In this essay, please identify and discuss the central components of scientific knowledge in political science. In your answer please explain how each component contributes to the validity of the work.
What will be an ideal response?
Students should correctly identify and discuss the key terms in the chapter that make up scientific knowledge. These terms include empirical verification, falsifiability, nonnormative knowledge, transmissibility, the cumulative nature of science, empirical generalization, explanatory, replication, probabilistic explanation, and parsimony. Instructors can modify this question to be as specific or general as they want by indicating how many components they would like the students to include in the answer.
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The Constitution protects against search of an individual's person, home, or vehicle without __________
a. due process b. permission c. a warrant d. compensation
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The federal government found it much easier to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment than it did the Nineteenth Amendment. 2. Citizens have frequently used interest groups to acquire and protect their rights. 3. De facto discrimination is generally the result of tradition and habit. 4. Abolitionist groups were typically composed of free blacks and southern whites. 5. The Defense of Marriage Act requires states to recognize gay marriages performed in other states.