What follows is the actual mid-term exam in this course--sort of.
These are the actual questions, without the answers you will be asked to choose among.

1.  Which of the following is an attribute?

2.  Which of the following is a variable?

3.  Which of the following questions would be appropriate for social science research?

4.  "On the whole, old people are more religious than young people" is an example of:

5.  Believing something because "everyone knows that" is an example of:

6.  Believing there is a reality that different people see differently is an example of:

7.  The ethical rule of "voluntary participation"

8.  Which of the following topics would be the best subject for macrotheory?

9.  Karl Marx is most associated with which of the following paradigms?

10.  The "social systems" paradigms is another names for which of the following?

11.  Ethnomethodology is most closely associated with which of the following?

12.  The textbook reported a study of marijuana use that began with the characteristics of users and moved on to a theory of use.  This was an example of which of the following?

13.  The textbook reported a hypothetical study in which theories of "distributive justice" were used to generate hypotheses about concrete behavior.  This was an example of which of the following?

14.  Feminist paradigms are concerned with which of the following?

15.  Which of the following is an example of a necessary cause?

16.  Which of the following is an example of a sufficient cause?

17.  Which of the following is true about determinism and science?

18.  Which of the following did the textbook discuss as a criteria of causal relationships?

19.  For social scientists to conclude that broken homes are a cause of juvenile delinquency, which of the following must be true?

20.  The “gambler’s fallacy” is an example of: 

21.  When the relationship observed between two variables is actually caused by some third variable, that’s an example of which of the following terms, used in Chapter 4.

22.  A political poll that reports Candidate A has 60% support and Candidate B has 40% support is an example of:

23.  In the statement--"Fifty percent of the female, college students have personal computers."--the unit of analysis is:

24.  In the statement--"Ninety percent of the Southern, working-class households have a color TV."--the unit of analysis is:

25.  When the 1990 and 2000 US Censuses are compared for the purpose of discovering changes in the ethnic composition of the nation, that’s an example of a:

26.  A study of changing political attitudes among members of the Baby Boom generation between 1970 and 2000 would be an example of a:

27.  When freshmen and seniors are compared for the purpose of infering changes that occur over the course of a college education, that’s an example of a:

28.  In the statement--"Russian popular songs are more romantic than American popular songs."--the unit of analysis is:

29.   When we say that "social class" has different aspects, such as economics, prestige, power, etc., we are referring to what?

30.  The concern that a measurement technique actually measure what it’s intended to measure and not something else is a concern for: 

31.  The statement "Jan has $200; Pat has $400" illustrates what level of measurement?

32.  The statement "Jan has half as much money as Pat" illustrates what level of measurement?

33.  The statement "Jan has $200 less than Pat" illustrates what level of measurement?

34.  Saying that "Jan earns $35,023.45 per year" is more _____ than saying "Jan earns about thirty-five thousand dollars a year."

35.  We might criticize the use of grade-point-average as a measure of intelligence, saying that g.p.a. measures the ability to take tests, write papers, etc., and intelligence is not limited to such things.  This criticism is based on which of the following concepts.

36.  Which of the following is a composite measure?

37.  In contrast to an index, a scale takes advantage of:

38.  In index-construction, the purpose of examining the bivariate relationships among potential items is determine whether:

39.  Which of the following scales was designed for measuring social distance?

40.  Which of the following scales is based of the responses, "Strongly agree," "Agree," "Disagree," and " Strongly Disagree"?

41.  Which of the following scales required experts to assign weights to indicators of the variable being scaled?

42.  To test a Guttman scale, we determine the number of original responses that could be recreated from knowing the scale scores respondents received, thereby calculating the:

43.  In 1936, the Literary Digest poll incorrectly predicted the presidential election would be won by:

44.  In studying rare populations, researchers sometimes ask subjects to refer them to other relevant subjects.  This is called:

45.  In 1948, George Gallup incorrectly predicted the presidential winner through his use of:

46.  Selecting every 23rd name in a list is as example of:

47.  Grouping college students by class and gender before selecting a sample is an example of:

48.  If a probability sample of 400 produces a sampling error of plus or minus five percentage points at the 95% confidence level, how large a sample would be required to cut the sampling error in half?

49.  In a Probability Proportionate to Size (PPS) sample, Person A’s cluster has a 1/10 chance of selection and Person A has a 1/10 chance of selection within that cluster.  Person B’s cluster has a 1/20 chance of selection.  What is Person B’s chance of selection within that cluster?

50.  What is the catalog designation for this course?
 a)  Sociology 201 (hint: pick me)