Political research : methods and practical skills / Sandra Halperin, Oliver Heath.

Author/creator Halperin, Sandra author
Other author Heath, Oliver, Dr., author.
Format Book
EditionFourth edition.
PublicationOxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Descriptionxix, 583 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Political research -- Part 1: Philosophy of social science : knowledge and knowing in social science research. -- Forms of knowledge : laws, explanation, and interpretation in the study of the social world -- Objectivity and values -- Part 2: How to do research : an overview. -- Asking questions : how to find and formulate research questions -- Finding answers : theories and how to apply them -- Research design -- What is data? -- Part 3: How to do research in practice. -- Experimental research -- Comparative research -- Historical research -- Surveys -- Interviewing and focus groups -- Ethnography and participant observation -- Textual analysis -- Quantitative analysis : description and inference -- Patterns of association : bivariate analysis -- A guide to multvariate analysis -- Appendix -- Glossary.
General notePrevious edition: 2020.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9780192846068
ISBN019284606X (paperback)

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