So202 – Mock Exam

SO202 – MOCK EXAM

Types of Research1. MTV hires you to study how young people responded to their

"Rock the Vote” campaign. What type of research are you conducting

a. Descriptiveb. Exploratoryc. Evaluatived. Explanatory

2. Rank (1989) has reports that the birth rate of women who are on welfare is similar among women who are not on welfare. What type of research is this?


3. Most social science research reports that growth in the opportunity to earn decent wages has led to the increase of in employment of married American women. What type of research is this?


4. To begin his research on homelessness, a research starts spending evenings talking with homeless individuals and asking them about their lives. He is interested in answering the question “what are the issues that concern homeless people?” What type of research is this?


Levels of Measurement: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio, Dichotomous Race (Latino, Asian, Caucasian etc.) Poverty Status (Either above or below the poverty line) Educational Level (Primary school, secondary school, BA) Education Level (Measured in Years) Annual Earnings (in Euro) Satisfaction with Government (Very, somewhat, not at all) Percentage of Female Politicians. Political Parties (Labour, Fine Gael, Greens etc.)

Types of Sampling – of SO202 Class

I put everyone’s name into a hat, and pick out the sample participants at random?

I ask the first 10 people who enter the room? I divide the class into two categories; male and female, and

randomly select the participants? I divide the class into two categories; male and female, and

select the first ten participants that I come across. I select a tutor, then a tutorial group, and then randomly select

students within that group. I select students based on their grades. I ask participants to ask their friends to take part. I organise the names alphabetically and picked every 10th name

of the list.

Short Answer Questions

1. Discuss the difference between conceptualisation and operationalization. Give and example.

2. How should a qualitative researcher select key informants for intensive interviews? What ethical considerations need to be taken into account?

3. Discuss three strengths and weaknesses of quantitative versus qualitative research.

Other

What is the median?

What is the mode?

If you have 30 staff and you want to select 10 of them for a simple random sample, the probability of selection is?

a. .05b. .13c. .33d. .67e. 1.33

Deductive theory begins with which elements?a. Social Theoryb. Hypothesis Testingc. Descriptive Researchd. Empirical Generalizations

Which of the following is an example of a negative association between variables?

a. The more study you do, the higher your grades.b. The more money you spend, the more clothes you have.c. As the quality of sex education increases, the amount of

unwanted pregnancies decreases.d. As years of education increase, standards of living improve.

The belief that reality is made up of multiple layers, and is socially constructed, is known as:

a. Positivismb. Feminismc. Interpretivismd. Postpositivism

The EU SILC is administered to a sample of European residents, but it hopes to identify the features of the European population as a whole. The EU SILC hopes for:

a. Validityb. Generalizabilityc. Reflexivityd. Reliability

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