Roger Pierce

Research Methods in Politics

A Practical Guide

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Research Methods in Politics is an accessible and student-friendly guide to the use of qualitative and quantitative methods in researching politics. This clearly written book is ideal for use on introductory methods courses and its helpful structure also makes it a useful guide for readers who are doing their own research project. The inclusion of chapter objectives, regular summaries, questions for discussion, and tasks and assignments, makes this the must-have text for anyone studying research methods as part of an undergraduate or graduate politics course.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 191mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9781412935500
• ISBN-10: 1412935504
• Artikelnr.: 23336531

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Power in Research, Ethics, Data Protection and Bias
The Philosophy and Principles of Research
PART TWO: METHODOLOGIES
Qualitative versus Quantitative Methods
A Relevant Argument?
Collecting Data Sets
Case Studies, Experimental, Comparative, Longitudinal and Action Research
Models
PART THREE: COLLECTING INFORMATION
Critically Evaluating Published Research
Evaluating Information
Validity, Reliability, Accuracy, Triangulation
Completing a Literature Review
Accessing Published Information
Asking Questions
Effective Elite Interviews, Vignettes, Projective Questions and Focus
Groups
Questionnaire Surveys
Observation
PART FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS
Analyzing Research Data
The Process
PART FOUR A: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
Calculating and Interpretating Descriptive Statistics
Using and Understanding Inferential Statistics
Testing for Association
Applying Factor Analysis and Other Advanced Techniques
PART FOUR B: QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
Analyzing Qualitative Information
Classifying, Coding and Interpreting Information
Using Content Analysis
Understanding and Adopting Discourse and Narrative Analysis
PART FIVE: COMMUNICATING RESEARCH
Writing Up