From the Book - 8th edition.
Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Research as a process
Ch. 2 Explaining the political world : building theories and hypotheses
Ch. 3 Developing your literature review : what others say about your topic
Ch. 4 Designing your research and choosing your qualitative and quantitative methods
Ch. 5 From abstract to concrete : operationalization and measurement
Ch. 6 Experimental research : attributing causation through control
Ch. 7 Who, what, where, when : the problem of sampling
Ch. 8 Survey research : characterizing a broader population
Ch. 9 Combining multiple measures : using scaling techniques
Ch. 10 Content analysis : researching textual material
Ch. 11 Aggregate data : studying groups
Ch. 12 Comparative research : identifying characteristics across populations
Ch. 13 Social network analysis : finding structure in a complex world
Ch. 14 Coding data : preparing observations for analysis
Ch. 15 Tables and charts : visually describing the data
Ch. 16 Statistics I : summarizing distributions on one variable
Ch. 17 Statistics II : examining relationships between two variables
Ch. 18 Statistics III : examining relationships among several variables
Ch. 19 Direct observation : systematically watching behavior
Ch. 20 Focus group research : guided conversations
Ch. 21 Elite and specialized interviewing : discussing to garner knowledge
Ch. 22 research report : diagramming a sample article
Ch. 23 Summary : overview of a research project
App. A Statistical tables
App. B Ethical standards in empirical research.
