CLEP® Introductory Sociology Book + Online (CLEP Test Preparation)

I bought this book two weeks before my planned test date. I studied the book and took the three online tests and practice tests in the book and ended up scoring a 70 out of 80 on the exam. The book works.

Received the book 7 days ago. Read front to back 3 times. Did the exams. Studied the wrong answers and did a little more research on the wrong answers outside the study guide (Google, etc) needed a 55, passed with a 58. Format of questions are the same, about 5-10 question on actual exam I wasn’t familiar with, but used process of elimination. If you are looking just to pass then I recommend the book. If you are looking to pass with a high grade, get some outside sources. None of the exact same questions from the study guide appeared on the exam, a few similar ones though did. GOOD LUCK!

Overpriced, but a good reflection of what will be on the exam. Take an hour to skim the book, take another hour or so to do the practice tests (you probably won't need the full allotted time), then take an hour to review your answers with REA's commentary. If you have some common sense and are good at standardized tests, that will be more than enough to pass (scaled score > 50). If you lack those qualities, you may need to work harder and use a real sociology book.I skimmed the first chapter of the book, got a 64 scaled score on the first full practice test, 70 on the second, skimmed the rest of the book, and then got a 66 on the real exam. I do feel that skimming the book was at least slightly useful towards ensuring a passing grade, though reviewing the practice tests was more important. I had no prior knowledge of sociology beyond what one picks up reading the newspaper.Note that the online versions of the practice tests, which I recommend over the paper versions, are not free if you buy this book; they are discounted to be a total of ~$3.

Airmen will be glad to know that I scored a 53 - cutoff for CLEPs in general is 50 - after just studying for one night, and a couple of hours of sleep. The test was done in March 2014. I supplemented this book with "CLEP Sociology - 2012: Condensed Summary and Test Prep Guide" by David C. Haus and Michael D. Haus. Do not be like me and actually take at least 2 weeks to study. Do all the practice tests and understand the concepts.Good thing that Arizona State University and Air University (USAF) accepts 50 for this particular subject. Remember, all colleges have their own criteria on CLEP scores and some do not accept them. The test is more of a you know it or you do not kind. No real in-depth questions. Sort of like military CDCs and PDG.Yes, I did both CLEPs for sociology and psychology in March with only one night of studying per test. I used up the entire 1.5 hours of allotted time both tests had.48 IS

This book gives you the info you need to know to pass the exam without a bunch of complicated jargon or extra fluff. I thought the practice questions closely resembled the actual test.

The practice tests were the only thing that helped in this book. This book is divided into 2 overall sections: an overview of the materials, and 2 practice exams that are also available online for auto-scoring. I took the diagnostic exam cold, and scored just below 50. Then I read the materials, took the 1st full-length exam, and got a little over 50. The overview of the materials is way too broad to be of any significant use. I had to google/wikipedia a lot of the important people and terms so I'd be more prepared. Simply reading the material from the book wasn't enough, at least for me. Taking all the practice exams, going over their answers in detail, and doing my own supplementary materials online ultimately netted me a good score, but I did think the actual test was harder than the practice exams.

I read through the book once, and I reviewed both online practice tests the day of the exam. I passed with a 57. I felt like a lot of definitions on the test were the same as in the book, BUT the test frequently used terms that didn't match the book to name the definitions. I would recommend getting the book and looking over practice tests answers and explanations the day of or before the exam. I had no prior knowledge in this subject area, and this is the only study resource I used.

Unnecessarily wordy at times and difficult to digest. The online portion, in my opinion, doesn't offer anything extra.I found myself looking for Crash Course videos and other books in order to give contex to what is told in this book.The practice exams are nice, but the content in the book is absolutely not enough to grasp the course.