The Essentials of Political AnalysisStudent anxiety runs high given the seemingly intimidating nature of the methods course. Philip Pollock's first order of business is to get math-phobic students comfortable learning and using the tools of political analysis. Brief and accessible, his text walks students through the basics—measuring concepts, formulating and testing hypotheses, describing variables—and uses key terms, chapter-opening objectives, more than eighty tables and figures, and class-tested chapter exercises to promote skill application and aid student review. |
Contents
The Definition and Measurement of Concepts | 7 |
2 | 18 |
Exercises | 24 |
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abortion American National Election average bar chart calculated causal Chapter chi-square coded column concept control group control variable controlled comparison cross-tabulation degrees of freedom describe dummy equal estimate example explanation favor female Figure frequency gender gun-control opinions higher hypothetical income increase independent variable individuals inferential interaction interval-level variables level of measurement likelihood line chart linear logged odds logistic regression male mean comparison measure of association National Election Study negative nonsouthern null hypothesis observed odds of voting P-value partial effect partisan strength partisanship party pendent variable percentage political research population mean population parameter prediction error probability of voting question R-square random error random sampling error regression analysis regression coefficient relationship Republicans respondents sample mean sample proportion sample statistic scale score social spurious relationship standard deviation standard error student Student's t-distribution Table test group tion turnout variable's voters women Z score