
Empirical Research and Writing
A Political Science Student's Practical Guide
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Students can easily misstep when they first begin to do research. Leanne C. Powner's new title Empirical Research and Writing: A Student?s Practical Guide provides valuable advice and guidance on conducting and writing about empirical research. Chapter by chapter, students are guided through the key steps in the research process. Written in a lively and engaging manner and with a dose of humor, this practical text shows students exactly how to choose a research topic, conduct a literature review, make research design decisions, collect and analyze data, and then write up and present the results. The book?s approachable style and just-in-time information delivery make it a text students will want to read, and its wide-ranging and surprisingly sophisticated coverage will make it an important resource for their later coursework.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Illustration List
- Notes to Students and Instructors
- The Thank-you's
- About the Author
- Part I: The Preliminaries
- 1: From Research Topic to Research Question
- 2: From Research Question to Theory to Hypothesis
- Part II: The Practicalities
- 3: Doing Pre-research
- 4: Choosing a Design That Fits your Question
- 5: Case Selection and Study Design for Qualitative Research
- 6: Qualitative Data Collection and Management
- 7: Quantitative Data Collection and Management
- 8: Preparing Quantitative Data for Analysis
- 9: Writing up your Research
- Part III: Post-paper Processes
- 10: Practicing Peer Review
- 11: Posters, Presentations, and Publishing
- Glossary
- References
- Index