The Essentials of Political Analysis - Softcover

Pollock, Philip H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506305830 ISBN 13: 9781506305837

Verlag: CQ Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

"Overall, this is the best political science research methods book I’ve seen."

-William Field, Rutgers University

Building students’ analytic abilities and developing their statistical reasoning with new data, fresh exercises, and engaging examples, this accessible introduction to the essential elements of political analysis walks students through the basics―measuring concepts, describing variables, formulating and testing hypotheses, controlling for alternative explanations, and interpreting graphic displays, and nearly 50 practical exercises motivate them to use their new skills with confidence.

New to this edition:

• All examples updated with current data sources
• Treatment of visual depictions of variables and relationships and enhanced coverage of logistic regression
• A total of 48 end-of-chapter exercises, many new or completely revised
• More accessible discussion of spurious, additive, and interaction relationships
• Coverage of box plots and error bar charts
• New discussion of ways to represent probabilities in logistic regression

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Philip H. Pollock III is a professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. He has taught courses in research methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels for more than thirty years. His main research interests are American public opinion, voting behavior, techniques of quantitative analysis, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. His recent research has been on the effectiveness of Internet-based instruction. Pollock’s research has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Social Science Quarterly, and the British Journal of Political Science. Recent scholarly publications include articles in Political Research Quarterly, the Journal of Political Science Education, and PS: Political Science and Politics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: CQ Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1506305830
• ISBN 13: 9781506305837
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 5
• Anzahl der Seiten: 280
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar