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Research methods for political science : quantitative and qualitative approaches / David E. McNabb.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Edition: Second editionDescription: xxii, 425 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0765623137
  • 9780765623133
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.072 22
LOC classification:
  • JA71.5 .M34 2010
Contents:
1. Research fundamentals -- 2. Research approaches and methods -- 3. Understanding the research process -- 4. Selecting a research design and choosing a research topic -- 5. Preparing a research proposal -- 6. The legal and ethical environment of research -- 7. Introduction to quantitative methods -- 8. Exploratory research : the probing approach -- 9. Descriptive research : the survey approach -- 10. Causal research : the experimental approach -- 11. Interpreting exploratory and descriptive statistics -- 12. Testing research hypotheses -- 13. Introduction to nonparametric statistics -- 14. Correlation and regression analysis in political science -- 15. Exploring multivariate statistics -- 16. Introduction to qualitative research methods -- 17. Explanatory research : case and historical methods -- 18. The interpretive approach I : grounded theory methods -- 19. The interpretive approach II : ethnographic research methods -- 20. The critical approach : feminist and empowerment research -- 21. Analysis methods for qualitative data -- 22. Analyzing texts, documents, and artifacts -- 23. Organizing information in tables, charts, and graphs -- 24. Organizing and writing a research report -- 25. Introduction to statistical software.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Research fundamentals -- 2. Research approaches and methods -- 3. Understanding the research process -- 4. Selecting a research design and choosing a research topic -- 5. Preparing a research proposal -- 6. The legal and ethical environment of research -- 7. Introduction to quantitative methods -- 8. Exploratory research : the probing approach -- 9. Descriptive research : the survey approach -- 10. Causal research : the experimental approach -- 11. Interpreting exploratory and descriptive statistics -- 12. Testing research hypotheses -- 13. Introduction to nonparametric statistics -- 14. Correlation and regression analysis in political science -- 15. Exploring multivariate statistics -- 16. Introduction to qualitative research methods -- 17. Explanatory research : case and historical methods -- 18. The interpretive approach I : grounded theory methods -- 19. The interpretive approach II : ethnographic research methods -- 20. The critical approach : feminist and empowerment research -- 21. Analysis methods for qualitative data -- 22. Analyzing texts, documents, and artifacts -- 23. Organizing information in tables, charts, and graphs -- 24. Organizing and writing a research report -- 25. Introduction to statistical software.

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