POL 3371 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Dependent And Independent Variables, Empirical Relationship
8 Apr 2014
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Chapter 3 - proposing explanations, framing hypotheses, and making comparisons. Three steps in the measurement process: clearly define the concept to be measured, determine how to measure the concept accurately, select variables that measure the concept precisely. It is a conditional statement and it contains a methodological essence. An acceptable explanation of research is a long paragraph that discusses whether or not it can be tested. A hypothesis is directly based on the explanation that has been proposed. A hypothesis is a testable statement of a proposed relationship between dependent and. A good explanation describes a connection between dependent and casual (independent) variables asserts the direction or tendency of this difference it is testable describes a general casual process that suggests testable relationships. Is a testable relationship is one that tells us what we should find when we examine the data.
