Political research : methods and practical skills
Sandra Halperin and Oliver Heath
- 2nd ed.
- Oxford : Oxford university press, c2017.
- xiii, 469 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Political research -- Forms of knowledge : laws, explanation, and interpretation in the study of the social world -- Objectivity and values -- Asking questions : how to find and formulate research questions -- Finding answers : theories and how to apply them -- Research design -- What is data? -- 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 multivariate analysis.
Political Research: Methods and Practical Skills is the most comprehensive research methods for politics textbook available. Written especially for politics students, its practical and relevant step-by-step approach to the subject equips students with the essential skills they need to successfully conduct independent study and research.