Political Science Research Methods (Paperback, 7)

Introduction The Empirical Approach to Political Science Beginning the Research Process: Identifying a Topic, Developing 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: Direct and Indirect 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 The Research Report: An Annotated Example