Chapter 1 Self-Grading Quizzes

Science and the Study of Politics
. Science is _______.

. Empirical political science is generally concerned with _______.

. _______ is not one of the differences between research in the natural versus social sciences.

. The scientific approach is often called _______; another approach to research in the social sciences is _______.

. 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.

. One of the core beliefs of the scientific approach, _______, is the belief that everything has a cause we can understand.

. _______ motivates us to attempt to remove, or at least to minimize, the effect of the observer on the observed.

. The first step in the scientific process is to _______.

. _______ research involves the inclusion of a small number of cases and textual data.

. A research project that surveyed three thousand Canadians for their preferences on climate change policies would be considered _______.

. Empirical analysis is prescriptive in nature and addresses how society and political life should be.

. Two ways to support an argument are through logic and through evidence.

. Theories are only relevant in normative research.

. Science is defined not by the subject you are studying, but by the way you approach answering a question.

. The scientific approach to politics has no drawbacks or limits in understanding the social world.

. Indigenous research methods prioritize community engagement and the use of Indigenous cultural frameworks.

. Mixed method research involves researchers using a series of different data collection techniques.

. Peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed research are valued equally by professional researchers.

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