Essentials Of Political Research

Alan Monroe (Ph.D., Indiana University) has taught introductory research methods at Illinois State University for more than 25 years. He has published research on a variety topics, particularly on public opinion and public policy in the U.S. and has also conducted a number of research projects for governmental agencies and private clients, including surveys for political campaigns.

• 1 The Scientific Study of Research Questions - 2 Building Blocks of the Research Process - 3 Research Design - 4 Published Data Sources - 5 Survey Research - 6 Statistics: An Introduction - 7 Graphic Display of Data - 8 Nominal and Ordinal Statistics - 9 Interval Statistics - 10 Multivariate Statistics