Political Science

1. Political Science is concerned with both "empirical" questions (why the world works a certain way) and "normative" or philosophical issues about what is right and wrong.

True

False

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2. In political science, a qualitative or interpretive method of doing research is one which involves a heavy reliance on numerical data and high-powered statistical techniques to achieve generalizable theories.

True

False

3. Prof. Hawkins wants to encourage individuals in his class to attend a speech by a visiting EU ambassador. Which of the following would be a truly selective incentive he could offer them?

A promise that if over half the class goes, he will bring doughnuts the next day

A rousing speech in which he appeals to the students' sense of group spirit

A threat that he will give the class a quiz if enough of them don't attend

An offer to take attendance at the speech and give any student that attends extra credit

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5. Which of the following does not help qualify a set of ideas as an ideology?

It is a coherent set of basic, interrelated normative ideas

It is consciously formulated, to the point of being found in published works as having a set of well-known labels

It has a programmatic emphasis

It is carefully tied in to a particular world religion

6. Which of the following kinds of statements is the principal goal of comparative politics?

Factual or descriptive statements

Value or normative statements

Explanatory or casual statements

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