
Nguồn ngoài
Introduction to Political Science Research Methods
This text surveys the research methods employed in political science. The textbook includes chapters that cover: history and development of the empirical study of politics; the scientific method; theories, hypotheses, variables, and units; conceptualization, operationalization and measurement of political concepts; elements of research design including the logic of sampling; qualitative and quantitative research methods and means of analysis; and research ethics.
- Tác giả
- Josue Franco
- Nhà xuất bản
- Cuyamaca College
- Nguồn
- LibreTexts
- Giấy phép
- CC BY-NC
- Ngôn ngữ
- EN
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- Khoa học cơ bản
Mục lục· 100 mục
- 01: Introduction
- 1.01: Welcome
- 1.02: The Social Network of Political Science
- 1.03: Organization of the Book
- 1.04: Analyzing Journal Articles
- 1.05: Research Paper Project Management
- 1.06: Key Terms Glossary
- 1.07: Summary
- 1.08: Review Questions
- 1.09: Suggestions for Further Study
- 02: History and Development of the Emperical Study of Politics
- 2.01: Brief History of Empirical Study of Politics
- 2.02: The Institutional Wave
- 2.03: The Behavioral Wave
- 2.04: Currents- Qualitative versus Quantitative
- 2.05: Currents- Politics- Normative and Positive Views
- 2.06: Emerging Wave- Experimental Political Science
- 2.07: Emerging Wave- Big Data and Machine Learning
- 2.08: Key Terms Glossary
- 2.09: Summary
- 2.10: Review Questions
- 2.11: Critical Thinking Questions
- 2.12: Suggestions for Further Study
- 03: The Scientific Method
- 3.01: Philosophy of Science
- 3.02: Whats is the Scientific Method
- 3.03: Applying the Scientific Method to Political Phenomena
- 3.04: Key Terms Glossary
- 3.05: Summary
- 3.06: Review Questions
- 3.07: Critical Thinking Questions
- 3.08: Suggestions for Further Reading Study
- 04: Theories Hypotheses Variables and Units
- 4.01: Correlation and Causation
- 4.02: Theory Constrution
- 4.03: Generating Hypotheses from Theories
- 4.04: Exploring Variables
- 4.05: Units of Observation and Units of Analysis
- 4.06: Casual Modeling
- 4.07: Key Terms Glossary
- 4.08: Critical Thinking Problems
- 4.09: Review Questions
- 4.10: Critical Thinking Questions
- 4.11: Critical Thinking Questions
- 05: Conceptualization Operationalization Measurement
- 5.01: Conceptualization in Political Science
- 5.02: Operationalization
- 5.03: Measurement
- 5.04: Key Terms Glossary
- 5.05: Summary
- 5.06: Review Questions
- 5.07: Critical Thinking Questions
- 5.08: Suggestions for Further Study
- 06: Elements of Research Design
- 6.01: Introduction- Building with a Blueprint
- 6.02: Types of Design- Experimental and Nonexperimental Designs
- 6.03: Components of Design- Sampling
- 6.04: Components of Design- Observations
- 6.05: Key Terms Glossary
- 6.06: Summary
- 6.07: Review Questions
- 6.08: Critical Thinking Questions
- 6.09: Suggestions for Further Study
- 07: Qualitative Methods
- 7.01: What are Qualitative Methods
- 7.02: Interviews
- 7.03: Exploring Documentary Sources
- 7.04: Ethnographic Research
- 7.05: Case Studies
- 7.06: Key Terms Glossary
- 7.07: Summary
- 7.08: Review Questions
- 7.09: Critical Thinking Questions
- 7.10: Suggestions for Further Study
- 08: Quantitative Research Methods and Means of Analysis
- 8.01: What are Quantitative Methods
- 8.02: Making Sense of Data
- 8.03: Introduction to Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing
- 8.04: Interpreting Statistical Tables in Political Science Articles
- 8.5: Key Terms
- 8.05: Summary
- 8.06: Review Questions
- 8.07: Critical Thinking Questions
- 8.08: Suggestions for Further Study
- 09: Research Ethics
- 9.01: Ethics in Political Research
- 9.02: Research Ethics
- 9.03: Navigating Qualitative Data Collection
- 9.04: Research Ethics in Quantitative Research
- 9.05: Ethically Analyzing and Sharing Co-generated Knowledge
- 9.06: Key Terms Glossary
- 9.07: Summary
- 9.08: Review Questions
- 9.09: Critical Thinking Questions
- 9.10: Suggestions for Further Study
- 10: Conclusion
- 10.01: Congratulations
- 10.02: The Path Forward
- 10.03: Frontiers of Political Science Research Methods
- 10.04: How to Contribute to this OER