In this workbook designed to supplement core American government textbooks, Norrander (University of Arizona) and Corbett (Ball State University) provide exercises using current data to help students understand citizen political participation, political parties, and Congressional elections. This ninth edition uses the 2002 General Social Survey and the 2004 National Election Study as data sets. Both data sets include a list of questions, allowing students to analyze topics beyond those examined in the exercises. With this new edition, a student version of the MicroCase program and real data sets can be downloaded and installed from a web site. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This Windows-compatible package includes access to MicroCase? datasets and workbook. You make your own decisions about the issues as you analyze and interpret current NES and GSS data.
Designed to supplement core American Government textbooks AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: USING MICROCASE EXPLORIT provides students with award-winning software to analyze and critically evaluate real data. This workbook includes a Windows version of MicroCase ExplorIt, a user-friendly program that makes it easy for students to manipulate and learn from real data without getting bogged down in complicated statistical software. Each exercise introduces an issue related to a major topic in American Government, directs students to pertinent information in the data sets, and then asks a series of questions designed to help students thoroughly consider the subject at hand. Issues include: "Who participates in politics?", Who is more likely to vote?", and "Who is elected to Congress and where do they get their money?" The workbook is designed to increase the student comfort level in working with statistical data, to help them think critically and analytically about key issues in American politics today, and to inspire an abiding interest in the practice of political science.
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Acknowledgements. Preface. Getting Started. Part I: Foundations. 1. "One Nation:" The History and Politics of Region. 2. Federalism: "A More Perfect Union." 3. "Of the People:" An Interested and Informed Public. Part II: Freedom: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. 4. Civil Liberties: Free Speech. 5. Civil Rights: Equality. Part III: Government and the Individual. 6. Public Opinion and Political Socialization. 7. The Media. 8. Political Participation. 9. Political Parties. 10. Elections. 11. Interest Groups and PACs. Part IV: Institutions. 12. The Congress. 13. The Presidency. 14. The Bureaucracy. 15. The Courts. Appendix A: Variable Names and Sources.
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BARBARA NORRANDER received her Ph.D. in political science at Ohio State University and is a professor at the University of Arizona, where she teaches courses on the introduction to American government, political parties, and on public opinion and voting behavior. Professor Norrander has written numerous articles for major academic journals. She is a leading expert on presidential nominations and also publishes on the gender gap and on state public opinion. Professor Norrander is the President of the Western Political Science Association for 2004-2005 and has sat on the boards of the Midwest Political Science Association, American Journal of Politics, Journal of Politics, and State Politics and Policy Quarterly. Michael Corbett received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He was professor of Political Science at Ball State University, where he taught courses covering an introduction to Political Science, research methods in Political Science, and public opinion. He was the author of numerous scholarly articles and of several books: POLITICAL TOLERANCE IN AMERICA: FREEDOM AND EQUALITY IN PUBLIC ATTITUDES (New York: Longman, 1982); AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION: TRENDS, PROCESS, AND PATTERNS (New York: Longman, 1991); SOCIAL RESEARCH USING MICROCASE(R) (co-authored with Lynne Roberts ) (Bellevue, WA: MicroCase Corporation, 1998); and POLITICS AND RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES (co-authored with Julia M. Corbett) (New York: Garland Publishing, 1999). Professor Corbett passed away in November of 2001 after battling cancer. His many years of service to the Research Methods book remain evident on every page and will continue for many editions to come.
