A nation can be defined as

A nation can be defined as
 
  A. a group of people who pay taxes to the same government.
  B. a group of people who agree to support a given candidate for elective office.
  C. a group of people with nothing in common but who live in close proximity to each other.
  D. a group of people with shared characteristics such as a shared language, history, or culture.

 Q. 2

The most similar systems research design
 
  A. takes neighboring political states and compares their similarities.
  B. takes two essentially similar cases and studies their differences.
  C. takes numerous similar nations and catalogues their similarities.
  D. takes two essentially different cases and studies their similarities.

 Q. 3

The experimental method of inquiry in social science involves
 
  A. scientists in laboratories.
  B. the intensive study of individual political cases or situations.
  C. a philosophical inquiry into values.
  D. the manipulation of variables, something that is difficult to do in real life.

 Q. 4

The statistical method
 
  A. involves the intensive study of individual political cases or situations.
  B. involves the manipulation of variables, something that is difficult to do in real life.
  C. involves measurement and observation with sophisticated mathematical analysis of data.
  D. involves police investigation of major social patterns of crime

 Q. 5

The case study method of inquiry
 
  A. involves measurement and observation with sophisticated mathematical analysis of data.
  B. involves police investigation of major social patterns of crime
  C. involves the manipulation of variables, something that is difficult to do in real life.
  D. involves the intensive study of individual political cases or situations.

 Q. 6

Empirical inquiry
 
  A. is based upon values, philosophies, or shoulds.
  B. involves data and relies on measurement and observation.
  C. is based upon the number of individuals voting in a given election.
  D. is based upon when in a nation's history an event takes place.

 Q. 7

Normative inquiry
 
  A. is based upon values, philosophies, or shoulds.
  B. is based upon data and empirical observation in politics.
  C. is based upon the number of individuals voting in a given election.
  D. is based upon when in a nation's history an event takes place.