The essentials of political analysis
By: Philip H. Pollock III
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781568029979
Subjects: Political science -- Research -- Methodology -- Textbooks.; Science politique -- Recherche -- Méthodologie -- Manuels d'enseignement supérieur.
Genres: Textbooks.; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur.
Description: "Presents the logic and practice of political analysis--including concepts, measurement, and hypothesis testing. Covers basic statistical skills, correlation and least squares regression, and binary logistic regression. Provides examples, key terms, and exercises and is accompanied by a workbook"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Measurement of Concepts; title: Explanations and Hypotheses; title: Describing Variables and Making Comparisons; title: The "How Else?" Question: Making Controlled Comparisons; title: Sampling and Inference; title: Tests of Significance and Measures of Association; title: Correlation and Linear Regression; title: Logistic Regression; title: Thinking Empirically, Thinking Probabilistically.