Methodology Comp Questions

The following questions were created by the Spring 2000 Introduction to Research Methods 2 class. They are not official practice questions.  They represent a certain student's view of a good comp question for the particular area.  Note that some areas contain more than one question.  Each question contains the learning goals and a comp question. The areas are below.

Origins and Foundations of Social Research

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Participant observation, interview, and survey research

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Measurement issues

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Sampling

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Question wording and questionnaire design

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Cross-tabulation

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Regression 1

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Regression 2

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