Political analysis technique and practice - White, Louise G.; Clark, Robert P. 1940-. (Australia Cengage Learning, 1999)
Part I: Asking Empirical Questions -- 1. Politics, analysis, and research -- 2. Developing research questions -- 3. Measuring concepts and variables -- Part II: Designing research to answer our questions -- 4. Alternative research designs -- 5. Types of relationships: associations and causality -- 6. Exploring relationships: building theories and causal models -- Part III: Finding information to answer our questions -- 7. Collecting data: surveys and questionnaires -- 8. Collecting data: qualitative data and field research -- 9. Collecting data: working with secondary sources -- Part IV: Analyzing data to answer our research questions -- 10. Describing and analyzing variables -- 11. Measures of relationships -- 12. Determining the significance of our results -- 13. Presenting and analyzing tabular and graphic data -- 14. Designing and writing a research paper.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Political science -- Methodology