TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Janet Buttolph
AU  - Reynolds,H.T.
TI  - Political science research methods
SN  - 9781608716890
U1  - 320.072 22
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Thousand Oaks
PB  - CQ Press / SAGE Publications
KW  - Political science
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - BUSBOL
KW  - November2017
N1  - 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
ER  -