SY280 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bogardus Social Distance Scale, Null Hypothesis, Main Diagonal
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Sy280 midterm #2 wednesday march 1st. You can find both the gershenson (2013) reading, as well as the babbie and benaquisto reserve reading through the library. The exam will have a total of 51 marks, with 3 bonus marks: 7 marks - fill in the blanks (based on lecture and ch. 6: 5 marks (for 3 short-answer questions, based on lecture, 15 marks for 2 related questions (based on lecture, 24 mult. 8: 5 questions from gershenson reading (the other mc questions are from lectug. Measurement: changes in a variable over time, comparing variables. Causality is something prompting something else: does one activity cause another, looking for causal relationship b/w independent & dependent variable. Generalization: can we generalize beyond our sample, aiming to generalize something to the population. Formulating research questions: consider factors relevant to research topic or question, choosing factors: never investigated before or contributes to an understanding of a topic, something that may open more questions.
