political

ASSIGNMENT #6

POLS 365

IDENTIFYING VARIABLES AND PROPOSING HYPOTHESIS

NAME:

Below is a list of five research questions related to different political science issues. For each of the questions, do the following steps (in order to get a good grade you must do all five things in each question).

1. Determine if the question is trying to investigate a ‘relationship’ between concepts or is it just a ‘descriptive’ question?

2. Identify which is the dependent variable (what the question is trying to explain).

3. Identify the independent variable (what is associated to the dependent variable, if there is one).

4. Identify the ‘unit of analysis’ (what is the subject/object of the research).

5. Propose a hypothesis for the research question (a tentative answer to the question, if applicable).

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

A. Are people who watch cable news programs more likely to vote in presidential elections in the United States?

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B. What was the turnout rate in the last legislative elections in Italy?

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C. Are countries with high levels of poverty less likely to have democratic regimes?

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C. Are Americans with higher levels of education more concerned with global warming?

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D. Do American states with higher percentage of rural population have a lower crime rate?

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