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Articles with Replication DataAlso see Journal Data Archives | Author Replication Data

The Deservingness Heuristic and The Politics of Health CareAbstract | Data | Find Text
Carsten Jensen; *Michael Bang Petersen (2017)
Journal Archives | More Journals
Bankrolling Repression? Modeling Third-Party Influence on Protests and RepressionAbstract | Data | Find Text
Olga Chyzh; Elena Labzina (2018)
Journal Archives | More Journals
How Parties React to Voter TransitionsAbstract | Data | Find Text
Lukas F. Stoetzer; Tarik Abou-Chadi (2020)
Journal Archives | More Journals


Issue Engagement Across Members of Parliament: The Role of Issue Specialization and Party LeadershipAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Thomas Meyer; *Markus Wagner (Forthcoming)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Online Tallies and the Context of Politics: How Online Tallies Make Dominant Candidates Appear Competent in Contexts of ConflictAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Lasse Laustsen; *Michael Bang Petersen (2020)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals

Political Representation and Effects of Municipal MergersAbstract | Data | Find Text
Janne Tukiainen (2021)
Journal Archives | More Journals
Ideology, Learning, and Policy Diffusion: Experimental EvidenceAbstract | Data | Find Text
*Daniel Butler; Craig Volden; Adam M. Dynes; *Boris Shor (2017)
Journal Archives | More Journals
Capital Meets Democracy: The Impact of Franchise Extension on Sovereign Bond MarketsAbstract | Data | Find Text
*Aditya Dasgupta; Daniel Ziblatt (2021)
Journal Archives | More Journals
The Effects of Blaming Others for Legislative Inaction on Individual and Collective EvaluationsAbstract | Data | Find Text
David Doherty; Laurel Harbridge-Yong (2020)
Journal Archives | More Journals


Is Temperature Exogenous? The Impact of Civil Conflict on the Instrumental Climate Record in Sub-Saharan AfricaAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Kenneth Schultz; Justin Mankin (2019)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals

Find DatasetsAll topical collections

Poli. Sci. Research & Methods Dataverse
PSRM requires that authors make materials available to enable others to replicate the results of research.
Journal Archives
Global Terrorism Database
Open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2017, now include...
Data Sites | IR
Constitute Project
Beautiful online environment to read, search, and compare the world's constitutions
Data Sites | Law & Courts
Lee Epstein
Washington University in St. Louis, see dataverse.
Authors | Law & Courts
International Studies Quarterly Dataverse
Replication datasets for articles published in ISQ. Also see ISQ legacy archive.
Journal Archives | IR
European Election Studies
About electoral participation and voting behavior in European Parliament elections.
Data Sites | European Politics
Manifesto Project Database
Provides the scientific community with parties' policy positions derived from a content analysis of parties' electo...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Nat'l Bureau of Econ. Research Datasets
Includes macro-level economic data, industrial data, finance, individual-level surveys, health care, and vital stat...
Data Sites
Survey Documentation and Analysis
Programs for the documentation and Web-based analysis of survey data, including ANES and GSS.
Data Sites | Public Opinion Surveys
Suggest a Link
Navigate to the page where you think your link should appear and look for a box that looks this this.

Share InsightsAll poli sci journals | blogs | podcasts

Center for Effective Global Action Blog
Comments on key issues related to poverty alleviation and global development.
Blogs
JEPP Online
Official blog of the Journal of European Public Policy.
Blogs | European Politics
American Journal of Political Science
RSS | Published on behalf of the Midwest Political Science Association.
Journals
New England J. of Political Science
By the New England Political Science Association
Journals
Journal of Politics
RSS | Published for the Southern Political Science Association.
Journals
Japanese Journal of Political Science
A peer-reviewed journal that publishes original theoretical and empirically tested political science research.
Journals
War on the Rocks
A platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues t...
Blogs | IR
African J. of Political Science & Int'l Relations
RSS | Research on politics and international relations especially those pertaining to Africa.
Journals | African Politics
Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics
RSS | JREP highlights critical and timely research into the multiple junctures between politics and issues of race, ethni...
Journals
European J. of International Relations
Publishes peer-reviewed scholarly contributions across the full breadth of the field of International Relations.
Journals | IR

Original Projects & Publications

U.S. Presidents' Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress
Pres. A. Johnson's Positions:
39th House 39th Senate
40th House 40th Senate
American Politics

Political Science Teaching Assistant Program
What is a closed rule?
A provision that allows no amendments to be proposed once a bill comes to the chamber floor. Hover over to see answer
	TA Program: Intro. to Am. Gov't

The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Ed. (CQ/Sage, 2020)
Request exam copy
Student & instructor resources
Lecture videos
My Publications
Live R Code Demos
Sample uses of the R Statistics Program for political science research. From Barry Edwards, Political Science Data.
R Demos & Resources
Sample Syllabi for Research Methods Courses
Don't reinvent the wheel. Find courses that use your preferred software (SPSS, Stata, or R).
Teaching Resources
Calculate Ideal Points of Federal Judges
This program implements the Giles, Hettinger, Peppers (GHP) method of estimating ideal points of federal judges in ...
Data Sites | Law & Courts
Create Cross-Tabulations with US Circuit Court Data
This resource allows you to analyze some of the variables coded in Phase Three of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal...
Data Sites | Law & Courts

Teach Data AnalysisAll teaching resources

Statistical Analysis Tutorial Videos
Mike Crowson's YouTube channel covers statistical concepts and procedures, demonstrates how to carry out quantitati...
Teaching Resources
StatLab at University of Virginia
Consultations, collaborations, and training in support of data science, applied statistics, and scientific computin...
Teaching Resources
Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation
from Carnegie Mellon, includes great summary of teaching and learning principles
Teaching Resources
Center for Systemic Peace's YouTube Channel
Great set of concise videos to supplement courses on international relations.
Teaching Resources

Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan
Founded in 1962, encourages the creation of learning environments in which diverse students can learn and excel.
	Teaching Resources

CRAN Task View: Statistics for the Social Sciences
Describes many R packages and resources for social science research, by John Fox.
Teaching Resources
Introduction to LaTex
Materials from Dave Armstrong's two-hour ICPSR workshop.
Teaching Resources
Center for Teaching and Learning
At the Univ. of Minnesota.
Teaching Resources
Interactive Statistical Pages
A compilation of links to web pages that perform statistical calculations.
Teaching Resources
R Studio's Online Learning Resources
Tutorials, articles, and examples exist to help you learn R and its extensions.
Teaching Resources

Watch and LearnAll Excel tutorials | teaching resources

Tukey-Kramer Post Hoc Test after One-Way ANOVA
From Todd Grande (15:35)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 10
Confidence Intervals (Using t-Distribution)
From John Estes Math (5:36)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 8
One-Way ANOVA with Post-Hoc t-Tests
From James Clark (14:25)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 10
Random Number Generation with Multiple Distributions
Distributions reviewed include uniform, normal, Bernoulli, binomial, Poisson, patterned, and discrete (11:36).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 6
Graphing Two Data Series on the Same Scatterplot
Plot two data sets on the same scatterplot for visual comparison (6:07).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 12
Two-Way ANOVA with Replication using Data Analysis Tools
From Todd Grande (12:42)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 10
How to Create 100% Stacked Column Chart
Chart option for qualitative dependent variable (4:58).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 5
Using Functions for F-Distribution and F-Test
Shows how to calculate p-values for F-statistics (4:12)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 10
Getting Started with RStudio
By James Scott (18:11)
R Demos & Resources
Independent Samples T-Test from Only Sample Size, Mean, and Standard Deviation
Todd Grande shows how to conduct t-test from descriptive statistics (7:38)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 9

International RelationsAll IR

TERRIER
Stands for temporally extended, regular, reproducible international event records, is a new machine coded event dat...
Data Sites | IR
Erik Gartzke
Univ. California at San Diego, see datasets
Authors | IR
Clayton Thyne
University of Kentucky
Authors | IR
Nils D. Weidmann
University of Konstanz
Authors | IR
Integrated Crisis Early Warning System
A comprehensive, integrated, automated, generalizable, and validated system to monitor, assess, and forecast nation...
Data Sites | IR
Nikolay Marinov
University of Houston, see data and paper repositories.
Authors | IR
U.S. Foreign Aid Explorer
A multi-dimensional picture of U.S. foreign assistance, see data page.
Data Sites | IR
Political Violence at a Glance
Experts answer questions about violence happening around the world and offer simple, straight-forward analysis befo...
Blogs | IR
Global Terrorism Database
Open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2017, now include...
Data Sites | IR
#OCCUPYIRTHEORY
A blog focusing primarily on the significance of Occupy Wall Street and other horizontalist political movements for...
Blogs | IR

Comparative PoliticsAll CP

Matthew Krain
College of Wooster, see research page.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Freedom House
Produces data on a number of core thematic issues related to democracy, political rights and civil liberties.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Dave Armstrong
Western University in London, Ontario, replication files on research page.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Comparative Welfare Entitlements Dataset
Information about the structure and generosity of social insurance benefits in 33 countries around the world
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Multiculturalism Policy Index
Information about multiculturalism policies in a standardized format that aids comparative research and contributes...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Canadian Election Study
Thorough account of Canadian elections.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Bjorn Hoyland
Univ. of Oslo
Authors | Comp. Politics
Institutional Quality Dataset
From Aljaz Kuncic, covers 1990 - 2010
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Vera Troeger
University of Warwick, see replication data
Authors | Comp. Politics
Autocratic Regime Data
Provides transition information for the 280 autocratic regimes in existence from 1946 to 2010
Data Sites | Comp. Politics

It's Better with MusicComplete soundtrack

American PoliticsAll American politics

National Political Science Review
An annual refereed publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.
Journals | Am. Politics
Congress Roll Call Vote Indexes
Useful, basic tables on roll call votes in House and Senate (101-present)
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Eleanor N. Powell
University of Wisconsin-Madison, see data page.
Authors | Am. Politics
Kristin Kanthak
University of Pittsburgh, see replication data page.
Authors | Am. Politics
American Politics Research
RSS | Academic journal or the dissemination of the latest theory, research and analyses in American political science.
Journals | Am. Politics
A Few Reasonable Words
Podcast. A podcast from three professors trying desperately to soothe the frayed nerves of the American public with...
Podcasts | Am. Politics
United States Election Project
Information source for the United States electoral system; great data on voter turnout.
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Keith E. Lee Jr.
Georgia College, replication datasets on publication page.
Authors | Am. Politics
Vetoes by U.S. Presidents, 1789-present
From the U.S. Senate library
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Agency Data
An Archive of Administrative Agency Data from Tony Bertelli and Christian Grose.
Data Sites | Am. Politics

Author Replication DataAll authors

Joseph D. Ura
Texas A&M University
Authors | Law & Courts
Luke Keele
University of Pennsylvania, see dataverse page
Authors | Am. Politics
Shane Singh
Needs description
Authors
Clayton Thyne
University of Kentucky
Authors | IR
Ryan C. Maness
Naval Postgraduate School, see cyber conflict dataset.
Authors | IR
Jason Lyall
Dartmouth College, see publications and data page.
Authors | IR
Jonathan M. Powell
Univ. of Central Florida, see coup d'etat dataset.
Authors | IR
Margaret E. Roberts
Univ. of California, San Diego
Authors | Comp. Politics
Simon Weschle
Needs description
Authors
Eric Neumayer
London School of Economics, see replication datasets.
Authors | Comp. Politics

European PoliticsAll European politics

German Institute on Radicalization and De-radicalization Studies
A research and network initiative focusing solely on the theory and practice of de-radicalization and counter-radic...
	Data Sites \| European Politics

Danish General Election Results
Results of Danish general elections 1953-2015 including number of votes and number of seats in parliament
Data Sites | European Politics

Electoral Volatility in the European Parliament Elections
Data on electoral volatility and its internal components in European Parliament elections in all EU countries since...
	Data Sites \| European Politics

Journal of European Public Policy
RSS | One of the flagship journals in the study of public policy, European politics and the EU.
Journals | European Politics
Danish National Election Study
Data from all 16 elections in the 1971-2011 period.
Data Sites | European Politics
European Quality of Life Survey
Carried out every four years, this unique, pan-European survey examines both the objective circumstances of Europea...
Data Sites | European Politics
Dutch Parliamentary Voting Dataset
Voting behaviour in the Dutch parliament.
Data Sites | European Politics
Markus Wagner
Needs description
Authors | European Politics
Austrian National Election Study
Comprehensive social science analysis of Austrian national elections.
Data Sites | European Politics
Democracy Audit
Independent organisation based at the LSE for research into the quality and effectiveness of UK democracy.
Blogs | European Politics

African PoliticsAll African politics

Statistics South Africa
Data on people, economy, and living conditions.
Data Sites | African Politics
Horacio Larreguy
Needs description
Authors | African Politics
Africa Research Institute Blog
Encourages debate, questions orthodoxy and challenges “received wisdom” in and about Africa.
Blogs | African Politics
Chris Blattman
Harris School of Public Policy at the Univ. of Chicago, see datasets on research page.
Authors | African Politics
African Affairs
Published on behalf of the Royal African Society, the top ranked journal in African Studies, an inter-disciplinary ...
Journals | African Politics
Peter Van der Windt
NYU - Abu Dhabi
Authors | African Politics
African Dev. Bank Group Data Portal
Access to information on lending projects from 1967 up to now, the dataset includes basic information such as the p...
Data Sites | African Politics
Center for the Study of African Econ.
Researching on the economic and social development in Africa since 1986, includes Free and Fair Elections Database
Data Sites | African Politics
Portal of Public Use Datasets on Sub-Saharan Africa
From the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Data Sites | African Politics
Nat'l Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
Collects and archives key national data.
Data Sites | African Politics

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The Deservingness Heuristic and The Politics of Health CareAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Carsten Jensen; *Michael Bang Petersen (2017)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Bankrolling Repression? Modeling Third-Party Influence on Protests and RepressionAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Olga Chyzh; Elena Labzina (2018)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


How Parties React to Voter TransitionsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Lukas F. Stoetzer; Tarik Abou-Chadi (2020)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Political Representation and Effects of Municipal MergersAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Janne Tukiainen (2021)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Ideology, Learning, and Policy Diffusion: Experimental EvidenceAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Daniel Butler; Craig Volden; Adam M. Dynes; Boris Shor (2017)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Capital Meets Democracy: The Impact of Franchise Extension on Sovereign Bond MarketsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Aditya Dasgupta; Daniel Ziblatt (2021)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


The Effects of Blaming Others for Legislative Inaction on Individual and Collective EvaluationsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
David Doherty; Laurel Harbridge-Yong (2020)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals

Poli. Sci. Research & Methods Dataverse
PSRM requires that authors make materials available to enable others to replicate the results of research.
	Journal Archives

Global Terrorism Database
Open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2017, now include...
	Data Sites \| IR

Constitute Project
Beautiful online environment to read, search, and compare the world's constitutions
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Lee Epstein
Washington University in St. Louis, see dataverse.
	Authors \| Law & Courts

International Studies Quarterly Dataverse
Replication datasets for articles published in ISQ. Also see ISQ legacy archive.
	Journal Archives \| IR

Manifesto Project Database
Provides the scientific community with parties' policy positions derived from a content analysis of parties' electo...
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Nat'l Bureau of Econ. Research Datasets
Includes macro-level economic data, industrial data, finance, individual-level surveys, health care, and vital stat...
	Data Sites

European Election Studies
About electoral participation and voting behavior in European Parliament elections.
	Data Sites \| European Politics

Survey Documentation and Analysis
Programs for the documentation and Web-based analysis of survey data, including ANES and GSS.
	Data Sites \| Public Opinion Surveys

	Suggest a Link
Navigate to the page where you think your link should appear and look for a box that looks this this.

Center for Effective Global Action Blog
Comments on key issues related to poverty alleviation and global development.
	Blogs

JEPP Online
Official blog of the Journal of European Public Policy.
	Blogs \| European Politics

American Journal of Political Science
RSS \| Published on behalf of the Midwest Political Science Association.
	Journals

New England J. of Political Science
By the New England Political Science Association
	Journals

Journal of Politics
RSS \| Published for the Southern Political Science Association.
	Journals

Japanese Journal of Political Science
A peer-reviewed journal that publishes original theoretical and empirically tested political science research.
	Journals

War on the Rocks
A platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues t...
	Blogs \| IR

African J. of Political Science & Int'l Relations
RSS \| Research on politics and international relations especially those pertaining to Africa.
	Journals \| African Politics

Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics
RSS \| JREP highlights critical and timely research into the multiple junctures between politics and issues of race, ethni...
	Journals

European J. of International Relations
Publishes peer-reviewed scholarly contributions across the full breadth of the field of International Relations.
	Journals \| IR

U.S. Presidents' Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress
Pres. A. Johnson's Positions: 39th House 39th Senate 40th House 40th Senate
	American Politics

The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Ed. (CQ/Sage, 2020)

Request exam copy Student & instructor resources Lecture videos
	My Publications

Live R Code Demos
Sample uses of the R Statistics Program for political science research. From Barry Edwards, Political Science Data.
	R Demos & Resources

Sample Syllabi for Research Methods Courses
Don't reinvent the wheel. Find courses that use your preferred software (SPSS, Stata, or R).
	Teaching Resources

Calculate Ideal Points of Federal Judges
This program implements the Giles, Hettinger, Peppers (GHP) method of estimating ideal points of federal judges in ...
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Create Cross-Tabulations with US Circuit Court Data
This resource allows you to analyze some of the variables coded in Phase Three of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal...
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Statistical Analysis Tutorial Videos
Mike Crowson's YouTube channel covers statistical concepts and procedures, demonstrates how to carry out quantitati...
	Teaching Resources