Understanding Political Science Research Methods: The Challenge of Inference

by Brian Schaffner, Maryann Barakso, Daniel M Sabet, et al.

Book Overview

This text starts by explaining the fundamental goal of good political science research--the ability to answer interesting and important questions by generating valid inferences about political phenomena. Before the text even discusses the process of developing a research question, the authors introduce the reader to what it means to make an inference and the different challenges that social scientists face when confronting this task. Only with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415895200
• ISBN13: 9780415895200
• Release Date: January 1900
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.4"