Research Methods in Political Science
by Michael K. Le Roy; Michael Corbett · Michael Le Roy
Undergraduate textbook pairing chapters on political science methodology with MicroCase software worksheets. Readers practice framing hypotheses, selecting variables, running cross-tabulations and regressions on real survey and aggregate data, and reporting results as political scientists do.
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