SOC 2205 Midterm Review Fall 2024 PDF

SOC 2205 Midterm Fall 2024 The Midterm will be available on October 14th, 2024, at 5:30 pm PST in class only. You will have the entire class time to complete the test. If you are more than 20 minutes late you will not receive an exam. There will be 20 multiple choice questions and 3 short-response...

SOC 2205 Midterm Fall 2024 The Midterm will be available on October 14th, 2024, at 5:30 pm PST in class only. You will have the entire class time to complete the test. If you are more than 20 minutes late you will not receive an exam. There will be 20 multiple choice questions and 3 short-response questions. I will be providing the exam, so please bring something to use to write your responses. During Exam If you have any questions, please come see me. Before you hand in your test, make sure you have answered all the questions. Students with Official Accommodation Needs If you have a documented accommodation, I have taken this into account and your test will be modified based on your accommodations. Study Guide The midterm questions will be based on readings from Week 1 (Chapter 1 [The Art and Science of Social Research]) through Week 7 (Chapter 7 [Survey Research]). In reviewing your notes, I suggest you ensure to review the bulleted list below. Chapter 1 The Art and Science of Social Research Adopting the sociological imagination Basic vs. applied social research Chapter 2 Research Foundations Level of abstraction (macro, meso, or micro) Chapter 3 Research Ethics Zimbardo Stanford Prison Experiment Milgram Obedience Study Chapter 4 From Concepts to Models Absolute vs. relative measure Conceptualization Operationalization Chapter 5 Reliability and Validity Internal validity External validity Chapter 6 Sampling Strategies Benefits of probability sampling Benefits of nonrepresentative samples Chapter 7 Survey Research Example Questions 1. Select the most precise answer. Danika exercises her sociological imagination when she thinks about  a. how her life connects with gender, race, and class dynamics in society. b. the fact that social inequality is so persistent. c. how to pass her sociology class. d. the challenges faced by socially disadvantaged groups. 2. Institutional theory attempts to describe and explain variations among nations, states, or other large political entities, arguing that these entities change over time because they are striving to gain legitimacy among other entities, less so because of the actual value of the change. Which level of social life does this theory apply to? a. macro b. meso c. micro d. multiple levels 3. In 2006, researchers at Harvard University used which social media platform to collect data on students without informing them? a. Twitter b. Myspace c. Facebook d. Instagram 4. Which of the following is a conceptualization of poverty? a. interviews with unemployed people asking them about their experiences of poverty b. an experiment asking respondents to define poverty c. a measurement of individuals who make less than $12,000 per year d. a definition of individuals who cannot provide food or shelter for themselves 5. To keep expenses down from having to travel to every state to conduct a survey, a researcher could instead implement which type of sampling strategy in which they would only survey randomly selected individuals in randomly selected states? a. simple random sample b. systematic sample c. cluster sample d. stratified sample 6. Identify the following question type: “What are the goals you would like to accomplish in college?” a. open-ended b. closed-ended c. double-barreled d. longitudinal