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5.7: Critical Thinking Questions

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    1. Identify three concepts central to the study of politics.
    2. What is concept mapping?
    3. Taking a concept from Question 1, operationalize it and suggest one measure for that concept.
    4. What does it mean when a measure is reliable?
    5. What does it mean when a measure is valid?
    6. Power is often referred to as the currency of political science. What are some dimensions of power?
    7. How might you operationalize a concept such as power?
    8. What are different types of measures and what are each type good for? If you had to conceive a measure for “power”, what kind of measure would you use and why? Assess the reliability and validity of that measure.

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