FSU POS 3713 Exam 1 Study Guide #Questions with
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Which of the following statements accurately describe theories?
-Theories are attempts to explain what causes what
-Theories are attempts to explain variation in a dependent variable. - ✔✔BOTH
Identify which one of the "Rules to the Road to Scientific Knowledge" has been
violated:
A researcher writing about the effects of campaign spending on election
outcomes writes the following phrase: "Like many other people, I have been
outraged at the amount of money spent on recent political campaigns" -
✔✔Avoid normative statements
In the following theory, what is the dependent variable? "People get sick because
they don't think Covid-19 is fake" - ✔✔NOT Belief in Covid-19
Identify which one of the "Rules to the Road of Scientific Knowledge" has been
violated:
A researcher writing about the effects of military spending on public support for
incumbent politicians writes, "Since it is obvious that poor economic performance
leads to lower incumbent support among voters, I conclude that military spending
must hurt incumbent support. - ✔✔Consider only empirical evidence
True or False: The following is an example of a normative statement:
, "Voters should choose the candidate with the most experience rather than the
one with their favorite policy positions." - ✔✔True
If a researcher finds results in the direction expected by his or her hypothesis,
which of the following describes what has happened? - ✔✔Their theory has been
supported
Which of the following causal claims is most parsimonious and general? -
✔✔When the economy is faring poorly, incumbent politicians tend to do poorly in
elections.
In the following theory, what is the independent variable?
"A democratic country is more likely to go to war with another country if the
other country is an autocracy rather than a democracy." - ✔✔Whether the other
country is an autocracy or a democracy
Which of the following accurately describes hypothesis testing? - ✔✔The act of
evaluating systematic evidence to determine whether the evidence favors one's
hypothesis or favors the corresponding null hypothesis.
Which of the following best describes the role of theories in science? - ✔✔A
theory is a tentative statement about the cause of some phenomenon of interest.
Identify which one of the "Rules to the Road to Scientific Knowledge" has been
violated:
"A researcher notices that when more firemen are sent to the scene of a fire,
there tends to be more damage from that fire. She therefore theorizes that there
is a positive causal relationship between the independent variable number of
correct answers
Which of the following statements accurately describe theories?
-Theories are attempts to explain what causes what
-Theories are attempts to explain variation in a dependent variable. - ✔✔BOTH
Identify which one of the "Rules to the Road to Scientific Knowledge" has been
violated:
A researcher writing about the effects of campaign spending on election
outcomes writes the following phrase: "Like many other people, I have been
outraged at the amount of money spent on recent political campaigns" -
✔✔Avoid normative statements
In the following theory, what is the dependent variable? "People get sick because
they don't think Covid-19 is fake" - ✔✔NOT Belief in Covid-19
Identify which one of the "Rules to the Road of Scientific Knowledge" has been
violated:
A researcher writing about the effects of military spending on public support for
incumbent politicians writes, "Since it is obvious that poor economic performance
leads to lower incumbent support among voters, I conclude that military spending
must hurt incumbent support. - ✔✔Consider only empirical evidence
True or False: The following is an example of a normative statement:
, "Voters should choose the candidate with the most experience rather than the
one with their favorite policy positions." - ✔✔True
If a researcher finds results in the direction expected by his or her hypothesis,
which of the following describes what has happened? - ✔✔Their theory has been
supported
Which of the following causal claims is most parsimonious and general? -
✔✔When the economy is faring poorly, incumbent politicians tend to do poorly in
elections.
In the following theory, what is the independent variable?
"A democratic country is more likely to go to war with another country if the
other country is an autocracy rather than a democracy." - ✔✔Whether the other
country is an autocracy or a democracy
Which of the following accurately describes hypothesis testing? - ✔✔The act of
evaluating systematic evidence to determine whether the evidence favors one's
hypothesis or favors the corresponding null hypothesis.
Which of the following best describes the role of theories in science? - ✔✔A
theory is a tentative statement about the cause of some phenomenon of interest.
Identify which one of the "Rules to the Road to Scientific Knowledge" has been
violated:
"A researcher notices that when more firemen are sent to the scene of a fire,
there tends to be more damage from that fire. She therefore theorizes that there
is a positive causal relationship between the independent variable number of
