Political Scientists Who Study International Relations Are Attempting to

question 25

Multiple Choice

Political scientists who study international relations are attempting to

• A) seek genuine "laws of nature" about politics, which have no exceptions.
• B) perform laboratory experiments in order to control the variables they are studying.
• C) establish cogent formulas for understanding political events and phenomena.
• D) discern generalizable tendencies in the patterns of international affairs.

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Definitions:

Expected Return

The anticipated value or profit from an investment over a given period of time.

Beta

Beta is a measure of a stock's volatility in relation to the overall market, indicating the level of risk associated with the stock’s price changes.

Portfolio

A compilation of investment vehicles including equities, fixed income securities, natural resources, currency, and cash equivalents, as well as closed-end funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the dispersion or variability of a set of data points or investment returns from their mean.