Why might a research question that dwells on discrete or narrow factual issues limit the significance of a research project?

What will be an ideal response?

Although important, facts alone are not enough to yield scientific explanations. What is missing is a relationship—that is, the association, dependence, or covariance of the values of one variable with the values of another. Researchers are generally interested in how to advance and test generalizations relating one phenomenon to another. In the absence of such generalizations, factual knowledge of the type called for by the following research questions will be fundamentally limited in scope.

Political Science

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A. a belief that advocates a close degree of cooperation between the government and labor and business groups in the formation of economic policy. B. a theory that believes in government ownership and regulation of the major means of production, that the government should regulate all sectors of the economy. C. a belief that all forms of government interfere with individual rights and should be abolished. D. an ideology that developed out of the Industrial Revolution advocating governmental concern with individuals' quality of life, includ¬ing educa¬tion, medical care, and standard of living.

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Federal trial judges are constitutionally entitled to grant which of the following motions if a jury's award of money damages is found by the judge to be grossly excessive as a matter of law?

a. Forum non conveniens b. Additur c. Remitittur d. Summary judgment

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