Conducting Empirical Analysis

Download or read book Conducting Empirical Analysis written by Rosalee A. Clawson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conducting Empirical Analysis is an ideal way to marry substance with skills, getting students to experience the joy of discovery firsthand. Through straightforward instruction and guided examples, Clawson and Oxley show students how to conduct web-based data analysis using UC Berkeley’s Survey Documentation and Analysis (available online for free) to answer questions about party identification or attitude stability, and to measure racial prejudice and political knowledge. Exercises cover a range of data collection techniques, survey research, and statistical analyses, ramping up from multiple-choice and open-ended questions to mini-research projects. An instructor’s guide with solutions is available for adopters.