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050			_aJA 86 .R47 2004
100			_aBurnham, Peter _eauthor
245		0	_aResearch Methods in Politics / _cPeter Burnham
260			_aChina : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _cc2004
300			_axii, 308 pages ;
365			_bUSD1593
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aChapter1. 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 .
520			_aThis 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.
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