Research Methods in Political Science : An Introduction Using MicroCase ExplorIt
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Book Description
Designed to supplement core Research Methods textbooks, RESEARCH METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE: USING MICROCASE® EXPLORIT provides students with award-winning software to analyze and critically evaluate real data. This workbook includes a Windows version of MicroCase® ExplorIt, a user-friendly program that makes it easy for students to manipulate and learn from actual data without getting bogged down in complicated statistical software. Over two dozen research-quality data files are included in this package, along with fourteen exercise worksheets (one per chapter) that let students see the real impact of the concepts they study. The students are then walked through the entire research process, giving them hands-on experience in research methods.
About the Author
Michael K. Le Roy is a professor of political science and Dean of the Faculty at Whitworth College in Washington state. He received his Ph.D. in political science at Vanderbilt University, and between 1992 and 1994, he was a Fulbright scholar at Gothenburg University in Sweden. In addition to his extensive research and travel in Western and Eastern Europe, Professor Le Roy has studied and traveled in Central and South America. His research on civil society and social capital has been published in COMPARATIVE POLITICS and ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY. Michael Corbett received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He was professor of political science at Ball State University, where he taught courses covering an introduction to political science, research methods in political science, and public opinion. He was the author of numerous scholarly articles and of several books: POLITICAL TOLERANCE IN AMERICA: FREEDOM AND EQUALITY IN PUBLIC ATTITUDES (New York: Longman, 1982); AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION: TRENDS, PROCESS, AND PATTERNS (New York: Longman, 1991); SOCIAL RESEARCH USING MICROCASE® (co-authored with Lynne Roberts ) (Bellevue, WA: MicroCase Corporation, 1998); and POLITICS AND RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES (co-authored with Julia M. Corbett) (New York: Garland Publishing, 1999). Professor Corbett died in November of 2001 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. His many years of service to the Research Methods book remain evident on every page and will continue for many editions to come.
Research Methods in Political Science: An Introduction Using MicroCase ExplorIt,Michael K. Le Roy,Michael Corbett,Wadsworth Publishing,0534602355,Computers & Technology,General,Political Science,Political Science (General),Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Research,Social Sciences Research,Educational resources & technology,POLITICS & GOVERNMENT,Political Science / General,Social research & statistics
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