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Empirical Political Analysis: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods de Prof Brians, Craig Leonard

Empirical Political Analysis: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods

Autor Prof Brians, Craig Leonard, Lars B. Willnat, Prof Manheim, Jarol B.
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2010
Updated in a new 8th edition, 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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780205791217
ISBN-10: 0205791212
Pagini: 428
Dimensiuni: 183 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:00008Nouă
Editura: Prentice Hall
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

PART I. INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. Research as a Process
 
PART II. PREPARING TO DO RESEARCH
Chapter 2. Explaining the Political World: Building Theories and Hypotheses
Chapter 3. Developing Your Literature Review: What Others Say About Your Topic
Chapter 4. Designing Your Research and Choosing Your Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Chapter 5. From Abstract to Concrete: Operationalization and Measurement
Chapter 6. Experimental Research Methods
Chapter 7. Who, What, Where, When: The Problem of Sampling
 
PART III. QUANTITATIVE METHODS
Chapter 8. Survey Research
Chapter 9. Combining Multiple Measures: Using Scaling Techniques
Chapter 10. Content Analysis
Chapter 11. Studying Groups with Aggregate Data
Chapter 12. Comparative Research
 
PART IV. ANALYZING QUANTITATIVE DATA
Chapter 13. Social Network Analysis: Finding Structure in a Complex World
Chapter 14. Data Coding
Chapter 15. Describing the Data
Chapter 16. Statistics I: Summarizing Distributions on One Variable
Chapter 17. Statistics II: Examining Relationships between Two Variables
Chapter 18. Statistics III: Examining Relationships among Several Variables
 
PART V. QUALITATIVE METHODS
Chapter 19. Direct Observation
Chapter 20. Focus Group Methodologies
Chapter 21. Elite and Specialized Interviewing
 
PART VI. CONCLUSION
Chapter 22. Writing (and Reading) the Research Report
Chapter 23. Summary
 
Appendix A. Statistical Tables
Appendix B. Ethical Standard in Empirical Research

Recenzii

“This is a highly effective companion to an undergraduate research methods class; it not only introduces students to qualitative and quantitative methods but also helps them become better consumers of political science research.”–Pia Kohler, University of Alaska-Fairbanks
"This is a highly effective companion to an undergraduate research methods class; it not only introduces students to qualitative and quantitative methods but also helps them become better consumers of political science research."-Pia Kohler, University of Alaska-Fairbanks

Notă biografică

Craig Leonard Brians is Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
 
Lars Willnat is Professor of Journalism at Indiana University.
 
Jarol B. Manheim is Professor of Media and Public Affairs and of Political Science at the George Washington University.
 
Richard C. Rich is Professor of Political Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Caracteristici

  • 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.
  • The Quantitative Analysis Lab Manual includes additional exercises with data sets for a hands-on opportunity to practice the concepts covered in this text. Available at a discount when packaged with this text or available for purchase at MyPearsonStore.

Caracteristici noi

  • Each chapter now begins with the theme of “We are all researchers” to show students how research is already part of everyday life and how more systematic and efficient research is possible.
  • Chapter 3, “Developing Your Literature Review: What Others Say About Your Topic” is a new chapter that guides students through the literature search and the literature review using common tools like Google and scholarly tools like indexed databases.
  • Chapter 4, “Designing Your Research: Choosing Qualitative and Quantitative Methods” is a new chapter that gets students think earlier and more broadly about what methods they will use as they develop their research designs.
  • New research exercises in every chapter encourage hands-on, step-by-step application of key concepts.
  • Every chapter includes thelatest scholarship, examples, and data.
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