Practice question · Estimate
Of the three faces of power, how many can a study that observes only decisions taken detect?
Estimate on a scale from 0 faces (0) to 3 faces (3).
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- A decision-based method sees what reaches a vote.
- Only the first.
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1 (answers within ±0.4 count)
Why
One. Non-decisions leave no record of a decision, and shaped preferences leave no record of a conflict. This is why the methodological choice is not neutral: an instrument that can only detect the first face will keep finding that power is dispersed.
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