POL 2156 Lecture 5: Political Research
2 Feb 2018
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Though this chapter achieves an attitude of application in general (it does so through positivist language). What does a question need to have: makes sense, knowledge, specific enough to make sense. If the q has to advance knowledge then the answer has to advance knowledge as well. The q should have the same reasoning as the a ex: specific enough to be researchable so the a must also be specific. Hypothesis = crafting an argument connected to literature, researchable, it can"t be boring, meaningful. Similarly an answer can"t be just an answer it has criteria: match question, contribute to descriptive q and explanatory a don"t match. If your q is researchable it has to be circular) you start with a proposition (nothing big just that there"s something there you"re putting together a picture to argue something and then substantiate it. What makes an a better than other a"s research.
