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SCS 224 (Campus) - Social Science Research Methods

This guide serves as a research companion to the ON-CAMPUS course SCS-224 titled "Social Science Research Methods" taught by Professor Christine Clamp.

Writing Help

If you need help writing your best resource is the Wolak Learning Center This link opens in a new window (Campus Students) or the Academic Support Center This link opens in a new window (Online Students). However, the library has a number of resources that can help and librarians can lead you to web resources that may also be useful. The following are some recommended books and web resources to help you write.

Frequently Asked Writing Questions

Research Poster Help

Some SNHU courses require students to create a research poster. SCS 224 students who present at Undergraduate Research Day may choose to do an oral presentation or a poster presentation. Below are resources to help you create a research poster for class or conference presentations. 

Research Poster guidelines:

If you decide to present a research poster for Undergraduate Research Day, the following are usually suggested to include:

  • A title box towards the top of the poster, including the names of the authors and university affiliation (SNHU)
  • An introduction section highlighting the problem addressed a brief literature review with citations and your hypothesis or hypotheses.
  • A method section describing your participants, any materials used, and what you did during the experiment (procedures).
  • A results section and, if applicable, associated tables or graphs. These panels provide your statistics relevant to the hypothesis examined. At a minimum, provide descriptive statistics. Inferential statistics are not required but your conclusions would benefit.
  • A discussion where you relate your findings to that of other studies and draw your conclusions in light of your hypothesis.
  • A references section. Make sure your references include peer-reviewed sources and primary research articles. Primary articles describe studies in which the authors collected the data themselves. References must be in APA format. If you cannot fit your references onto your poster, you may provide the references separately as an attached word document.

Poster templates

Presentation Help

If you need help preparing a presentation your best resource is the Wolak Learning Center This link opens in a new window (Campus Students) or the Academic Support Center This link opens in a new window (Online Students). However, the library has a number of resources that can help and librarians can lead you to web resources that may also be useful. The following are some recommended books and web resources to help you prepare a presentation. Resources with a star are highly recommended.

Frequently Asked Presentation and Poster Questions