Political Studies 256

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Decks in this class (17)

Chapter 1 - The Scientific Approach to Politics
4 examples of the ubiquity of soc...,
Social science influences these 3...,
3 challenges for consumers of soc...
39  cards
Chapter 2 - Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
Quantitative criticism of qualita...,
Qualitative criticism of quantita...,
3 foundations of knowledge 3
31  cards
Chapter 3 - Theory and Causality
Two goals of social science 1,
Explanation of variation 2,
Theory definition and the explana...
35  cards
Chapter 4 - Concepts
Ambiguity 1,
Semantic ambiguity 2,
Syntactic ambiguity 3
18  cards
Chapter 5 - Measures
Operationalization and suffrage 1,
Measurement invalidity 2,
Concept 3
29  cards
Chapter 6 - Ethics
Two parts of research ethics 1,
5 types of research dishonesty 2,
2 types of selective data manipul...
12  cards
Chapter 7 - Case and Comparative Studies
Sample 1,
Sample statistic v population par...,
Sampling error 3
19  cards
Chapter 8 - Sampling
Counter intuitive 1,
Failed most likely 2,
Success least likely 3
18  cards
Chapter 11 - Experimental Research
Random assignment 1,
If both random sampling and rando...,
Intervention 3
13  cards
Chapter 10 - Surveys and Official Statistics
Non singular question 1,
2 types of survey mode administra...,
How could interviewer administere...
25  cards
Chapter 12 - Textual Analysis
Textual analysis 1,
Text can be 2,
4 types of texts of interests in ...
18  cards
Chapter 9 - Interviews, Focus Groups, and Observational Research
___ position leads to ___ which l...,
4 key differences between quantit...,
5 types of questions that are goo...
14  cards
Chapter 13 - Qualitative Data Analysis
3 steps of quantitative data anal...,
Key difference between data analy...,
3 steps of qualitative data analy...
15  cards
Chapter 2 Review - Critically Assessing Qualitative Data
4 criteria of trustworthiness 1,
Authenticity definition and prere...,
Precision definition and prerequi...
6  cards
Chapters 14-16 Quantitative Data Analysis
Three common arguments and claims...,
Descriptive data helps us underst...,
Two types of basic descriptive st...
54  cards
Chapter 2 Review - Critically Assessing Quantitative Data
R squared 1,
When reading multivariate analysi...,
Dummy variables 3
17  cards
Last Class Review
Three reasons research design mat...,
3 critiques of empiricism 2,
File drawer problem 3
9  cards

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