Political science research: a methods handbook
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| Physical Description: | XIV, 296 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 0813814391 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Preface, xi
1 STUDYING POLITICS SCIENTIFICALLY, 3
The Rise of Behavioralism in Political Science, 3
The Scientific Method, 5
Summary, 20
Guide to Research Materials, 21
Suggested Additional Reading, 24
2 MEASURING POLITICAL PHENOMENA, 25
Operationalization, 25
Levels of Measurement, 26
Simple Measures, Indexes, and Scales, 30
Reliability, 35
Validity, 37
Guide to Research Materials, 39
Summary, 40
Suggested Additional Reading, 41
3 THE RESEARCH DESIGN, 42
Introduction, 42
What Is an Experiment? 42
Two-Group and Four-Group Designs, 48
Applications, 52
Quasi-Experimental Designs, 55
Nonexperimental Research, 58
Summary, 62
Suggested Additional Reading, 64
4 SURVEY RESEARCH, 66
What Is Survey Research? 66
The Time Dimension, 68
Types of Surveys, 69
Questionnaire Design, 73
VIII
CONTENTS
Wording Questions, 76
Guides to Wording Questions, 78
Structured versus Unstructured Questions, 79
Sequencing and Formatting, 81
Pretesting, 82
Conducting Interviews, 83
Preparing the Data for Computer Processing, 85
Secondary Analysis of Data, 85
Strengths and Weaknesses of Survey Research, 86
Summary, 87
Suggested Additional Reading, 88
5 SAMPLING, 90
Introduction, 90
Probability Sampling Methods, 94
How a Large Area Is Sampled: The SRC Election Survey, 99
Nonprobability Samples, 102
Sampling Error, 104
Computing Sampling Error, 106
Computing Sample Size, 108
Nonsampling Errors, 110
Summary, 111
Suggested Additional Reading, 112
6 UNOBTRUSIVE MEASURES, 113
Introduction, 113
Aggregate Data, 114
Uses and Abuses of Aggregate Data, 120
Content Analysis, 124
Summary, 129
Suggested Additional Reading, 130
7 COMPUTER PROCESSING OF DATA, 131
Introduction, 131
Basic Computer Components, 132
Microcomputers, 140
Preparing Data for Computer Analysis, 143
Summary, 148
Suggested Additional Reading, 149
8 DATA ANALYSIS, 150
Introduction, 150
Types of Data, 151
Frequency Distributions, 153
Percentages, 1 54
The Range, 156
Describing Central Tendency, 156
Missing Data, 159
CONTENTS
IX
Exploring Relationships: Bivariate Analysis, 159
Introduction to Multivariate Analysis: Using Controls, 163
Table Format, 168
Summary, 168
Suggested Additional Reading, 171
9 GRAPHIC METHODS OF DATA DISPLAY, 171
Introduction, 171
Bar Graphs, 1 71
Line Graphs, 1 78
Pie Charts, 184
Pictograms, 185
Some Misapplications of Graphs, 185
Summary, 188
Suggested Additional Reading, 188
10 MEASURES OF ASSOCIATION, 189
Introduction, 189
Magnitude, 190
Direction, 190
A Variety of Measures, 192
Ordinal Level Measures, 196
Interval Level Measure, 200
The Special Case of Dichotomies, 203
A Summary of Measures of Association, 204
Summary, 206
Suggested Additional Reading, 207
11 REGRESSION ANALYSIS, 208
Introduction, 208
An Example, 208
The Best-Fitting Line, 211
Residuals of the Regression Line, 215
Multiple Regression, 219
Assumptions, 221
Regression and Correlation, 221
Path Analysis, 223
Summary, 225
Suggested Additional Reading, 226
12 STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE, 227
Introduction, 227
The Level of Significance, 228
The Rationale of Significance Tests, 228
Type I and Type II Errors, 231
Association versus Significance, 239
Summary, 240
Suggested Additional Reading, 241
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CONTENTS
13 THE RESEARCH REPORT, 242
Introduction, 242
Preparation for Writing, 243
Writing the Report, 244
Basics of Writing, 249
Summary, 251
Suggested Additional Reading, 252
14 CONCLUSION, 253
Policy Sciences, 254
Suggested Additional Reading, 258
Appendix A RANDOM NUMBERS, 261
Appendix B DISTRIBUTION OF CHI-SQUARE, 265
Appendix C DISTRIBUTION OF F, 266
Appendix D BASIC INFORMATION SOURCES
IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, 268
Notes, 277
Glossary, 281
Index, 291
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