Reynolds, H. T creator Johnson, Janet Buttolph text Los Angeles CQ Press 2012 7th ed. monographic xxxi, 646p. : ill. 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. By Janet Buttolph Johnson and H. T. Reynolds Includes bibliographical references and index POLITICAL SCIENCE-RESEARCH-METHODOLOGY JA 71 Joh 9781608716890 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1608716899 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2011038951 180906 16965886