Problem:
Kara is interested in understanding factors contributing to political engagement in local elections in small to medium size towns/cities. They hypothesize that engagement will be higher in towns/cities that have experienced a serious natural disaster in the past 5 years compared with those that have not experienced such an event. Identify the various parts of Kara's study below. Unit of analysis experiencing a serious natural Independent variable small to medium size towns/ci v Dependent variable political engagement v Hypothesis type Hypothesis of difference Role of theory in the study design