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"Political Science Research Methods helps students to understand the logic behind research design by guiding them through a step-by-step process that explains when and why a researcher would pursue different kinds of methods. The highly anticipated Ninth Edition of this trusted resource provide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Johnson, Janet Buttolph, 1950- (Author), Reynolds, H. T. (Henry T.) (Author), Mycoff, Jason D., 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications, Inc., [2020]
Edition:Ninth edition.
Subjects:
Political science > Research > Methodology.
89.03 methods and techniques of political science.
Forschungsmethode.
Politische Wissenschaft.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 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, variables, and measurement
  • Sampling
  • Research design : establishing causation
  • Qualitative research : case study designs
  • Making empirical observations : qualitative analysis
  • Quantitative research designs
  • Quantitative methods
  • Making sense of data : first steps
  • Testing relationships
  • Analyzing relationships for categorical data
  • Regression
  • The research report : an annotated example
  • Appendixes
  • Glossary.