- •Chair “Regional Studies and International Relations” syllabus of the course “Sociology”
- •Almaty, 2013
- •Explanatory note
- •General information on the curriculum
- •Themes of lectures
- •Themes of seminars
- •Themes for students independent work with instructors (siwi)
- •Information on knowledge assessment
- •Midterm examination
- •Assessment criteria
- •Final scores calculation
- •Some samples of multiple choice tests on Sociology (full tests are given in the full version of umkd kept at university)
- •Version a
- •5. Research in Sociology starts from a 6. Quantitative method in Sociology is based on the use of
- •7. Participant observation is a method when a researcher 8. Standardized questions are
- •9. Sampling is 10. ‘Samples must be representative’ means that
- •11. Experiment in Sociology is 12. Statistical techniques are used in the
- •13. Research design is a step in the research 14. Participant observation is a
- •15. Ethics in social research means that
- •Version b
- •3. Positivism means that sociology 4. Comparative question implies
- •11. In the research process Literature review is a step that comes after 12. Life histories are used
- •13. Empirical questions concern 14. Developmental questions refer to
- •Implications of Sociology: 16. What is difference between qualitative and quantitative questions?
- •Glossary
15. Ethics in social research means that
Questions should be clearly formulated
Answers of respondents should be full
Researchers should not harm respondents
Survey should be held at libraries
Tests prove hypothesis
TEST #1
Version b
Sociology has the task of examining a balance between 2. Self-enlightenment is
social groups a field of Sociology
language and gender a function of Sociology
customs and traditions a theory of Sociology
social relations and cultural diversity a paradigm
social reproduction and social transformation a method of research
3. Positivism means that sociology 4. Comparative question implies
resembles natural science in procedures and character of its findings theoretical thinking
rejects scientific methods of research comparison of past and present of a society
is not similar to natural sciences in procedures and contrasting examples drawn from different societies
character of its findings usage of methods of natural sciences
belongs to natural sciences similarity to experiments in physics
is not able to gain objective knowledge about society
Qualitative methods in Sociology concern the use of 6. Hypothesis in Sociological research is a
Figures and statistics data Research questions
Survey, Interviews, Participant observation Educated guesses about what is going on
Work on written sources Design of the work
Translation of texts from one language into another Social science
Use of archival materials
7. Method of Survey is based on analysis of 8. Open-ended questions are
Translated texts fixed-choice questions requiring fixed range responses
Archival data questions requiring any answer without fixed choices
Statistics questions used in textbooks on Sociology
Oral stories questions used mathematics
Questionnaires brief questions requiring short answers
9. Random sampling is based on the principle that 10. Interview is a
Every member of the population has the Method of natural sciences
same probability of being included in a survey Qualitative method of research
All citizens of the country answer the questions Meta-theory
Nobody answers questions Quantitative method of research
Everybody works at library method of analysis in Sociology
All questions are open ended