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"Quantitative Methods and Feminist Political Science" published on by Oxford University Press.

Cover -- Short Contents -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- About the Author -- Author's Acknowledgements -- Publisher's Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Research Question -- WHAT IS THIS CHAPTER ABOUT? -- WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? -- WHAT ARE THE LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THIS CHAPTER? -- 1.1 WHY IS A GOOD RESEARCH QUESTION IMPORTANT? -- 1.2 WHAT MAKES A GOOD RESEARCH QUESTION? -- 1.3 WHICH RESEARCH QUESTIONS ARE PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH? -- 1.4 GOING FURTHER: EPISTEMOLOGY -- 1.5 HOW TO FIND A RESEARCH QUESTION -- 1.6 DEVELOPING YOUR OWN QUESTION -- 1.7 PLANNING YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT -- A SHORT SUMMARY -- 2 Basic Concepts of Empirical Research -- WHAT IS THIS CHAPTER ABOUT? -- WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? -- WHAT ARE THE LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THIS CHAPTER? -- 2.1 WHAT IS A VARIABLE? -- 2.2 IN WHAT WAY CAN VARIABLES BE MEASURED? -- 2.3 MEASURE OR INDICATOR? -- 2.4 WHAT IS MEASURED: ASSOCIATIONS AND EFFECTS -- 2.5 WHAT IS MEASURED: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GROUPS -- 2.6 WHAT KIND OF VARIABLES CAN BE MEASURED? -- 2.7 EXPERIMENTS AND QUASI-EXPERIMENTS -- 2.8 TYPES OF RESULTS -- 2.9 ETHICAL RESEARCH -- 2.10 HYPOTHESES -- 2.11 IMPROVING RESEARCH QUALITY: RELIABILITY -- 2.12 IMPROVING RESEARCH QUALITY: VALIDITY -- 2.13 FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: OPERATIONALISATION -- A SHORT SUMMARY -- 3 Data Collection -- WHAT IS THIS CHAPTER ABOUT? -- WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? -- WHAT ARE THE LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THIS CHAPTER? -- 3.1 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA -- 3.2 DECIDING ON VARIABLES AND CONDITIONS -- 3.3 DEVELOPING MATERIAL -- 3.4 DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS -- 3.5 PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS -- 3.6 MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, COMPREHENSIVELY EXHAUSTIVE -- 3.7 AVOIDING BIAS -- 3.8 RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS: SAMPLING -- 3.9 RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS: MAKING RESEARCH ACCESSIBLE -- 3.10 ALLOCATING PARTICIPANTS TO CONDITIONS -- 3.11 PILOT STUDIES.