| Description |
xxxi, 646 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The empirical approach to political science -- Beginning the research process : identifying a research topic, developing research questions, and reviewing the literature -- The building blocks of social scientific research : hypotheses, concepts, and variables -- The building blocks of social scientific research : measurement -- Research design : making causal inferences -- Sampling -- Making empirical observations : direct and indirect observation -- Document analysis : using the written record -- Survey research and interviewing -- Making sense of data : first steps -- Statistical inference -- Investigating relationships between two variables -- Multivariate analysis -- The research report : an annotated example |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2008 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Political science -- Research -- Methodology.
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| Author |
Reynolds, H. T. (Henry T.)
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| LC no. |
2011038951 |
| ISBN |
1608716899 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781608716890 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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