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Name: Date: 3.26.24 SCENARIO: Your supervisor has approved your research question and plan for studying some aspect of diversity and/or collaboration in a community group. Now it is time to conduct your literature review and develop your hypothesis and research plan. ASSIGNMENT: In the first Touchstone, you developed a research question and prepared a preliminary bibliography for your literature review. You will now conduct your literature review, formulate your hypothesis and research plan, and develop a set of notecards that summarize your work. SOCI1010 Unit 3 Touchstone Template Complete the following template, including all parts, using complete sentences. NOTECARD 1, Introduction: Your introduction card should introduce your audience to the community group being studied. Remember, it should be a group in which membership is voluntary and recreational. I n particular, be sure to answer the following questions: ● What is the community group? ● What are the attributes or characteristics of this community group? (e.g. What activities does this group do together? What element of the members' interests or identities brings them together? How is membership in the group defined, if at all?) ● Is there anything else listeners should know about this group that is relevant for your research proposal? ● Name and description of your community group. The community group I chose for this assignment is recreation centers. Recreation centers offer many amenities to people in the communities. The recreation center has an area for picnics, sports and swimming. The recreation centers are built for people in the community.

NOTECARD 2, Research Question: ● Do recreation centers have the same amenities available in diverse communities? NOTECARD 3, Literature Review: Describe and analyze your source. Include the bibliography information of author’s name(s); publisher and publication date; title of the source, in quotation marks; page numbers (if applicable); and source's location for web-based texts (URL). Describe the source and how it is relevant to your research proposal. Questions you could answer about your source include: ● Who wrote this article? Do they have an academic affiliation? Are the researchers sociologists, or are they of a different discipline? ● Where was this article published? ● When was the research conducted? ● What question were the researchers attempting to answer? ● How does this question/topic relate to my question/topic? ● What methods did they use to study their question? ● What conclusions did they draw from their results? ● How do their conclusions relate to my research question, hypothesis, or research plan? ● 1. Louisiana. Division of Outdoor Recreation. (1994). Louisiana Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, Information Base for Executive Decision, 1993-1998 · Part 1.; This source is about different areas throughout Louisiana that have playgrounds, public access to recreation centers, and wildlife information. It discusses the facilities available and is a source for decision-makers and planners for outdoor recreation.

NOTECARD 4, Literature Review: Describe and analyze your source. Include the bibliography information of author’s name(s); publisher and publication date; title of the source, in quotation marks; page numbers (if applicable); and source's location for web-based texts (URL). Describe the source and how it is relevant to your research proposal. Questions you could answer about your source include: ● Who wrote this article? Do they have an academic affiliation? Are the researchers sociologists, or are they of a different discipline? ● Where was this article published? ● When was the research conducted? ● What question were the researchers attempting to answer? ● How does this question/topic relate to my question/topic? ● What methods did they use to study their question? ● What conclusions did they draw from their results? ● How do their conclusions relate to my research question, hypothesis, or research plan? 2. Governor's Commission on Louisiana's Outdoors. (1986). Louisiana's Outdoors: Issues Critical to Outdoor Recreation in Louisiana. This source is about outdoors in Louisiana. It discusses resources available for recreation, varies rivers, picnicking and hiking. It covers outdoor spaces, recreational things like fishing and hunting and how to improve recreation in Louisiana. The source provides details for resources available to expand recreation. NOTECARD 5, Literature Review: Describe and analyze your source. Include the bibliography information of author’s name(s); publisher and publication date; title of the source, in quotation marks; page numbers (if applicable); and source's location for web-based texts (URL). Describe the source and how it is relevant to your research proposal. Questions you could answer about your source include: ● Who wrote this article? Do they have an academic affiliation? Are the researchers

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sociologists, or are they of a different discipline? ● Where was this article published? ● When was the research conducted? ● What question were the researchers attempting to answer? ● How does this question/topic relate to my question/topic? ● What methods did they use to study their question? ● What conclusions did they draw from their results? ● How do their conclusions relate to my research question, hypothesis, or research plan? 3. Bareni, S. Y., Walker, J. T., Walker, L. C., & Beldon, Z. (2024). Recreation Center Membership Continuation: The Power of PRICE. Journal of Park & Recreation Administration, 42(1), 109–117. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.18666/JPRA-2024- 12276 The source discussed recreation in a park. It references data collection on adults maintain 68% of involvement for park visits. It discusses the peak times the park is visited and how much greenspace is at the location. The source also discusses restoration of the greenspace and the importance of the amenities offered at the park. Recreational activities are discussed as well as experiences. NOTECARD 6, Literature Review: Describe and analyze your source. Include the bibliography information of author’s name(s); publisher and publication date; title of the source, in quotation marks; page numbers (if applicable); and source's location for web-based texts (URL). Describe the source and how it is relevant to your research proposal. Questions you could answer about your source include: ● Who wrote this article? Do they have an academic affiliation? Are the researchers sociologists, or are they of a different discipline? ● Where was this article published? ● When was the research conducted? ● What question were the researchers attempting to answer? ● How does this question/topic relate to my question/topic? ● What methods did they use to study their question? ● What conclusions did they draw from their results? ● How do their conclusions relate to my research question, hypothesis, or research plan?

4. Rivera, E., Smith, C., & Hesketh, K. D. (2024). Priority populations’ experiences of the accessibility and inclusion of recreation centres: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 1–12. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17595-3 This source discussed the diversity of people that use recreation centers. The study covers interviews with 18 people. It addresses socio-economic status, people with disabilities and individuals identifying as LGBTQIA+. This source reviews the positive and negative experiences of people in a diverse community as well as promoting physical health. NOTECARD 9, Hypothesis: State your hypothesis. Remember, a formal hypothesis states the relationship between two variables—one is independent and one is dependent. It should be formatted as an If/Then statement, for instance: ● If people eat chocolate (IV), then they will get pimples (DV). If people in the community read the sources they are likely to participate and visit recreational centers more. NOTECARD 10, Operational definitions: Include and explain any operational definitions you developed for your study. Remember, operational definitions identify important concepts related to the research. You may skip this card if you have none.

● Recreation centers – complex for people to gather in the public, play sports and socialize NOTECARD 11, Proposed Research Method: Introduce your proposed research method and explain how you propose to conduct your research. Some questions about your research method you might want to answer include: ● Will you use qualitative or quantitative research or a combination? ● How will you engage subjects or find your data? ● What kinds of tools and assessments will be used to gather the data? 1. In order to conduct my research, I would need to complete a study of people in the community of various social status, race, and identity. I will review and analyze the data to represent the increase or decrease in people visiting recreation centers and why it changed. ○ I will use a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods ○ Engage with the community to schedule interviews and focus groups ○ Work on strategies to increase participation within the community to visit recreation centers Completion Checklist Complete? Have you revised your research question and sources based on any feedback you received on your first Touchstone? 𐄂 Have you read all of your sources and analyzed them for your 𐄂

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literature review, and identified how they might be relevant to your research proposal? Have you included the basic bibliographic information for each source, including author(s), publisher and publication date, title, and URL? 𐄂 Have you filled out each relevant notecard fully and completely? 𐄂 Have you provided all of the information about your chosen community group that your grader will need to know in order to understand your research proposal? 𐄂 Have you reviewed the grading rubric to understand how your Touchstone will be assessed? 𐄂 Have you proofread your work? 𐄂

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