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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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Two-Way ANOVA Tutorial i

From Dr. Ugochukwu Okolie (15:15).

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Using Dagitty to Draw Causal Diagrams i

By Nick Huntington-Klein (5:46).

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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

A multi-dimensional picture of U.S. foreign assistance..

U.S. Foreign Aid Explorer

Aims to explain why people vote as they do and why an election ends in a particular way. .

Swedish National Election Studies

Applied and policy-oriented research on labor markets, immigration and welfare systems in Europe.

Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti Foundation

Extensive collection of datasets for researchers. .

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

Electoral Studies

Serves as a bridge between public administration and public management scholarship on the one hand and public policy studies on the other..

Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory

Published quarterly in association with the Western Political Science Association..

Political Research Quarterly

Roger Peng and Hilary Parker talk about the latest in data science and data analysis in academia and industry..

Not So Standard Deviations

Weekly podcasts from Michael Baranowski, Jay Carson, Trey Orndorff, Will Miller, Kristin Matheny, and Ken Katkin..

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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.