Essentials Of Political Research

by Alan Monroe

Overview

This text is a complete introduction to research methods in political science, covering all the topics typically included in a one semester undergraduate-level course. It concentrates on the basics of what a student needs to know how to do to be an effective consumer of scientific research and begin to conduct his or her own research projects. The

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367315535
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alan D. Monroe (Ph.D., Indiana University) has taught introductory research methods at Illinois State University for more than 25 years. He has published research on a variety topics, particularly on public opinion and public policy in the U.S. and has also conducted a number of research projects for governmental agencies and private clients, including surveys for political campaigns.

Table of Contents

1 The Scientific Study of Research Questions - 2 Building Blocks of the Research Process - 3 Research Design - 4 Published Data Sources - 5 Survey Research - 6 Statistics: An Introduction - 7 Graphic Display of Data - 8 Nominal and Ordinal Statistics - 9 Interval Statistics - 10 Multivariate Statistics