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999			_c30376 _d30376
008			180328b2015 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9781483369631
082			_a320.0721 POW-L
100			_aPowner, Leanne C.
245			_aEmpirical research and writing : _ba political science student's practical guide / _cLeanne C. Powner
260			_aIndia _bSAGE Publications _c2015
300			_a298 p.
365			_aEU _b37.00
500			_aThis 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. 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. 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			_aPolitical science--Research--Methodology
650			_aPolitical science--Authorship
650			_aAcademic writing
650			_aPolitical science--Methodology