1 :Investigations in which the effect of a variable is studied by comparing different groups.

1 :Investigations in which the effect of a variable is studied by comparing different groups.

Subject: Political Science    / General Political Science
Question

Match the correct vocabulary to the definition.

    

Student Answer:
    

:Behavioralism
        

1 :Investigations in which the effect of a variable is studied by comparing different groups.

        

:Case study
        

2 :Investigates a hypothesis by using a test group and a control group.

        

:Experiment
        

3 :A statement proposing a specific relationship between phenomena.

        

:Hypothesis
        

4 :Applies mathematical approaches to the examination of political phenomena.

        

:Post-behavioralism
        

5 :A set of procedures for gathering information that rests on certain epistemological assumptions.

        

:Quantitative analysis
        

6 :Political scientists who describe how institutions operate by formal rules and publicly sanctioned procedures.

        

:Quasi-experiments
        

7 :Approach to political science that concentrates on the behavior of politically involved individuals and groups.

        

:Scientific method
        

8 :An investigation of a specific phenomenon or entity.

        

:Survey research
        

9 :Approach to political science that believes it should be relevant, as well as empirically reliable.

        

:Traditionalists
        

10 :A method of gathering data with questionnaires and/or interviews.
    

    

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