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Informationen zum Autor Jason D. Mycoff is assistant professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware. He is the author (with Joseph A. Pika) of Confrontation and Compromise: Presidential and Congressional Leadership, 2001-2006. Klappentext In this Fourth Edition of Working with Political Science Research Methods, students are given the perfect opportunity to practice the methods presented in Political Science Research Methods, Eighth Edition. With new exercises and data sets, this edition of this helpful supplement pairs with the text chapter for chapter, and breaks each aspect of the research process into manageable parts. solutions manual with answers to the workbook is available to adopters.Continues to support student learning by offering the perfect opportunity to practice each of the methods presented in the core text. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Practice Makes Perfect The Empirical Approach to Political Science Beginning the Research Process: Identifying a Research Topic, Developing Research Questions, and Reviewing the Literature The Building Blocks of Social Scientific Research: Hypotheses, Concepts, and Variables The Building Blocks of Social Scientific Research: Measurement Research Design: Making Causal Inferences Sampling Making Empirical Observations: Firsthand Observation Document Analysis: Using the Written Record Survey Research and Interviewing Making Sense of Data: First Steps Statistical Inference Investigating Relationships between Two Variables Multivariate Analysis
