Basic Quantitative Methods Placement Exam
January 16 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
The placement exam is only for those who wish to waive the BQM requirement because they have a strong statistics background. If you plan to take the BQM course, you do not need to take the placement exam.
To register: Email Shiyu Ma at sm2758 [at] scarletmail.rutgers.edu by 5pm on January 15, 2025.
This closed-book exam is similar to the final exam for the Basic Quantitative Methods course. The exam will cover all chapters of the book listed below. You will need a non-graphing calculator and pen or pencil.
To prepare: Joseph F. Healey. Statistics: A Tool for Social Research. Wadsworth Cengage Learning 10th edition (or subsequent editions) . Please be advised that you need an active Rutgers Box Account to view the above link.
Exam format:
- multiple choice and short answer questions that test your understanding of concepts, and
- computational problems and interpretation of statistical output from STATA. Familiarity with any statistical software package should be sufficient to interpret the output.
At exam time, you will receive statistical tables (appendices A, B, C, and D from the 10th edition of the textbook) as well as a formula sheet with the formulas from the inside front cover of the textbook.