discussion post 260
The Study of Political Science
The reading this week discusses the role of political scientists and their attempts to treat the study of politics as a science. In these efforts, they build scholarship based on reason, balance, and supporting evidence, although much of this scholarship is based on theory.
Discuss how political scientists attempt to quantify data, manipulate data statistically, and attempt to validate hypotheses.
his discussion question focuses on the study of political science.
Along with your textbook reading for the week, here’s some additional reading to consider about the study of political science:
Department of Political Science, University of Washington, “What is Political Science?”
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