PSCI 2701 Lecture 5: PSCI 2701A - May 16 2016
23 Jun 2016
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Characteristics of hypotheses: o o o o o. States the direction of the relationship if possible. States a comparison between values of the independent variable. H1: immigration news frames affect opinions so that positive frames result in more positive opinions and negative frames in more negative opinions o. H2: exposure to immigration news frames will cause emotional response so that positive frames result in more positive emotions and negative frames in more negative emotions o. A good hypothesis identifies key elements and how they relate to one another, be clear in terms of specific elements and concepts involved o o o o. The concepts here are news frame, opinions and emotions. And explicitly explain how they explained those concepts. A two party system (x) occurs when there are 2 or fewer main societal cleavages (a) and/or with a first-past-the-post electoral system (b) o o o. Variables: party system = two-party system, multiparty system, electoral.
