Introduction: The Scientific Approach To Politics
This documents explains how to critically read and dissect peer-reviewed empirical research papers in political science and related disciplines. It also illustrates how political scientists create knowledge about politics. This document explains the main components of a standard research paper – puzzle, theory, hypotheses, concepts, data, and analysis – in order to increase one's ability to understand and evaluate the argument.
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- July 30, 2018
- Number of pages
- 4
- Written in
- 2017/2018
- Type
- Class notes
- Professor(s)
- Unknown
- Contains
- All classes
Subjects
- epistemology
- positivism
- interpretivsm
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normative versus empirical analysis
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quantitative and qualitative approaches
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criticisms and limitations of positivism
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