Buch, Englisch, 446 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 839 g
International Edition
Buch, Englisch, 446 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 839 g
ISBN: 978-0-205-79121-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Empirical Political Analysis introduces students to the full range of qualitative and quantitative methods used in political science research.Organized around all of the stages of the research process, this comprehensive text surveys designing experiments, conducting research, evaluating results, and presenting findings. With exercises in the text and in a companion lab manual, Empirical Political Analysis gives students applied insights on the scopes and methods of political science research.
Features:
Offers comprehensive coverage of quantitative and qualitative research methods in political science, a hallmark since it first published over 25 years ago.
Covers the research process from start to finish—hypothesis formation, literature review, research design, data gathering, data analysis, and research report writing.
Includes in-depth examples of political science research to give discipline-specific instruction on political analysis.
Features a “Practical Research Ethics” box in every chapter to make students aware of common ethical dilemmas and potential solutions to them.
Written by political scientists who actively publish in subfields ranging from comparative politics to environmental policy to political communications to voting behavior.
Includes learning goals, key terms, and research examples to help students engage and explore the most important concepts.
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PART I. INTRODUCTIONChapter 1. Research as a ProcessPART II. PREPARING TO DO RESEARCHChapter 2. Explaining the Political World: Building Theories and HypothesesChapter 3. Developing Your Literature Review: What Others Say About Your TopicChapter 4. Designing Your Research and Choosing Your Qualitative and Quantitative MethodsChapter 5. From Abstract to Concrete: Operationalization and MeasurementChapter 6. Experimental Research MethodsChapter 7. Who, What, Where, When: The Problem of SamplingPART III. QUANTITATIVE METHODSChapter 8. Survey ResearchChapter 9. Combining Multiple Measures: Using Scaling TechniquesChapter 10. Content AnalysisChapter 11. Studying Groups with Aggregate DataChapter 12. Comparative ResearchPART IV. ANALYZING QUANTITATIVE DATAChapter 13. Social Network Analysis: Finding Structure in a Complex WorldChapter 14. Data CodingChapter 15. Describing the DataChapter 16. Statistics I: Summarizing Distributions on One VariableChapter 17. Statistics II: Examining Relationships between Two VariablesChapter 18. Statistics III: Examining Relationships among Several VariablesPART V. QUALITATIVE METHODSChapter 19. Direct ObservationChapter 20. Focus Group MethodologiesChapter 21. Elite and Specialized InterviewingPART VI. CONCLUSIONChapter 22. Writing (and Reading) the Research ReportChapter 23. SummaryAppendix A. Statistical TablesAppendix B. Ethical Standard in Empirical Research
