PSC 441 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Test Of English As A Foreign Language, Causal Inference
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A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions. Relies heavily on global data with questionable reliability and validity. Political scientists shied away from comparative studies (that is, case comparisons) because of the well-documented methodological problems arising from "many variables, small. When possible cases are limited, data selection may pre- determine the h. Advocates for greater use of comparative method to complement statistical method. Extent to which research results apply to a range of individuals not included in the study. Everyone asks the same question and generalizes similar responses. Explanations of events should remain simple until the simple explanations are no longer valid. The variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable. Identifies the point(s) in time we would like to measure for our variable. Time increments: annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, etc. Identifies the physical units that we want to measure.
