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A concise introduction to the fundamental concepts of social scientific thinking and research, this classic text makes scientific thinking, research methods, and statistics accessible to undergraduates at a commonsense level. This text is intended for use in a broad array of the social sciences, including Political Science, Sociology, and Psychology. Available with InfoTrac® Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.

Table of Contents:
1. Thinking Scientifically. 2. The Elements of Science. 3. Strategies. 4. Refinements. 5. Measuring Variables and Relationships.

About the Author :
Todd Donovan (Ph.D., University of California, Riverside) is a professor of Political Science at Western Washington University. He teaches state and local politics; American politics, parties, campaigns, and elections; comparative electoral systems; and introductory research methods and statistics. His research interests include direct democracy, election systems and representation, political behavior, subnational politics, and the political economy of local development. He has been published extensively in academic journals; written a number of books on direct democracy, elections, institutions, and reform; and has received numerous grants and awards for his work. He is coauthor (with Ken Hoover) of THE ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC THINKING, also published by Cengage Learning. Kenneth Hoover (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) was Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Western Washington University. His final books included THE FUTURE OF IDENTITY (2004); ECONOMICS AS IDEOLOGY: KEYNES,LASKI, HAYEK AND THE CREATION OF CONTEMPORARY POLITICS (2003); and with John Miles, Vernon Johnson, and Sara Weir, IDEOLOGY AND POLITICAL LIFE, Third Edition (2001).

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"Well written, easily understood, simple approach to explaining complex concepts to students who have never had the material before." "What I like about the book is that it gets students to start thinking like social scientists, which is a craft that takes practice to perfect. This book shows what the social science enterprise looks like. It also gives students resources and ideas for further exploration."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781133607670
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 208
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1133607675
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 249 gr


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