Book: Introduction to Political Science Research Methods (Franco et al.)
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- 76154
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- 2: History and Development of the Empirical Study of Politics
- 2.1: Brief History of Empirical Study of Politics
- 2.2: The Institutional Wave
- 2.3: The Behavioral Wave
- 2.4: Currents- Qualitative versus Quantitative
- 2.5: Currents- Politics- Normative and Positive Views
- 2.6: Emerging Wave- Experimental Political Science
- 2.7: Emerging Wave- Big Data and Machine Learning
- 2.8: Key Terms/Glossary
- 2.9: Summary
- 2.10: Review Questions
- 2.11: Critical Thinking Questions
- 2.12: Suggestions for Further Study
- 4: Theories, Hypotheses, Variables, and Units
- 4.1: Correlation and Causation
- 4.2: Theory Constrution
- 4.3: Generating Hypotheses from Theories
- 4.4: Exploring Variables
- 4.5: Units of Observation and Units of Analysis
- 4.6: Casual Modeling
- 4.7: Key Terms/Glossary
- 4.8: Critical Thinking Problems
- 4.9: Review Questions
- 4.10: Critical Thinking Questions
- 4.11: Critical Thinking Questions
- 6: Elements of Research Design
- 6.1: Introduction- Building with a Blueprint
- 6.2: Types of Design- Experimental and Nonexperimental Designs
- 6.3: Components of Design- Sampling
- 6.4: Components of Design- Observations
- 6.5: Key Terms/Glossary
- 6.6: Summary
- 6.7: Review Questions
- 6.8: Critical Thinking Questions
- 6.9: Suggestions for Further Study
- 8: Quantitative Research Methods and Means of Analysis
- 8.1: What are Quantitative Methods
- 8.2: Making Sense of Data
- 8.3: Introduction to Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing
- 8.4: Interpreting Statistical Tables in Political Science Articles
- 8.6: Summary
- 8.7: Review Questions
- 8.8: Critical Thinking Questions
- 8.9: Suggestions for Further Study
- 8.5: Key Terms
- 9: Research Ethics
- 9.1: Ethics in Political Research
- 9.2: Research Ethics
- 9.3: Navigating Qualitative Data Collection
- 9.4: Research Ethics in Quantitative Research
- 9.5: Ethically Analyzing and Sharing Co-generated Knowledge
- 9.6: Key Terms/Glossary
- 9.7: Summary
- 9.8: Review Questions
- 9.9: Critical Thinking Questions
- 9.10: Suggestions for Further Study