot of the real website you plan to clone in
your phishing campaign so
that management gets an idea of what the page would look like
if a user clicks the
targeted link in your phishing email. (Note: if you plan use an
attachment, malware, or
custom site, you’ll need to go into detail or draw up a mock
illustration). See screenshot
A below as an example. (20% of grade)
e. Create a compelling phishing email template using Word,

7. PowerPoint, or Photoshop to
illustrate what the final version of the phishing campaign would
look like. This is the
most important part as a poorly executed phishing email will
have a low success rate.
Attention to detail is critical. See screenshot B as an example.
(3% of grade)
Screenshot A:
Screenshot B:

8. 1
ASSIGNMENT 1
REVIEWING RESEARCH AND
MAKING CONNECTIONS
Due Week 4: 110 points
For your first assignment, you will complete a short answer
activity in which you will analyze the article following the Ask,
Research, Learn, Do process. This process was introduced in
your
webtext as a simplified version of the sociological research
process. It’s a useful tool to help you think critically, answer
questions, and solve problems.
REVIEW THE RESEARCH
Review the Article
“Most Americans think the government could be
monitoring their phone calls and emails”
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/27/most-

9. americans-think-the-government-could-be-monitoring-
their-phone-calls-and-emails/
USE THE RESEARCH
Use the research information presented in the article to answer
the
questions below. The article should be used to inform your
responses, but
your responses should not include information copied word for
word from
the article. You should write four paragraphs, one for each step
listed
in bold. Use the Assignment 1 template to complete this
assignment. Refer to Chapter 2 of the webtext as necessary.
1) Ask:
• What was the topic of the research?
• Who was studied in the research?
• What was the research question that was
answered by the information in the article?

10. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/27/most-
americans-think-the-government-could-be-monitoring-their-
phone-calls-and-emails/
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/27/most-
americans-think-the-government-could-be-monitoring-their-
phone-calls-and-emails/
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/27/most-
americans-think-the-government-could-be-monitoring-their-
phone-calls-and-emails/
https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/SOC/100/
1188_Lauren/SOC100_Assignment_1_Template.doc
2
2) Research:
• What research methods were used?
• Summarize the process researchers used to
collect data.
3) Learn:
• What were the key findings of the research?
• What conclusion was drawn from the
research?

11. 4) Do:
• What are two additional follow-up questions
that you have based on this research?
• Why did you choose these follow up
questions?
FORMATTING
5) Your assignment must follow these formatting
requirements:
• Use the Assignment 1 template to complete
this assignment.
• References are not required for this
assignment as you will use the assigned
article and your webtext.
• Be sure to include your name and the date
on the cover page of the template.

12. https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/SOC/100/
1188_Lauren/SOC100_Assignment_1_Template.doc
3
RUBRIC
Grading for this assignment will be based on the following
rubric:
POINTS: 110 ASSIGNMENT 1: REVIEWING RESEARCH
AND MAKING CONNECTIONS
Criteria
Exemplary
100% - A
Proficient
85% - B
Fair
75% - C

13. Meets Minimum
Expectations
65% - D
Unacceptable
0% - F
1. Ask
Identify the re-
search topic, the
people studied,
and the research
question.
Weight: 22%
Identifies the re-
search topic, the
people studied,

14. and the research
question. The
information pro-
vided is accurate,
provides rele-
vant details, and
demonstrates
understanding by
using sociology
terms. There
are no errors or
omissions.
Identifies the re-
search topic, the
people studied,
and the research
question. The
information pro-

15. vided is accurate
and provides
relevant details.
There may be
small errors or
omissions.
Partially identi-
fies the research
topic, the people
studied, and the
research ques-
tion. The informa-
tion provided is
generally accu-
rate, but some
relevant details
are missing or
one question is

16. answered incor-
rectly.
Insufficiently
identifies the re-
search topic, the
people studied,
and the research
question. The
information pro-
vided is mostly
inaccurate and/
or two or more
questions are
answered incor-
rectly.
Does not identify
the research
topic, the people

17. studied, or the
research ques-
tion. The infor-
mation provided
is incorrect.
2. Research
Identify the re-
search methods
and summarize
the research
process.
Weight: 22%
Correctly identi-
fies the research
method(s) used
and summariz-
es the process

18. researchers used
to collect data.
Provides a de-
tailed description
of the complete
research process.
Correctly identi-
fies the research
method(s) used
and generally
summarizes
the process
researchers used
to collect data.
Provides a
general
description of
the research

19. process.
Correctly identi-
fies the research
method(s) used
and summarizes
the key steps of
the process re-
searchers used to
collect data. Pro-
vides a high-level
description of the
research process,
but does not
include sufficient
details.
Insufficient-
ly identifies
the research

20. method(s) used
and does not
provide a com-
plete summary
of the process
researchers used
to collect data.
The description
of the research
process is miss-
ing key steps.
Does not identify
the research
method(s) used
and does not
summarize the
process re-
searchers used

21. to collect data.
The information
provided is incor-
rect.
4
POINTS: 110 ASSIGNMENT 1: REVIEWING RESEARCH
AND MAKING CONNECTIONS
Criteria
Exemplary
100% - A
Proficient
85% - B
Fair
75% - C

22. Meets Minimum
Expectations
65% - D
Unacceptable
0% - F
3. Learn
Describe the key
findings of the
researchers and
the conclusion
drawn from the
research.
Weight: 22%
Accurately
describes key

23. findings and
conclusion and
includes sup-
porting details.
Demonstrates
strong under-
standing by using
sociolo- gy terms
and providing
logical, accurate,
and concise
informa- tion.
Accurately
describes key
findings and
conclusion and
includes sup-
porting details.

24. Partially de-
scribes key
findings and
conclusion but
some of the sup-
porting details
are missing.
Inaccurately
describes key
findings or con-
clusion and sup-
porting details
are sparse.
Does not de-
scribe the key
findings and/or
conclusion and
does not pro-

25. vide supporting
details.
4. Do
Propose 2 fol-
low-up
questions and
an explana-
tion.
Weight: 22%
Proposes 2 fol-
low-up questions
that are aligned
with the key
findings of the
research, and
provides a logical
explanation that

26. includes
supporting
details. Demon-
strates strong
understanding by
using sociolo-
gy terms.
Proposes 2 fol-
low-up question
that are aligned
with the key
findings of the
research, and
provides a logi-
cal explanation
that includes
some details.
Proposes 2 fol-

27. low-up
questions that
are not fully
aligned with the
key findings of
the research,
or the explana-
tion is missing
details.
Proposes 1 to 2
follow-up
questions that
are not fully
aligned with the
key findings of
the research,
or the explana-
tion is missing

28. details.
Does not pro-
pose 2 follow-up
questions or
does not align
with key
research
findings and
does not provide
details.
5. Write in a
skillful manner
using stated
formatting and
correct gram-
mar and spell-
ing.
Weight: 12%

29. Writing is ex-
cellent. Tone is
appropriate and
demonstrates
excellent word
choice. Shows
exceptional logic,
clarity, and stated
format- ting.
Contains no
spelling or gram-
matical errors.
Writing is profi-
cient. Tone is ap-
propriate. Shows
logic, clarity,
and stated
formatting. May

30. contain few or
no spelling and/
or grammatical
errors.
Writing is satis-
factory. Appro-
priate and/or
consistent tone
is developing.
Shows moder-
ate logic, clarity,
and/or stated
formatting.
May contain
more than a few
spelling and/
or grammatical
errors.

31. Writing meets
minimal stan-
dards. Tone is
not appropri-
ate. Lacking
one or more of
logic, clarity,
and/or stated
formatting. May
contain many
spelling and/
or grammatical
errors.
Writing does not
meet minimal
standards. Tone
is not appro-
priate. Wholly

32. lacking in logic,
clarity, and/or
stated format-
ting. Contains
many spelling
and/or grammat-
ical errors.
REVIEW THE RESEARCHUSE THE RESEARCH2)
Research:3) Learn:FORMATTINGRUBRIC