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

Offsetting Uncertainty: Reassurance with Two-Sided Incomplete InformationAbstract | Data | Find Text
Kyle Haynes; Brandon Yoder (2020)
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Why Do Practitioners Want to Connect with Researchers? Evidence from a Field ExperimentAbstract | Data | Find Text
Adam Levine (2020)
Journal Archives | More Journals
Cities as LobbyistsAbstract | Data | Find Text
Hye Young You; Rebecca Goldstein (2017)
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When Are Legislators Responsive to Ethnic Minorities? Testing the Role of Electoral Incentives and Candidate Selection for Mitigating Ethnocentric ResponsivenessAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Peter Thisted Dinesen; Malte Dahl; Mikkel Schiøler (2021)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals

Strategies of Resistance: Diversification and DiffusionAbstract | Data | Find Text
Kathleen Cunningham (2017)
Journal Archives | More Journals
Bridging the Pond: Measuring Policy Positions in the United States and EuropeAbstract | Data | Find Text
Cory Belden; Christopher Hare; Ryan Bakker (2020)
Journal Archives | More Journals
Negative and Positive Partisanship in the 2016 U.S. Presidential ElectionsAbstract | Data | Find Text
Alexa Bankert (Forthcoming)
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Martyrs for Free Speech? Disentangling the Effects of Legal Prosecution of Anti-Immigration Politicians on Their Electoral SupportAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Laura Jacobs; Joost van Spanje (Forthcoming)
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Born Weak, Growing Strong: Anti-Government Protests as a Signal of Rebel Strength in the Context of Civil WarsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Bahar Leventoglu; Nils W. Metternich (2018)
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When Do Leaders Free-Ride? Business Experience and Contributions to Collective DefenseAbstract | Data | Find Text
Matthew Fuhrmann (2020)
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Find DatasetsAll topical collections

Journal of Conflict Resolution
RSS | Links to replication data in tables of contents.
Journal Archives | IR
Institute for Social & Econ. Research
Work includes British Household Panel Survey.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Political Advertising on Google
To help everyone understand the ads they see online, this report from Google includes information about verified ad...
Data Sites | Voting & Elections
David J. Samuels
Univ. of Minnesota, page has links to replication datasets.
Authors | Comp. Politics
J. of Information Tech. and Politics Dataverse
Replication for some articles in years 2008-2012. JITP home page.
Journal Archives
EU Open Data Portal
Provides access to an expanding range of data from the European Union (EU) institutions and other EU bodies.
Data Sites | European Politics
Illinois Data Bank
A public access repository for publishing research data from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Data Sites
United States Election Project
Information source for the United States electoral system; great data on voter turnout.
Data Sites | Am. Politics
California Redistricting Database
Responsible for collecting and processing data for California's decennial redistricting.
Data Sites | Am. Politics
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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

Latin American Politics and Society
Publishes the highest-quality original social science scholarship on Latin America.
Journals | Latin American Politics
National Civic Review
Learn about the latest developments in collaborative problems-solving, civic engagement, local government innovatio...
Journals | Am. Politics
Society
RSS | Publishes new ideas and research findings drawn from all the social sciences, and presented in a readable and usefu...
Journals
Political Theory Review, The
Conversations with scholars on recent books in Political Theory and Social and Political Philosophy.
Podcasts
P.S. You're Interesting
Host Jeffery A. Jenkins discusses new research in political science with special guests.
Podcasts
Crime, Law and Social Change
RSS | peer reviewed journal that publishes essays and reviews addressing the political economy of organized crime whether...
Journals | Law & Courts
American Journal of Political Science
RSS | Published on behalf of the Midwest Political Science Association.
Journals
Political Quarterly
dedicated to political and social reform and has long acted as a conduit between policy-makers, commentators and ac...
Journals
Volokh Conspiracy
Posts about law and politics
Blogs | Law & Courts
Council on Foreign Relations Blogs
CFR is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. Blogs represent the views of...
Blogs

Original Projects & Publications

U.S. Presidents' Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress
Pres. Coolidge's Positions:
68th House     68th Senate
69th House     69th Senate
70th House     70th Senate
American Politics

Political Science Teaching Assistant Program
What is a tracking poll?
A poll taken for the candidate on a nearly daily basis as election day approaches.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

Interactive Statistical Pages
A compilation of links to web pages that perform statistical calculations.
Teaching Resources
Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR)
Portable online aids for probability and statistics education, technology based instruction and statistical computi...
Teaching Resources
Political Science Games
Classroom resources and activities, blog, great for online classes
Teaching Resources
Web Resources for Field Experiments: Design, Analysis, and Interpretation.
Datasets and sample code for 2012 book by Gerber and Green.
Teaching Resources
RMUoHP Biostatistics Resource Channel
Contains lectures related to statistical techniques and theory. Also contains short screencasts demonstrating SPSS ...
Teaching Resources
MethodSpace
Sage Publishing blog connecting the research methods community.
Teaching Resources
Advanced Regression Analysis
Materials, including slides and code samples, from Dave Armstrong's ICPSR course.
Teaching Resources
Visions in Methodology
Designed to support women who study political methodology.
Teaching Resources
Grafiti: Search Engine for Charts
Helps you search, discover & share charts from top publishers.
Teaching Resources
Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation
from Carnegie Mellon, includes great summary of teaching and learning principles
Teaching Resources

Watch and LearnAll Excel tutorials | teaching resources

How to Conduct a Chi-Square Test
From Todd Grande (8:03).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 10
How to Make a Line Graph
Show you how to create and edit a line chart (6:07).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 5
How to Insert Column in Worksheet
Fundamental skill for creating new variables in dataset (2:39)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 3
Using Count, Average and Sum in Pivot Tables
Useful for creating mean comparison tables (8:16).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 4
Calculating the 95% Confidence Interval after a T-Test
From Todd Grande (6:57)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 9
How to Create Multiple Line Chart
Plotting two or more lines that have the same x-values (7:27).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 5
How to Create a Column Chart
Good emphasis on design principles (3:40)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 2
Adding Slicers to PivotTable
Demonstrated with business data (14:01).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 7
How to Generate Discrete Random Numbers
Using the Data Analysis Toolpak (5:48)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 6
One-Way ANOVA with Post-Hoc t-Tests
From James Clark (14:25)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 10

International RelationsAll IR

Angela D. Nichols
Florida Atlantic Univ., datasets on research page.
Authors | IR
Clayton Thyne
University of Kentucky
Authors | IR
Computational Event Data System
Uses automated coding of news reports, focusing on the Middle East, Balkans, and West Africa, for statistical early...
Data Sites | IR
Center for Systematic Peace Datasets
Multiple significant datasets prepared by researchers associated with the Center for Systemic Peace and are generat...
Data Sites | IR
International Security Dataverse
Replication material for some articles published in the last five years.
Journal Archives | IR
Brett Ashley Leeds
Rice University
Authors | IR
Rev. of Int'l Organizations
Publishes original scientific contributions in the entire field of political economy, with a focus on the policies ...
Journals | IR
Giacomo Chiozza
American University of Sharjah, see replication data for articles and book chapters.
Authors | IR
International Security
RSS | Publishes articles on the full range of contemporary security issues. Its articles address traditional topics, such...
Journals | IR
Saideman's Semi-Spew
Wide ranging thoughts on international relations, ethnic conflict, civil-military relations, academia, and politics...
Blogs | IR

Comparative PoliticsAll CP

Trivedi Centre for Political Data
Promotes data-driven research, policy work and journalism on India’s political life by producing and disseminatin...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Bjorn Hoyland
Univ. of Oslo
Authors | Comp. Politics
UN Comtrade Database
Detailed global trade data. UN Comtrade is a repository of official international trade statistics and relevant ana...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
International Social Survey Programme
A cross-national collaboration program conducting annual surveys on diverse topics relevant to social sciences.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Wage Indicator
Online, up-to-date labor market data.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Aljaz Kuncic
University of Ljubljana
Authors | Comp. Politics
Democracy Barometer
A new instrument to measure the quality of established democracies.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Political Data Yearbook
Captures election results, national referenda, changes in government, and institutional reforms for a range of coun...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Daniel Aldrich
Northeastern University
Authors | Comp. Politics
Slava Mikhaylov
University of Essex, replication materials on publications page.
Authors | Comp. Politics

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American PoliticsAll American politics

California J. of Politics & Policy
Online journal of original scholarship, research, and commentary on national, state, and local government, electora...
Journals | Am. Politics
Congress & the Presidency
RSS | (Taylor & Francis) An interdisciplinary journal of political science and history that features articles on Congress...
Journals | Am. Politics
Dan Wood
Texas A & M, see replication data for his books.
Authors | Am. Politics
Jon Rogowski
Needs description
Authors | Am. Politics
Michael A. Bailey
Georgetown University
Authors | Am. Politics
Mathew D. McCubbins
Duke University, see replication data.
Authors | Am. Politics
Congress Project, The
Site features data collected by the Congress project, as well as links to other sites providing data and informatio...
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Pennsylvania Policy Database
A free, online resource that provides access to more than 200,000 state and news media records, enables users to tr...
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Congressional Bills Project
information about more than 400,000 bills introduced in the U.S. Congress, currently 1947-2008, along with extensiv...
Data Sites | Am. Politics
California Redistricting Database
Responsible for collecting and processing data for California's decennial redistricting.
Data Sites | Am. Politics

Author Replication DataAll authors

Barbara Walter
UC San Diego, datasets listed in selected publications section.
Authors | IR
Jason Lyall
Dartmouth College, see publications and data page.
Authors | IR
Jose A Cheibub
Needs description
Authors
D. Scott Bennett
Penn State, datasets page
Authors | IR
Matthew Blackwell
Needs description
Authors
Diego Puga
CEMFI, see data.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Douglas Kriner
Needs description
Authors | Am. Politics
Virginia Page Fortna
Columbia University
Authors | IR
Yotam Margalit
Needs description
Authors
Matthew Furhmann
Texas A & M, see datasets page.
Authors | IR

European PoliticsAll European politics

British J. of Politics & Int'l Relations
RSS | (Sage Publishing) Research on British politics
Journals | European Politics
British Election Study
Long term studies of Britain's electoral behavior.
Data Sites | European Politics
EU Open Data Portal
Provides access to an expanding range of data from the European Union (EU) institutions and other EU bodies.
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
IPPR Progressive Review
A pluralistic space to debate where next for progressives, examine the opportunities and challenges confronting us ...
Public Policy Journals | European Politics
Norwegian Centre for Research Data
One of the largest archives for research data of its kind, includes the European Election Database.
Data Sites | European Politics
Eurostat
The statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its mission is to provide high quality statist...
Data Sites | European Politics
Markus Wagner
Needs description
Authors | 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
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

African PoliticsAll African politics

African Security
Strives to investigate the myriad issues relating to conflict and security within and between African nations, not ...
Journals | African Politics
Climate Change & African Pol. Stability
This program analyzes how climate change could impact African and international security, see data page
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
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
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
African Affairs
Published on behalf of the Royal African Society, the top ranked journal in African Studies, an inter-disciplinary ...
Journals | African Politics
Statistics South Africa
Data on people, economy, and living conditions.
Data Sites | African Politics
South African Data Archive
Serves as a broker between a range of data providers and the research community.
Data Sites | African Politics

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Offsetting Uncertainty: Reassurance with Two-Sided Incomplete InformationAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Kyle Haynes; Brandon Yoder (2020)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Why Do Practitioners Want to Connect with Researchers? Evidence from a Field ExperimentAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Adam Levine (2020)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Cities as LobbyistsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Hye Young You; Rebecca Goldstein (2017)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Strategies of Resistance: Diversification and DiffusionAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Kathleen Cunningham (2017)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Bridging the Pond: Measuring Policy Positions in the United States and EuropeAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Cory Belden; Christopher Hare; Ryan Bakker (2020)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Negative and Positive Partisanship in the 2016 U.S. Presidential ElectionsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Alexa Bankert (Forthcoming)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


When Do Leaders Free-Ride? Business Experience and Contributions to Collective DefenseAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Matthew Fuhrmann (2020)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals

Journal of Conflict Resolution
RSS \| Links to replication data in tables of contents.
	Journal Archives \| IR

Institute for Social & Econ. Research
Work includes British Household Panel Survey.
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Political Advertising on Google
To help everyone understand the ads they see online, this report from Google includes information about verified ad...
	Data Sites \| Voting & Elections

David J. Samuels
Univ. of Minnesota, page has links to replication datasets.
	Authors \| Comp. Politics

J. of Information Tech. and Politics Dataverse
Replication for some articles in years 2008-2012. JITP home page.
	Journal Archives

EU Open Data Portal
Provides access to an expanding range of data from the European Union (EU) institutions and other EU bodies.
	Data Sites \| European Politics

Illinois Data Bank
A public access repository for publishing research data from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	Data Sites

United States Election Project
Information source for the United States electoral system; great data on voter turnout.
	Data Sites \| Am. Politics

California Redistricting Database
Responsible for collecting and processing data for California's decennial redistricting.
	Data Sites \| Am. Politics

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

Latin American Politics and Society
Publishes the highest-quality original social science scholarship on Latin America.
	Journals \| Latin American Politics

National Civic Review
Learn about the latest developments in collaborative problems-solving, civic engagement, local government innovatio...
	Journals \| Am. Politics

Society
RSS \| Publishes new ideas and research findings drawn from all the social sciences, and presented in a readable and usefu...
	Journals

Political Theory Review, The
Conversations with scholars on recent books in Political Theory and Social and Political Philosophy.
	Podcasts

P.S. You're Interesting
Host Jeffery A. Jenkins discusses new research in political science with special guests.
	Podcasts

Crime, Law and Social Change
RSS \| peer reviewed journal that publishes essays and reviews addressing the political economy of organized crime whether...
	Journals \| Law & Courts

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

Political Quarterly
dedicated to political and social reform and has long acted as a conduit between policy-makers, commentators and ac...
	Journals

Volokh Conspiracy
Posts about law and politics
	Blogs \| Law & Courts

Council on Foreign Relations Blogs
CFR is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. Blogs represent the views of...
	Blogs

U.S. Presidents' Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress
Pres. Coolidge's Positions: 68th House 68th Senate 69th House 69th Senate 70th House 70th 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

Interactive Statistical Pages
A compilation of links to web pages that perform statistical calculations.
	Teaching Resources