Political Science Research Methods,9781568023298

Political Science Research Methods

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ISBN13: 9781568023298
ISBN10: 1568023294
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Pub. Date: 2001-03-01
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Table of Contents

Tables, Figures, and Helpful Hints
xi
Preface xvii
Introduction
1(21)
Research on Regime Stability
3(3)
Repression of Human Rights
6(2)
Welfare: A Reaction to Civil Unrest?
8(2)
Does Economic Development Promote Democracy?
10(1)
Investigating Popular Influence on Public Policy
11(1)
A Look into Judicial Decision Making
12(3)
Influencing Bureaucracies
15(1)
Effects of Campaign Advertising on Voters
16(2)
Conclusion
18(1)
Notes
19(1)
Terms Introduced
20(1)
Exercises
21(1)
Studying Politics Scientifically
22(23)
Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge
23(8)
Acquiring Scientific Knowledge: Induction and Deduction
31(3)
Is Political Science Really ``Science''?
34(2)
A Brief History of Political Science as a Discipline
36(4)
Traditional Political Science
36(1)
Modern Political Science
37(3)
Conclusion
40(1)
Notes
41(1)
Terms Introduced
42(1)
Exercises
43(1)
Suggested Readings
44(1)
The Building Blocks of Social Scientific Research: Hypotheses, Concepts, and Variables
45(27)
Specifying the Research Question
45(3)
Proposing Explanations
48(5)
Formulating Hypotheses
53(11)
Characteristics of Good Hypotheses
54(6)
Specifying Units of Analysis
60(4)
Defining Concepts
64(4)
Conclusion
68(1)
Notes
68(1)
Terms Introduced
69(1)
Exercises
70(1)
Suggested Readings
70(2)
The Building Blocks of Social Scientific Research: Measurement
72(39)
Devising Measurement Strategies
73(1)
Examples of Political Measurement
74(7)
The Accuracy of Measurements
81(11)
Reliability
82(2)
Validity
84(6)
Problems with Reliability and Validity in Political Science Measurement
90(2)
The Precision of Measurements
92(3)
Multi-item Measures
95(10)
Indexes
96(2)
Scales
98(5)
Factor Analysis
103(2)
Conclusion
105(1)
Notes
106(1)
Terms Introduced
107(1)
Exercises
108(1)
Suggested Readings
109(2)
Research Design
111(43)
Experimentation
112(6)
Internal Validity
114(2)
External Validity
116(1)
Control over Assignment of Subjects
117(1)
Experimental Designs
118(15)
Simple Post-test Design
118(1)
Pre-test/Post-test Design
119(3)
Time Series Design
122(1)
Multigroup Design
123(2)
Factorial Design
125(1)
Solomon Four-Group Design
126(2)
The New Jersey Income-Maintenance Field Experiment
128(5)
Nonexperimental Designs
133(14)
Time Series Design
133(5)
Cross-sectional Design
138(3)
Panel Study Design
141(2)
Case Study Design
143(4)
Conclusion
147(1)
Notes
148(1)
Terms Introduced
149(2)
Exercises
151(2)
Suggested Readings
153(1)
Conducting a Literature Review
154(28)
Selecting a Research Topic
154(1)
Popular and Political Journals and Magazines
154(1)
Journals and Magazines with a Government and Policy Focus
155(1)
Reasons for Conducting a Literature Review
155(4)
Conducting a Literature Review
159(1)
Using the Internet to Conduct a Literature Review
160(11)
Surfing the Net
164(3)
Conducting an Effective Electronic Literature Review
167(3)
Ensuring a Reliable Internet Literature Review
170(1)
Printed Research Sources
171(9)
Professional Journals in Political Science and Related Fields
171(1)
Journals of National and Regional Political Science Associations
171(1)
Specialized Journals and Journals from Related Disciplines
172(3)
Indexes, Bibliographies, and Abstracts
175(3)
Compact Disc Databases
178(1)
Newspaper Indexes
178(1)
Book Reviews
179(1)
Conference Proceedings
179(1)
Conclusion
180(1)
Notes
180(1)
Terms Introduced
180(1)
Exercises
181(1)
Suggested Readings
181(1)
Sampling
182(34)
Population or Sample?
183(1)
The Basics of Sampling
184(3)
Types of Samples
187(10)
Simple Random Samples
188(2)
Systematic Samples
190(1)
Stratified Samples
191(3)
Cluster Samples
194(2)
Nonprobability Samples
196(1)
Sample and Statistical Inference
197(11)
Sampling Distribution
198(7)
The Margin of Error and Sample Size
205(3)
Conclusion
208(1)
Notes
209(1)
Terms Introduced
210(2)
Exercises
212(3)
Suggested Readings
215(1)
Making Empirical Observations: Direct and Indirect Observation
216(21)
Types of Data and Collection Techniques
216(4)
Observation
220(2)
Direct Observation
222(5)
Indirect Observation
227(3)
Physical Trace Measures
228(1)
Validity Problems with Indirect Observation
229(1)
Ethical Issues in Observation
230(3)
Conclusion
233(1)
Notes
234(1)
Terms Introduced
235(1)
Suggested Readings
236(1)
Document Analysis: Using the Written Record
237(34)
Types of Written Records
238(17)
The Episodic Record
238(6)
The Running Record
244(7)
The Running Record and Episodic Record Compared
251(1)
The Uniform Crime Report
252(3)
Content Analysis
255(8)
Content Analysis Procedures
256(3)
News Coverage of Presidential Campaigns
259(4)
Advantages and Disadvantages of the Written Record
263(4)
Conclusion
267(1)
Notes
268(1)
Terms Introduced
269(1)
Exercises
270(1)
Suggested Readings
270(1)
Elite Interviewing and Survey Research
271(34)
Elite Interviewing
272(4)
Survey Research
276(21)
Question Wording
277(3)
Question Type
280(4)
Question Order
284(2)
Questionnaire Design
286(1)
Mailed Questionnaires and Telephone and Personal Interviews
287(10)
Conclusion
297(1)
Notes
297(4)
Terms Introduced
301(1)
Exercises
302(2)
Suggested Readings
304(1)
Univariate Data Analysis and Description Statistics
305(33)
Frequency Distributions
307(11)
Descriptive Statistics
318(9)
Descriptive Statistics for Nominal Level Variables
319(2)
Descriptive Statistics for Ordinal Level Measures
321(2)
Descriptive Statistics for Interval and Ratio Level Measures
323(4)
The Normal Distribution
327(3)
The Normal Distribution and Statistical Inference
330(3)
Conclusion
333(1)
Notes
334(1)
Terms Introduced
335(1)
Exercises
336(1)
Suggested Readings
337(1)
Measuring Relationships and Testing Hypotheses: Bivariate Data Analysis
338(55)
Crosstabulation
340(23)
Statistical Independence
347(2)
Example of a Crosstab Analysis
349(1)
Measures of Association
350(7)
Statistical Significance
357(6)
Difference of Means Test and Analysis of Variance
363(6)
Regression
369(16)
Correlation Analysis
377(6)
Other Issues
383(2)
Conclusion
385(1)
Notes
385(1)
Terms Introduced
386(2)
Exercises
388(3)
Suggested Readings
391(2)
Searching for Complete Explanations and Causal Knowledge: Multivariate Data Analysis
393(44)
Multivariate Analysis of Categorical Data
395(7)
Two-Way Analysis of Variance
402(3)
Multiple Regression
405(7)
Estimation and Calculation of a Regression Equation
408(1)
Standardized Regression Coefficients
408(1)
Measuring the Goodness of Fit and Testing for Significance
409(3)
Logistic Regression
412(18)
Estimating the Model's Coefficients
418(1)
Measures of Fit
419(3)
Testing Hypotheses
422(2)
An Alternative Interpretation of Logistic Regression Coefficients
424(3)
A substantive Example
427(3)
Conclusion
430(1)
Notes
431(1)
Terms Introduced
432(1)
Exercises
433(2)
Suggested Readings
435(2)
The Research Report: An Annotated Example
437(20)
The Effects of State Abortion Policies on States' Abortion Rates
438(17)
Conclusion
455(1)
Exercise
455(2)
Appendix 457(10)
Glossary 467(14)
Index 481

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