POLSCI 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Plurality Voting System, Dependent And Independent Variables
1 Mar 2017
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Scienti c method: natural scientists: form a hypothesis then test the hypothesis; isolate the variables you are interested in and see what happens, social scientists: 1) establish a hypothesis using: the existing literature, or an exploratory case study. Dependent variable = women in politics, independent variable = proportional representation hypothesis: more women are elected to of cer where proportional representation rather than single member plurality is used as the electoral system. * sweden and uk have high levels of education, social welfare, and a high economy. Their differences involve in sweden there is pr and many women in politics and the. * nd a place where the independent variable is present but the dependent variable is not. ; what actors, structures, institutions are you using: the annotated bibliography, what sources you will be using, identify at least 5 peer-reviews sources and outline how those sources are relevant to your speci c research question.
