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• Comparative politics tends to produce certain kinds of arguments.
Which of the following is the best label for those arguments?
• a. Basic Descriptions
b. Rationalizations
c. Explanations
d. Tautologies
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• Comparative politics tends to produce certain kinds of arguments.
Which of the following is the best label for those arguments?
• a. Basic Descriptions
b. Rationalizations
c. Explanations
d. Tautologies
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• Which of the following could be a good comparative politics
explanation of the revolutions of the Arab Spring?
• a. Every country naturally turns to democracy: it's just a matter of
when.
b. The revolutions were products of revolutionary processes.
c. The Arab Spring happened because the relevant countries have
culture.
d. Important groups felt discontent, the capacity to organize
increased, and the relevant states were unable to repress dissenters.
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• Which of the following could be a good comparative politics explanation of
the revolutions of the Arab Spring?
• a. Every country naturally turns to democracy: it's just a matter of when.
b. The revolutions were products of revolutionary processes.
c. The Arab Spring happened because the relevant countries have culture.
d. Important groups felt discontent, the capacity to organize increased,
and the relevant states were unable to repress dissenters.
• Important groups felt discontent, the capacity to organize increased, and
the relevant states were unable to repress dissenters..
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• Which of the following is the best social scientific question?
• a. Why is development better than underdevelopment for countries
in Africa?
b. Why should we listen when some people in Africa complain about
their lack of rights?
c. Why is capitalism the morally preferable economic system?
d. Why have some sub-Saharan African countries been so much
better off than others in recent years?
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• Which of the following is the best social scientific question?
• a. Why is development better than underdevelopment for countries
in Africa?
b. Why should we listen when some people in Africa complain about
their lack of rights?
c. Why is capitalism the morally preferable economic system?
d. Why have some sub-Saharan African countries been so much
better off than others in recent years?
• Why have some sub-Saharan African countries been so much better
off than others in recent years?.
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• Which of the following is not a strong social-science question about
cause and effect?
• a. Why does France have unitarist political institutions while the
United States has a federal system?
b. Why must we favor freedom?
c. Why do Italy and Israel often exhibit unstable parliamentary
coalitions?
d. What are the major tools available to states as they aim to foster
economic development?
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• Which of the following is not a strong social-science question about
cause and effect?
• a. Why does France have unitarist political institutions while the
United States has a federal system?
b. Why must we favor freedom?
c. Why do Italy and Israel often exhibit unstable parliamentary
coalitions?
d. What are the major tools available to states as they aim to foster
economic development?
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• Which of the following would not, for most purposes, be considered
social-scientific evidence?
• a. Observations of the structure of an organization or bureaucracy
b. Observations of the behavior of protestors in public squares
c. The analyst's feeling about what explains a given process
d. Survey data about the beliefs of citizens of a country of interest
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• Which of the following would not, for most purposes, be considered
social-scientific evidence?
• a. Observations of the structure of an organization or bureaucracy
b. Observations of the behavior of protestors in public squares
c. The analyst's feeling about what explains a given process
d. Survey data about the beliefs of citizens of a country of interest
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• Which one of the following claims about concepts in social science is true?
• a. It is usually obvious which concepts you should use if you think about it
for a minute.
b. If concepts are good, we can directly measure them without further
work.
c. Concepts in comparative politics are just like concepts in physics, but
just about different things.
d. It is very important to be attentive to conceptualization when carrying
out or evaluating empirical work.
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• Which one of the following claims about concepts in social science is
true?
• a. It is usually obvious which concepts you should use if you think
about it for a minute.
b. If concepts are good, we can directly measure them without
further work.
c. Concepts in comparative politics are just like concepts in physics,
but just about different things.
d. It is very important to be attentive to conceptualization when
carrying out or evaluating empirical work.
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• Which of the following best describes the idea of operationalizing
concepts?
• a. Operationalizing concepts involves making concepts measurable.
b. Operationalizing is the same as making concepts valid.
c. Operationalizing concepts means making them more like
machines.
d. Operationalizing concepts is mainly an issue for the physical
sciences, not for comparative politics.
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• Which of the following best describes the idea of operationalizing
concepts?
• a. Operationalizing concepts involves making concepts measurable.
b. Operationalizing is the same as making concepts valid.
c. Operationalizing concepts means making them more like
machines.
d. Operationalizing concepts is mainly an issue for the physical
sciences, not for comparative politics.
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• Which of the following is a necessary feature of good concepts?
• a. Good concepts are always brand new.
b. Good concepts are coherent.
c. Good concepts are hard to understand.
d. Good concepts are hidden from the uninitiated.
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• Which of the following is a necessary feature of good concepts?
• a. Good concepts are always brand new.
b. Good concepts are coherent.
c. Good concepts are hard to understand.
d. Good concepts are hidden from the uninitiated.
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• Which of the following is closest to the meaning of “Sartori's Ladder
of Abstraction”?
• a. Don't get too abstract!
b. We can choose the specificity of concepts depending on our
research purposes, questions, and cases.
c. If concepts are general, that means they are low-level concepts.
d. Trick question: the correct name is Collier's Ladder of Generality.
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• Which of the following is closest to the meaning of “Sartori's Ladder
of Abstraction”?
• a. Don't get too abstract!
b. We can choose the specificity of concepts depending on our
research purposes, questions, and cases.
c. If concepts are general, that means they are low-level concepts.
d. Trick question: the correct name is Collier's Ladder of Generality.
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• Say we want to examine the relationship between electoral systems
and the number of parties in a given country, and we already have
Mexico and South Africa as two cases. Which of the
following might make an appropriate additional case?
• a. Social Networks
b. Mexico City
c. Chile
d. Sub-Saharan Africa
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• Say we want to examine the relationship between electoral systems
and the number of parties in a given country, and we already have
Mexico and South Africa as two cases. Which of the
following might make an appropriate additional case?
• a. Social Networks
b. Mexico City
c. Chile
d. Sub-Saharan Africa
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• In a comparative study that analyzes the impact of the rule of law on
economic development, which of the following might be the
“dependent variable”?
• a. Degree of rule of law
b. Weak states
c. Economic growth
d. Trick question: this study has no variables
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• In a comparative study that analyzes the impact of the rule of law on
economic development, which of the following might be the
“dependent variable”?
• a. Degree of rule of law
b. Weak states
c. Economic growth
d. Trick question: this study has no variables
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• Which of the following situations calls for a Most Similar Systems
Design (MSSD)?
• a. There are several interesting cases but no clear pattern of
similarity or difference among them in terms of the variables we
consider to be important.
b. The cases in question have the same outcome.
c. The cases are all very, very different.
d. The cases in question seem very similar in terms of most
conditions, but the outcomes vary.
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• Which of the following situations calls for a Most Similar Systems
Design (MSSD)?
• a. There are several interesting cases but no clear pattern of
similarity or difference among them in terms of the variables we
consider to be important.
b. The cases in question have the same outcome.
c. The cases are all very, very different.
d. The cases in question seem very similar in terms of most
conditions, but the outcomes vary.
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• Which of the following situations calls for a Most Different Systems
Design (MDSD)?
• a. We do not know which cases may be useful.
b. We are working with strikingly different cases.
c. The cases in question differ in relation to a number of key variables
but have similar outcomes.
d. What we really want to do is to select a whole new set of cases,
because the current ones are over-researched.
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• Which of the following situations calls for a Most Different Systems
Design (MDSD)?
• a. We do not know which cases may be useful.
b. We are working with strikingly different cases.
c. The cases in question differ in relation to a number of key
variables but have similar outcomes.
d. What we really want to do is to select a whole new set of cases,
because the current ones are over-researched.
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• Why might we use comparative checking?
• a. Better safe than sorry when double-checking your work.
b. To make generalizable claims, it is a good idea to broaden your
arguments to include multiple cases.
c. It is best to ask others to do the same work and see what their
answer is and whether it is the same as yours.
d. This is really more for biologists than political scientists.
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• Why might we use comparative checking?
• a. Better safe than sorry when double-checking your work.
b. To make generalizable claims, it is a good idea to broaden your
arguments to include multiple cases.
c. It is best to ask others to do the same work and see what their
answer is and whether it is the same as yours.
d. This is really more for biologists than political scientists.
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• Which of the following statements best describes the scientific
character of comparative politics?
• a. Comparative political analysis is just like the physical sciences in its
ability to produce certain knowledge.
b. Comparative political analysis is a type of science that probably
cannot produce knowledge of the same degree of certainty as in the
physical sciences.
c. Comparative political analysis is a non-explanatory mode of
science
d. Comparative political analysis is basically reducible to ideology and
opinions
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• Which of the following statements best describes the scientific
character of comparative politics?
• a. Comparative political analysis is just like the physical sciences in its
ability to produce certain knowledge.
b. Comparative political analysis is a type of science that probably
cannot produce knowledge of the same degree of certainty as in the
physical sciences.
c. Comparative political analysis is a non-explanatory mode of
science
d. Comparative political analysis is basically reducible to ideology and
opinions
Unacademy Referral Code: KamalvirS
