IMPORTANT: You may quote text from readings, however, you MUST put it in quotati

IMPORTANT: You may quote text from readings, however, you MUST put it in quotation marks whenever you take 3+ words in a row from the text and put the page number for the quote in parentheses. This will help ensure there is no accidental plagiarism.
The goal of this outline is to succinctly pull out important pieces of information from the journal article, which presents the results of quantitative sociological research. You should not be pasting full sections from the article, but rather, you want to pull out the main points in a summary or list.
1. FULL CITATION: see example here https://www.dropbox.com/s/9yigjabmfwolfez/ASA%20style%20journal%20article%20citation.png?dl=0
2. BACKGROUND (literature review and theory): Briefly, what are the most relevant findings from previous research? Are the authors of this study testing any theory/ies, and if so, what?
3. HYPOTHESES/RESEARCH QUESTION(S): Do the authors state what research question(s) they seek to answer in this paper? Do they state the hypotheses that they are testing?
4. METHODS, DATA and SAMPLE: What is the source of the data that is being analyzed in this study? Note that the authors will specifically describe their data in a section dedicated to this (do not write about data used in previous studies discussed in the background/literature review). Who makes up the sample that is being studied (e.g., adult immigrants; adults in the U.S., etc.)?
5. MEASURES or THEMES: In a quantitative study, what are the main variables that the authors are focusing on? This will be found after the authors describe the data and before they present results. Note that “control variables” are typically included in quantitative analysis, but they are not the focus. In a qualitative study, what are the main themes that the authors are focusing on?
6. Key Findings & Explanations: What are the main findings/results of the study done by the author (not cited from other studies)? Results are often detailed in a dedicated section of the paper, and the main findings are also typically summarized in the discussion/conclusion section near the end of the paper. Do the authors offer explanations for any unexpected results/findings?
7. Recommendations for future research: In the discussion/conclusion section at the end of the paper (before references), what do the authors suggest still needs to be studied about the topic of their research?