PSC 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dependent And Independent Variables
7 Dec 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Must meet the criteria for scientific research (empirical, observable, verifiable, etc) The question must be theoretically puzzling. for an unambiguous answer. Your questions should require a theoretical explanations, not one you can easily google. Variables are the key concepts of a research question. Occur in some cases, but not others (e. g. , voting, ethnic conflict, etc) Occur in varying amounts of degrees in different cases (e. g. , presidential approval, etc) Ex: party id (democrat, republican, independent), adoption of immigration policy. In are nations more likely to adopt strict immigration policies when unemployment is. In your question which will be the units you will be gathering. Units of time (days, weeks, months, years, etc ) Hypothesis: reps are more likely to vote across party lines immediately following a national tragedy. Hypothesis: as patriotic coverage of wars become less prevalent over time, public support for wars declines. There is a relationship between two variables, says nothing about the nature of the relationship.
