SOC 391 Study Guide - Final Guide: Internal Validity, Design Of Experiments, Central Tendency
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This is a complete list of everything you will be expected to know for the final exam. Any topics that are not on this list will not be on the final exam. Define five ethical principles (as discussed in class) Identify and give examples of categorical and continuous variables. Define operational definition/be able to apply this concept to variables. Define validity (you don t need to know the specific types: convergent, discriminant, construct, face) Know the difference between nonexperimental (correlational) and experimental methods. Identify and explain relationships between variables (i. e. , positive, negative, curvilinear, no relationship) Define and identify quantitative and qualitative research methods. Know the differences between naturalistic and systematic observational research methods. Define sample and population/be able to identify samples and populations. Define and identify four sampling strategies: haphazard, quota, simple, stratified. Be able to differentiate between the four sampling strategies. Define confound/be able to identify or suggest confounds in studies.
