01677nam a2200277Ia 4500 310081 20160527190226.0 120918s2012 caua b 001 0 eng 2011038951 GBB1A6107 9781608716890 (pbk. : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn751835270 DLC eng DLC UKMGB NTD PGC YDXCP CDX TTU DLC pcc JA71 .J55 2012 320.072 J661p7 23 Johnson, Janet Buttolph 117720 Local Political science research methods Janet Buttolph Johnson, H. T. Reynolds. 7th ed. Los Angeles CQ Press c2012. xxxi, 646 p. ill. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. The empirical approach to political science -- Beginning the research process : identifying a research topic, developing research 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. Political science. Research Methodology. 152229 Local Reynolds, H. T. (Henry T.) 159083 Local 228175 228175 0 0 ddc 0 320_072000000000000_J661P7 0 evl 108988 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Amazon 66.69 497619 1 320.072 J661p7 80000002471327 2017-03-16 00:00:00 2017-01-13 r:310081 z:Presup. 2012-13 6