SECTION 1: INSTRUCTIONS
 This entire Section, not including Cover Sheet or References Cited, should be 3 to 4 pages of
double-spaced text in length.
o Introduction: This offers a brief summary of your topic. This should be roughly a
paragraph in length.
o Previous Research: Here you describe the research in your 2 or more published, peer-
reviewed scholarly articles or chapters from edited books*. What was their research
about? How did they carry it out? What did they find? Essentially, you’re saying “here’s
what others have found” and then in your methods you’re saying “and this is what I’m
looking at”. This should make up most of the Section 1 text.
o Methods: How did you go about collecting your digital (online) data? What emic
sources did you use, and why are they appropriate for your topic? (Note: In Section 1,
you will use the future tense [I plan on using X sources…], but in the final paper after you
have carried out your research, you will use the past tense in the Methods part [I used X
sources…[.) This should be roughly a paragraph in length.
*This refers to a chapter published in an edited book that has chapters written by different authors. Note
that students are not allowed to use a book by one author without express written or verbal permission
from the Instructor. If a student chooses to cite a book by one author without the Instructor’s permission,
it will not be accepted as one of the required scholarly sources when it is graded.
SECTION 2: INSTRUCTIONS
 This entire Section should be roughly 3 to 4 pages in length. However long you predict your final
paper will be (6 to 8 pages), at least half of it should focus on data and analysis.
 Data and Analysis: What do your digital (online) data show? Make sure to use quotes or to
paraphrase emic information, accompanied by your interpretations of those data. Remember that
in this section, your focus is on showing what members of the study population have to say about
the topic in question.Do the emic sources suggest the group in question is fairly homogenous or heterogeneous in its perspective of the tradition?  If your research revealed a lot of variation, can you identify a pattern that explains that variation?  For example, you might find that age, gender, class, and/or ethnicity seem to correlate with the patterns of variation.  (You will not be required to test such hypotheses, but if you find patterned variation, suggest possible reasons for it.)

SECTION 3: INSTRUCTIONS:
 Submit the complete and final research paper. This means your Cover Page, the revised Sections
1 and 2, your conclusion, and the total, alphabetized References Cited bibliography.
 In the Conclusion section you should briefly summarize your findings and propose possible
avenues of future research. This should only be a paragraph or two.