Discussions Also Often Address Economic Stratific

Format

You should structure this essay as an
IMRAD report. IMRAD stands for Introduction, Methods, Results, and
Discussion. In this format, you present your research and discuss your
methods for gathering research. Each section of the IMRAD structure can
take several paragraphs to develop. This format is ubiquitous in the
sciences and we are using it here so you can position yourself as a
researcher who has collected data and drawn conclusions from that data.

• Introduction
  presents the research question, explains the significance of the
  research question, and frames this contribution in a review of known
  information on the topic.
• Methods sections
  describe the methods you used for gathering information. This section
  explains your sources of information, both primary and secondary. (For
  instance, the use of a survey. How that survey was collected and the
  group of people who participated.)
• Results
  sections describe what you found out from your research. This section
  develops each point thoroughly, as this is often the main section of
  your research paper.
• Discussion explains the
  significance of your findings and describes how your findings support
  your overall claim. Discussions also often address the limitations or
  constraints of your research and even call for readers to produce
  additional research.

Note: You do not need to follow
IMRAD strictly. You might combine sections or rename them. Consider how
Brandt structured her essay and remember that the purpose of using this
genre is to center yourself as a writing researcher.

What Makes It Good?

This
assignment is a “writing to learn” assignment. The primary goal is for
you to revisit and think more deeply about the scholarship we’ve taken
up, reflect on the ways you see the claims and concepts of this
scholarship in your own life and communities, to grapple with the
significance and implications of these concepts/claims, and to begin
practicing collecting data to test out ideas and assumptions.

In assessing whether your draft is successful, consider the following questions:

• Have you directly stated your research question or defined a problem?
• Have you provided a detailed description of what methods you used to try to answer the research question/explore the problem?
• Have you included a specific, detailed explanation of what you found in your research and what conclusions it leads you to?
• Have you explained how your findings (or exploration) might matter?
• Have you integrated ideas and terms from relevant scholarship collected in your textbook (and supplemental readings)?
• Have
  you thought about your own social position and the history, experience,
  and prior knowledge (including knowledge gaps) you brought to this
  project?
• Finally, have you proofread your text?