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Political Science Research Methods

Eighth Edition

by Janet Buttolph Johnson, H. T. Reynolds and Jason D. Mycoff

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Introduction
The Empirical Approach to Political Science
Beginning the Research Process
The Building Blocks of Social Scientific Research: Hypotheses, Concepts, and Variables
The Building Blocks of Social Scientific Research: Measurement
Research Design
Sampling
Making Empirical Observations
Document Analysis
Survey Research and Interviewing
Making Sense of Data
Statistical Inference
Investigating Relationships between Two Variables
Multivariate Analysis
The Research Report

Study Questions

What is political science?
Why study the practice of conducting empirical research?
How is practical research different from theoretical research?

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