Research design in political science : how to practice what they preach
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Research design in political science : how to practice what they preach
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
- : pbk
Available at 4 libraries
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Originally published: 2007
Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-240) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of 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 Researchers
- A.Dur Falsification in Theory-Guided Empirical Social Research
- D.De Bievre Lessons for the Dialogue between Theory and Data
- T.Gschwend & F.Schimmelfennig
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