• Choose one social problem (e.g., poverty among veterans; unemployment among minority populations).
• Search the APUS library, Google Scholar, and/or other reputable scholarly sites to find three research studies on your topic from three sociology journals.  The three journal articles should be no more than five years old. Do  not use unverifiable secondary sites such as Wikipedia, ask.com,  about.com, and similar.  
• Complete the following attached worksheet for each of your three journal articles. DO NOT submit the Assignment as an summary  You must insert your answers on the actual worksheet and submit the worksheet.  
  • Summary  Explain what the researchers explored and why. In other words, what  were they trying to discover or uncover? Be specific.  You can start by  stating something like “The  researchers wanted to discover” or “The researchers wanted to find out  if…. ” DO NOT copy and paste the information from the journal  articles; you must share what you learned in your own words. Paraphrase.  
  • Key study results Discuss what the researcher(s) found. Be specific. For example, did they find an increase or decrease in something? You can say something like, “The researchers found that……They also found…..”DO NOT copy and paste the information; you must share what you learned in your own words; paraphrase. 
  • Questions  – If you met with the author(s), what is at least one question you  would ask concerning this research that you felt was missing and why?