Practice Quiz for Introduction: A Scientific Approach to Politics, from Essentials of Political Analysis, 7th Ed.

Practice Quizzes for Essentials of Political Analysis

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Table of Contents

Introduction. A Scientific Approach to Politics
Ch. 1. The Definition and Measurement of Concepts
Ch. 2. Measuring and Describing Variables
Ch. 3. Creating and Transforming Variables
Ch. 4. Proposing Explanations, Framing Hypotheses, and Making Comparisons
Ch. 5. Graphing Relationships and Describing Patterns
Ch. 6. Research Design, Research Ethics, and Evidence of Causation
Ch. 7. Making Controlled Comparisons
Ch. 8. The Foundations of Statistical Inference
Ch. 9. Hypothesis Tests with One or Two Samples
Ch. 10. The Chi-Square Test and Analysis of Variance
Ch. 11. Correlation and Bivariate Regression
Ch. 12. Multiple Regression Analysis
Ch. 13. Analyzing Regression Residuals
Ch. 14. Logistic Regression Analysis
Ch. 15. Conducting Your Own Political Analysis

Practice Quiz for Introduction:
A Scientific Approach to Politics