Unit 13 (during weeks 15 and 16): Exam Review & Exam 3

As you work through the guides for this final exam, we want to first offer some direction based on student habits the course team has observed this semester, and over decades of combined teaching. This document has many concepts and terms to define, but filling it out and memorizing the individual concepts is only the start of a successful study routine. We have noticed that sometimes students put substantial effort into reviewing for exams through rote memorization (e.g., flashcards, Quizlets). Memorization is a crucial first step, and we of course hope part of your routine includes making sure you know the basic definitions of course concepts. But to ensure success on exams, the key is to understand how the concepts relate to other concepts, and are applied to real-world issues. Assessing definition-level understandings would not be a valid measure of whether you learned the skills the course is designed to impart, it would be a vocabulary test. For instance, you should know not only what a post-positivist researcher is, but also whether they believe an objective or subjective reality, their corresponding logical processes, whether they typically use qual or quant methods, etc. You should know the types of RQs, HYs, and sampling strategies, AND how to evaluate their intersection. These are the skills that will create competent information consumers.  All of this material is in different units, and the book is written in a way to build on these concepts layer by layer (and we reinforce them in discussion).

As you go through this guide and fill things out, try asking yourself questions like (these are merely examples only and do not reflect test content): “how might a critical scholar rate a study that used a large sample of quantitative data? What do they think about the question of asking “enough” people? What kinds of questions (RQ/HY) can be answered using a large sample of quant data? Are those the questions an interpretive scholar would ask?” or “would a positivist agree with a study method that involved a value-laden axiology.” Once you have your concepts down, with practice, answers to questions like these will come more naturally (note – this is why we do textbook contributions! When done well, it mimics the process of making these connections), and you’ll be prepared for your exam, and most importantly, prepared to consume information in the real world.

If you haven’t been keeping up with the content each week…shew…I wouldn’t want to be you…

Nov 29, 2022 12:30 PM Unit 15
Dec 1, 2022 12:30 PM Unit 15

 

During exam week you’ll take your third exam. It will be just like your first two exams.

 

XIII. Unit 13: Exam Review & Exam 3

EXAM REVIEW in the form of Games and other Bonus Features from Chapters 7-12 (Part 2)

Exam 3 – Part 1 is on Units 7-9

Unit 10 Review

Unit 11 Review

Unit 12 Review

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