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

Railroads and Reform: How Trains Strengthened the Nation StateAbstract | Data | Find Text
Johannes Lindvall (Forthcoming)
Journal Archives | More Journals
The Effects of Women's Descriptive Representation on Government BehaviorAbstract | Data | Find Text
Jonathan Homola (Forthcoming)
Journal Archives | More Journals
Is There More Violence in the Middle?Abstract | Data | Find Text
Zachary M. Jones; Yonatan Lupu (2018)
Journal Archives | More Journals
All Keynesians now? Public support for countercyclical government borrowingAbstract | Data | Find Text
*Timothy Hicks; Lucy Barnes (2021)
Journal Archives | More Journals
Reconsidering Tolerance: Insights from Political Theory and Three ExperimentsAbstract | Data | Find Text
Calvert W. Jones; Teresa M. Bejan (2021)
Journal Archives | More Journals


Elites Tweet to get Feet off the Streets: Measuring Regime Social Media Strategies During ProtestAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Kevin Munger; Richard Bonneau; Jonathan Nagler; Joshua A. Tucker (2019)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals

Multiple Principals and Legislative CohesionAbstract | Data | Find Text
Frank Thames; Stephen Meserve; Joseph Robbins (2017)
Journal Archives | More Journals
High Valuations, Uncertainty, and WarAbstract | Data | Find Text
Iris Malone; William Spaniel (2021)
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The Ties that Double Bind: Social Roles and Women's Underrepresentation in PoliticsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Dawn Langan Teele; *Joshua Kalla; Frances Rosenbluth (2018)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals

Learning about Growth and DemocracyAbstract | Data | Find Text
Scott F Abramson; Sergio Montero (2020)
Journal Archives | More Journals

Find DatasetsAll topical collections

Japanese J. of Poli. Sci. Dataverse
Replication materials for articles published in JJPS.
Journal Archives
Migration Data Portal
A unique access point to timely, comprehensive migration statistics and reliable information about migration data g...
Data Sites | Migration Citizenship
Groningen Growth & Dev. Center
Platform for research on economic growth and development, comprehensive databases on indicators of growth and devel...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Jim Campbell
Needs description
Authors
Japanese J. of Poli. Sci. Dataverse
Replication materials for articles published in JJPS.
Journal Archives
Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive
Extensive coverage of many variables over time, full access requires buying license.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
High Courts Judicial Database
The High Courts Judicial Database (HCJD) provides coded information on the content of universes or random samples o...
Data Sites | Law & Courts
Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences
The LISS panel (Netherlands) has been in full operation since October 2007, and all data are made available through...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
MacroDataGuide
International social science resource, it informs not only on which data are out there and where they can be found,...
Data Sites
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

Strange Maps
comments on all kinds of intriguing maps - real, fictional, and what-if ones
Blogs
Online Peace Science Colloquium
Advanced manuscripts to discussed online by prominent members of the field (live and archived).
Podcasts
Just the Social Facts, Ma'am
By David Weakliem
Blogs
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Focuses on conflict between and within states, but also explores a variety of inter-group and interpersonal conflic...
Journals | IR
Political Analysis
RSS | Academic journal featuring new ideas for the empirical analysis of politics.
Journals | Methodology
Journal of Peace Research
Focuses on the causes of violence and conflict resolution, strives for a global focus on conflict and peacemaking.
Journals | IR
Journal of Supreme Court History
RSS | Published for the Supreme Court Historical Society, the journal and the society are dedicated to the collection and...
Journals | Law & Courts
Election Law Journal
Peer-reviewed journal for up-to-date coverage of this evolving area of specialization.
Journals | Voting & Elections
European Journal of Political Research
Original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics.
Journals | European Politics
Journal of Political Science
Published annually by the South Carolina Political Science Association
Journals | Am. Politics

Original Projects & Publications

U.S. Presidents' Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress
Pres. Lincoln's Positions:
37th House     37th Senate
38th House     38th Senate
39th House     39th Senate
American Politics

Political Science Teaching Assistant Program
What is an enumerated power?
A power specifically granted to the national government by the Constitution. The first 17 clauses of Article I, Section 8, specify most of the enumerated powers of Congress.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

Advanced Regression Analysis
Materials, including slides and code samples, from Dave Armstrong's ICPSR course.
Teaching Resources
How2Stats Youtube Channel
Excellent collection of SPSS tutorial videos.
Teaching Resources
Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation
from Carnegie Mellon, includes great summary of teaching and learning principles
Teaching Resources
Choosing the Right Statistical Test
From John McDonald
Teaching Resources
Advanced Quantitative Research Methodology Class
Gary King's Harvard University course web site includes lecture notes and other resources.
Teaching Resources
Desmos
Graph functions, plot data, evaluate equations, explore transformations, and share with students.
Teaching Resources
Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems
Complete resources for course, taught by Raj Chetty, on how 'big data' can be used to understand and solve importan...
Teaching Resources
Applied Survey Methods
Web site for book by Jelke Bethlehem, University of Amsterdam.
Teaching Resources
RMUoHP Biostatistics Resource Channel
Contains lectures related to statistical techniques and theory. Also contains short screencasts demonstrating SPSS ...
Teaching Resources
Probability Distributome Project
An interactive web-based resource for probability distributions.
Teaching Resources

Watch and LearnAll Excel tutorials | teaching resources

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
Statistics with R
Full course in advanced undergraduate statistics taught at Emory University by Courtney Brown.
R Demos & Resources
Importing Data from a Website to Spreadsheet
Lucy Provost demonstrates Excel 2016 web queries (6:38)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 15
Random Number Generation with Multiple Distributions
Distributions reviewed include uniform, normal, Bernoulli, binomial, Poisson, patterned, and discrete (11:36).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 6
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
Using PivotTable to Create Controlled Mean Comparison Table
Example shows repair time (DV) by technician, controlling for job type (4:01).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 7
Pivot Table Tutorial
By Kevin Stratvert (13:35)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 2
Creating Correlation Table Using Data Analysis Tools
Example based on Boston housing data, shows how to color-code results (9:39).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 11
Binary Logistic Regression
Uses Real Statistics Add-In to analyze business example (4:48).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 14
Calculating the Difference between Two Columns
Simple example of change in test scores (1:34)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 3

International RelationsAll IR

Saideman's Semi-Spew
Wide ranging thoughts on international relations, ethnic conflict, civil-military relations, academia, and politics...
Blogs | IR
Design of Trade Agreements (DESTA) Database
Systematic data on the design of preferential trade agreements that have been signed since 1945.
Data Sites | IR
Open Event Data Alliance
A consortium committed to facilitating the development, adoption and analysis of social and political event data.
Data Sites | IR
World Integrated Trade Solution
Allows users to access and retrieve information on trade and tariffs, from the World Bank.
Data Sites | IR
Aids Flows
AidFlows visualizes how much development financing is provided and received around the world.
Data Sites | IR
Chicago Project on Security and Threats
Advances scholarship on international politics, security, and trade that advances peace and prosperity, maintains a...
Data Sites | IR
Change in Source of Leader Support
The goal of the CHISOLS data is to differentiate leader transitions in which a new leader depends on different soci...
Data Sites | IR
Correlates of War Project Datasets
COW seeks to facilitate the collection, dissemination, and use of accurate and reliable quantitative data in intern...
Data Sites | IR
Nils D. Weidmann
University of Konstanz
Authors | IR
European J. of International Relations
Publishes peer-reviewed scholarly contributions across the full breadth of the field of International Relations.
Journals | IR

Comparative PoliticsAll CP

WIDER Angle
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research addresses political and economic devel...
Blogs | Comp. Politics
Joshua A. Tucker
NYU
Authors | Comp. Politics
Matthew Golder
Penn State Univ., see research page.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Fragile States Index
A ranking of 178 countries across 12 indicators of the risks and vulnerabilities faced by individual nations, see d...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Israel National Election Studies
Aims to investigate voting patterns, public opinion, and political participation in Israel.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Datasets on Democratic Deepening and Regression
DEDERE Project on the causes of democratic deepening and regression.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Samuel Standaert
Clemson University, see datasets.
Authors | Comp. Politics
David J. Samuels
Univ. of Minnesota, page has links to replication datasets.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Party Government Data Set
Party Government in 40 Democracies 1945-2008, from Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
KOF Swiss Economic Institute
Extensive economic research, including Globalization Index.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics

It's Better with MusicComplete soundtrack

Ulrich Schnauss - A Letter From Home
It's Better with Music
Sigur Rós - Route One [Part 2]
It's Better with Music
Bonobo - Cirrus
It's Better with Music
Mira Garbicz 2018 mix
soundcloud (about 3 hrs)
It's Better with Music
Melon - Spring
It's Better with Music
Gandolfi @ soundcloud
London artist, electronic meditations.
It's Better with Music

American PoliticsAll American politics

Gregory Huber
Needs description
Authors | Am. Politics
E. Scott Adler
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, see datasets.
Authors | Am. Politics
Congress Roll Call Vote Indexes
Useful, basic tables on roll call votes in House and Senate (101-present)
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Katherine Levine Einstein
Needs description
Authors | Am. Politics
Richard C. Fording
Professor of Political Science at the University of Alabama
Authors | Am. Politics
Boris Shor
Needs description
Authors | Am. Politics
Equality of Opportunity Project
Research on economic mobility, see data and replication code
Data Sites | Am. Politics
National Political Science Review
An annual refereed publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.
Journals | Am. Politics
Political Institutions and Public Choice Program Data
Focused on the House of Representatives
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Tim Groseclose
Formerly at UCLA, see datasets on academic stuff page.
Authors | Am. Politics

Author Replication DataAll authors

Guy Grossman
Needs description
Authors
Barry C. Edwards
University of Central Florida, more about me.
Authors | Am. Politics
John Gerring
Needs description
Authors
Havard Hegre
Uppsala University, see data
Authors | IR
Dimiter Toshkov
Leiden University, see data and replication materials.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Matthew Hall
University of Notre Dame, see replication data and large datasets.
Authors | Law & Courts
Aditya Dasgupta
Needs description
Authors
Giacomo Chiozza
American University of Sharjah, see replication data for articles and book chapters.
Authors | IR
Timothy Hicks
Needs description
Authors | Comp. Politics
Benjamin O. Fordham
Needs description
Authors

European PoliticsAll European politics

Chapel Hill Expert Survey
Estimate party positioning on European integration, ideology and policy issues for national parties in a variety of...
Data Sites | European Politics
Journal of Common Market Studies
Innovative peer-reviewed research on Europe and comparative regional studies.
Journals | 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

Democracy Audit
Independent organisation based at the LSE for research into the quality and effectiveness of UK democracy.
Blogs | 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
Danish National Election Study
Data from all 16 elections in the 1971-2011 period.
Data Sites | European Politics
Italian Political Science Review Dataverse
Data and code replication material for articles published in IPSR.
Journal Archives | 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
Swedish National Election Studies
Aims to explain why people vote as they do and why an election ends in a particular way. See data page.
Data Sites | European Politics
Party Systems and Governments Observatory
Data on government formation and party system institutionalization in all 48 European democracies, from the Second ...
Data Sites | European Politics

African PoliticsAll 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
Afrobarometer Data Collection
An African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in Africa
Data Sites | African Politics
Statistics South Africa
Data on people, economy, and living conditions.
Data Sites | African Politics
Ufahamu Africa
Life and politics on the continent.
Podcasts | African Politics
Index of African Governance
From the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.
Data Sites | African Politics
African Security
Strives to investigate the myriad issues relating to conflict and security within and between African nations, not ...
Journals | African Politics
African J. of Political Science & Int'l Relations
RSS | Research on politics and international relations especially those pertaining to Africa.
Journals | African Politics
Rev. of African Political Econ. Blog
Short articles to highlight developments on the continent and comment on the dynamics of protest, shifting patterns...
Blogs | African Politics
African Journal of Political Science
Published by the African Association of Political Science with the aim of providing a platform for African perspect...
Journals | African Politics
Review of African Political Economy
Radical analyses of trends, issues and social processes in Africa, adopting a broadly materialist interpretation of...
Journals | African Politics

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Railroads and Reform: How Trains Strengthened the Nation StateAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Johannes Lindvall (Forthcoming)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


The Effects of Women's Descriptive Representation on Government BehaviorAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Jonathan Homola (Forthcoming)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Is There More Violence in the Middle?Abstract \| Data \| Find Text
Zachary M. Jones; Yonatan Lupu (2018)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


All Keynesians now? Public support for countercyclical government borrowingAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Timothy Hicks; Lucy Barnes (2021)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Reconsidering Tolerance: Insights from Political Theory and Three ExperimentsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Calvert W. Jones; Teresa M. Bejan (2021)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Multiple Principals and Legislative CohesionAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Frank Thames; Stephen Meserve; Joseph Robbins (2017)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


High Valuations, Uncertainty, and WarAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Iris Malone; William Spaniel (2021)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Learning about Growth and DemocracyAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Scott F Abramson; Sergio Montero (2020)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals

Japanese J. of Poli. Sci. Dataverse
Replication materials for articles published in JJPS.
	Journal Archives

Migration Data Portal
A unique access point to timely, comprehensive migration statistics and reliable information about migration data g...
	Data Sites \| Migration Citizenship

Groningen Growth & Dev. Center
Platform for research on economic growth and development, comprehensive databases on indicators of growth and devel...
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Jim Campbell
Needs description
	Authors

Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive
Extensive coverage of many variables over time, full access requires buying license.
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

High Courts Judicial Database
The High Courts Judicial Database (HCJD) provides coded information on the content of universes or random samples o...
	Data Sites \| Law & Courts

Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences
The LISS panel (Netherlands) has been in full operation since October 2007, and all data are made available through...
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

MacroDataGuide
International social science resource, it informs not only on which data are out there and where they can be found,...
	Data Sites

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

Strange Maps
comments on all kinds of intriguing maps - real, fictional, and what-if ones
	Blogs

Online Peace Science Colloquium
Advanced manuscripts to discussed online by prominent members of the field (live and archived).
	Podcasts

Journal of Conflict Resolution
Focuses on conflict between and within states, but also explores a variety of inter-group and interpersonal conflic...
	Journals \| IR

Political Analysis
RSS \| Academic journal featuring new ideas for the empirical analysis of politics.
	Journals \| Methodology

Journal of Peace Research
Focuses on the causes of violence and conflict resolution, strives for a global focus on conflict and peacemaking.
	Journals \| IR

Journal of Supreme Court History
RSS \| Published for the Supreme Court Historical Society, the journal and the society are dedicated to the collection and...
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Election Law Journal
Peer-reviewed journal for up-to-date coverage of this evolving area of specialization.
	Journals \| Voting & Elections

European Journal of Political Research
Original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics.
	Journals \| European Politics

Journal of Political Science
Published annually by the South Carolina Political Science Association
	Journals \| Am. Politics

U.S. Presidents' Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress
Pres. Lincoln's Positions: 37th House 37th Senate 38th House 38th Senate 39th House 39th 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

Advanced Regression Analysis
Materials, including slides and code samples, from Dave Armstrong's ICPSR course.
	Teaching Resources

How2Stats Youtube Channel
Excellent collection of SPSS tutorial videos.
	Teaching Resources