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Return to Explorations: Conducting Empirical Research in Canadian Political Science 4e Student Resources
Chapter 1 Self-Grading Quizzes
Science and the Study of Politics
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Science is _______.
a specific set of procedures
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the study of empirical analysis
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the study of normative analysis
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a set of rules that help us understand the world around us
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Empirical political science is generally concerned with _______.
the way politicians behave
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the way politicians think
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prescribing the way things ought to be
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discovering why things are as they are
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_______ is not one of the differences between research in the natural versus social sciences.
The level of commitment to research
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The level of agreement within the scientific communities about the meaning of concepts
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The amount of control that the researcher has over the research setting
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The level of agreement within scientific communities about the measurement of concepts
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The scientific approach is often called _______; another approach to research in the social sciences is _______.
epistemology; methodology
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positivism; interpretivism
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positivism; objectivity
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interpretivism; positivism
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In order to best inform understanding and decision-making, research should be _______, meaning that its findings are not limited to a particular researcher, approach, or context.
normative
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unique
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intersubjective
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qualitative
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One of the core beliefs of the scientific approach, _______, is the belief that everything has a cause we can understand.
empiricism
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determinism
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positivism
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replication
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_______ motivates us to attempt to remove, or at least to minimize, the effect of the observer on the observed.
Empiricism
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Determinism
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Objectivity
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Replication
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The first step in the scientific process is to _______.
determine what the right answer is
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gather empirical data
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communicate the results
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pose a research question
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_______ research involves the inclusion of a small number of cases and textual data.
Empirical
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Quantitative
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Normative
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Qualitative
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A research project that surveyed three thousand Canadians for their preferences on climate change policies would be considered _______.
multi-method research
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large-n research
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small-n research
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poor quality research
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Empirical analysis is prescriptive in nature and addresses how society and political life should be.
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False
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Two ways to support an argument are through logic and through evidence.
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False
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Theories are only relevant in normative research.
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False
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Science is defined not by the subject you are studying, but by the way you approach answering a question.
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False
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The scientific approach to politics has no drawbacks or limits in understanding the social world.
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False
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Indigenous research methods prioritize community engagement and the use of Indigenous cultural frameworks.
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False
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Mixed method research involves researchers using a series of different data collection techniques.
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Peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed research are valued equally by professional researchers.
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