Philip H. Pollock III - The Essentials of Political Analysis

Sixth Edition

To the next generation of political scientists

Sixth Edition

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Pollock, Philip H., III, author.

Title: The essentials of political analysis / Phillip H. Pollock, III, University of Central Florida, Barry C. Edwards, University of Central Florida.

Description: Sixth Edition. | Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, A DIVISION OF SAGE, [2019] | Previous edition: 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019010373 | ISBN 9781506379616 (Paperback : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Political scienceResearchMethodologyTextbooks.

Classification: LCC JA86 .P65 2019 | DDC 320.072dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019010373

This book is printed on acid-free paper.

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Students are of two minds about research methods. Many students can examine graphic or tabular data and offer a reasonably meaningful description of what they see. Provided with a set of procedural guidelines, students become competent at setting up cross-tabulations, comparing percentages or means, sketching bar charts, and writing a paragraph describing the data. At the same time, however, students balk at the idea that inferential statistics can serve as an interpretive tool. They tend to view statistical evidence as an odd element, an additional complication quite separate from their substantive findings.

This book cultivates students analytic abilities and develops their statistical reasoning. Consistent with prior editions, Chapters , which has been expanded for this edition, helps students conduct their own political analysis and write an effective research paper.

Because the practical application of methodological concepts enhances students comprehension, The Essentials of Political Analysis contains numerous hypothetical and actual examples. And because students become more adept at describing variables and interpreting relationships between them if they learn elemental graphing techniques, the chapters instruct in the interpretation of graphic displays of political variables. In addition to drawing on phenomena from U.S. politics, examples from comparative politics and international relations are also included. The narrative encourages students to stop and think about the examples, and the exercises at the end of each chapter permit students to apply their newly acquired skills.