TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reynolds, H. T
AU  - Johnson, Janet Buttolph
TI  - Political science research methods. (7th ed.)
SN  - 9781608716890 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - JA 71 Joh 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - CQ Press
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE-RESEARCH-METHODOLOGY
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -