PSCI 2701 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Internal Validity, Dependent And Independent Variables, Authoritarianism
30 Nov 2017
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How did that come to be? (141: once the researcher identifies a counter-intuitive, he or she selects the type of case study to use. (141, the descriptive case study and the theory testing case study (141) He or she must have an open mind and follow the story of the phenomenon as it unfolds, looking for variables that could help explain the outcome and, more important, the connections between variables. (142) If a theory argues that a causes b even though our instance of b is caused by something else, the study would falsify the assertion that a is a necessary and sufficient cause of b. (143) If a case study is overgeneralized, it promises too much and might thus lose credibility. (145: result can undermine both the generalization and the original argument. (145) The ultimate goals of political science. (146: two advantages to choosing comparative research:
