Essay #3
Survey Research Essay
Overview
The Assignment
Compose a Survey Research Essay of 6-7 pages based on individual research regarding an
issue related to the overall theme of Social Media, Truth, Ethics and Technology. You will
need to identify a potential research question, design a survey of at least five questions, and
administer this survey to at least 30 people. You will then compare your results to other
research in the field.
Organization of Paper
Introduction and literature review: Begin your paper by generally discussing problems or
concerns with internet, technology, and social media use. Use at least three articles from the
syllabus or others if you choose to.
Research question: Transition into a specific problem. Discuss the problem you identified
and what you intended to find out in your research. Include the purpose of the survey as well
as your initial hypothesis.
Materials and method: Specify the methods used to collect information. Decide how
participants were recruited for the study and the target population. Explain how the survey
was administered: by phone, email, in person, etc. Give the specific language of the
questions in the survey along with the response choices. Explain if the survey were
administered in different languages.
Results: Report the data collected and what the results reveal about your topic. Be specific
here with numbers and percentages, with age brackets,nationality, and race/gender, if
appropriate. Feel free to create 1-2 graphs or tables in this section to help make the results
more clear.
Discussion: Discuss the data collected and what the results reveal about your topic. What
have you learned? Corroborate your findings with at least three quality articles, preferably
academic journal articles. What are other researchers saying about this topic? Did they
come to the same conclusions? Different conclusions?
Conclusion: Finish up the paper by suggesting future research or possible solutions.
Details:
● 6-7 pages in length (not including title page or references)
● References page with at least 3 sources from our syllabus and at least 3 quality
sources from the internet or library research databases (e.g. Academic Search
Complete)
● Compliance with APA style, including use of template for APA papers
Data Collection: When you hand in your paper, you will also need to submit the results of
the survey, so make sure to use an app like Google Forms that will store and calculate the
data for you
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