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Assessment |
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Research Question (Clear, unambiguous) |
"[E]xamine the similarities and difference
between divorce rate of interracial marriage and divorce rate of same-race
marriage." Okay. Again, you want to focus and simplify. Research comparing the vulnerability to
divorce of interracial and same-race marriages is reasonable and sufficient. |
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Relevant
Literature |
Omitted. There is a large, relevant literature. |
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Causal Interpretations (clear, all
parts defined, mechanisms, controls, plausible) |
Whatever here was meant to be causal statements
are too vague or awkward to follow.
You need to look at the literature on what makes certain kinds of
marriages more vulnerable to divorce and think through how this might apply
to your comparison. |
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Data
(variables, sample, comparison) |
The efforts to discuss
data also make little sense here. What
kind of data do you need? One
straightforward strategy to identify appropriate data is to look at the work
others have done on divorce rates, discover what data they have used,
consider which of those data sources makes sense for your goals. Also, note that the research issue means
that you would need appropriate controls for the potential influences that
overlap with those of racial identity. |
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Research Value |
Again, what is written here makes little
sense. You are supposed to indicate
why this research is worth doing. For
example, why would some agency provide money to fund such research? |
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Overall |
And, again, a reasonable
research topic but poor effort to provide a research plan. |
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