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245 14 a| The essentials of political analysis /c| Philip H. Pollock III.;

250 a| 3rd ed.;

300 a| xviii, 256 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index.;

505 0 a| Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- What This Book Is About -- Facts and Values in Perspective -- The Scientific Approach -- Conclusion -- 1. The Definition and Measurement of Concepts -- Conceptual Definitions -- Clarifying a Concept -- A Template for Writing a Conceptual Definition -- Operational Definitions -- Measurement Error -- Reliability and Validity -- Evaluating Reliability -- Evaluating Validity -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 2. Measuring and Describing Variables -- Measuring Variables -- Levels of Measurement -- Additive Indexes -- Describing Variables -- Central Tendency and Dispersion -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 3. Proposing Explanations, Framing Hypotheses, and Making Comparisons -- Proposing Explanations -- Framing Hypotheses -- Intervening Variables -- Making Comparisons -- Cross-Tabulations -- Mean Comparisons -- Graphing Relationships and Describing Patterns -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 4. Research Design and the Logic of Control -- Experimental Studies -- Random Assignment -- A Laboratory Experiment -- A Field Experiment.;

505 0 a| Observational Studies -- A Natural Experiment -- Controlled Comparisons -- Three Scenarios: X Y, Controlling for Z -- Spurious Relationships -- Additive Relationships -- Interaction Relationships -- The Many Faces of Interaction -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 5. Making Controlled Comparisons -- Cross-Tabulation Analysis -- Control Tables -- Partial Effect -- Identifying the Pattern -- Graphing Controlled Comparisons -- An Example of Interaction -- Mean Comparison Analysis -- An Example of Additive Relationships -- Another Example of Interaction -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 6. Foundations of Statistical Inference -- Population Parameters and Sample Statistics -- Random Sampling -- Sample Size and Random Sampling Error -- Variation Revisited: The Standard Deviation -- n and -- The Standard Error of a Sample Mean -- The Central Limit Theorem and the Normal Distribution -- Inference Using the Normal Distribution -- Inference Using the Students' T -Distribution -- What About Sample Proportions? -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 7. Tests of Significance and Measures of Association -- Statistical Significance.;

505 0 a| Comparing Two Sample Means -- Comparing Two Sample Proportions -- The Chi-square Test of Significance -- Measures of Association -- Lambda -- A Problem with Lambda -- Somers' d yx -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 8. Correlation and Linear Regression -- Correlation -- Bivariate Regression -- R -Square -- Adjusted R -square -- Dummy Variable Regression -- Multiple Regression -- Interaction Effects in Multiple Regression -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 9. Logistic Regression -- The Logistic Regression Approach -- Finding the Best Fit: Maximum Likelihood Estimation -- Logistic Regression with Multiple Independent Variables -- Working with Probabilities -- The Probability Profile Method -- The Sample Averages Method -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 10. Thinking Empirically, Thinking Probabilistically -- Thinking Empirically -- Thinking Probabilistically -- Notes -- Index.;

520 a| "Student anxiety runs high given the seemingly intimidating nature of the methods course. Philip Pollock's first order of business is to get math-phobic students comfortable learning and using the tools of political analysis. Brief and accessible, his text walks students through the basics - measuring concepts, formulating and testing hypotheses, describing variables - and uses key terms, chapter-opening objectives, more than eighty tables and figures, and class-tested chapter exercises to promote skill application and aid student review. Fully up-to-date with new exercises and data, this third edition includes a new chapter devoted to measuring and describing variables, as well as fresh coverage of multiple regression and research design."--Publisher's website.;

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The essentials of political analysis / Philip H. Pollock III.

Author/creator	Pollock, Philip H.
Format	Book
Edition	3rd ed.
Publication Info	Washington, DC : CQ Press, ©2009.
Description	xviii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Supplemental Content	Additional Information at Google Books
Subjects	Political science--Research. --Methodology. --Textbooks.

Contents	Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- What This Book Is About -- Facts and Values in Perspective -- The Scientific Approach -- Conclusion -- 1. The Definition and Measurement of Concepts -- Conceptual Definitions -- Clarifying a Concept -- A Template for Writing a Conceptual Definition -- Operational Definitions -- Measurement Error -- Reliability and Validity -- Evaluating Reliability -- Evaluating Validity -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 2. Measuring and Describing Variables -- Measuring Variables -- Levels of Measurement -- Additive Indexes -- Describing Variables -- Central Tendency and Dispersion -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 3. Proposing Explanations, Framing Hypotheses, and Making Comparisons -- Proposing Explanations -- Framing Hypotheses -- Intervening Variables -- Making Comparisons -- Cross-Tabulations -- Mean Comparisons -- Graphing Relationships and Describing Patterns -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 4. Research Design and the Logic of Control -- Experimental Studies -- Random Assignment -- A Laboratory Experiment -- A Field Experiment.
Contents	Observational Studies -- A Natural Experiment -- Controlled Comparisons -- Three Scenarios: X Y, Controlling for Z -- Spurious Relationships -- Additive Relationships -- Interaction Relationships -- The Many Faces of Interaction -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 5. Making Controlled Comparisons -- Cross-Tabulation Analysis -- Control Tables -- Partial Effect -- Identifying the Pattern -- Graphing Controlled Comparisons -- An Example of Interaction -- Mean Comparison Analysis -- An Example of Additive Relationships -- Another Example of Interaction -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 6. Foundations of Statistical Inference -- Population Parameters and Sample Statistics -- Random Sampling -- Sample Size and Random Sampling Error -- Variation Revisited: The Standard Deviation -- n and -- The Standard Error of a Sample Mean -- The Central Limit Theorem and the Normal Distribution -- Inference Using the Normal Distribution -- Inference Using the Students' T -Distribution -- What About Sample Proportions? -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 7. Tests of Significance and Measures of Association -- Statistical Significance.
Contents	Comparing Two Sample Means -- Comparing Two Sample Proportions -- The Chi-square Test of Significance -- Measures of Association -- Lambda -- A Problem with Lambda -- Somers' d yx -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 8. Correlation and Linear Regression -- Correlation -- Bivariate Regression -- R -Square -- Adjusted R -square -- Dummy Variable Regression -- Multiple Regression -- Interaction Effects in Multiple Regression -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 9. Logistic Regression -- The Logistic Regression Approach -- Finding the Best Fit: Maximum Likelihood Estimation -- Logistic Regression with Multiple Independent Variables -- Working with Probabilities -- The Probability Profile Method -- The Sample Averages Method -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- 10. Thinking Empirically, Thinking Probabilistically -- Thinking Empirically -- Thinking Probabilistically -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract	"Student anxiety runs high given the seemingly intimidating nature of the methods course. Philip Pollock's first order of business is to get math-phobic students comfortable learning and using the tools of political analysis. Brief and accessible, his text walks students through the basics - measuring concepts, formulating and testing hypotheses, describing variables - and uses key terms, chapter-opening objectives, more than eighty tables and figures, and class-tested chapter exercises to promote skill application and aid student review. Fully up-to-date with new exercises and data, this third edition includes a new chapter devoted to measuring and describing variables, as well as fresh coverage of multiple regression and research design."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Pollock, Philip H. Essentials of political analysis. 3rd ed. Washington, DC : CQ Press, ©2009
Genre/form	Textbooks.
Genre/form	Leermiddelen (vorm)
Genre/form	Textbooks.
LCCN	2008038530
ISBN	9780872896062 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN	0872896064 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

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