Chapter 1 Self-Grading Quizzes

. Science is _______.

a specific set of procedures

the study of empirical analysis

the study of normative analysis

a set of rules that help us understand the world around us

. Empirical political science is generally concerned with _______.

the way politicians behave

the way politicians think

prescribing the way things ought to be

discovering why things are as they are

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

The level of commitment to research

The level of agreement within the scientific communities about the meaning of concepts

The amount of control that the researcher has over the research setting

The level of agreement within scientific communities about the measurement of concepts

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

epistemology; methodology

positivism; interpretivism

positivism; objectivity

interpretivism; positivism

. 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

unique

intersubjective

qualitative

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

empiricism

determinism

positivism

replication

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

Empiricism

Determinism

Objectivity

Replication

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

determine what the right answer is

gather empirical data

communicate the results

pose a research question

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

Empirical

Quantitative

Normative

Qualitative

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

multi-method research

large-n research

small-n research

poor quality research

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

True

False

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

True

False

. Theories are only relevant in normative research.

True

False

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

True

False

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

True

False

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

True

False

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

True

False

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

True

False

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