Paradigms and sand castles
Geddes, Barbara.
Paradigms and sand castles theory building and research design in comparative politics / [electronic resource] : Barbara Geddes. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003. - x, 314 p. - Analytical perspectives on politics . - Analytical perspectives on politics. .
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Comparative government.
Political science--Research.
Electronic books.
JA86 / .G35 2003eb
320.3
Paradigms and sand castles theory building and research design in comparative politics / [electronic resource] : Barbara Geddes. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003. - x, 314 p. - Analytical perspectives on politics . - Analytical perspectives on politics. .
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Comparative government.
Political science--Research.
Electronic books.
JA86 / .G35 2003eb
320.3