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008			780816s1979 njua b 001 0 eng
020			_a0134933044 : _c$8.95
020			_a9780134933047
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100	1		_aBernstein, Robert A. _q(Robert Alan), _d1944-
245	1	3	_aAn introduction to political science methods / _cRobert A. Bernstein, James A. Dyer.
260			_aEnglewood Cliffs, N.J. : _bPrentice-Hall, _cc1979.
300			_avii, 295 p. : _c23 cm.
505			_aINTRODUCTION, 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.
650		0	_aPolitical science _xMethodology.
650		0	_aPolitical science _xResearch.
700	1		_aDyer, James A., _ejoint author.
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