This diss will argue that lad culture and all the negative connotations that come with it are very prevalent in sports societies within universities; the encouragement of lad culture in men-only sports groups often results in deviant behaviour and, in extreme cases, crimes such as violence and violence against women. It will use secondary data analysis as its methodology, so all research will be done through research papers as long as they are referenced. Not to be confused with the literature review, which will use pre-existing literature to give context to the topic without delving too deep into the core research questions. There should be around two pages of references at the end minimum (end of the whole essay, not at the end of each chapter).
I have attached all the necessary documents to get you started (read ‘Research Proposal’ first), as well as some helpful literature for the specific methodology, the example dissertation uses secondary data analysis. I can also provide access to online journal articles on request.
Structure (title the chapter at the beginning of each new section)
The word limits below are rough guidelines for how long each section should be, these can change as its written
– Introduction (~500-1000 words)
Research aims
Why the research is important in today’s society
Briefly introduce primary academic works used
– Literature review (~3000 words)
Include theoretical/conceptual and empirical studies
Include relevant background information e.g. statistics on the problem
Identify gaps in knowledge
Be critical, and combine/contrast studies
– Methods (~2500-3000 words)
Explain the methodological approach
Give a detailed account of exactly what you did and why
Cover data collection, analysis, ethics
Steps taken to avoid bias and increase rigour
– Findings (~2000 words)
Present findings objectively, but do not interpret/analyse them (unless you are combining the discussion section here, whatever works best)
Main themes and categories
Descriptive statistics and possibly inferential statistics, tables/graphs/figures (if applicable)
Quotations
– Discussion (~2000 words) can be combined with the findings if analysing as you present findings
Reiterate research questions
Interpret findings
Cross-link with existing literature
Explain why this is relevent to society e.g. policy, research implications, theory
Surprising, novel, expected findings
Potential future directions
Limitations, contrasting or opposing literature (e.g. compare to women’s sports societies or subject-based/other societies (sociology society, book society, DnD society), is lad culture more closely linked to drinking culture?)
– Conclusion (~1,000 words)
Summarise each chapter and end with concluding thoughts to tie it together
My own writing style tends to use citations in-text more often than paraphrasing, if this could be implemented that would be perfect.
Send drafts in Word docx format if possible.
Word limit: 10,000 minimum, 12,000 max (the reference list at the end is excluded from the word count).
NO Plagiarism
NO AI writing
