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Research methods in politics: a practical guide/ Roger Pierce

By: Pierce, Roger Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Sage, 2008Description: xi, 339 p. ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781412935517 Subject(s): Political science -- Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 320.072

Contents:

PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONIntroductionPower in Research, Ethics, Data Protection and BiasThe Philosophy and Principles of Research PART TWO: METHODOLOGIESQualitative versus Quantitative Methods A Relevant Argument?Collecting Data Sets Case Studies, Experimental, Comparative, Longitudinal and Action Research Models PART THREE: COLLECTING INFORMATIONCritically Evaluating Published ResearchEvaluating Information Validity, Reliability, Accuracy, TriangulationCompleting a Literature Review Accessing Published InformationAsking Questions Effective Elite Interviews, Vignettes, Projective Questions and Focus GroupsQuestionnaire SurveysObservation PART FOUR: DATA ANALYSISAnalyzing Research Data The Process PART FOUR A: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSISCalculating and Interpretating Descriptive StatisticsUsing and Understanding Inferential StatisticsTesting for AssociationApplying Factor Analysis and Other Advanced Techniques PART FOUR B: QUALITATIVE ANALYSISAnalyzing Qualitative Information Classifying, Coding and Interpreting InformationUsing Content AnalysisUnderstanding and Adopting Discourse and Narrative AnalysisP ART FIVE: COMMUNICATING RESEARCH Writing Up

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University	320.072 OIE/R (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		48907

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [330]-334) and index.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONIntroductionPower in Research, Ethics, Data Protection and BiasThe Philosophy and Principles of Research
PART TWO: METHODOLOGIESQualitative versus Quantitative Methods A Relevant Argument?Collecting Data Sets Case Studies, Experimental, Comparative, Longitudinal and Action Research Models
PART THREE: COLLECTING INFORMATIONCritically Evaluating Published ResearchEvaluating Information Validity, Reliability, Accuracy, TriangulationCompleting a Literature Review Accessing Published InformationAsking Questions Effective Elite Interviews, Vignettes, Projective Questions and Focus GroupsQuestionnaire SurveysObservation
PART FOUR: DATA ANALYSISAnalyzing Research Data The Process
PART FOUR A: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSISCalculating and Interpretating Descriptive StatisticsUsing and Understanding Inferential StatisticsTesting for AssociationApplying Factor Analysis and Other Advanced Techniques
PART FOUR B: QUALITATIVE ANALYSISAnalyzing Qualitative Information Classifying, Coding and Interpreting InformationUsing Content AnalysisUnderstanding and Adopting Discourse and Narrative AnalysisP
ART FIVE: COMMUNICATING RESEARCH Writing Up

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