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008			120918s2012 caua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2011038951
015			_aGBB1A6107
020			_a9781608716890 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn751835270
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dUKMGB _dNTD _dPGC _dYDXCP _dCDX _dTTU _dDLC
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aJA71 _b.J55 2012
082	0	0	_a320.072 _bJ661p7 _223
100	1		_aJohnson, Janet Buttolph _9117720 _2Local
245	1	0	_aPolitical science research methods _cJanet Buttolph Johnson, H. T. Reynolds.
250			_a7th ed.
260			_aLos Angeles _bCQ Press _cc2012.
300			_axxxi, 646 p. _bill. _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_gThe _tempirical approach to political science -- _tBeginning the research process : identifying a research topic, developing research questions, and reviewing the literature -- _gThe _tbuilding blocks of social scientific research : hypotheses, concepts, and variables -- _gThe _tbuilding blocks of social scientific research : measurement -- _tResearch design : making causal inferences -- _tSampling -- _tMaking empirical observations : direct and indirect observation -- _tDocument analysis : using the written record -- _tSurvey research and interviewing -- _tMaking sense of data : first steps -- _tStatistical inference -- _tInvestigating relationships between two variables -- _tMultivariate analysis -- _gThe _tresearch report : an annotated example.
650		0	_aPolitical science. _xResearch _xMethodology. _9152229 _2Local
700	1		_aReynolds, H. T. _q(Henry T.) _9159083 _2Local
999			_c228175 _d228175