The Essentials of Political Analysis

by Philip H. Pollock III

Book Overview

"Overall, this is the best political science research methods book I've seen." -William Field, Rutgers University Building students' analytic abilities and developing their statistical reasoning with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608716864
• ISBN13: 9781608716869
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Great service

Good product. Had to return because not taking the class anymore, but good shipping & service! Just waiting for return.

The best methods book I have seen

This book is excellend for graduate and undergraduate students alike. Fortunately this book was written by someone who knows what most students of political science want know: how to interpret data. This book is to be used with SPSS which is arguably one of the best statistical programs available. Anecdotely, I am horrible at math. This book is light on math. It does explain the concepts behind the statistics without booging you down it too much technical jargon. You will learn Chi-square an what it is for but you are not expecte to know the formula. This book may be light on math for students truly interested in the actuarial sciences and its apllication to political science, but for those who wnat to know how to use statistics for interpreting political science, this is the book for you.