The introduction presents the problem, or issue, that you've identified.You should:

• State what the issue is.
• Explain why it is relevant to examine in a research study. You should relate the relevancy of your topic back to the social or medical problem you identified in terms of how it affects people and society.
• How prevalent/common it is.
• End the introduction with yourthesisstatement that indicates what factors you are investigating and a summary statement of the introduction that explains why the identified problem is important.
• Explain which variables from the GSS database you will be utilizing in the statistical analysis and why the variables are good choices based on the identified problem you researched and discussed in the introduction.
• State what the null and alternative hypotheses are using:

1. The actual words that describe the variables, or factors, you are examining.
2. The mean symbols that respectively correspond to the null and alternative hypotheses.

The introduction in a research study paper is typically the place you will see most citations as you are presenting your argument for the selection of an identified problem that should be examined further.Research must back up the assertions you are making regarding the problem, why it's important to people/society/medical world, etc., and how prevalent the problem is.Thus, you will be required to utilize two sources outside of the text, one of which must be a research article. Write in APA style and include:

• A cover page.
• Two - three pages of text (all bullet/numbered points of info from above).
• A reference page for their 2 sources and the textbook.