Sociological Investigation Assessment

Soc Team,

To conclude this unit on Sociological Investigation, I am giving you three options for your assessment.

1) You may, with a partner, take a traditional paper quiz

• If you choose to take the paper quiz, you will have the first thirty minutes or so to corporately gather and study with the other students who are taking the paper quiz.
• After this time has expired, you are to situate yourselves with your assigned partner to take the quiz.
• As usual, you may discuss your answer with your partner and come up with a common answer for the questions. You may not use notes. You may derive and submit divergent answers to any given question.

2) You may, with a partner, conduct an in class observation of another class

• With a partner, select a class you would like to visit and contact the teacher of that course. 
• Upon gaining permission, visit the class for sixty minutes.
• Decide in advance what research orientation you will be employing and how you will go about your observation.
• In addition, decide in advance or shortly after arriving what data/variables you will pursue. 
• Record where you visited, what you observed, and specific data around the chosen variables (e.g. amount of the class that was participatory, number of students who touch their face and how many times they do so, enthusiasm of students, etc.).
• Return to the Soc classroom after your observation and draw at least two conclusions from your data. Note the reliability and validity of your conclusions.
• Note at least one correlation. State why it is either a correct correlation, spurious, or unclear without further study.
• This option is due by midnight on the day the observation is conducted.

3) You may, with a partner, conduct an out of class observation (on your own time)

• This option is much like the one above but conducted outside of class time and not at school.
• Follow all of the above requirements but be sure your provide even more explicit and careful discussion of what you observed - both generally and specifically.
• This option is due on Wednesday of next week (Oct 29)

When you have finished your responsibilities for the above, you have three options for how you can use the remainder of the period (this is primarily for those who choose option one and three):

• Gather together with others and discuss your Sociological Investigation Project (experiences, observations, creative spurious correlations, choice for changing California culture, etc.)
• Work on the terms for the upcoming unit (found on Classroom)
• Work on your observations for Monday (found on Classroom)
• Study quietly