SOCIOLOGY - CHAPTER 2 TEST STUDY GUIDE
Terms (Know definitions & about them for other questions)
Case Study
Causation
Close-Ended Questions
Correlation
Dependent Variable
Field Research
#s & Types of Questions on Test
Hypothesis
13 T/F
Independent Variable
27 Terms - Matching
Intervening Variable
20 Multiple Choice
Interview
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Multiple Causation
60 questions
Open-Ended Questions
Participant Observation
Population
Qualitative Research
Qualitative Variable
Quantitative Research
Quantitative Variable
Questionnaire
Random Sample
Representative Sample
Sample
Scientific Method
Secondary Analysis
Spurious Correlation
Survey
Variable
Other things to study:
What are the 2 broad categories of research?
What are the things necessary to determine causal relationship between 2 variables?
Be able to recognize examples of:
questionnaire, interview, field research, close and open-ended questions,
qualitative and quantitative data & research, positive & negative correlations,
sample, population, case study, dependent & independent variables.
Know how to figure mean, mode, & median.
Know the order of the research process/method.
Pros & Cons of surveys
Ethics
Suicide study
Why do sociologists conduct research?
Secondary analysis & precollected data
Which method(s) are used for qualitative studies/quantitative studies