This is an immensely helpful book for students starting their own research an excellent introduction to the comparative method giving an authoritative overview over the research process - Klaus Armingeon, University of Bern. Doing Research in Political Science is the book for mastering the comparative method in all the social sciences - Jan-Erik Lane, University of Geneva. This book has established itself as a concise and well-readable text on comparative methods and statistics in political science I strongly recommend it - Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Philipps-University Marburg. This thoroughly revised edition of the popular textbook offers an accessible but comprehensive introduction to comparative research methods and statistics for students of political science. Clearly organized around three parts, the text introduces the main theories and methodologies used in the discipline. Part 1 frames the comparative approach within the methodological framework of the political and social sciences. Part 2 introduces basic descriptive and inferential statistical methods as well as more advanced multivariate methods used in quantitative political analysis. Part 3 applies the methods and techniques of Parts 1 & 2 to research questions drawn from contemporary themes and issues in political science. Incorporating practice exercises, ideas for further reading and summary questions throughout, Doing Research in Political Science provides an invaluable step-by-step guide for students and researchers in political science, comparative politics and empirical political analysis.

Explorative and Descriptive Statistics

The preceding chapter dealt with data gathering and with the art of obtaining valid and reliable indicators of theoretical concepts for a theoretically interesting set of cases (units of analysis). The next step is to become familiar with the data by exploring them with the help of elementary data ...

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