TY  - BOOK
AU  - McNabb,David E.
TI  - Research methods for political science: quantitative and qualitative approaches 
SN  - 0765623137
AV  - JA71.5 .M34 2010
U1  - 320.072 22
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Armonk, N.Y.
PB  - M.E. Sharpe
KW  - Political science
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Research
N1  - 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
ER  -