Imagine that a scholar wants to develop a measure of preelectoral coordination among parties in democracies. If she decides that she is most interested in whether two parties coordinate their electoral strategies at all versus both competing independently in an election, then is she conceptualizing preelectoral coordination in terms of a dichotomy or a continuum?
A) Dichotomy
B) Continuum

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The scholar is conceptualizing preelectoral coordination in terms of a dichotomy because she is interested in whether parties coordinate their strategies or compete independently, without considering varying degrees or levels of coordination.

Imagine That a Scholar Wants to Develop a Measure of Preelectoral