Category: Sociology

The goal of this assignment is for you to use your life experience as data to understand the nature and function of a bureaucracy.

In a paper of 1,000 words, describe an organization with which you have direct personal experience and which appears to fit the characteristics of a bureaucracy, as listed in Chapter 6 of Our Social World: An Introduction to Sociology.

Your essay should incorporate the five items listed below and show that the organization bureaucracy meets each characteristic:

1. Clear hierarchical levels of authority with the work assignments flowing downward
2. A division of labor
3. Written rules
4. Written communications and records
5. Impersonality

Use the attached outline to complete this assignment. Be sure to provide a conclusion paragraph to your paper.

You must use a minimum of three scholarly sources, including the textbook.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

The text discusses “Theoretical Perspectives (Theories) in Sociology” in Chapter 2. As a student, you sociologically view the world in a particular way. Do you see society as a system where all the various parts work together to keep the system functioning smoothly (structural functionalism), or do you see society as a place where various groups are struggling for power and influence in competition with other groups (conflict theory)? Perhaps you see the world primarily as a place that is about relationships between people and how people understand each other and understand what is expected of them in different situations (symbolic interactionism).

Write a paper (750-1,000 words) to address the following:

1. Describe and explain the three core theories of sociology.
2. Identify which sociological theories (structural functionalism, conflict theory, or symbolic interactionism) most closely represents your view of the world.
3. Describe the factors that have caused you to view the world through that perspective, such as personal experience in our society, popular culture, media, etc.
4. Use an example from world events that demonstrates evidence of your theory.
5. Briefly explain why you did not choose each of the other two perspectives being careful to demonstrate that you understand the other perspectives.

Use the attached outline to complete this assignment.

You must use a minimum of three scholarly sources, including the textbook.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Instructions: A. Select one interval or ratio level variable to analyze. Notes: The variable selected cannot be one of the variables used for class demonstration. Duration variables (i.e., DUR26) are a good choice for this lab exercise. B. In SPSS, run your descriptive statistics on your variable, including a histogram. Analyze Descriptive Statistics Explore on the variable, including a histogram. Make sure that you check the Outliers box in the Statistics window. Note: Use this analysis for your Descriptives. It provides the Extreme Values (outliers) output, useful for identifying if filtering is needed or not! Address the following: 1. Identify the variable used. Identify the mean, and standard deviation of the variable. 2. Is this distribution normal in terms of symmetry and shape? What statistics tell you if your distribution is normal? Provide the values of the statistics, and explain how you know whether your variable is normally distributed or not. a) Note: if your variable is normally distributed, provide this analysis, and select a second variable to use for the lab assignment. 3. Run a transformation on your variable to create a normal distribution. Provide the formula used to transform the variable. Hints: Is your data positively or negatively skewed? Does your variable range include 0? 4. Re-run your Descriptives. Is this new distribution normal in terms of symmetry and shape? Provide the values of the statistics, and explain how you know whether your variable is normally distributed or not. 5. Are there any extreme frequencies which may be affecting your new distribution? a) If yes, filter the original non-transformed variable, and provide the filtering formula. Hint: Select cases. Additional hint: Look at your original histogram! Re-run your Descriptives on the transformed variable. Is this new distribution normal in terms of symmetry and shape? Provide the values of the statistics, and explain how you know whether your variable is normally distributed or not. b) If you do not think there are any extreme frequencies, explain your reasoning. 6. Are there any outliers that fall outside of the normal distribution? Identify the case numbers of the highest and lowest outliers. (Hint: look at the Extreme Values output to identify outliers!) Your lab report must include the SPSS output, including the Descriptives box, Extreme Values box, and histogram for the original, transformed, and filtered (if necessary) variables.

Do you believe marriage is becoming more valued or more devalued in contemporary society? Please support your argument with at least two key points from the textbook and at least one key point from popular culture such as a tv show, music, movie, social media, or a news story. 400 words no more than 500.

Textbook chapters 1 & 2 only : Cohen, Philip N. 2024. The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change, 4th edition.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Thank you

Assigment

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You must complete a research project on any social problem discussed in your textbook. (Ex: poverty, drug abuse, gentrification, racism, gender inequality, mass incarceration, immigration, child abuse. foster care, single parent households, homelessness, climate crisis (change) discrimination against LGBTQ+ )

You can choose from the following:

• Research paper (2-3 pages, typed, double spaced, bibliography)
• Google Slides or PowerPoint Presentation (6-8 slides)
• Interview (10-15 minutes) via Zoom: Interview someone from a local social justice organization who is working to address one of the social problems covered in the textbook this semester. Be sure to include the following: Name/title, length of time at the organization, educational background, mission/purpose of the organization, impact the organization is having on the local level, future goals for the organization (and any other questions you may think of).
• Podcast (10-15 minutes): Your podcast should discuss a social problem covered in the textbook. Here is a website with examples of sociological podcasts:

Your research paper or slide presentation should include the following:

1. Definition of the social problem: objective and subjective, life history of the problem, system-blame vs. person blame.
2. Relevance of sociological imagination in understanding the social problem.
3. Scope of the social problem (demographics, geography, effects of the social problem, factors contributing to the problem).
4. Compare & contrast 2 sociological theories to explain this social problem; make every effort to connect content from the academic journal articles to these 2 sociological theories.
5. Compare & contrast 2 solutions, including pros and cons, in the U.S. and/or other societies to this problem.

Research Paper

CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Definition of the social problem: objective/subjective nature, life history of the problem, system blame vs. person blame.

10 to >7.0 pts

Excellent

Student fulfilled all requirements of this assessment with total accuracy.

7 to >4.0 pts

Good

Student fulfilled most requirements of this assessment with accuracy.

4 to >0.0 pts

Needs Improvement

Student fulfilled some requirements of this assessment with accuracy, but more time and effort is required.

0 pts

Missing

Student did not meet the minimum requirements of this assessment.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Relevance of the sociological imagination in understanding the social problem.

5 to >3.0 pts

Excellent

Student fulfilled all requirements of this assessment with total accuracy.

3 to >0.0 pts

Needs Improvement

Student fulfilled some requirements of this assessment with accuracy, but more time and effort is required.

0 pts

Missing

Student did not meet the minimum requirements of this assessment.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Scope of the social problem (demographics, geography, effects of the social problem, factors contributing to the problem).

10 to >7.0 pts

Excellent

Student fulfilled all requirements of this assessment with total accuracy.

7 to >4.0 pts

Good

Student fulfilled most requirements of this assessment with accuracy.

4 to >0.0 pts

Needs Improvement

Student fulfilled some requirements of this assessment with accuracy, but more time and effort is required.

0 pts

Missing

Student did not meet the minimum requirements of this assessment.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

4 major sociological research findings on this topic

4 to >3.0 pts

Excellent

Four major sociological research findings on this topic are included.

3 to >2.0 pts

Good

Three major sociological research findings on this topic are included.

2 to >0.0 pts

Needs Improvement

One to two major sociological research findings on this topic are included.

0 pts

Missing

No major sociological research findings on this topic are included.

4 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Compare and Contrast 2 sociological theories to explain this social problem; connect to content from academic journal articles.

5 to >3.0 pts

Good

Student fulfilled all requirements of this assessment with total accuracy.

3 to >0.0 pts

Needs Improvement

Student fulfilled some requirements of this assessment with accuracy, but more time and effort is required.

0 pts

Missing

Student did not meet the minimum requirements of this assessment.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Compare and contrast 2 solutions, including pros and cons.

5 to >3.0 pts

Good

Student fulfilled all requirements of this assessment with total accuracy.

3 to >0.0 pts

Needs Improvement

Student fulfilled some requirements of this assessment with accuracy, but more time and effort is required.

0 pts

Missing

Student did not meet the minimum requirements of this assessment.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Length/Grammar/Submitted on time

6 to >3.0 pts

Good

Student fulfilled all requirements of this assessment with total accuracy.

3 to >0.0 pts

Needs Improvement

Student fulfilled some requirements of this assessment with accuracy, but more time and effort is required.

0 pts

Missing

Student did not meet the minimum requirements of this assessment.

6 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Bibliography/2 Academic Journal Articles

5 to >3.0 pts

Good

Student fulfilled all requirements of this assessment with total accuracy.

3 to >0.0 pts

Good

Student fulfilled some requirements of this assessment with accuracy, but more time and effort is required.

0 pts

Missing

Student did not meet the minimum requirements of this assessment.

5 pts

Total Points: 50

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