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For this assignment, students are responsible for reading and annotating the assigned article listed below. After reading and annotating the assigned article, students are required to demonstrate their analytical understanding of the article by

1. Providing a brief summary of the article 
2. Identifying the gap(s) in research that the study is attempting to address.
   • Please highlight the study’s research questions/hypotheses
3. Providing a brief description of the data used in the study
   • Please include descriptive statistics 
4. Summarizing the key findings 
5. Highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the study. In conclusion, if you were to conduct a similar study, what you would do differently? 

Assigned Article:

Steffensmeier, D., & Demuth, S. (2000). Ethnicity and sentencing outcomes in US federal courts: Who is punished more harshly?. American Sociological Review, 65(5), 705-729.racial disparities