Deck 3: Comparative Research Methods

Question 1

This so-called triad is the basis of conducting research in comparative politics:

A) Research question - research method - research answer
B) Research question - research method - research design
C) Research theory - research design - research method
D) Research question - research design - research answer

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following belong to the 'standards' set in social sciences?

A) Comparability
B) Reliability
C) Reasonability
D) Validity

Answer 2

B,D

Question 3

Scientists in the field of comparative politics often draw upon ___________ research designs to examine how politics develops by demonstrating systematically the theoretical relationships among variables.

Answer 3

quasi-experimental

Question 4

Which of the following define a hypothesis?

A) A tentative answer to what one seeks to explain.
B) A synonym for 'research answer'.
C) A procedure to establish whether a relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variable exists.
D) An argument about the relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variable.

Question 5

If the variation in the dependent variable is evidently and systematically related to the variation in the independent variable(s), one has sufficient evidence to establish causality.

Question 6

Whats the following statements with the corresponding type of validity.

Question 7

Triangulation

A) is also referred to as methodological shaping.
B) involves cross-case causal inference and within-case causal mechanism analysis.
C) may make use of a single method only.
D) may combine qualitative and interpretative approaches.

Question 8

Whats the type of research design with the corresponding description.

Question 9

Mill's Method of Difference focuses on comparing cases that are similar with respect to the dependent variable but differ across comparable cases with respect to other variables.

Question 10

Whats the type of variance with the corresponding description.

Question 11

___________ is the distortion that appears when a concept developed for certain cases is extended to additional cases to which the features of the concept do not equally apply.