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The Importance of Comparison, exercises tend to be far removed from most real questions about governing. 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.

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Launch escape, 2: Ejection seats,questions that can only be addressed with large and almost comprehensive data-sets, but they are also some questions that are best addressed with small and focused selections of cases, or even a single case. Indeed, the use of larger ‘samples’ of cases may make some styles of research less useful rather than more.

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The Number of Cases,questions that can only be addressed with large and almost comprehensive data-sets, but they are also some questions that are best addressed with small and focused selections of cases, or even a single case. Indeed, the use of larger ‘samples’ of cases may make some styles of research less useful rather than more.

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Statistical Analysis,he use of the conventional modes of statistical analysis less applicable than in other areas of research. Also, if there are impediments to using conventional analysis then are there means of amending the techniques to make them more useful for comparison.

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Launch escape, 1: Escape towers,ly from the statistical method that tends to dominate social research. This difference is evident in terms of the tendency of the unit of analysis for statistical research to be the individual, as opposed to the collectivity more commonly encountered in comparative research. It is seen more importan

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Launch escape, 2: Ejection seats,e of statistical analysis in contemporary political science, with the consequent need to have relatively large ‘samples’ of countries in order to be able to meet the assumptions and requirements of statistical analyses. In some ways, however, this concentration on the demands of particular statistic

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