SOCI 211- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 34 pages long!)
1 Dec 2017
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Week 1: overview of the course; introduction to social research; theory & methods. Week 2: theory & methods; how to design a research project. Week 3: research design; measurement, conceptualization, and operationalization. 9/26: measurement: process by which meaning is described and ascribed to the key facts, concepts, or phenomena being investigated, categories behavioral scientists observe (kaplan 1964, observational terms: can see w/ naked eye (ex: age of residents) Involves writing out clear, concise definitions for the key concepts. Interval: ordinal + distance btwn attributes is known to be equal (ex: iq scores, temperatures: ratio: interval + attributes have a true zero point (ex: age, years of education) In addition, researchers must describe how they will protect subjects" identities, how and for how long any data collected will be stored, and whom to contact for additional information about the study or about subjects" rights.
