DATA
MATRIX
PURPOSE:
To effectively organize your information for creating an outline and writing your paper
WHAT IS THE “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.
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!!
IN CASE YOU FORGOT WHAT
YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO…
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.
REMINDERS!
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!
IN-TEXT CITATIONS
EXAMPLES:
Author name and page number: (Brown 32)
No author, title of article (NOT the source) and page number: (“School
Violence Today” 5)
EXAMPLE SLIDE
TOPIC: CULTURE
SUB-TOPIC: ELVIS’S CHILDHOOD
“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: GANG VIOLENCE
SUB-TOPIC:
INTRODUCTION
TO THE ISSUE/
CULTURE/ECON
“Urban gun battles drive schoolchildren to the floors of their
OMY
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).
RESEARCH TOPIC:
NAME: POLYGAMY
Government, Culture, and Economy
PAPER THESIS STATEMENT
GENERAL INFORMATION ON
POLYGAMY AND OUR CULTURE.
“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).
“Polygamy Laws Expose Our Own Hypocrisy; Rights Should be Based on Principle, not Popularity.”
TOPIC: CULTURE
SUB-TOPIC: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).
The Effect of polygamous
Marital structure on
Behavioral, Emotional, and
Academic Adjustment in
Children.”
“The
TOPIC: CULTURE
SUB-TOPICGENERAL INFORMATION ON
POLYGAMY AND OUR CULTURE.
most common form of non-monogamous marriage is
polygamy” (Salmon 3).
CULTURE
GENERAL INFORMATION ON
POLYGAMY AND OUR CULTURE.
“There are an estimated 60,000 practicing polygamy in the
United states, most of them living in the West” (Delaney 7).
“I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do.” by Belinda Luscombe
TOPIC: CULTURE
SUB-TOPIC: POLYGAMY EFFECTS
ON FAMILY.
“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).
POLYGAMY EFFECTS ON FAMILY.
“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).
CULTURE
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).
TOPIC:CULTURE
SUBTOPIC: POLYGAMY 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).
CULTURE
POLYGAMY’S LINK TO DADS
“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).
“The Brutal Truth About Polygamy”
TOPIC:CULTURE
SUB-TOPIC: POLYGAMY’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).?????
“Economic Systems and Rates of Polygamy”
TOPIC :ECONOMY
SUB-TOPIC: ECONOMIC REASON TO
BE POLYGAMOUS
“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).
The Effect of
polygamous Marital
structure on Behavioral,
Emotional, and Academic
Adjustment in Children.”
TOPIC: ECONOMY
SUB-TOPIC: ECONOMIC REASON TO
BE POLYGAMOUS
“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).
ECONOMY
CONNECTION BETWEEN POLYGAMY
AND WOMEN FINANCIALLY
“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).
TOPIC: ECONOMY
SUBTOPIC:
ECONOMIC DOWNFALLS OF
POLYGAMY
“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: GOVERNMENT
SUB-TOPIC: POLYGAMY LAWS
“Prosecutors have asked courts to declare a person as married
under common law and then convicted them of polygamy”
(Turley 4).
“I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do.” by Belinda Luscombe
TOPIC: GOVERNMENT
SUB-TOPIC: POLYGAMY LAWS
“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).
“Polygamy is a Constitutional Right in US.”
TOPIC:GOVERNMENT
SUB-TOPIC: POLYGAMY LAWS/HOW
STATES TREAT THE LAW
“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).