MSU PLS 200 Final Exam Question and
answers correctly solved
Associate professors are the lowest on the hierarchy at doctoral institutions
like MSU - correct answer ✔False
The proportion of tenure-track teaching positions has decreased over the past
four decades - correct answer ✔True
Large research institutions like MSU prioritize a professor's teaching abilities
and student reviews over his/hear research - correct answer ✔False
Correlation is a sufficient condition for causation - correct answer ✔False
Survey data suggest there is no liberal bias among university professors -
correct answer ✔False
Experiments are powerful research tools because they have high internal
validity - correct answer ✔True
We use randomization to control for spurious relationships - correct answer
✔True
Conceptual frameworks are created from our personal experiences,
preferences, and expectations, which help us to make sense of our world -
correct answer ✔True
Classical liberalism promotes government involvement to reduce inequality -
correct answer ✔False
, Political Science has borrowed heavily from other social sciences, such as
sociology and economics - correct answer ✔True
The Comparative Politics Subfield focuses primarily on foreign countries -
correct answer ✔True
The subfield of Political Theory is mainly concerned with studying how nations
interact with one another - correct answer ✔False
It is difficult to transfer the "pure" scientific method to political science because
our subject matter is social in nature - correct answer ✔True
According to survey data, trust in government has gone up over time - correct
answer ✔False
Anarchy, by definition, is chaotic and dangerous - correct answer ✔False
Anarchy's lack of structure allows strong individuals to exert their power and
achieve their goals - correct answer ✔True
In theory, lack of overarching authority in an anarchic state, most people live
safely and comfortably - correct answer ✔False
Security is an example of a collective action problem - correct answer ✔True
Collective action is a coordinated group action designed to achieve a common
goal that could also be achieved individually - correct answer ✔False
answers correctly solved
Associate professors are the lowest on the hierarchy at doctoral institutions
like MSU - correct answer ✔False
The proportion of tenure-track teaching positions has decreased over the past
four decades - correct answer ✔True
Large research institutions like MSU prioritize a professor's teaching abilities
and student reviews over his/hear research - correct answer ✔False
Correlation is a sufficient condition for causation - correct answer ✔False
Survey data suggest there is no liberal bias among university professors -
correct answer ✔False
Experiments are powerful research tools because they have high internal
validity - correct answer ✔True
We use randomization to control for spurious relationships - correct answer
✔True
Conceptual frameworks are created from our personal experiences,
preferences, and expectations, which help us to make sense of our world -
correct answer ✔True
Classical liberalism promotes government involvement to reduce inequality -
correct answer ✔False
, Political Science has borrowed heavily from other social sciences, such as
sociology and economics - correct answer ✔True
The Comparative Politics Subfield focuses primarily on foreign countries -
correct answer ✔True
The subfield of Political Theory is mainly concerned with studying how nations
interact with one another - correct answer ✔False
It is difficult to transfer the "pure" scientific method to political science because
our subject matter is social in nature - correct answer ✔True
According to survey data, trust in government has gone up over time - correct
answer ✔False
Anarchy, by definition, is chaotic and dangerous - correct answer ✔False
Anarchy's lack of structure allows strong individuals to exert their power and
achieve their goals - correct answer ✔True
In theory, lack of overarching authority in an anarchic state, most people live
safely and comfortably - correct answer ✔False
Security is an example of a collective action problem - correct answer ✔True
Collective action is a coordinated group action designed to achieve a common
goal that could also be achieved individually - correct answer ✔False
