The Essentials of Political Analysis (Fifth Edition)

Synopsis

1. The Definition And Measurement Of Concepts P.1 -- Conceptual Definitions, P.3 -- Operational Definitions, P.7 -- Summary, P.17 -- Keyterms, P.18 -- Exercises, P.18 -- Notes, P.20 -- 2. Measuring And Describing Variables P.24 -- Measuring Variables, P.25 -- Deseribing Variables, P.29 -- Summary, P.41 -- Key Terms, P.44 -- Exercises, P.44 -- Notes, P.46 -- 3. Proposing Explanations, Framing Hypotheses, And Making Comparisons P.48 -- Proposing Explanations, P.51 -- Framing Hypotheses, P.54 -- Making Comparisons, P.58 -- Graphing Relationships And Deseribing Patterns, P.63 -- Summary, P.69 -- Keyterms, P.70 -- Exercises, P.70 -- Notes, P.75 -- 4. Research Design And The Logic Of Control P.78 -- Experimental Designs, P.80 -- Controlled Comparisons, P.84 -- Three Seenarios, P.86 -- Summary, P.96 -- Keyterms, P.97 -- Exercises, P.97 -- Notes, P.99 -- 5. Making Controlled Comparisons P.102 -- Cross- Tabulation Analysis, P.103 -- Graphing Controlled Comparisons, P.108 -- An Example Of Interaetion, P.109 -- Mean Comparison Analysis, P.112 -- Summary, P.118 -- Key Terms, P.118 -- Exereices, P.119 -- Notes, P.121 -- 6. Foundations Of Statistical Inference P.123 -- Population Parameters And Sample Statisties, P.124 -- Random Sampling, P.125 -- The Standard Error Of A Sample Mean, P.136 -- Inference Using The Normal Distribution, P.141 -- Inference Using The Student's T-distribution, P.145 -- What About Sample Proportions?, P.149 -- Summary, P.151 -- Key Terms, P.153 -- Exercises, P.153 -- Notes, P.155 -- 7. Tests Of Significance And Measures Of Association P.156 -- Statistical Signifieance, P.157 -- Measures Of Association , P.170 -- Summary, P.177 -- Key Terms, P.178 -- Exercises, P.179 -- Notes, P.181 -- 8. Correlation And Linear Regression P.183 -- Correlation, P.184 -- Bivariate Regression, P.188 -- R-square, P.194 -- Summary, P.208 -- Key Terms, P.209 -- Exercises, P.209 -- Notes, P.213 -- 9. Logistic Regression P.215 -- The Logistic Regression Approach, P.217 -- Finding The Best Fit: Maximum Likelihood Estimation, P.226 -- Logistic Regression With Multiple Independent Variables, P.231 -- Working With Probabilities: Mems And Mers, P.233 -- Summary, P.238 -- Key Terms, P.239 -- Exercises, P.239 -- Notes, P.241 -- 10. Thinking Empirically, Thinking Probabilistically P.244 -- Thinking Empirically, P.245 -- Thinking Probabilistically, P.246 -- Notes, P.247 -- Index, P.249. Philip H. Pollock Iii, University Of Central Florida. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.