Burnham, Peter <br/><br/>
Research Methods in Politics / 
Peter Burnham 
 - China :  Palgrave Macmillan,  c2004 
 - xii, 308 pages ; 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Chapter1. The discipline of politics -- Chapter2. Research design -- Chapter3. Comparative methodology -- Chapter4. Surveys and opinion polls -- Chapter5. Descriptive statistics -- Chapter6. Making inferences -- Chapter7. Documentary and archival analysis -- Chapter8. The Internet and political research -- Chapter9. Elite interviewing -- Chapter10. Participant observation and the analysis of communications -- Chapter11. Ethics and political research  -- Chapter12. Conclusion: challenging the mainstream and the qualitative/quantitative divide . 
<br/><br/> This major new text provides a comprehensive introduction to the main research methods employed in the study of politics. The book is illustrated throughout with boxed examples of real political research. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>333962540 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>EDUCATIONAL TOOLS
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JA 86 .R47 2004