The POWERMUTT Project: Table of Contents

December 18, 2012

Introduction to Research Methods in Political Science:
The POWERMUTT* Project
(SPSS Version)
*Politically-Oriented Web-Enhanced Research Methods for Undergraduates — Topics and Tools
Resources for introductory research methods courses in political science and related disciplines

Home Table of Contents Introduction Note to Instructors Course Syllabi Using POWERMUTT Author's Home Page

Political Science As a Social Science Research Design Levels of Measurement Displaying Categorical Data Data Collection More About Measurement Contingency Table Analysis Control Variables Discriptive Statistics Standard Scores and the Normal Distribution Comparing Means Regression and Correlation Logitudinal Analysis of Survey Data

American National Election Study 2004 Subset American National Election Study 2008 Subset American National Election Study 2000-2004 Panel Study Subset General Social Survey Cumulative (1972-2006) Subset General Social Survey Cumulative (1972-2010) Subset - revised U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate U.S. States U.S. States - revised U.S. States-revised Countries Countries - revised California State Legislature

Data Downloads Topic Downloads (Rich Text Format)

General Data Statistics/Methods Texts Applets, etc. SPSS Resources ICPSR Resources SDA Resources Glossaries

TABLE
OF
CONTENTS

Introduction
Notes to Instructors
A Course Syllabus (MS Word format) Using POWERMUTT
Author's Home Page

TOPICS

Political Science as a Social Science
Research Designs and Reports
Levels of Measurement
Displaying Categorical Data
Varieties of Data
More About Measurement
Contingency Table Analysis
Control Variables
Descriptive Statistics
Standard Scores and the Normal Distribution
Comparing Means
Regression and Correlation
Longitudinal Analysis of Survey Data

TOOLS (SPSS)

Getting Started with SPSS

Data
    Weight Cases
     Select Cases
     Sort Cases

Transform
     Recode
     Compute

Analyze
     Frequencies
     Descriptives
     Explore
     Crosstabs
     Reliability Analysis
     T-tests
     Compare Means
     Correlate
     Regression

Graphs
     Editing Charts
     Pie Charts/Bar Chart
     Histogram
     BoxPlot
     Line Chart
     Scatterplot

CODEBOOKS

American National Election Study 2004 Subset
American National Election Study 2008 Subset
American National Election Study 2000-2004 Panel Study Subset
General Social Survey Cumulative (1972-2006)
General Social Survey Cumulative (1972-2010) - revised Subset
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
U.S. States
U.S. States-revised*
Countries
Countries-revised*
California State Legislature (Senate and Assembly)

* Datset not yet included in examples and exercises in POWERMUTT Topics. Dataset still a work in progress, and subject to further revision before finalized.

OTHER RESOURCES ON THE WEB

Except where indicated, © 2003-2012 John L. Korey

Last Updated: December 18, 2012