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Political science research methods / Janet Buttolph Johnson, H. T. Reynolds.--

By: Johnson, Janet Buttolph, 1950-.
Contributor(s): Reynolds, H. T. (Henry T.).
Los Angeles : CQ Press, ©2012Edition: 7th ed.Description: xxxi, 646 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781608716890 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1608716899 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Political science -- Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 320.072/J63 Other classification: CAS
Contents:
empirical approach to political science -- Beginning the research process : identifying a research topic, developing research questions, and reviewing the literature -- building blocks of social scientific research : hypotheses, concepts, and variables -- 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 -- research report : an annotated example.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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