Understanding Political Science Research Methods: The Challenge of Inference, 1st edition

This text starts by explaining the fundamental goal of good political science research—the ability to answer interesting and important questions by generating valid inferences about political phenomena. Before the text even discusses the process of developing a research question, the authors introdu...

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Những tác giả chính:	Barakso, Maryann, Sabet, Daniel M., Schaffner, Brian
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Ngôn ngữ:	English
Được phát hành:	Routledge 2020
Những chủ đề:	Humanities Politics & International Relations
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