Empirical research and writing a political science student's practical guide - Powner, Leanne C. (Thousand Oaks, California SAGE/CQ Press, 2015)
Part I: The preliminaries. From research topic to research question ; From research question to theory to hypothesis -- Part II: The practicalities. Doing pre-research ; Choosing a design that fits your question ; Case selection and study design for qualitative research ; Qualitative data collection and management ; Quantitative data collection and management ; Preparing quantitative data for analysis ; Writing up you research -- Part III: Post-paper processes. Practicing peer review ; Posters, presentations, and publishing.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index
Keywords: Political science -- Research -- Methodology; Political science -- Authorship; Academic writing