Research design in political science How to practice what they preach /
When embarking on a new research project students face the same core research design issues. This volume provides readers with practical guidelines for both qualitative and quantitative designs, discusses the typical trade-offs involved in choosing them and is rich in examples from actual research.
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When embarking on a new research project students face the same core research design issues. This volume provides readers with practical guidelines for both qualitative and quantitative designs, discusses the typical trade-offs involved in choosing them and is rich in examples from actual research. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230019478, 2007. |
Carrier Form: | 256 p. |
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9780230019478 9780230598881 : 0230598889 : |
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Contents: | Designing Research in Political Science-- T.Gschwend & F.Schimmelfennig Increasing the Relevance of Research Questions-- M.Lehnert, B.Miller & A.Wonka Concept Specification in Political Science Research-- A.Wonka Typologies in Social Inquiry-- M.Lehnert Making Measures Capture Concepts-- B.Miller Achieving Comparability of Secondary Data-- J.Rathke Dealing Effectively with Selection Bias in Large-n Research-- J.Thiem Case Selection and Selection Bias in Small-n Research-- D.Leuffen Selecting Independent Variables-- U.Sieberer Discriminating among Rival Explanations: Some Tools for Small-n Re |