Key research concepts in politics & international relations. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Key research concepts in politics and international relations; Politics & international relations
• Further Information: Note: Lisa Harrison & Theresa Callan.
• Other Names: Harrison, Lisa, 1968-; Callan, Theresa, 1967-
• Contents: Action research -- Autobiographical/biographical research -- Behaviourialism -- Case studies -- Causality and correlations -- Comparative method -- Concepts -- Content analysis -- Deduction/induction -- Discourse analysis -- Documentary analysis -- Ecological fallacy -- Empirical analysis -- Epistemology -- Ethics -- Ethnography and ethnomethodology -- Evidence-based policy making (EBPM) -- Feminism/feminist methodologies -- Focus groups -- Hypothesis testing and inference -- Interviewing -- Levels of measurement -- Methods -- Methodology -- Narratives -- Observation -- Official data -- Ontology -- Paradigm -- Positivism -- Post-positivism -- Presenting quantitative analysis -- Primary sources -- Qualitative methods -- Quantitative methods -- Rational choice -- Realism -- Reliability -- Sampling -- Secondary analysis -- Survey design -- Theory -- Triangulation -- Validity -- Variables.
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 161 pages.)
• Subjects: 320.072; Political science -- Research; International relations -- Research; International relations -- Research; Political science -- Research; Statsvetenskap -- forskning -- metodik; Internationella relationer -- forskning -- metodik
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446290415; 1446290417
• Related ISBNs: 9781412911849; 1412911842; 9781412911856; 1412911850
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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