Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Democracy 5: Evaluate the Explanations

You don’t have the necessary statistical background to challenge the empirical findings, but you do have plenty of background to evaluate the explanations for the statistical results presented. You’ll note that they employ an inductive method, with their explanations coming after they identify significant statistical relationships. They tell different stories to explain the relationships. Pick one of the stories and evaluate it. Do you agree? Would you tell a different story?

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