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Political Science Data Podcast: African Politics Today i

(21:07) This episode shares data-driven insights about African Politics. It covers a variety of studies, addressing issues like technology, state infrastructure, foreign relations, economics, ethnicity, the legacy of colonialism, and democracy. .

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Confidence Intervals for Sample Means With RCPA3's CImean Function i

Video tutorial & demo by Barry Edwards for R Companion to Political Analysis, 3rd Ed. (15:10).

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Podcast Episode: Recent Research on Police, Law, Courts & Justice i

(12:50) In this episode, we dive into cutting-edge research in political science, focusing on topics such as policing, judicial behavior, legal reform, and the courts. Whether you.

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Data collection in more than 80 electoral democracies. The expert surveys for data collection were done in 2008 and 2009..

Project on Democratic Accountability & Citizen-Politician Linkages

The LISS panel (Netherlands) has been in full operation since October 2007, and all data are made available through the LISS data archive..

Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences

A longitudinal survey of households in Germany from 1984 to 2016. Variables include household composition, employment, occupations, earnings, health and satisfaction indicators..

German Socio-Economic Panel

The data catalog is a listing of available World Bank datasets, including databases, pre-formatted tables, reports, and other resources..

World Bank's Data Catalog

An archival source for the study of the political, social and cultural aspects of the independence movement in Mexico, from the Univ. of Toronto..

Mexican Political Pamphlets, 1808-1832

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Features up-and-coming researchers delivering fresh insights on the big trends driving American politics and policy today. In 30 minutes, you'll get beyond punditry to data-driven understanding..

Science of Politics, The

International journal dedicated to the study of elections and voting in different parts of the world..

Electoral Studies

From University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Provides a fresh perspective on the biggest political stories by focusing on research and data, not pundits and politicians..

Not Another Politics Podcast

Published on behalf of the Midwest Political Science Association..

American Journal of Political Science

the journal for incisive analyses of gender, politics and policy across the globe.

Social Politics

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Pres. Martin Van Buren's Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress

This data is part of a larger project to identify the policy preferences of all U.S. Presidents. See index.