Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments to the First Edition
- 1 The Scientific Study of Politics
- 2 The Art of Theory Building
- 3 Evaluating Causal Relationships
- 4 Research Design
- 5 Getting to Know Your Data: Evaluating Measurement and Variations
- 6 Probability and Statistical Inference
- 7 Bivariate Hypothesis Testing
- 8 Bivariate Regression Models
- 9 Multiple Regression: The Basics
- 10 Multiple Regression Model Specification
- 11 Limited Dependent Variables and Time-Series Data
- 12 Putting It All Together to Produce Effective Research
- Appendix A Critical Values of Chi-Square
- Appendix B Critical Values of t
- Appendix C The Λ Link Function for Binomial Logit Models
- Appendix D The Φ Link Function for Binomial Probit Models
- Bibliography
- Index
12 - Putting It All Together to Produce Effective Research
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments to the First Edition
- 1 The Scientific Study of Politics
- 2 The Art of Theory Building
- 3 Evaluating Causal Relationships
- 4 Research Design
- 5 Getting to Know Your Data: Evaluating Measurement and Variations
- 6 Probability and Statistical Inference
- 7 Bivariate Hypothesis Testing
- 8 Bivariate Regression Models
- 9 Multiple Regression: The Basics
- 10 Multiple Regression Model Specification
- 11 Limited Dependent Variables and Time-Series Data
- 12 Putting It All Together to Produce Effective Research
- Appendix A Critical Values of Chi-Square
- Appendix B Critical Values of t
- Appendix C The Λ Link Function for Binomial Logit Models
- Appendix D The Φ Link Function for Binomial Probit Models
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
OVERVIEW
In Chapter 2 we discussed the art of theory building. In this chapter we discuss the art of putting it all together to produce effective research. As is the case with theory building, there is no magic formula for putting together an effective research manuscript, but there certainly are good manuscript-assembling strategies. We will begin this chapter with an elaboration on some of the themes discussed in Chapter 2. We then turn to a more in-depth discussion of how to examine published research, which takes advantage of the fact that you have now absorbed the lessons and strategies presented in this book. As such, we can now discuss the dissection of previous research at a higher level, and prepare you to start producing research of your own.
Amat victoria curam. (Victory loves preparation.)
– Latin proverbIf I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
– Isaac NewtonTWO ROUTES TOWARD A NEW SCIENTIFIC PROJECT
We began this book with three goals. First, to make you a better consumer of information. Second, to enable you to understand theoretical debates more easily in your other political science classes. And third, to motivate and equip you to begin to do your own research. This last chapter is dedicated to this third objective.
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- The Fundamentals of Political Science Research , pp. 273 - 294Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013