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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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Rank and Percentile Tools in Data Analysis ToolPak i

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Confidence Interval for Difference between Two Sample Means with Excel Companion Workbook i

Learn how to generate a confidence interval for the difference between two sample means using an Excel workbook..

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Data on electoral volatility and its internal components in European Parliament elections in all EU countries since 1979, for both the class bloc and the demarcation bloc..

Electoral Volatility in the European Parliament Elections

The data allow for comparison of MEPs' views with those of the EU public, European Parliament candidates, and members of national and regional parliaments in Europe..

Members of the European Parliament Survey Data

Uses automated coding of news reports, focusing on the Middle East, Balkans, and West Africa, for statistical early warning models to predict political change..

Computational Event Data System

Research on the effects of gerrymandering in the U.S..

Princeton Gerrymandering Project

Multiple significant datasets prepared by researchers associated with the Center for Systemic Peace and are generated and/or compiled using open source information..

Center for Systematic Peace Datasets

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(Taylor & Francis) Concentrates on the relation of political and policy theory to specific practices of governance..

Critical Policy Studies

Publishes original research in the general fields of political behavior, institutions, processes, and policies..

Political Behavior

Peer-reviewed journal devoted to research and criticism on race in the social sciences..

Du Bois Review, The

Conversations with scholars on recent books in Political Theory and Social and Political Philosophy..

Political Theory Review, The

Embraces varied research methodologies that interrogate law, governance, and public policy worldwide..

Law & Policy

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Pres. Millard Fillmore'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.