SOSC 220 Final Exam Study Guide
- Monday, December 7, 1:15pm
- Exam covers chapters 8 – 16
- This exam will be taken online on D2L the way you took the Mid-term exam
- The exam is “open book”. While taking the exam, you may use your textbook, written notes, handouts, etc. However, DO NOT go online and/or check websites to search for information on the internet
- You may NOT work with other people to complete the exam – Evidence of this will be considered academic dishonesty and will be reported.
- The multiple choice questions will be chosen randomly from a large question bank, so students will get different questions.
- If you have read the chapters, chapter handouts and prepared for the test, you will have plenty of time to complete the exam and check the questions you are unsure about (if you know where to look in your text, etc.). If you have not prepared, you would be unlikely to have enough time to look up every question.
- The exam will OPEN at 1:15pm Monday, December 7 (as per the final exam timetable) and CLOSE at 3:15 – meaning you have 2 hours to complete the test.
- All students must begin the exam at 1:15 pm, so you must have your own device/computer and work independently.
- Under quizzes, you will see “Final Exam”, and when you click on it the test will open.
- You will have one, and only one, attempt at the exam. Be sure to “submit” the “quiz” prior to closing or going “out” of the exam.
- I will be monitoring my email (both my D2L and NLC emails) during the exam, so please let me know if a problem arising during the exam as soon as possible.
- Once you have submitted your exam it will give you your mark on the multiple choice, but not the written answers which I have to mark manually. As D2L gives you your multiple choice score of the TOTAL exam, you grade will look lower than it actually is.
- You will get a “raw score” but it won’t show you what questions you got right or wrong yet – I will release that after everyone has taken the exam and I have marked the written responses.
Exam composition:
- 30 – 40 multiple choice questions
- 2 written response questions:3 question options will be on the final exam; you will be required to answer 2 of them (your choice). (10 points each)
- The questions will either be skill based (requiring you to complete a task ie. write a strong research question) or about a general theme, topic and/or concept we have covered since the midterm.
- There is no minimum or maximum length for your response. Your mark is not determined by length. I will grade your answer bases on the correct completion of assigned tasks and/or the quality of information, facts, evidence and/or statements from the text/lecture/course that you use to support your answer.
Areas of review: This is not an exhaustive list of everything covered in Chapters 8 – 13 and you may not receive a question dealing with every area listed below. This is simply a guide of key concepts covered in the course thus far.
Survey Research
- Survey question types and errors
- Bias and limitations involved with survey research
- Response rates
Experimental Research
- Classical experimental design – steps and components of
- Sampling, assignment to groups (types of groups)
- Double-blind procedures, placebo
- Dependent, independent variable
- Internal and external validity, reliability
Nonreactive Quantitative/Qualitative Research and Secondary Analysis
- Manifest and latent content
- Secondary analysis
- Existing statistics
- Benefits and limitations of
Analysis of Quantitative Data
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Measures of Distribution
- Statistical significance
- Relationships between variables
Qualitative Interviewing
- Compare quantitative and qualitative interview styles/methodology
- Focus Groups
Field Research
- Roles of researcher
- Types of notes
- Location of observations
Analysis of Qualitative Data
- Coding – definition, stages of
- Types of notes, memos
- Strategies for qualitative analysis
Combining Methods
- Advantages/Disadvantages
- Stages of mixed methods approach
General Theme: Description of, comparison of, advantages and disadvantages of Qualitative and Quantitative research and their methods.
*Disclaimer: This study guide is just that; a guide. Anything in the textbook (chapters 8 – 13), lectures, guest speakers, movies watched in class and PowerPoint handouts could be on the test.