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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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Correlation Tutorial i

From Ed Boone (5:06).

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Multiple Regression with Data Analysis Regression Tool i

Nice, generic example, good explanation of results (11:01)..

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Supports advances in election science by collecting, analyzing, and sharing core data and findings..

MIT Election Lab

A research project that is collecting systematic data on contentious issues in world politics..

Issue Correlates of War (ICOW)

Information on the results of both national and subnational elections around the world..

Global Elections Database

Track key national, political, economic and demographic trends over time..

Pew Research Center Datasets

Detailed information on the magnitude and location of events of one-sided violence in 20 civil wars.

Konstanz One-Sided Event Dataset

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Features research that utilizes experimental methods or experimental reasoning based on naturally occurring data..

Journal of Experimental Political Science

Weekly podcast from David Runciman of Cambridge Univ..

Talking Politics

Academic journal on the politics and policy of science and technology..

Review of Policy Research

A leading peer-reviewed journal that covers the entire field of international affairs..

International Organization

By Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok.

Marginal Revolution

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Pres. Benjamin Harrison'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.