Empirical research and writing: a political science student's practical guide
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| Beschreibung: | Angek. u.d.T.: Practicing social inquiry |
| Beschreibung: | XVII, 298 S. |
| ISBN: | 9781483369631 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Tables
and Figures
x
Notes to Students and Instructors
xi
The Thank-You s
xv
About the Author
xvii
Part I: The Preliminaries
Chapter
1:
From Research Topic to Research Question
1
Doing Social Science
3
Research Questions and This Courses Research Project
3
From Research Topic to Research Question
5
Crafting a Research Question
6
Finding and Refining a Research Question
9
Where Do Research Questions Come From?
9
How to Phrase a Research Question
12
Writing Your Paper
18
Summary
19
Key Terms
19
Chapter
2:
From Research Question to Theory to Hypothesis
21
What Is a Theory?
22
The Parts of a Theory
23
Where Theories Come From
25
From Question to Theory
28
Tools for Developing Your Theory
31
Parsing a Theory: The Causal Mechanism
36
Specifying Assumptions and Scope Conditions
41
From Theory to Hypothesis
44
The Parts of a Hypothesis
44
Hypotheses and Evidence
46
Concepts, Indicators, and Validity
48
Writing Your Theory Section
51
Summary
53
Key Terms
54
і
vi
Contents
Part II: The Practicalities
Chapter
3:
Doing Pre-research
55
The Parts of an Empirical Paper
55
How to Think About LiteratureCs)
56
What a Literature Review Is Not
57
How to Find LiteratureCs)
58
How to Organize Literature(s)
63
Managing the Reading and Information
63
Managing the Reference List
65
How to Write the Literature Review
68
Strategies
f
or Finding an Organizational Structure
69
Organizing a Literature
71
Actually Writing the
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Thing
72
Summary
80
Key Terms
80
Chapter
4:
Choosing a Design That Fits Your Question
81
Types of Hypotheses
82
Four Probabilistic Hypothesis Types
82
Two Deterministic Hypothesis Types
89
What Type of Analysis Should I Conduct?
95
Similarities and Differences in Qualitative and
Quantitative Methods
95
Strengths and Weaknesses of Qualitative and
Quantitative Methods
97
Overview of Techniques
100
Major Forms of Quantitative Analysis
100
Major Forms of Qualitative Analysis
104
Summary
108
Key Terms
108
Chapter
5:
Case Selection and Study
Design for Qualitative Research
109
Qualitative Study Design
1
Ю
How Many Cases Should I Study?
110
Which Cases Should I Study?
112
A Note on Background Research
115
Hypothesis-Testing Techniques and Case Selection
116
Content Analysis
118
Analytic Narratives
122
Case Control/Controlled Comparison Method
124
Structured Focused Comparison
129
Process Tracing
130
Contents
vii
Writing Your Methodology Section
132
Summary
134
Key Terms
134
Chapter
6:
Qualitative Data Collection and Management
135
Information, Data, and Evidence
135
Information versus Data
136
Measurement
137
Maximizing Leverage Over Your Hypotheses
139
Kinds of Qualitative Data Sources
140
Data and Counterfactuals
141
Data Collection Techniques
144
Research From Sources
144
Human Subjects Research
148
Sources and Resources
152
Data Management Options
153
Writing About Data Collection
155
Summary
156
Key Terms
156
Chapter
7:
Quantitative Data Collection and Management
157
Identifying Data Needs: What Cases?
157
Units of Analysis
158
Populations and Samples
161
Identifying Data Needs: What Variables?
162
Control Variables
162
Multiple Indicators and Robustness Checks
167
Measurement: Matching Concepts to Indicators
168
Operationalization: Validity
168
Matching Concepts and Indicators
170
Measurement: Reliability
170
Getting Ready-to-Use Data
171
Replication
Datasets
172
Data Archives
174
Citing
Datasets
174
Collecting and Managing Your Own Data
175
Λ
Brief Discussion of Coding
177
Summary
179
Key Terms
179
Chapter
8:
Preparing Quantitative Data for Analysis
181
Transferring Data into Your Stats Program
181
Getting Started
182
Dealing With Missing Data
183
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vili
Contents
Variables, Variable
Names, and
Variable Labels 184
Entering Variable Labels
and Value
Labels 184
Preparing to Analyze Your Data
185
Checking for Nonlinearity
185
Dealing With Nonlinearities
187
Detecting and Addressing Colinearity
190
Other Data Manipulations
192
Generating New Composite Variables
193
Recoding Variables
198
The Theory-Data Danger Zone: Endogeneity,
Simultaneity, and Omitted Variable Bias
200
Endogeneity and Simultaneity
201
Omitted Variable Bias
203
Nonlinear Models
204
Summary
205
Key Terms
205
Chapter
9:
Writing Up Your Research
207
The Abstract
207
The Bookends
209
The Introduction
209
The Conclusion
210
The Results: Conventions of Reporting and
Discussing Quantitative Analysis
210
Tables and Figures
211
Conventions of Reporting Results
211
Discussing Qualitative Evidence and Claims
217
Focus on the Evidence
217
Be Explicit About the Study s Limitations
219
Confine Your Conclusions
220
Summary
221
Key Terms
221
Part 111: Post-paper Processes
Chapter
10:
Practicing Peer Review
223
Writing Without Whining
223
Self-Editing
226
Strategies of Self-Editing
228
Editing for Style and Tone: Social Science Writing
231
A Note on How Much Background Is Enough
234
Practicing Peer Review
234
Peer Review in the Social Sciences
236
Procedures for Peer Review
237
Contents ix
І
Writing Your Review of Peer Research
243
Summary
244
Key Terms
244
Chapter
11:
Posters, Presentations, and Publishing
245
Presentations
245
Logistics
245
Preparing Your Presentation
247
Presenting Your Paper
249
Participating as a Discussant
251
Posters
252
Logistics
253
Preparing Your Poster
253
Preparing to Present Your Poster
256
Slip n Slide
257
Graphing Quantitative Results
259
Post-paper Possibilities
259
Presentation
260
Publication
263
Brief Remarks on Graduate Study in
Political Science and International Relations
265
Summary
267
Glossary
269
References
281
Index
289
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