Paradigms and sand castles [electronic resource] : theory building and research design in comparative politics / Barbara Geddes.
Series: Analytical perspectives on politicsPublication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003.Description: x, 314 pISBN:- 0472098357 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0472068350 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780472098354 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780472068357 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780472023974 (e-book)
- 320.3 21
- JA86 .G35 2003eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-306) and index.
Research design and the accumulation of knowledge -- Big questions, little answers : how the questions you choose affect the answers you get -- How the cases you choose affect the answers you get : selection bias and related issues -- How the evidence you use affects the answers you get : rigorous use of the evidence contained in case studies -- How the approach you choose affects the answers you get : the uses and limitations of rational choice comparative politics.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.