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Conducting Empirical Analysis: Public Opinion in Action de Rosalee A. Clawson

Conducting Empirical Analysis: Public Opinion in Action

Autor Rosalee A. Clawson, Zoe M. Oxley
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 apr 2011
Clawson and Oxley's new workbook marries substance with skills, showing students how to conduct web-based data analysis using UC Berkeley's Survey Documentation and Analysis (available online for free) to discover firsthand the interesting questions that can be answered when manipulating public opinion data. Exercises cover a range of data collection techniques, survey research, and statistical analyses, ramping up from multiple-choice and open-ended questions to mini-research projects. An instructor's guide with solutions is available for adopters.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781608716739
ISBN-10: 1608716732
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția CQ Press
Locul publicării:Washington DC, United States

Recenzii

The exercises are well structured, and Clawson and Oxley provide very clear instructions on how to complete them. The questions included in the exercises seek to balance interpretation and critical thinking–helping students get at what the numbers tell us about the relationship between two variables and why that relationship exists. I like the hands-on approach, and I think the exercises address topics that students will find interesting and engaging
I think this book can help students experience the joy of discovery firsthand. Rather than talking about how data can be used to shed new insights on public opinion or refute hoary truths, Clawson and Oxley show them how to find out such things on their own. Hearing a professor say it or show it with slides is one thing, but doing it on your own and waiting for the data to pop up online is a lot more fun, informative, and powerful
I found the text both straightforward and engaging, an often difficult balance to strike for a text teaching basic research methods. The explanations in the workbook are very clear-it walks students through each step and reinforces content with multiple examples. I was also quite impressed with the balance between skill development and substance. The explanations of how to perform analyses and the exercises are well grounded in both the substance of politics and well-established research areas in political science


Cuprins

Tables and Figures
Preface
Introduction to Conducting Empirical Analysis
Using SDA Web-based Software
Conclusion and Looking Ahead
Political Socialization
Parental Socialization
Adult Socialization
For Further Exploration: Life Cycle Effects
Mini-Research Project
Mass Media
Where Do Citizens Get Their News?
Newspaper Readership
For Further Exploration: Evaluations of the News Media
Mini-Research Project
Attitude Stability and Attitude Change
Attitude Change, Partisanship, and Exposure to Newspapers
Collective Public Opinion: Attitude Stability or Attitude Change?
For Further Exploration: Issue Attitude Stability or Change?
Mini-Research Project
Political Ideology
Citizen Ideology
Sex Differences in Ideology
Ideology and Government Spending
For Further Exploration: More on Ideology and Issue Positions
Mini-Research Project
Pluralistic Roots of Public Opinion
Self-Interest
Racial Attitudes
For Further Exploration: Racial Prejudice Over Time
For Further Exploration: Race and Racial Prejudice
Mini-Research Project
Political Knowledge
Measuring Political Knowledge
Political Knowledge and Gender
Political Knowledge and Age
Political Knowledge and Education
For Further Exploration: Examining Political Knowledge
Mini-Research Project
Support for Civil Liberties
Public Support for Free Expression
Contextual Effects on Tolerance
For Further Exploration: GSS Tolerance Measures
Mini-Research Project
Support for Civil Rights
Attitudes toward Interracial Marriage
Attitudes toward Gay Marriage
For Further Exploration: Ideology and Attitudes toward Gay Marriage
For Further Exploration: Examining Attitudes toward Gay Marriage
Mini-Research Project
Trust in Government and Social Capital
Trust in Government
Social Capital
For Further Exploration: Measures of Political Trust
Mini-Research Project
Impact of Public Opinion on Policy
Income Variation in Policy Opinions
Appealing to the Public
Mini-Research Projects
Public Opinion and the 2008 Election
Race, Gender, and Candidate Evaluation
Racial Resentment and the Vote
For Further Exploration: The Iraq War and the Vote
Mini-Research Project
Reference Appendix
The SDA Archive
The SDA Main Page
Statistical Analysis Techniques and SDA Features

Descriere

With a whole host of exercise questions, this text guides students through the process of doing web based data analysis.