SOCI 3111 Fall Semester 2019 Methods Paper 1 Guidelines– Due September 29th 2019 Format – Front Cover Page – Do not number COMPANY X INTERNAL DOCUMENT For Distribution & Review Draft 1.01 Submission Date: September 29th 2019 Submitted to: Submitted by: Molly S. Collins Your Name Director of Personnel Personnel Manager CC: Keisha Harvey-Lee Chief of Human Resources CC: James R. Thomas Human Resources Manager [In small print at bottom of page] This proposal is the intellectual property of Company X, Inc. and must not be disclosed outside corporate offices---in whole, part, or in redacted form---for purposes other than standard review by persons named herein with the express purposes of evaluation. Format – Inside Body of Proposal with Headings [Body of paper is single-spaced, standard margins and fonts, page numbers are included, and word count of 1000+ words is posted at the end] Statement of the Personnel Matter at Company X Describe the situation at Company X, the need for a research study, the purpose of your proposal (which is to design a preliminary survey to investigate the issue). 1-2 paragraphs. Conceptualization of Problem Drinking at Company X & Worker Productivity Explain the importance of conceptualization and the challenges inherent in this concept. Outline clearly all the issues that need clarification when defining problem drinking. 2-3 paragraphs Identification of Variables and Operationalization SOCI 3111 Fall Semester 2019 Methods Paper 1 Guidelines– Due September 29th 2019 Explain what type of study you propose, the variables and WHY, and different ways indicators may be identified. Give sample questions and draw directly from Schutt text. 2-3 paragraphs Type of Study Proposed Describe and justify the type of study to be carried out---qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, survey, interview etc. Note the difference between inductive and deductive and how this is so. 2 paragraphs. Activities, Ethics, and Timeline Write an explicit description on how data may be sampled and from what population and why. What is the sample size, what are the methods of collection? What are the ethical issues that may be important to consider in conducting the research? 3-4 paragraphs. Describe a tentative timeline (you may include a graph, calendar, or chart here if desired) Make any last notes or suggestions to your supervisors in this section. References Schutt, Russell. 2019. Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research 9th edition. W.W. Norton. New York: NY. [References are single spaced, use ASA citation style] Appendix [Include any additional charts or pictorials you wish to include in the proposal--option] Suggestions for Proposal  Read your textbook examples carefully and consider how problem drinking may be applied to these concepts.  Write in a formal tone, edit.

1. SOCI 3111 Fall Semester 2019
Methods Paper 1 Guidelines– Due September 29th 2019
Format – Front Cover Page – Do not number
COMPANY X INTERNAL DOCUMENT
For Distribution & Review Draft 1.01
Submission Date: September 29th 2019
Submitted to: Submitted by:
Molly S. Collins Your Name
Director of Personnel Personnel Manager
CC: Keisha Harvey-Lee
Chief of Human Resources
CC: James R. Thomas
Human Resources Manager

2. [In small print at bottom of page]
This proposal is the intellectual property of Company X, Inc.
and must not be disclosed outside
corporate offices---in whole, part, or in redacted form---for
purposes other than standard review
by persons named herein with the express purposes of
evaluation.
Format – Inside Body of Proposal with Headings
[Body of paper is single-spaced, standard margins and fonts,
page numbers are included, and
word count of 1000+ words is posted at the end]
Statement of the Personnel Matter at Company X
Describe the situation at Company X, the need for a research
study, the purpose of your
proposal (which is to design a preliminary survey to investigate
the issue). 1-2 paragraphs.

3. Conceptualization of Problem Drinking at Company X &
Worker Productivity
Explain the importance of conceptualization and the challenges
inherent in this concept. Outline
clearly all the issues that need clarification when defining
problem drinking. 2-3 paragraphs
Identification of Variables and Operationalization
SOCI 3111 Fall Semester 2019
Methods Paper 1 Guidelines– Due September 29th 2019
Explain what type of study you propose, the variables and
WHY, and different ways indicators
may be identified. Give sample questions and draw directly
from Schutt text. 2-3 paragraphs
Type of Study Proposed
Describe and justify the type of study to be carried out---
qualitative, quantitative, mixed
methods, survey, interview etc. Note the difference between
inductive and deductive and how

4. this is so. 2 paragraphs.
Activities, Ethics, and Timeline
Write an explicit description on how data may be sampled and
from what population and why.
What is the sample size, what are the methods of collection?
What are the ethical issues that
may be important to consider in conducting the research? 3-4
paragraphs.
Describe a tentative timeline (you may include a graph,
calendar, or chart here if desired)
Make any last notes or suggestions to your supervisors in this
section.
References
Schutt, Russell. 2019. Investigating the Social World: The
Process and Practice of Research
9th edition. W.W. Norton. New York: NY.
[References are single spaced, use ASA citation style]

5. Appendix
[Include any additional charts or pictorials you wish to include
in the proposal--option]
Suggestions for Proposal
problem drinking may be
applied to these concepts.
----this is a professional
corporate report.
ASA citation practice and define every idea carefully.