comparative politics
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- Null Hypothess
- It asserts arbitrarily that there is no relationship among the variables being studied. Then statistical tests are used to determine if any relationship shown by the research data is due to chance alone or to alternative hypotheses.
- correlation
- Used to describe the observed relationship between instances of two events. A systematic pattern can be seen in the occurrences of events that are correlated. When the events involve numbers, a positive correlation means that as one increases, the other increases as well. A negative correlation means that as one increases, the other decreases. Correlation does NOT imply causation in any way
- statistical significance
- the probability that an observed outcome of an experiment or trial is due to chance alone.
- cross tabulation
- Shows the relationship between two categorical variables
- conceptual stretching
- to make vague, amorphous conceptualizations
- unitary system
- the central government posesses all the powers of government and delegates to local governments only as much authority as it deems necisary and proper
- Federal System
- system of government with a strong central government having express powers, with some powers reserved for the states
- Atheoretical case study
- not comparative in design
- Interpretive
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Comparative
thick description in that it is interprative - Hypothesis generating
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comparative in the end
theory expresses a relationship - Theory of Confirming
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Comparative
Stengthen argument for that theory- prove by case for further testing - Theory infirming
- going out to prove a theory then disaprovong it in case for further testing.
- Deviant case
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outliers- comparative
relationship that is generally seen doesn't apply