PURPOSE: To effectively organize your information for creating an outline and

writing your paper

DATA MATRIX

Essentially, you are taking all of the information you plan to use from your sources and organizing it in one easy-to-

access and organized place.

WHAT IS THE “DATA MATRIX”?

First, number all of your research. For example, if you have printed off five different articles, number them one

through five.

Refer to them by these numbers as you are organizing your information and preparing to write.

DO NOT LOSE ANYTHING!!

You will take the highlighted information from your sources and transfer that to a slide.

Then, in parentheses, add the author name (if there is one). If not, use the title of the article (in quotation marks).

Follow the author name or title by either the page number (book, magazine, etc.). If you do not have the page number,

you will not use a number.

IN CASE YOU FORGOT WHAT YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO…

Don’t forget to do your citations as you go. It will be much easier if you do them now than when you are writing your paper. If you don’t do it now, you won’t know where you got the information from, and you’ll

have to go through your research again.Ex: (“Elvis: Superstar”).

If you have questions about how to cite correctly, make sure you ASK.

Go ahead and add as many slides as you need; I have made ten for you to start. You will eventually

organize them by topic. Don’t forget to put a topic on each slide; again this will save you time down the

road.

Last: Make sure you’re not putting too much information on each slide. Make them easy to read

and use later on!

REMINDERS!

Author name and page number: (Brown 32)

No author, title of article (NOT the source) and page number: (“School Violence Today” 5)

IN-TEXT CITATIONS EXAMPLES:

“Despite his musical talent, Elvis was shy and suffered from feelings

of inferiority because of his family's poverty. He overcame some of these

feeling by bringing his guitar to school and playing it whenever he

could” (Graf).

TOPIC: CULTURESUB-TOPIC: ELVIS’S CHILDHOOD

EXAMPLE SLIDE

“Urban gun battles drive schoolchildren to the floors of their classrooms and entire villages

into flight; noncombatants die in the crossfire; others, unfortunate enough to cross paths with

pitiless irregulars, are hacked to death or beheaded. The national economy falters because

of the rising chaos and uncertainty. Tensions rise along the border of a neighboring nation as some seek to escape the violence any way they

can” (“The War Next Door” 2).

TOPIC: GANG VIOLENCE

SUB-TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO THE ISSUE/CULTURE/ECONOMY

Government, Culture, and Economy

RESEARCH TOPIC:NAME: POLYGAMY

PAPER THESIS STATEMENT

“Close observers of the marital topography are noticing a shift in attitudes toward polygamy” (Luscombe 1).

“In 2010 the Columbia Law Review, taking into account both fundamentalist Mormons and the growing number of Muslim immigrants, estimated that 30,000 to 100,000 U.S. families practice plural marriage” (Luscombe 1).

GENERAL INFORMATION ON POLYGAMY AND OUR

CULTURE.

“Studies have found polygamy present in 78% of the world’s cultures” (Turley 4).“As many as 50,000 polygamists live in the United States” (Turley 4).

TOPIC: CULTURESUB-TOPIC:GENERAL INFORMATION ON POLYGAMY AND OUR CULTURE.

“Polygamy Laws Expose Our Own Hypocrisy; Rights Should be Based on Principle, not Popularity.”

“The most common form of non-monogamous marriage is polygamy” (Salmon 3).

TOPIC: CULTURESUB-TOPICGENERAL INFORMATION

ON POLYGAMY AND OUR CULTURE.The Effect of polygamous Marital structure on Behavioral, Emotional, and Academic Adjustment in Children.”

“There are an estimated 60,000 practicing polygamy in the United states, most of them living in the West” (Delaney 7).

CULTUREGENERAL INFORMATION ON

POLYGAMY AND OUR CULTURE.

“Younger and poorer men struggle to find partners in polygamous communities, where a large pool of single males becomes a destabilizing influence” (Luscombe 1).“Joe admits it's a struggle to be an involved dad to 23 kids. "It's important for me to physically touch my kids every day," he says. "But I don't go to all the school meetings. I rely on their mothers to be the eyes and ears”” (Luscombe 1).

TOPIC: CULTURESUB-TOPIC: POLYGAMY EFFECTS ON FAMILY.

“I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do.” by Belinda Luscombe

“Children living in nontraditional family structures exhibit poor adjustment, as indicated by aggressive and antisocial behavior, conduct disorders, communication difficulties, adjustment problems, poor self-concept, high school-dropout rates, sexual activity, drug abuse, and alcoholism” (Salmon 3).“It is likely then that the sudden shift from a monogamous to a polygamous family system that occurs when a new spouse is added to the family would constitute just the kind of major systemic disruption that would pose a major challenge to a developing child’s sense of trust, security, and confidence” (Salmon 3).“Studies have shown that polygamous marriages are more likely than are monogamous marriages to be torn by spousal conflict, tension, and jealousy” (Salmon 3).“The stress of polygamous family life predisposes mothers and children to psychological problems” (Salmon 3).

POLYGAMY EFFECTS ON FAMILY.

“Fear of not being good enough. Many wives have eating disorders and chemical imbalances. The focus is on having children, starting at a very young age, every year” (Mann 6).

CULTUREPOLYGAMY EFFECTS ON

FAMILY.

“Victims of polygamy include women who are treated as breeders of children, very young girls who are forced to become faithful servants to their husbands” (Delaney 7).

TOPIC:CULTURESUBTOPIC: POLYGAMY EFFECTS ON FAMILY

“The father may not participate in the upbringing of his children” (Salmon 3).“Data show that the father’s absence is negatively associated with poor academic performance, teenage pregnancy, and a higher incidence of high risk behavior” (Salmon 3).“The effects on male children are strongest – boys experience difficulties with self-control, sex role, gender identity, and academic performance. Polygamy effects on family.General information on polygamy and our culture” (Salmon 3).

CULTUREPOLYGAMY’S LINK TO DADS

“They refuse to take responsibility for the support and care of their children” (Mann 6).

????“Founded Tapestry of Polygamy, a support group that is now pressuring the Utah government to become “Aware of the atrocities that go on”” (Mann 6).?????

TOPIC:CULTURESUB-TOPIC: POLYGAMY’S LINK TO DADS

“The Brutal Truth About Polygamy”

“In societies in which polygamy is allowed or valued, it is most likely to be practiced by members of the wealthier strata” (Lee and Whitbeck 2).“Families may become polygamous if they are wealthy, but they do not become wealthy because they are polygamous” (Lee and Whitbeck 2).“Polygamy may be a form of conspicuous consumption for the economically elite, symbolizing their ability to support nonproductive family members” (Lee and Whitbeck 2).“Polygamy thus is a means of expanding a family’s productive capacities directly, by increasing the familial labor force” (Lee and Whitbeck 2).“Families may obtain economic advantage by maximizing the number of male members” (Lee and Whitbeck 2).

TOPIC :ECONOMY SUB-TOPIC: ECONOMIC REASON TO BE

POLYGAMOUS

“Economic Systems and Rates of Polygamy”

“A Family’s economic success may be based on the number of children available to work the land. Therefore, in some societies it is a marker of economic success; the more wives a man has, the more successful he is deemed to be” (Salmon 3).“The higher the number of children the more economically productive the family can be” (Salmon 3).

TOPIC: ECONOMYSUB-TOPIC: ECONOMIC

REASON TO BE POLYGAMOUS

The Effect of polygamous Marital structure on Behavioral, Emotional, and Academic Adjustment in Children.”

“Most women in polygamous societies are unemployed and thus are economically dependent on their husbands or families. Because they cannot support themselves through work, they feel pressure to marry into a polygamous family” (Salmon 3).“Women in polygamous marriages are less likely to work outside the home than are women in monogamous marriages, and therefore, generally have fewer economic resources to invest in their children” (Salmon 3).“The economic pressure of supporting a large polygamous family tends to produce high levels of financial distress” (Salmon 3).“Financial problems are positively correlated with parental intolerance, increasing the likelihood that children will suffer abuse or neglect” (Salmon 3).

ECONOMYCONNECTION BETWEEN POLYGAMY

AND WOMEN FINANCIALLY

“The general publics tax money supports social service programs that polygamists take advantage of because of lax rules allow them to receive benefits (e.g., food stamps and welfare checks)” (Delaney 7).

TOPIC: ECONOMYSUBTOPIC:

ECONOMIC DOWNFALLS OF POLYGAMY

TOPIC: GOVERNMENTSUB-TOPIC: POLYGAMY LAWS

“Prosecutors have asked courts to declare a person as married under common law and then convicted them of polygamy” (Turley 4).

“Polygamy is still technically a crime in Utah, although Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has made it clear he isn't going to prosecute unless other crimes are involved” (Luscombe 1).

TOPIC: GOVERNMENT SUB-TOPIC: POLYGAMY LAWS

“I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do.” by Belinda Luscombe

“Though it is illegal, several communities continue to practice it, then the states generally turn a blind eye” (Marshall 5). “The Constitution’s First Amendment protects the right to religious expression, and that may cover polygamy” (Marshall 5).“Polygamy was outlawed in 1890” (Marshall 5).

TOPIC:GOVERNMENTSUB-TOPIC: POLYGAMY LAWS/HOW

STATES TREAT THE LAW

“Polygamy is a Constitutional Right in US.”