Political Science Data, Methods, and Replication Resources

THIS WEEK'S THEME: Research Design, Research Ethics & Evidence of Causation

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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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Race and Markets: South Africaâ€™s Democracy at 30 i

Research presentation by Eric Ponder (1:28:55).

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Introduction to Plotting i

From Andrew Jahn (5:01).

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Special Features

Studying Donald Trump

Modern Mexican Politics

Online Survey Quality

Politics of Gun Violence

Special Edition: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

The Russia-Ukraine War

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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

Allows users to access and retrieve information on trade and tariffs, from the World Bank..

World Integrated Trade Solution

Multiple key indicatiors of voter participation at state level since 1960s and 1970s..

Historical Reported Voting Rates

The data set includes a wide range of economic, social and geographic information for every U.S. congressional district, from 1943-1998..

Congressional District Data

Research on economic mobility, see data and replication code .

Equality of Opportunity Project

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Publishes articles on political theory from a wide range of philosophical, ideological and methodological perspectives..

Political Theory

Devoted to research on representative assemblies..

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Political bile, social commentary, and humor from Ed Burmilla.

Gin and Tacos

Addresses world politics from an academic perspective..

Duck of Minerva

Wide ranging thoughts on international relations, ethnic conflict, civil-military relations, academia, and politics from Stephen Saideman..

Saideman's Semi-Spew

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Teach Political Analysis

Use our Interactive Syllabus Builder to create a course outline with ease! Integrate the classic text, Essentials of Political Analysis, with Companions for SPSS, Stata, Excel & R.

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ORIGINAL PROJECT: Studying Presidents

Pres. Rutherford Hayes'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.