COMPARITIVE POLITICS 2200 Midterm 1 Question and answers rated A+
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COMPARITIVE POLITICS 2200 Midterm 1 Question and answers rated A+
comparative politics - correct answer a subfield of political science which focuses on comparing and contrasting domestic politics across countries and seeking generalizations about them
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COMPARITIVE POLITICS 2200 Midterm 1
Question and answers rated A+
comparative politics - correct answer ✔a subfield of political science which
focuses on comparing and contrasting domestic politics across countries and
seeking generalizations about them
Politics - correct answer ✔the struggle in any group for power that will give
one or more persons the ability to make decisions for the larger group
Power - correct answer ✔the ability to influence or impose one's will on
others
Institution - correct answer ✔regularly recurring patterns of how people
organize themselves and these patters take on lives of their own. Institutions
come with certain rules, values, norms, and obligations, structures, and
procedures that tell us what we are supposed to do and how to do it
Most-Similar-Systems Design (MSS): - correct answer ✔predicated on the
logic that two cases with similar attributes should have the same outcome.
Thus, if they are different we would look for the variation that can explain why
they are dissimilar.
Most-Different-Systems Design - correct answer ✔places a premium on
identifying similarities that can give analytical leverage. The noteworthy
variables are those that are not different.
selection bias: - correct answer ✔a mistake that is made by a researcher
when he selects the cases based on effects or dependent variables rather
than causes or independent variables that can lead to inaccurate conclusions
about correlation or causation.
, Correlation - correct answer ✔(or association) means an apparent
relationship existing between two or more variables.
Causality - correct answer ✔refers to the relationship between cause and
effect when a change in one variable causes a change in another variable
Endogeneity - correct answer ✔the issue that cause and effect are not often
clear, in that variables may be both cause and effect in relationship to one
another. (chicken or the egg issue)
inductive reasoning - correct answer ✔include research that works from case
studies in order to generate hypotheses.
deductive reasoning: - correct answer ✔include research that works from a
hypothesis that derives from premises and is then tested against data.
qualitative method: - correct answer ✔a method of study through an in-depth
investigation of a limited number of cases
quantitative method - correct answer ✔a method of study through statistical
data from many cases
rational choice theory: - correct answer ✔a school of thought assuming that
individuals are rational and capable to weight the costs and benefits and make
choices to maximize their net benefits
game theory: - correct answer ✔provides a mathematical framework for
analyzing individual's mutually interdependent interactions and modeling,
explaining and predicting collective outcomes.
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