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180328b2015 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781483369631 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
320.0721 POW-L |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Powner, Leanne C. |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Empirical research and writing : |
Remainder of title |
a political science student's practical guide / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Leanne C. Powner |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
India |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
SAGE Publications |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2015 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
298 p. |
365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
Price type code |
EU |
Price amount |
37.00 |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
This book offers clear, detailed, and often entertaining instructions for formulating hypothesis, doing pre-research, selecting appropriate research designs, selecting cases, collecting and managing both qualitative and quantitative data, preparing data for analysis, writing up research findings, practicing peer review, and delivering findings in posters and presentations, and preparing work for publication.<br/><br/>Each chapter contains interesting and useful examples (both hypothetical and real), exercises to help students apply what they've learned, and pedagogical features to inspire, instructor, and aid further research, including "Peer Pointers" (quotes from former students that illustrate "aha!" moments), "Talking Tips" (fundamental and surprising tip for research), and appendix materials that include formatting guidelines and a list of major data sources for political science.<br/><br/>Making the book as turnkey as possible are downloadable student and instructor resources, including lesson plans and activities for instructors, solutions manual to in-text exercises, links to common citation guides, data sources, journals that publish student papers, and conferences where students can share papers and posters. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Political science--Research--Methodology |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Political science--Authorship |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Academic writing |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Political science--Methodology |
952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) |
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