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Empirical Political Analysis

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|15 pages

Research as a Process

chapter 2|20 pages

Explaining the Political World: Building Theories and Hypotheses

chapter 3|39 pages

Developing Your Literature Review: What Others Say about Your Topic

chapter 4|13 pages

Designing Your Research and Choosing Your Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

chapter 5|29 pages

From Abstract to Concrete: Operationalization and Measurement

chapter 6|14 pages

Experimental Research: Attributing Causation through Control

chapter 7|20 pages

Who, What, Where, When: The Problem of Sampling

chapter 8|29 pages

Survey Research: Characterizing a Broader Population

chapter 9|14 pages

Combining Multiple Measures: Using Scaling Techniques

chapter 10|15 pages

Content Analysis: Researching Textual Material

chapter 11|17 pages

Aggregate Data: Studying Groups

chapter 12|14 pages

Comparative Research: Identifying Characteristics across Populations

chapter 13|12 pages

Social Network Analysis: Finding Structure in a Complex

chapter 14|13 pages

Coding Data: Preparing Observations for Analysis

chapter 15|13 pages

Tables and Charts: Visually Describing the Data

chapter 16|12 pages

Statistics I: Summarizing Distributions on One Variable

chapter 17|21 pages

Statistics II: Examining Relationships between Two Variables

chapter 18|13 pages

Statistics III: Examining Relationships among Several Variables

chapter 19|23 pages

Direct Observation: Systematically Watching Behavior

chapter 20|18 pages

Focus Group Research: Guided Conversations

chapter 21|12 pages

Elite and Specialized Interviewing: Discussing to Garner Knowledge

chapter 22|15 pages

The Research Report: Diagramming a Sample Article

chapter 23|7 pages

Summary: Overview of a Research Project