Title:
Empirical political analysis : research methods in political science
Author:
Manheim, Jarol B., 1946-
ISBN:
9780321298607
Edition:
6th ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Pearson/Longman, c2006.
Physical Description:
xv, 430 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Ch. 1. The research process -- Ch. 2. Theory building : concepts and hypotheses in political research -- Ch. 3. Setting the foundation : techniques of systematic bibliographic search -- Ch. 4. Internet research -- Ch. 5. From abstract to concrete : operationalization and measurement -- Ch. 6. Working from a plan : considerations in research design -- Ch. 7. Who, what, where, when : the problem of sampling -- Ch. 8. Survey research -- Ch. 9. Scaling techniques -- Ch. 10. Content analysis -- Ch. 11. Sources and applications of aggregate data -- Ch. 12. Comparative research -- Ch. 13. Social network analysis : finding structure in a complex world -- Ch. 14. Data preparation and data processing -- Ch. 15. Describing the data : the construction of tables and charts -- Ch. 16. Statistics I : summarizing distributions on one variable -- Ch. 17. Statistics II : examining relationships between two variables -- Ch. 18. Statistics III : examining relationships among several variables.
Introduction to qualitative methods -- Ch. 19. Direct observation -- Ch. 20. Focus group methodologies -- Ch. 21. Elite and specialized interviewing -- Ch. 22. Writing (and reading) the research report -- Ch. 23. Overview.
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Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005008140.html