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Politics --- Methods in social research (general) --- Political science --- Research. --- Research --- Methodology. --- Onderzoeksstrategieën --- Politiek --- Onderzoeksstrategieën. --- Politiek. --- Political science - Research. --- Political science - Research - Methodology.

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Each year, tens of thousands of students who are interested in politics go through a rite of passage : they take a course in research methods. Many find the subject to be boring or confusing, and with good reason. Most of the standard books on research methods fail to highlight the most important concepts and questions. Instead, they brim with dry technical definitions and focus heavily on statistical analysis, slighting other valuable methods. This approach not only dulls potential enjoyment of the course, but prevents students from mastering the skills they need to engage more directly and meaningfully with a wide variety of research. With wit and practical wisdom, the author draws on more than a decade of experience teaching research methods to transform a typically dreary subject and teach budding political scientists the critical skills they need to read published research more effectively and produce better research of their own. The first part of the book is devoted to asking three fundamental questions in political science : What happened ? Why ? Who cares ? In the second section, the author demonstrates how to answer these questions by choosing an appropriate research design, selecting cases, and working with numbers and written documents as evidence. Drawing on examples from American and comparative politics, international relations, and public policy, this book highlights the most common challenges that political scientists routinely face, and each chapter concludes with exercises so that students can practice dealing with those challenges.

POLITICAL SCIENCE--METHODOLOGY --- POLITICAL SCIENCE--RESEARCH --- Methods in social research (general) --- Politics

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Kwantitatieve sociologische onderzoeksmethoden --- Politiek --- Quantitative methods in social research --- Politics --- Political science --- Research --- Political science - Research

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Methods in social research (general) --- Political science --- Science politique --- Research --- Methodology. --- Recherche --- Méthodologie --- Methodology --- Méthodologie --- Political science - Research - Methodology

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The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations offers a comprehensive overview of research processes in social science — from the ideation and design of research projects, through the construction of theoretical arguments, to conceptualization, measurement, & data collection, and quantitative & qualitative empirical analysis — exposited through 65 major new contributions from leading international methodologists. Each chapter surveys, builds upon, and extends the modern state of the art in its area. Following through its six-part organization, undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practicing academics will be guided through the design, methods, and analysis of issues in Political Science and International Relations: Part One: Formulating Good Research Questions & Designing Good Research ProjectsPart Two: Methods of Theoretical ArgumentationPart Three: Conceptualization & MeasurementPart Four: Large-Scale Data Collection & Representation MethodsPart Five: Quantitative-Empirical MethodsPart Six: Qualitative & “Mixed” Methods.

Political science --- International relations --- Research --- Methodology --- Methods in social research (general) --- Political science - Research - Methodology --- International relations - Research - Methodology