U-Wen is studying countries involved in interstate wars. Spe…

U-Wen is studying countries involved in interstate wars. Specifically, she is looking at three conflicts over a period of 10 years: Russia-Ukraine; Iran-Israel; Armenia-Azerbaijan. Her research question is: What explains the decision of each state government to engage their military in an interstate war? In this excerpt, the units are _____[blank1]_____; and the dependent variable is ____[blank2]_____. 

Alio immigrated to the United States 4 years ago with her fa…

Alio immigrated to the United States 4 years ago with her family. She is a first-year graduate student studying individual opinions of governance. Unfortunately, Alio put off her research until she went home to visit her family over Thanksgiving break. Knowing most people in the neighborhood, the town, her church, etc., Alio thought she could quickly come up with at least 100 survey participants if she went from door-to-door and approached people during her weekly activities. Upon reading Alio’s research paper, the professor immediately recognized a problem with the data. Alio was marked down for failing to account for _____________________.