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Pols 2200 Midterm Question and answers verified to pass Scientific Method - correct answer Question Develop Competing Theories Hypothesis Test Rethink Definition of Theory - correct answer Statements of relations between causes and effects Define Assumptions - correct answer Can ...

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Pols 2200 Midterm Question and
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Scientific Method - correct answer ✔Question
Develop Competing Theories
Hypothesis
Test
Rethink


Definition of Theory - correct answer ✔Statements of relations between
causes and effects


Define Assumptions - correct answer ✔Can be true or false but are not
usually tested


Define Hypothesis - correct answer ✔The expected relation between causes
and effects


Define Variables - correct answer ✔Concepts, characteristics with values
that differ systematically across observations


Goal of Mill's Comparative Method - correct answer ✔Goal is to identify
causes and develop theories


Necessary Condition - correct answer ✔Circumstance in whose absence
event in question cannot occur

, Sufficient Condition - correct answer ✔Circumstance in whose presence
even must occur


Necessary and Sufficient Conditions - correct answer ✔Circumstance in
whose absence event will not occur and in whose presence event must occur


Method of Agreement - correct answer ✔compares cases that "agree" in
regard to the phenomenon to be explained


Method of Difference - correct answer ✔compares cases that "disagree" in
regard to the outcome to be explained


Define logical consistency - correct answer ✔Do hypotheses follow logically
from assumptions


Define falsifiability - correct answer ✔Can we identify what facts or evidence
would demonstrate theory is incorrect


Define Non-Spuriousness - correct answer ✔Is it really a causal mechanism
at work and not just correlation, covariation due to third, confounding factor?


Define Generalizability - correct answer ✔Can it predict results beyond
cases one is examining


Define Politics - correct answer ✔Subset of human behavior that involves
use of power, i.e. when people cannot accomplish their goals without
influencing the behavior of others


Properties of power - correct answer ✔Relational v absolute

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