Author Question: When surveying the political conditions of a particularly volatile region called the Alsas, which ... (Read 29 times)

pepyto · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

When surveying the political conditions of a particularly volatile region called the Alsas, which comprises of disputed territories belonging to 4 neighboring countries, comparativists found a correlation between people's representation in the government

and the eruption of a civil war. Which of the following would be considered a negative correlation between these two variables?
A. a decrease in people's representation in the government increases the chances of a civil war
B. an increase in people's representation in the government decreases the chances of a civil war
C. a decrease in people's representation in the government has no effect on the eruption of a civil war
D. an increase in people's representation in government increases the chances of a civil war
E. any increase or decrease in people's representation in the government has no effect on the chances of a civil war

Question 2

Which of the following is true of causation in comparative politics?

A. It is the degree of association between two variables that are positively linked.
B. It is the measure of observed association between two variables.
C. It is the process or event that produces an observable effect.
D. It is the same as correlation in the context of comparative politics.
E. It is the result of change in one variable not producing a detectable change in another variable.