Packed with features to promote learning, this text is ideal for use on an introductory methods course or for readers carrying out their own research project. It presents: an overview of the philosophy and principles of research; qualitative and quantitative research methods, introducing research design and offering a critical review of selected methods; methods of gathering information, such as interviews and focus groups, and discusses issues associated with ensuring quality of information; appropriate methods for analyzing and interpreting data, and covering the process of communicating research. The inclusion ofchapter objectives, regular summaries, questions for discussion and tasks andassignments, makes this the must-have text for researching politics.
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-3551-7
- Editorial: Sage Publications
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés