“Countries that have single member district elections will havefewer political parties than
countries that have proportional representation elections.”
a. In this hypothesis, state the independent variable, and giveexamples of two values
that it can take on.
b. State the dependent variable, and give two values that it cantake on.
c. Propose one intervening variable that could complete thecausal path between the
independent variable and the dependent variable. Explain how itmight play this role.
d. Harder. Can you think of a possible confounding variable thatmight explain the
relationship? Explain how it might play this role.
