Week 5

Agenda 2/11

Concepts & Operationalization pt 2

1. Coppedge
   1. How does Coppedge conceptualize of democracy? What dimensions, attributes, or principles constitute “rule by the people?”
   2. What factors does Coppedge et al. use to indicate/measure the dimensions/attributes of democracy he defined?
2. Why does this matter?

Agenda 2/13

Measurement

1. What make a “good” measure?
2. How can we measure variables?
3. What kinds of measurement error should we be most concerned about?

REMINDER: Bring LR draft on Friday