Political Science Research Methods
Ninth Edition
Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
1.1 Describe how political scientists use empirical research methods to investigate important questions about politics and government.
1.2 Understand why researchers use a variety of data collection methods in their empirical study of political phenomena.
1.3 Understand why some research findings are summarized quantitatively using statistics while others are summarized qualitatively using categorical assessments.