Registering some hypotheses
Hello world,
I'm registering excerpts from an earlier dissertation draft that list some hypotheses. I showed these to my dissertation group on Feb 22nd. I'll upload the email at some point.
Here's from the text, which I haven't edited since then:
"HYPOTHESES – list along with Chapter where they are tested. 4:Lifecourses 5:Political opportunity Structures contentious performances 6:Police factors: capacity, culture, demographics, training 7:Repression 8:Strategic and pro-active vs. Reactive (Strategic Interactions with goals of certification/de-certification) 9:National influence vs. independent cities/police -- Are cities more than just the parts of the national sum??"
Later, in Chapter 3:
"Though topic modeling, requiring so little input from researchers, is surely a very inductive approach to the identification of contentious performances, it may be useful for a certain kind of hypothesis testing, the sine qua non of the deductive scientific approach. Writing, now, before I have seen output from topic models I make the following hypotheses:
- The performance of topic modeling on text units describing contentious gatherings will identify an array of contentious performances, including: a. Marches b. Demonstrations/Rallies c. Vigils d. Bank Transfer Days e. The People’s Microphone f. The Hostile Mic Check g. Port Blockades h. Sidewalk Blocking i. Bank Occupations j. Home Occupations
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