POLSCI 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dependent And Independent Variables
17 Apr 2021
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Lecture 1a - constructing a science of politics. The type of experimental method used in the natural sciences simply cannot be replicated. We can develop a hypothesis for many of the questions that we have in the social sciences. A statement that one or more variable(s) (independent variable(s)) will cause a particular outcome (dependent variable) X + y = z physics) many other simultaneously coexisting variables. However, there is a problem with testing the hypothesis. We cannot simply isolate and combine social variables (unlike the case for chemistry or. The variables we are interested in always exist in a larger social context that contains. How can you be certain that x + y produced z when variables a-w are also simultaneously. Any one of the alternative variables, or perhaps some combination of the alternative. One model for conducting a scientific political science: Step one hypothesis generation you are interested in.
