Johnson, Janet Buttolph,  1950- <br/><br/>
Working with political science research methods :  problems and exercises / 
Janet Buttolph Johnson, H.T. Reynolds. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  CQ Press,  c2005. 
 - 171 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. +  1 CD-ROM. 
<br/><br/> Includes CD-ROM with data sets and primary texts. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Studying politics scientifically -- Research design -- The building blocks of social scientific research : hypotheses, concepts, and variables -- Conducting a literature review -- The building blocks of social scientific research : measurement -- Making empirical observations : direct and indirect observation -- Document analysis : using the written record -- Sampling -- Elite interviewing and survey research -- Univariate data analysis and descriptive statistics -- Measuring relationships and testing hypotheses : bivariate data analysis -- Searching for complete explanations and causal knowledge : multivariate analysis. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1568029284 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005278048 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political science--Methodology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JA 71  / J67w 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.072