This textbook is intended to be a comprehensive, semester-long introduction to US government. Chapters include links to relevant online resources and study questions for students. The textbook is divided into 17 chapters that cover: concepts in government and politics; the US system of constitutional government; Congress; the presidency; courts; federalism; the media; public opinion; political …
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American Government and Politics in the Information Age (Saylor Academy, 2012) (CC BY-NC-SA) Note: The version by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing Services is unpublished as of 12/31/24.This peer-and student-reviewed textbook is intended to be a comprehensive introduction to US government and politics. This is an adapted and downloadable version of the 21st Century …
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This textbook is divided into ten parts and emphasizes fragility in the US political system as the organizing theme. The ten sections of the book are: thinking like a political scientist; constitutional foundations; Congress; the presidency; Supreme Court; federal bureaucracy; linkage institutions; electoral politics and public opinion; political behavior; and civil rights and civil liberties. …
Boundless Political Science is a collection of webpages that cover the following topics: American Politics; The Constitution and the Founding of America; Federalism; Civil Liberties; Civil Rights; Public Opinion; Interest Groups; Campaigns and Elections; Political Participation and Voting; The Media; Congress; The Presidency; Bureaucracy; The Judiciary; Domestic Policy; Economic Policy; Social Policy; and Foreign Policy.
This Libretexts version is the fourth edition and includes a glossary. This text provides an overview of research design strategies used in psychological research. It covers the basic descriptive statistics and concepts within inferential statistics that are necessary for appreciation and comprehension of research findings. The course presents the student with the fundamentals of research …
T.L. Brink is a social scientist and author of fifteen books, two dozen encyclopedia articles, and hundreds of journal articles, reviews and conference presentations. He has posted a few textbooks with resources that include PowerPoints, games, videos, and quizzes. One thing to note is that all of the resources are easily available to students.
This is not a textbook but rather collections of modules/slides etc that were developed for stats and research methods classes at Kennesaw State University. Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims …
This OER has 12 chapters and does not include separate chapters for culture, multiculturalism or gender. There are learning objectives, key takeaways, H5P activities and thinking questions and exercises for each chapter, as well as a key terms glossary at the end. There is a question bank available with a notation that says “These questions are made …
These are modules – not a full text. Noba is “the dream project” of Ed and Carol Diener. It has modules written by some big names in psychology. Students have the option of accessing free digital versions or purchasing a print version. It has not been confirmed that this resource is sufficient to serve as …
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This collection has a lot of overlap with the book above in terms of the same modules but there are a few differences and is certainly organized in a different fashion. This resource is not sufficient to serve as a stand-alone text.