| Contents |
Ch. 1. The research process -- Ch. 2. Theory building : concepts and hypotheses in political research -- Ch. 3. Setting the foundation : techniques of systematic bibliographic search -- Ch. 4. Internet research -- Ch. 5. From abstract to concrete : operationalization and measurement -- Ch. 6. Working from a plan : considerations in research design -- Ch. 7. Who, what, where, when : the problem of sampling -- Ch. 8. Survey research -- Ch. 9. Scaling techniques -- Ch. 10. Content analysis -- Ch. 11. Sources and applications of aggregate data -- Ch. 12. Comparative research -- Ch. 13. Social network analysis : finding structure in a complex world -- Ch. 14. Data preparation and data processing. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Empirical political analysis. 6th ed. New York : Pearson/Longman, ©2006 |
| Genre/form | Educational tools (form) |
| LCCN | 2005008140 |
| ISBN | 0321298608 (hd. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780321298607 (hd. ; alk. paper) |
| Standard identifier# |
9780321298607 |
