Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
by Sudhir Venkatesh
After reading the book, write a paper that provides a critical analysis of the research methods the author uses. This will involve describing the research topic, research questions, research design, methods of data collection and analysis, methods of presenting the data, ethical issues, etc. You should incorporate as many key concepts from the course as possible. Your paper should have a clear and SPECIFIC thesis statement that will guide the organization of your paper around one or two main points.
RUBRIC:
An “A” Paper is… one that has a clear thesis statement (i.e., integrates the concepts from different units in order to provide a clear and specific position on the methodological approach in the text); uses the course themes in an integrated way to support their thesis and to make connections and synthesis between the different themes/concepts; uses course concepts and readings in context and cites them appropriately; brings in scholarly literature review article that are relevant to your paper; brings in sociological nuances, e.g., does not speak about “everyone” and “we” without explanations and qualifications; shows clear and nuanced understanding of the text and the methodological concepts; is written well (it is clear the student has read this out loud) with no misspellings and good grammar*; has clear transitions between ideas, does not have paragraphs that seem to come out of nowhere
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