Reviewing Research and Making Connections

Assignment 1: Reviewing Research and Making Connections
(Student name)
Dr. Goldstein
Introduction to Sociology
(Date)

Ask (Write a paragraph of at least 5 7 sentences answering the following questions in your
own words.)
 What was the topic of the research?
 Who was studied in the research?
 What was the research question that was answered by the information
in the article?
Research (Write a paragraph of at least 5-7 sentences answering the following questions in
your own words.)
 What research methods were used?
 Summarize the process researchers used to collect data.
The research topic as discussed by Olmstead (2017) in the article entitled “Most Americans think
the government could be monitoring their phone calls and emails” relates to the monitoring of the
phone calls and the personal emails that are exchanged among the residents of the concerned
country.
The research for the composition of the article was conducted majorly on the population of the
United States. The research for the study was conducted mainly on the overall population residing
within the territorial boundaries of United States (Olmstead, 2017). The research conducted for
the article is known to have included the older sections of the society as well.
The research question that has been addressed within the article discusses the necessity of the
governmental surveillance over the messages that are exchanged among the residents of the
country as well as all over the world (Olmstead, 2017). The research question majorly aims to look
into the necessity of the governmental surveillance in the matters that are related to the security
issues within the concerned country.
What are the impacts of government surveillance on the population of the country?
The research methods that were used in this case is the quantitative analysis of the data that has
been presented within the given research context. The researchers ensured the fact that the
research method involved the participation of a wider population (Olmstead, 2017).
The data for the research was collected through the survey questionnaire that was circulated. The
concerned survey questionnaire aimed at the collection of the wide-spread population thereby
resulting in the lesser bias within the data that has been collected for the completion of the study
(Olmstead, 2017).