Political research : methods and practical skills / Sandra Halperin, Oliver Heath.
| Author/creator | Halperin, Sandra author |
| Other author | Heath, Oliver, Dr., author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Fourth edition. |
| Publication | Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025] |
| Description | xix, 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 note | Previous edition: 2020. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 9780192846068 |
| ISBN | 019284606X (paperback) |
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