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WorksheetsPSC 202, Test 1 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is a dependent variable?
Pieces of evidence you’d expect to find if you hypothesis is incorrect
The outcome or phenomenon you want to explain
Claims or beliefs about how the world operates
The cause or the thing that explains the phenomenon you are interested in
What is the independent variable in this theory?
COVID-19 had a negative effect on voter turnout because individuals were afraid of catching the virus at their polling stations.
Voter turnout
Fear
COVID-19
Polling stations
A specific chain of steps, series of links, or other specific accounting of how or why the expectation or prediction works in an empirical theory
Falsifiability
Parsimony
Causal mechanism
Scope conditions
Which of the following is a hypothetical question?
How did the U.S. Supreme Court majority decision justify the overturning of Roe v. Wade?
How will the overturning of Roe v. Wade affect the 2022 midterm elections?
Did the U.S. Supreme court do the right thing by overturning Roe v. Wade?
What explains the different ways states have responded to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade?
What is a phenomenon?
An observable fact or event; an object or aspect known through the senses.
Pieces of evidence you’d expect to find if you hypothesis is incorrect
The domain or set of cases where a theory applies
The observable measure or proxy for an underlying concept
The ability to reject or discard a theory based on observed evidence that it is incorrect
Parsimony
Predictiveness
Fertility
Falsifiability
Making sense of the world that we observe by seeking patterns and explanations for general phenomena.
Empirical research
Normative research
Hypothetical research
Factual research
The fertility of a theory refers to...
an answer to a research question and why that answer is expected to be correct
its ability to build upon other theories and to produce new research questions
claims or beliefs about how the world operates
its ability to explain other cases beyond those used to develop it
Which subfield of political science focuses on the domestic politics of different countries?
International Relations
Political Theory
American Politics
Comparative Politics
What are the core assumptions of empirical research?
All human institutions are mutually constituted
The world is composed of predictable and unpredictable components
We can never understand the social world outside of our normative beliefs
The social world exists as a distinct entity that we can study independent and outside outselves
Empirical patterns you’d expect to see if your hypothesis is correct
Falsifiers
Observable implications
Predictions
Indicators
Which of the following is a normative research question?
How should the United Nations respond to end the war in Ukraine?
Why do authoritarian regimes invade their neighbors?
When did Russia invade Ukraine?
How would United Nations sanctions affect the Russia-Ukraine conflict?
Which of the following research questions falls within the international relations subfield?
How does democracy affect economic development?
How does democracy affect international conflict?
How do classical definitions of democracy relate to contemporary democratic politics?
How do democratic attitudes vary within the United States?
Which of the following is an empirical research question?
Should women serve in public office?
Why do some countries have more women in public office than others?
How many women serve in the U.S. Congress?
Would term limits help increase women’s representation in the U.S. Congress?
What is missing from this hypothesis?
Attachment to a political party affects voter turnout.
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Causal mechanism
Direction
Claims or beliefs about how the world operates, often implied...
Indicators
Scope conditions
Assumptions
Causal mechanisms
Proposes an answer to a research question and tells why that answer is expected to be correct
Hypothesis
Theory
Causal mechanism
Prediction
Domain or set of cases to which a theory applies
Causal mechanism
Fertility
Falsifiers
Scope conditions
What is an indicator?
Empirical patterns you'd expect to see if your hypothesis is correct
Explains more with less
A phenomenon you want to explain
The observable measure or proxy for an underlying concept
Explains more with less
Fertility
Predictiveness
Parsimony
Falsifiability
