Paradigms and sand castles [electronic resource] : theory building and research design in comparative politics / Barbara Geddes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Analytical perspectives on politicsPublication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003.Description: x, 314 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 320.3 21
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  • JA86 .G35 2003eb
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Research design and the accumulation of knowledge -- Big questions, little answers : how the questions you choose affect the answers you get -- How the cases you choose affect the answers you get : selection bias and related issues -- How the evidence you use affects the answers you get : rigorous use of the evidence contained in case studies -- How the approach you choose affects the answers you get : the uses and limitations of rational choice comparative politics.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-306) and index.

Research design and the accumulation of knowledge -- Big questions, little answers : how the questions you choose affect the answers you get -- How the cases you choose affect the answers you get : selection bias and related issues -- How the evidence you use affects the answers you get : rigorous use of the evidence contained in case studies -- How the approach you choose affects the answers you get : the uses and limitations of rational choice comparative politics.

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