{"id":33067,"date":"2023-09-05T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/4-year-college-degree-vs-2-year-degree-whats-the-difference-and-is-a-4-year-degree-worth-it\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T14:00:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:00:04","slug":"4-year-college-degree-vs-2-year-degree-whats-the-difference-and-is-a-4-year-degree-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/4-year-college-degree-vs-2-year-degree-whats-the-difference-and-is-a-4-year-degree-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"4-year college degree vs. 2-year degree&#8230;&#8230;What&#8217;s the difference and is a 4-year degree worth it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The introduction should be<\/span><\/u><\/b><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1 paragraph<\/b><br \/>\nand will identify the topic you\u2019ve chosen <b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">and<br \/>\nend with your research question<\/b><\/span><\/u><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">in question format<br \/>\n(Meaning this paragraph should end with a question mark (?)<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span>In <b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">about 3-5 sentences<\/b>, provide background information on your topic<br \/>\nthat will help an interested person understand more about it. This section is<br \/>\njust you talking about your topic in a broad way. You should not include any<br \/>\nresearch here. Just introduce your topic. <span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">list three secondary sources<br \/>\nyou have located on your topic.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> Secondary sources include any material that has<br \/>\nbeen previous published in print or on the web (articles, essays, etc., ) that<br \/>\nyou will later use in your literature review<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: 200%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Share<br \/>\nthe primary source you have identified for your topic and your method of<br \/>\ncollecting it. Primary sources are original data you have collected on your<br \/>\ntopic to help you answer your question. This data should be directly connected<br \/>\nto your topic. Some popular types of primary data include: <b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">An interview with<br \/>\nan expert on your topic; photographs you take at a specific site; comment<br \/>\nthreads on your topic from a public Facebook or social media site; Reddit<br \/>\ncomment threads on your topic; Twitter feeds (must be public); product reviews;<br \/>\na survey, YouTube videos, etc.<\/b> This section is important because if you<br \/>\ncannot collect this kind of data to answer your question, you won\u2019t be able to<br \/>\ncomplete the assignment. It\u2019s better to know early and adjust your topic if<br \/>\nneeded. In addition to sharing what primary data, please also share your method<br \/>\nof collecting it<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The introduction should be 1 paragraph and will identify the topic you\u2019ve chosen and end with your research question in question format (Meaning this paragraph should end with a question mark (?) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;In about 3-5 sentences, provide background information on your topic that will help an interested person [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[1112],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/33067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/33067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=33067"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=33067"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=33067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}