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An introduction to political science methods / Robert A. Bernstein, James A. Dyer.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1979.Description: vii, 295 p. : 23 cmISBN:
  • 0134933044 :
  • 9780134933047
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.01 BER-2
Contents:
INTRODUCTION, 1; 1. EXPLANATIONS AND HYPOTHESES; 2. SOURCES OF EXPLANATION; 3. DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT; 4. UNITS OF ANALYSIS: SELECTING THE SAMPLE; 5. DATA COLLECTION AND SOURCES; 6. AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING; 7. PRESENTATION OF PROPERTIES; 8. REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS FOR CATEGORICAL INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; 9. THE EFFECTS OF OTHER VARIABLES AND THE USE OF CONTROLS; 10. ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS: CHANCE; 11. COMPOUND MEASURES; 12. CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS AND TESTS OF SIGNIFICANCE: NOMINAL AND ORDINAL LEVELS; 13. REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS AND SIGNIFICANCE: INTERVAL DEPENDENT VARIABLES; 14. REGRESSION, EXPLANATION, AND CONTROLS: INTERVAL LEVEL VARIABLES; 15. PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER THE RESEARCH DESIGN AND REPORT.
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INTRODUCTION, 1;
1. EXPLANATIONS AND HYPOTHESES;
2. SOURCES OF EXPLANATION;
3. DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT;
4. UNITS OF ANALYSIS: SELECTING THE SAMPLE;
5. DATA COLLECTION AND SOURCES;
6. AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING;
7. PRESENTATION OF PROPERTIES;
8. REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS FOR CATEGORICAL INDEPENDENT VARIABLE;
9. THE EFFECTS OF OTHER VARIABLES AND THE USE OF CONTROLS;
10. ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS: CHANCE;
11. COMPOUND MEASURES;
12. CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS AND TESTS OF SIGNIFICANCE: NOMINAL AND ORDINAL LEVELS;
13. REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS AND SIGNIFICANCE: INTERVAL DEPENDENT VARIABLES;
14. REGRESSION, EXPLANATION, AND CONTROLS: INTERVAL LEVEL VARIABLES;
15. PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER THE RESEARCH DESIGN AND REPORT.