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| adam_text | AN INTRODUCTION
TO POLITICAL
SCIENCE
METHODS
THIRD EDITION
Robert A Bernstein
James A Dyer
Prentice Hall
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632
CONTENTS
PREFACE, X
INTRODUCTION, xii
What is Empirical Research?, xiii
Organization of the Text, xiv
Chapter One
EXPLANATIONS AND HYPOTHESES, 1
Making Explanations, 1
Construction Hypotheses, 6
Verifying Hypotheses, 12
Multiple Causation, IS
Laboratory Exercises, IS
Review Questions, 16
Chapter TWO
DEVELOPING AND REPORTING EXPLANATIONS:
THEORY, PAST RESEARCH, AND THE LITERATURE
REVIEW, 18
Developing Explanations, 18
Sources of Explanation, 21
Reporting Explanations: The Literature Review, 28
Laboratory Exercises, 29
vi Contents
Chapter Three
UNITS OF ANALYSIS: SELECTING THE SAMPLE, 34
What Kind of Units? 35
How Many Units? 37
Which Units to Observe, 41
Summary, 49
Laboratory Exercises, SO
Review Questions, 52
Chapter Four
DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT, 55
Defining the Properties, 55
How the Properties are Measured, 58
Criteria for Evaluating Measures, 62
Using Computers in Research, 66
Using SAS to Read Data, 66
Using SPSS-X to Read Data, 68
Laboratory Exercises, 69
Review Questions, 71
Chapter Five
DATA COLLECTION, 73
Collecting Primary Data, 73
Using Archival Data, 76
Coding Data for Analysis, 83
SAS Procedures for Entering Data, 84
SPSS-X Procedures for Entering Data, 86
Laboratory Exercises, 88
Review Questions, 89
Chapter Six
USING SURVEYS IN MEASUREMENT, 91
Constructing Valid Questions, 92
Validity of the Questionnaire, 94
Conducting Surveys, 95
Conducting Mail Surveys, 98
Conducting Telephone Surveys, 99
Summary, 100
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Contents vii
Data Modifications Using SAS, 101
Data Modifications Using SPSS-X, 104
Laboratory Exercises, 107
Review Questions, 108
Chapter Seven
COMPOUND MEASURES, 109
Criteria for Good Compound Measures, 110
Methods of Creating Compound Measures, 113
Summary, 120
SAS Procedures for Creating Compound Measures, 122
SPSS-X Procedures for Creating Compound Measures, 123
Laboratory Exercises, 12S
Review Questions, 126
Chapter Eight
SUMMARIZING VARIABLES: DESCRIPTIVE
STATISTICS, 128
Deciding What to Do, 128
Summarizing Variables, 130
The Shape of the Distribution, 138
Summary, 141
SAS Procedures for Describing Variables, 142
SPSS-X Procedures for Describing Variables, 143
Laboratory Exercises, 14S
Review Questions, 147
Chapter Nine
BIVARIATE RELATIONSHIPS FOR CATEGORICAL
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES, 149
Comparing Percentage Distributions, 151
Comparing Central Tendencies of Distributions, 1S9
Correlation Coefficients, 161
SAS Procedures for Bivariate Analysis, 169
SPSS-X Procedures for Bivariate Analysis, 171
Summary, 173
Laboratory Exercises, 174
Review Questions, 176
viii Contents
Chapter Ten
CHANCE AND TESTS OF SIGNIFICANCE, 179
Logic of Testing Significance, 180
Levels of Statistical Significance, 181
Tests of Statistical Significance, 182
Testing the Significance of Differences between Percentages: x2 18S
Testing the Significance of Differences between Medians: x2 190
Testing the Significance of Differences in Means: F, 191
Testing the Significance of Correlation Coefficients: t, 194
Considerations on the Use of Tests of Statistical Significance, 19S
Errors of Another Kind, 197
SAS and SPSS-X Procedures for Testing Significance, 197
Summary, 198
Laboratory Exercises, 199
Review Questions, 201
Chapter Eleven
CONTROLLING FOR THE EFFECTS OF CATEGORICAL
VARIABLES: CONTROL TABLES AND
COMPARISONS, 203
The Types of Variables to Control, 20S
How to Control, 211
Drawing Conclusions After Controlling, 21S
SAS Procedures for Control Tables and Comparisons, 220
SPSS-X Procedures for Control Tables and Comparisons, 223
Laboratory Exercises, 225
Review Questions, 228
Chapter Twelve
BIVARIATE RELATIONS BETWEEN INTERVAL
VARIABLES: SCATTERPLOTS, CORRELATION,
REGRESSION, AND EXPLANATION, 230
Visual Presentation: Scatterplots, 230
Correlation: Pearson s r, 232
Regression, 238
Explanation, 240
SAS Procedures for Bivariate Analysis of Interval Variables, 242
SPSS-X Procedures for Bivariate Analysis of Interval Variables, 244
Summary, 246
Contents ix
Laboratory Exercises, 247
Review Questions, 248
Chapter Thirteen
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF INTERVAL VARIABLES:
CONTROLLING AND COMBINING, 250
Controlling, 251
Combining Effects of Variables, 256
SAS Procedures for Multivariate Analysis of Interval Variables, 259
SPSS-X Procedures for Multivariate Analysis of Interval Variables, 261
Laboratory Exercises, 2S4
Chapter Fourteen
PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER: THE RESEARCH DESIGN
AND REPORT, 267
The Research Design and Report, 268
Summary, 273
Laboratory Exercises, 274
Fictitious Report: Support for Racial Quotas, 275
APPENDIX 1,278
ANES Code Book, 278
SES Code Book, 288
APPENDIX 2,296
Research Example 1: Support for Legalization of Abortion, 296
Research Example 2: Senate Reelection, 300
APPENDIX 3,305
A: Levels of Significance for x2,305
B: 1000 Random Digits, 306
C: Levels of Significance for t, 307
D:F Distribution, 308
E: Levels of Pearson s r Required for Statistical Significance, 309
GLOSSARY, 310
INDEX, 320
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