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what is the definition of politics - correct answer who gets what, when and how
what is the definition of comparative politics - correct answer focuses on power and decision making
- understanding the explanations for political a...
PLSI 140 Midterm/Final Exam Question
and answers rated A+
what is the definition of politics - correct answer ✔who gets what, when and
how
what is the definition of comparative politics - correct answer ✔focuses on
power and decision making
- understanding the explanations for political activity, to explain how it works
what is the definition of an hypothesis - correct answer ✔proposed
explanation for a phenomenon, used to test to support or disprove a theory
what is the comparative method, what does it do? (different systems
design/similar systems design)
- what are falsifiable theories - correct answer ✔2 types of systems;
1)most DIFFERENT systems design, compare/contrasts cases with different
attributes but shared outcomes
2) most SIMILAR systems design, compares/contrasts cases with the same
attributes but different outcomes
falsifiable theories= theories to be proven or falsified
what is the quantitive- qualitative methods debate, (what are the distinctions
and shared characteristics according to king, keohane, verba) - correct
answer ✔-qualitative method contains field research, smaller, deeper study,
more information about cases,
cons = less scientific but richer and more grounded in reality
but can't generalize much
,- the quantitative method more data, contains math, large, broader study,
more generalizable, more scientific, more abstract
cons= less interested and interactive with reality
what is correlation and causation - correct answer ✔- A correlation is when
two variables seem to vary together, they're connected.
- Causation is when changing the independent variable causes an effect on
the dependent variable.
what is selection bias - correct answer ✔selecting sources/cases that line up
with the theory one proposes rather than diversifying
what is endogeneity - correct answer ✔finding cause and effect; aren't often
clear
- problem of distinguishing cause and effect
what is multicausality - correct answer ✔The presence of multiple causes for
an effect, trying to determine a cause of an impact, might have different
theories (diversity
what is behavioralism - correct answer ✔The empirical study of actual
human behavior rather than of institutions
- condoning surveys, content analysis, game theory, statistical analysis, model
building and stimulations
what is the method of agreement and disagreement - correct answer
✔agreement = compares/contrast cases w different attributes but shared
outcomes, seeking the one attribute these cases share in common to attribute
causality
, disagreement =
compares/contrasts cases with the same attributes but DIFFERENT outcomes
determines causality by finding an attribute that is present when an outcomes
occurs but that is absent in similar cases when the outcome does not occur
what are experiments in CP, types of experiments (according to Rogowski,
"the rise of experimentation" - correct answer ✔randomized, good to
establish causality, used in research
- survey experiments
- field experiments
- natural experiments
- laboratory experiments
allows the research to control exposure to an experiment variable test
what is a state and the criteria of statehood - correct answer ✔- an
organization that sustains a monopoly of violence over a territory
criteria:
- sovereignty
- territory
- government
- capacity to enter relations with other states
- legitimacy (external) or international recognition
what is the social contract - correct answer ✔An agreement between the
people and the government
- agreement of people receiving "public goods" to be ruled where people give
acceptance to be ruled
- ""= infrastructure, security/military, social program for people, education
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