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Book SynopsisPractice makes perfect. This new, Fifth Edition of
Working with Political Science Research Methods continues to support student learning by offering the perfect opportunity to practice each of the methods presented in the core text. Designed to be paired with the #em
/em#olitical Science Research Methods 9th edition chapter-for-chapter, the workbook breaks out each aspect of the research process into manageable parts and features new exercises and updated data sets. More than half of the book′s exercises are new or updated and feature more international examples, greater focus on qualitative research methods, and directly correlates with the text′s more condensed layout. A solutions manual with answers to the workbook is available to adopters.
Trade Review"This workbook provides innovative exercises for students to practice applying the lessons of a standard research methods course to political science questions. The activities are useful in class, as assignments, or as the basis for an exam, and can launch great discussions on how and why we do research in the field. I highly recommend this text to all political science research methods instructors." -- Amanda M. Rosen
"The textbook does a great job of translating theory into practice. It is an essential supplement to the textbook that gives students hands-on opportunities to test their understanding of the concepts discussed in the book." -- Ewa Golebiowska
Table of ContentsAbout the Author Acknowledgments Chapter 1 • Introduction: Practice Makes Perfect Chapter 2 • The Empirical Approach to Political Science Chapter 3 • Beginning the Research Process: Identifying a Research Topic, Developing Research Questions, and Reviewing the Literature Chapter 4 • The Building Blocks of Social Scientific Research: Hypotheses, Concepts, Variables, and Measurements Chapter 5 • Sampling Chapter 6 • Research Design: Establishing Causation: Making Causal Inferences Chapter 7 • Qualitative Research: Case Study Designs Chapter 8 • Making Empirical Observations: Qualitative Analysis Chapter 9 • Quantitative Research Designs Chapter 10 • Quantitative Methods Chapter 11 • Making Sense of Data: First Steps Chapter 12 • Testing Relationships Chapter 13 • Analyzing Relationships for Categorical Data Chapter 14 • Regression
