CPO 3103 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2025

Politics - ANSWER Struggle for authority to make common decision through use of power Power - ANSWER The ability to make decisions for the largest group KKV Valid Inference - ANSWER Application of theories in empirical world or theory building HD Scientific Method - ANSWER A way of checking on the formulation of concepts and testing the possible linkages between them through references to observable phenomena Hypothesis - ANSWER A testable theory Causation - ANSWER smoking cigarette -> lung cancer Correlation - ANSWER income <-> education Quantitative - ANSWER Gathering numerical data that can be analyzed statistically (deductive) Qualitative - ANSWER Carry out intensive study of cases through archival research (inductive) Deductive - ANSWER Theory applied to the real world Inductive - ANSWER Real world phenomena made into a theory Validity - ANSWER Measuring what you want to measure Reliability - ANSWER Repeated measure Aristotle - ANSWER If people are unselfish they should be run by one; If people are selfish they should be run by democracy Niccolo Machiavelli - ANSWER The prince has to be ruthless but pragmatic to govern naive and dull populace Thomas Hobbes - ANSWER People are evil and should make a contract with the sovereign to protect themselves from each other Karl Marx - ANSWER Society is divided by class (Proletariat and Bourgeoise); Society will eventually develop into a communist utopia Modernization