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About this book
The comparative method is fundamental and critical for political scientists, and especially those interested in comparative politics. Such questions as how democratic is the United States, how rich is Germany, and how ethnically complex is Nigeria-and what effects these attributes have on important political phenomena-cannot be analyzed except comparatively. To understand politics we need to think in terms of concepts, processes, behavior and authority patterns that transcend specific regions or nation-states. Comparative Analysis of Nations is designed to address three questions confronting the study of politics: (1) What do I do once I have identified a question that I want to explore within a cross-national perspective? (2) How do I proceed so I adequately address this question? (3) Why should I proceed with this particular study plan? Perry and Robertson examine how to conceptualize, operationalize, measure, sample, analyze, and evaluate these research questions. In clear language they stress the logic behind basic techniques of quantitative analysis, issues of measurement and hypothesis testing, basic techniques of hypothesis testing (tabular analysis, ANOVA, scatterplots, bivariate regression) and advanced bivariate analysis (curvilinear and multiple regression). The book requires no previous training in statistics or math. Cross-national data sets accompany the book on a CD-ROM and are compatible with the popular SPSS package. The data sets enable the instructor the opportunity to engage the students directly in devising their own modified models of analysis to complement and extend the demonstrations within the text. In sum, the text integrates the core tools and strategies of social science analysis within a framework that highlights the quantitative study of comparative politics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Application Demonstrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Elements of the Science of Comparing Nations
- 2 Strategies of Comparative Political Inquiry
- 3 The Role of Univariate Analysis in the Science of Comparing Nations
- 4 The Role of the Normal Distribution in Cross-National Research
- 5 The Role of Inferential Measures and Confidence Intervals in Cross-National Research
- 6 The Role of Measurement Validity in Cross-National Analysis
- 7 Specifying the Primary Properties of Democracy
- 8 The Role of Hypothesis Testing in Cross-National Analysis
- 9 The Role of Tabular Analysis in Cross-National Analysis
- 10 The Utility of the Difference of Means Test and the Study of Civic Culture
- 11 The Political-Economic System
- 12 The Role of One-Way Analysis of Variance and Cross-National Analysis
- 13 The Role of Linear Analysis and the Conceptualization of Political Empowerment
- 14 Factor Analysis as a Tool of Data Reduction Within Cross-National Analysis
- 15 The Role of Scatterplot Analysis and the Conceptualization of Modernity
- 16 The Role of Basic Regression in Cross-National Analysis
- 17 The Role of Residual Analysis in Cross-National Research
- Index