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The DD measure of democracy classifies a country as a democracy if (a) the chief executive is elected, (b) the legislature is elected, (c) more than one party competes, and (d) there has been an alternation in power.
The Freedom House measure classifies a country's level of "freedom" based on many criteria, including whether the government is accountable, the level of corruption, if minorities are autonomous, if people are treated equally under the law, if they have equality of opportunity, and so on. Say you had the following hypothesis: Governments are less corrupt in democracies than in non-democracies.
If you want your hypothesis to be falsifiable, which measure of democracy should you use?
a. You should use DD.
b. You should use Freedom House.
c. You could use either measure and the hypothesis would be falsifiable.
d. You should not use either measure.
9. Say you had the following hypothesis: Democracies are more likely than dictatorships to join international organizations.
If you want your hypothesis to be falsifiable, which measure of democracy should you use?
a. You should use DD.
b. You should use Freedom House.
c. You could use either measure and the hypothesis would be falsifiable.
d. You should not use either measure.
Suppose we measure the concept of democracy in each nation of the world by reading their constitution and seeing if it claims that the nation is "democratic". Would this be a valid and reliable measure? Please answer in at most two sentences.
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