TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pierce,Roger
TI  - Research methods in politics: a practical guide
SN  - 9781412935517 
U1  - 320.072 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Sage
KW  - Political science
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
N1  - 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
ER  -