POL 2104 Lecture Notes - Scientific Method, Adobe After Effects, Comparative Politics
21 Feb 2014
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Pol 2104 c - intro to comparative politics - emily regan wills - 02 jan. 08. King, keohane, & verba, designing social inquiry, scientific inference in qualitative. Published in 1994, all 3 authors are seniors scholars at harvard or princeton who have published widely in international relations, us politics, & comparative politics. One of the most-read, most-assigned books in graduate study in political science. An intervention into the field of ps at a particular moment, & also a broader contribution to the field of research methodology. The scientific method as we learn it in primary school is a reflection of some underlying principles involved in carrying out research. Kkv believe, unequivocally, that all empirical research about social reality needs to follow these core elements of the scientific method. [t]he rules [of scientific inquiry] are relevant to all research where the goal is to learn facts about the real world. It doesn"t have to be quantitative (using numerically-quantifiable information).
