Page: 566-570 Answer: The three types of consumer choice processes are: affective choice, attitude-based choice, and attribute-based choice. Affective choices tend to be more holistic in nature.

Attitude-based choice involves the use of general attitudes, summary impressions, intuitions, or heuristics, and no attribute-by-attribute comparisons are made at the time of choice.

Attitude-based choices require the knowledge of specific attributes at the time the choice is made.

Indirect measurement is a method of using proportions to find an unknown length or distance in similar figures. Two common ways to achieve indirect measurement involve (1) using a mirror on the ground and (2) using shadow lengths and find an object’s height.

There are two methods for performing dimensional measurements: direct measurement and indirect measurement. With direct measurements, measuring instruments such as Vernier calipers, micrometers, and coordinate measuring machines are used to measure the dimensions of the target directly.

Method comparison

1. Correlation coefficient. A correlation coefficient measures the association between two methods.
2. Scatter plot. A scatter plot shows the relationship between two methods.
3. Fit Y on X.
4. Linearity.
5. Residual plot.
6. Average bias.
7. Difference plot (Bland-Altman plot)
8. Fit differences.

To compare them accurately, answer the following questions as you read:

1. How is each experiment set up? Make sure you understand the method for each experiment.
2. What does the data show? Pay close attention to the results of each experiment.
3. How do the experiments differ?

In linguistics, the comparative method is a technique for studying the development of languages by performing a feature-by-feature comparison of two or more languages with common descent from a shared ancestor and then extrapolating backwards to infer the properties of that ancestor.

The design of a method-comparison study should allow for paired measurements across the physiological range of values for which the methods will be used. A large sample size and repeated measures across changing conditions over time can help the investigator achieve this design objective.

How to compare, combine and analyze the trends in your research results

1. Define Your Parameters. The first step is to decide what you’ll be looking at.
2. Throw Out Bad Questions.
3. Throw Out the Outliers.
4. Look for Statistical Significance.
5. Use a Great Analysis Tool.

The contant comparative method is a method for analyzing data in order to develop a grounded theory. Glaser and Strauss (1967) suggest that when used to generate theory, the comparative analytical method they describe can be applied to social units of any size.

1. Comparative studies try to clarify whether certain behaviour patterns are characteristic for a certain group or a certain culture or whether they are valid for humanity. 2. They offer help in the education of those who wish to work in other countries and other cultures.

While the name of the subfield suggests one methodological approach (the comparative method), political scientists in comparative politics use the same diversity of social scientific methods as scientists elsewhere in the field, including experiments, comparative historical analysis, case studies, survey methodology.

Key characteristics of comparative government are mentioned below: – Stress upon the study of political institutions of various countries. – Focus on the study of major constitutions of the world. – Emphasis upon the study of powers and functions of various political institutions working in different countries.

Comparative politics is the comparative study of other countries, citizens, different political units either in whole or in part, and analyzes the similarities and differences between those political units. Comparative politics also entails the political study of non-US political thought.

Hindrances in the way of application of Scientific Methods to Social Science Research are also hindrances in the way of Comparative Politics. These are: (a) The problem resulting from complexity of social data. (b) The problem of using empirical methods in the study of human political relations and interactions.

These are: (a) The problem resulting from complexity of social data. (b) The problem of using empirical methods in the study of human political relations and interactions. (c) The problem of verification and prediction making in politics. (d) The issue of explanation and prediction in politics.

Comparative politics is central to the development of political theory. Therefore, comparing what happens when different countries, for their own reasons, modify constitutions, or party systems, or whatever, provides useful information about the probable consequences of different political orders.

Another reason to compare countries is to understand how countries evolve, discover patterns, and why they evolve in the way they do. Another very important reason to study comparative politics is to better understand how certain regimes work for purposes of international relations and foreign policy.

Compare & Contrast acts as a practical and easy-to-use introduction to higher-order thinking. Compare & Contrast improves comprehension by highlighting important details, making abstract ideas more concrete, and reducing the confusion between related concepts (think meiosis versus mitosis).

Aristotle, the father of Political Science, used comparative method for comprehending and analysing principles, issues and problems of Greek City States of his times. He used the knowledge gained for building his theory of politics.

The scope of Comparative Politics includes the study of all the formal and informal, governmental and extra-governmental, which are directly or indirectly involved in the struggle for power taking place in each state.

Nature and scope of comparative politics is fathomable only when one understands the main characteristics and significance of comparative government. It is the study of state and other political institutions in terms of their legal powers, functions, and positions on a comparative basis.

Comparative Politics is concerned with behaviour, institutions, processes, ideas and values present in more than one country. It searches for those regularities and patterns, those similarities and differences between more than one nation state that help clarify the basic nature, working and belief of regimes.

An introduction to the main theoretical and conceptual issues in the field of Comparative Politics. It offers students a broad view of the selected themes, concepts and approaches that characterize the field, as well as an appreciation of how the field has evolved over time.

Political Theory helps us better understand the concepts that have shaped our politics, including freedom, equality, individuality, democracy and justice. Political Theory thus frequently involves critiques of our present political reality, and may even take explicitly political positions.

The comparative study of politics and government examines political institutions – from constitutions to executives to parliaments to parties to electoral laws – and the processes and relationships that account for stability and change in political economy, culture, conflict, government, rights and public policy.

Conclusion. To conclude, comparative politics is about serious issues: war and peace, democracy and authoritarianism, market-based and state-based economies, prosperity and poverty, health-care coverage, and so on. However, its raison d’être is quite simple: the world is diverse, not monolithic.