TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Janet Buttolph
AU  - Reynolds,Henry T.
TI  - Political science research methods
SN  - 9781608716890
U1  - 320.072 
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Los Angeles, CA
PB  - SAGE/CQ Press
KW  - Political science
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
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  -