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Mid-term for Political Theory

Terms in this set (35)

Median
The value of the middle case within a distribution is referred to as __.
Mode
The most frequently occurring value of a variable is referred to as __.
Mean
What is the arithmetic average of a variable equal to the sum of all values of a variable (usually continuous) across individual cases and divided by the total number of cases?
Hypothesis
What is a more explicit statement of a theory in terms of the expected relationship between a measure of the independent variable and a measure of the dependent variable?
Independent Variable
What is a variable that is theorized to cause variation in the dependent variable referred to as?
Measure
When we turn abstract concepts into real-world measures, we are creating a __.
Normative Statement
A statement about how the world ought to be is referred to as a __.
Variable
What is a definable quantity that can take on two or more value referred to as?
Operationalizing
When we transform a variable from a conceptual and theoretical plane to being expressed as a real-world observation we are __.
Positive Relationship
As x increases, y increases
Cross-Sectional Measure
What type of measure is used when the time dimension is the same for all cases and the cases represent multiple spatial units?
Negative Relationship
As x increases, y decreases
Time-Series Measure
What type of measure is used when the spatial dimension for all the cases is the same and the cases represent multiple time units?
Dependent Variable
What is a variable for which at least some of the variation is theorized to be caused by one or more independent variables?
Empirical
When we base our research on real world observations, our research is __.
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