Author Question: Discuss some of the challenges confronting comparative politics research. What will be an ideal ... (Read 27 times)

luminitza · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Discuss some of the challenges confronting comparative politics research.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In comparative politics, ________ focuses on an in-depth understanding of attributes and outcomes, emphasizing depth over breadth in research.

A. laboratory research
B. quantitative research
C. qualitative research
D. exploratory research
E. statistical research

jgranad15 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The challenges facing comparative politics research are:
Separating correlation from causation: The fact that attributes and outcomes are associated with each other does not mean that one causes the other.
Identifying causation is hard: Social science evidence is not generated in a laboratory and scholars cannot fully isolate casual attributes with the level of certainty associated with natural sciences.
Assessing potentially unreliable data: Social scientists must rely on information provided by the real world, which are mostly ambiguous or even unavailable.

Answer to Question 2

C