TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ethridge,Marcus E.
TI  - The Political Research Experience: Readings and Analysis
SN  - 9781315699295
AV  - JA86 -- .E847 2015eb 
U1  - 320/.072 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Political science - Research
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: A Science of Politics -- 2. The Logic of Research Design: Experiments and Quasi-Experiments -- Excerpt 1. Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr., and Shanto Iyengar, "Prime Suspects: The Influence of Local Television News on the Viewing Public. -- Excerpt 2. J. Eric Oliver and Tali Mendelberg, "Reconsidering the Environmental Determinants of White Racial Attitudes. -- 3. Measurement and Operationalization I: Variables Pertaining to Aggregate Units -- Excerpt 3. William D. Berry, Evan J. Ringquist, Richard C. Fording, and Russell L. Hanson, "Measuring Citizen and Government Ideology in the American States, 1960-1993. -- Excerpt 4. Charles D. Brockett, "Measuring Political Violence and Land Inequality in Central America. -- 4. Measurement and Operationalization II: Variables Pertaining to Individual Behavior -- Excerpt 5. Lyn Ragsdale and Jerrold G. Rusk, "Who Are Nonvoters? Profiles from the 1990 Senate Elections. -- Excerpt 6. Nancy Bums, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Sidney Verba, "The Public Consequences of Private Inequality: Family Life and Citizen Participation. -- 5. Surveys -- Excerpt 7. Stanley Feldman and John Zaller, "The Political Culture of Ambivalence: Ideological Responses to the Welfare State. -- Excerpt 8. James L. Gibson, "Social Networks, Civil Society, and the Prospects for Consolidating Russia's Democratic Transition. -- 6. Indexing -- Excerpt 9. Thomas M. Holbrook and Emily Van Dunk, "Electoral Competition in the American States. -- 7. Content Analysis -- Excerpt 10. Russell J. Dalton, Paul A. Beck, and Robert Huckfeldt, "Partisan Cues and the Media: Information Flows in the 1992 Presidential Election. -- 8. Sampling -- Excerpt 11. J. Eric Oliver, "City Size and Civic Involvement in Metropolitan America; 9. Rational Choice Analysis -- Excerpt 12. Morris P. Fiorina, "Divided Government in the American States: A Byproduct of Legislative Professionalism? -- 10. Univariate Analysis: Statistics of a Single Variable -- Excerpt 13. Fred I. Greenstein", The Benevolent Leader Revisited: Children's Images of Political Leaders in Three Democracies. -- 11. Bivariate Analysis: Statistics of Two Variables -- Excerpt 14. Charles Cameron, David Epstein, and Sharyn O'Halloran, "Do Majority-Minority Districts Maximize Substantive Black Representation in Congress? -- 12. Multivariate Analysis: Statistics of More Than Two Variables -- Excerpt 15. J. Eric Oliver, "City Size and Civic Involvement in Metropolitan America. -- Excerpt 16. Diana C. Mutz, "Mass Media and the Depoliticization of Personal Experience. -- 13. Scientific Principles in Political Study: Some Enduring Controversies -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - Organized to complement an introductory course in political science research methods, this work aims to help students understand research as it is actually practiced. Each chapter opens with an explanation of basic concepts and methods of political research
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