Essentials Of Political Research

ISBN-13: 9780813368665 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 215 str.

Alan D. Monroe

Opis

This text is a complete introduction to research methods in political science, covering all the topics typically included in a one semester undergraduate-level course. It concentrates on the basics of what a student needs to know how to do to be an effective consumer of scientific research and begin to conduct his or her own research projects. The approach of learning by doing is encouraged through numerous examples and exercises. The book is written in an informal style, with minimal use of technical jargon."

Spis treści

List of Tables and Figures -- preface – 1 The Scientific Study of Research Questions – 2 Building Blocks of the Research Process – 3 Research Design – 4 Published Data Sources – Survey Research – 6 Statistics: An Introduction – 7 Graphic Display of Data – 8 Nominal and Ordinal Statistics – 9 Interval Statistics – 10 Multivariate Statistics – References – Index.

O autorze

Alan Monroe