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

How Parties React to Voter TransitionsAbstract | Data | Find Text
Lukas F. Stoetzer; Tarik Abou-Chadi (2020)
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What Makes Experts Reliable? Expert Reliability and the Estimation of Latent TraitsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Kyle Marquardt; Daniel Pemstein; Brigitte Seim; Yi-ting Wang (2019)
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The Logic of Vulnerability and Civilian Victimization: Shifting Frontlines in Italy (1943-1945)Abstract \| Data \| Find Text
Stefano Costalli; Francesco N. Moro; Andrea Ruggeri (2020)
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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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Ambiguous Rhetoric and Legislative AccountabilityAbstract | Data | Find Text
*Elizabeth Simas; Kerri Milita; John Barry Ryan (Forthcoming)
Journal Archives | More Journals
Importance of Public Meaning for Political Persuasion Abstract | Data | Find Text
Deva Woodly (2018)
Journal Archives | More Journals
You're Not From Here!: The Consequences of Urban and Rural IdentitiesAbstract | Data | Find Text
Stephen Utych; Jeffrey Lyons (Forthcoming)
Journal Archives | More Journals
Adviser to the King: Experts, Rationalization, and LegitimacyAbstract | Data | Find Text
Calvert Jones (2019)
Journal Archives | More Journals
Outside the Wire: US Military Deployments and Host-Country Public OpinionAbstract | Data | Find Text
Michael Flynn (2020)
Journal Archives | More Journals
Paths of Recruitment: Rational Social Prospecting in Petition CanvassingAbstract | Data | Find Text
*Clayton Nall; Benjamin Schneer; Daniel Carpenter (2018)
Journal Archives | More Journals

Find DatasetsAll topical collections

Japanese J. of Poli. Sci. Dataverse
Replication materials for articles published in JJPS.
Journal Archives
Roper Center
Public opinion surveys from U.S. and around the world.
Data Sites | Public Opinion Surveys
Rising Powers Diplomatic Network
Monitors the distribution of the diplomatic apparatus of emerging powers across the globe.
Data Sites | IR
Paul Huth
University of Maryland, see dataverse.
Authors | IR
J. of Experimental Poli. Sci. Dataverse
Contains replication data and other relevant files for articles published in the journal.
Journal Archives
Party Government Data Set
Party Government in 40 Democracies 1945-2008, from Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
National Center for Education Statistics
The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Data and analysis source on political violence and protest in the developing world. See data page.
Data Sites | IR
TERRIER
Stands for temporally extended, regular, reproducible international event records, is a new machine coded event dat...
Data Sites | IR
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Studies in Am. Political Development
RSS | Articles focus on American governmental institutions over time and on their social, economic and cultural setting.
Journals | Am. Politics
P.S. You're Interesting
Host Jeffery A. Jenkins discusses new research in political science with special guests.
Podcasts
Current Events: Management of the Administrative State
Focused on enhancing the role political scientists can play in the management of the administrative state by becom...
Blogs | Am. Politics
International Security
RSS | Publishes articles on the full range of contemporary security issues. Its articles address traditional topics, such...
Journals | IR
International Studies Quarterly
Publishes leading scholarship that engages with significant theoretical, empirical, and normative subjects in inter...
Journals
International Theory
A peer reviewed journal which promotes theoretical scholarship about the positive, legal, and normative aspects of ...
Journals
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
From Andrew Gelman and co-authors.
Blogs | Methodology
European Journal of Political Research
Original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics.
Journals | European Politics
Journal of Law and Courts
From the Law and Courts Organized Section of the American Political Science Association.
Journals | Law & Courts
Research and Politics
This journal focuses on short (4,000 word) articles that are easily accessible but that are also methodologically r...
Journals

Original Projects & Publications

U.S. Presidents' Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress
Pres. Jackson's Positions: 21st House 21st Senate 22nd House 22nd Senate 23rd House 23rd Senate 24th House 24th Senate
	American Politics

Political Science Teaching Assistant Program
What is the kitchen cabinet?
The informal advisers to the president.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

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

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
Statistics and Probability Course
From Khan Academy, adapts to your level and tracks your progress
Teaching Resources
RMUoHP Biostatistics Resource Channel
Contains lectures related to statistical techniques and theory. Also contains short screencasts demonstrating SPSS ...
Teaching Resources
How2Stats Youtube Channel
Excellent collection of SPSS tutorial videos.
Teaching Resources
Getting Started in Data Analysis using Stata and R
From Data and Statistical Services at Princeton University.
Teaching Resources
Choosing the Correct Statistical Test
From UCLA, with links showing how to do such tests using SAS, Stata and SPSS.
Teaching Resources
Advanced Regression Analysis
Materials, including slides and code samples, from Dave Armstrong's ICPSR course.
Teaching Resources
Choosing the Right Statistical Test
From John McDonald
Teaching Resources
Scholarship on Teaching and Learning
Great compilation of resources from Kathleen Bratton, LSU Political Science Dept.
Teaching Resources

Watch and LearnAll Excel tutorials | teaching resources

Understanding Sample and Population Standard Deviations
Todd Grande Compares Excel's STDEV.S and STDEV.P functions (7:46)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 8
How to Create Confidence Intervals for Difference of Proportions
David Houston works through political examples (20:43).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 9
How to Calculate P-Value for an F-Statistic
Uses Excel F.DIST function (2:26)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 10
Getting Started with RStudio
By James Scott (18:11)
R Demos & Resources
How to Use Descriptive Statistics Tool
Demonstrates with data on heights (2:37).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 2
How to Make a Line Graph
Show you how to create and edit a line chart (6:07).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 5
How to Create a Boxplot
Comparing numeric values across multiple categories (2:02).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 5
How to Use Autosum, Average, Max, Min, Count & Autofill Functions
From Organic Chemistry Tutor (6:46)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 3
Logistic Regression Using Solver
Demonstrates maximum likelihood estimation using Solver (5:52).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 14
Multiple Regression Analysis with Data Analysis ToolPak
Tobin Porterfield provides example with movie data (4:56)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 12

International RelationsAll IR

Open Event Data Alliance
A consortium committed to facilitating the development, adoption and analysis of social and political event data.
Data Sites | IR
Economics of National Security: Data Set Index
Thorough document from Professor Martin Feldstein, compiled by Brandon Kaplowitz.
Data Sites | IR
Military Expenditure Database
Contains consistent time series on the military spending of countries, updated annually.
Data Sites | IR
Brett Ashley Leeds
Rice University
Authors | IR
James D. Morrow
Univ. of Michigan, see datasets.
Authors | IR
Mass Mobilization in Autocracies Database
Sub-national data on mass mobilization events in autocracies worldwide.
Data Sites | IR
Giacomo Chiozza
American University of Sharjah, see replication data for articles and book chapters.
Authors | IR
CShapes
Provides historical maps of state boundaries and capitals in the post-World War II period.
Data Sites | IR
War on the Rocks
A platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues t...
Blogs | IR
Erik Voeten
Georgetown, see data page
Authors | IR

Comparative PoliticsAll CP

World Database of Happiness
Archive of research findings on subjective enjoyment of life
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
legislatoR
Political, sociodemographic, and Wikipedia-related data on elected politicians across the globe for R environment.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Standardized World Income Inequality Database, The
Goal of project is to maximize the comparability of income inequality data while maintaining the widest possible co...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Gerald Schneider
Universitat Konstanz, see replication data.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Global Media Freedom Dataset
Data on the evolution and devolution of media freedom in individual countries.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Bayesian Corruption Index, The
A composite index of the perceived overall level of corruption in countries around the world.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Romain Wacziarg
UCLA School of Management
Authors | Comp. Politics
Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive
Extensive coverage of many variables over time, full access requires buying license.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Human Rights Data Analysis Group
A non-profit, non-partisan organization that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations ar...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Groningen Growth & Dev. Center
Platform for research on economic growth and development, comprehensive databases on indicators of growth and devel...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics

It's Better with MusicComplete soundtrack

Baby Mammoth - Skidding on All Fours
It's Better with Music
Blackmill - Miracle [Full Album]
It's Better with Music
lofi hip hop radio
It's Better with Music
Daniel Bortz - The Misery
It's Better with Music
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From Snap Crackle EDM
It's Better with Music
Ambient Electronic Channels from Shoutcast
Shoutcast is a great directory of free on-line stations, I enjoy most of the stations in this section and try to di...
It's Better with Music

American PoliticsAll American politics

State Politics & Policy Q. Dataverse
Growing collection of replication datasets, as early as 2013.
Journal Archives | Am. Politics
David Darmofal
Univ. of South Carolina, see dataverse.
Authors | Am. Politics
Political Institutions and Public Choice Program Data
Focused on the House of Representatives
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Joseph Cooper
Johns Hopkins, see congressional voting data.
Authors | Am. Politics
United States Election Project
Information source for the United States electoral system; great data on voter turnout.
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Tim Groseclose
Formerly at UCLA, see datasets on academic stuff page.
Authors | Am. Politics
US Policy Agendas Project
Collects and organizes data from various archived sources to trace changes in the national policy agenda and public...
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Katherine Levine Einstein
Needs description
Authors | Am. Politics
Barry C. Edwards
University of Central Florida, more about me.
Authors | Am. Politics
American Presidency Project
Established in 1999 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, archives contain 103,280 documents related to t...
Data Sites | Am. Politics

Author Replication DataAll authors

Efe Tokdemir
Bilkent University
Authors | IR
Clayton Nall
Needs description
Authors
Jeff Gill
American University
Authors
Eric Neumayer
London School of Economics, see replication datasets.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Timothy Hicks
Needs description
Authors | Comp. Politics
Erik Voeten
Georgetown, see data page
Authors | IR
Xavier Fernández-i-Marín
Needs description
Authors
Matthew Blackwell
Needs description
Authors
Jason H. Windett
UNC-Charlotte, see data page.
Authors | Am. Politics
Nikolay Marinov
University of Houston, see data and paper repositories.
Authors | IR

European PoliticsAll 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
German Socio-Economic Panel
A longitudinal survey of households in Germany from 1984 to 2016. Variables include household composition, employme...
Data Sites | European Politics
Sven-Oliver Proksch
Needs description
Authors | 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
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
Markus Wagner
Needs description
Authors | European Politics
European Central Bank Statistical Data Warehouse
Economic indicators for Euro area.
Data Sites | European Politics
Journal of Common Market Studies
Innovative peer-reviewed research on Europe and comparative regional studies.
Journals | European Politics
European Representative Democracy Data Archive
Datasets on political institutions, political parties, cabinets and governments in Europe.
Data Sites | European Politics
European Journal of Political Research
Original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics.
Journals | European Politics

African PoliticsAll African politics

South African Data Archive
Serves as a broker between a range of data providers and the research community.
Data Sites | 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
African J. of Political Science & Int'l Relations
RSS | Research on politics and international relations especially those pertaining to Africa.
Journals | 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
Climate Change & African Pol. Stability
This program analyzes how climate change could impact African and international security, see data page
Data Sites | African Politics
Ufahamu Africa
Life and politics on the continent.
Podcasts | African Politics
African Security
Strives to investigate the myriad issues relating to conflict and security within and between African nations, not ...
Journals | African Politics
Chris Blattman
Harris School of Public Policy at the Univ. of Chicago, see datasets on research page.
Authors | 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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How Parties React to Voter TransitionsAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Lukas F. Stoetzer; Tarik Abou-Chadi (2020)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Ambiguous Rhetoric and Legislative AccountabilityAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Elizabeth Simas; Kerri Milita; John Barry Ryan (Forthcoming)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Importance of Public Meaning for Political Persuasion Abstract \| Data \| Find Text
Deva Woodly (2018)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


You're Not From Here!: The Consequences of Urban and Rural IdentitiesAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Stephen Utych; Jeffrey Lyons (Forthcoming)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Adviser to the King: Experts, Rationalization, and LegitimacyAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Calvert Jones (2019)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Outside the Wire: US Military Deployments and Host-Country Public OpinionAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Michael Flynn (2020)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals


Paths of Recruitment: Rational Social Prospecting in Petition CanvassingAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
*Clayton Nall; Benjamin Schneer; Daniel Carpenter (2018)
	Journal Archives \| More Journals

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

Roper Center
Public opinion surveys from U.S. and around the world.
	Data Sites \| Public Opinion Surveys

Rising Powers Diplomatic Network
Monitors the distribution of the diplomatic apparatus of emerging powers across the globe.
	Data Sites \| IR

Paul Huth
University of Maryland, see dataverse.
	Authors \| IR

Party Government Data Set
Party Government in 40 Democracies 1945-2008, from Jaap Woldendorp, Hans Keman, Ian Budge.
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

National Center for Education Statistics
The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education
	Data Sites \| Am. Politics

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Data and analysis source on political violence and protest in the developing world. See data page.
	Data Sites \| IR

J. of Experimental Poli. Sci. Dataverse
Contains replication data and other relevant files for articles published in the journal.
	Journal Archives

TERRIER
Stands for temporally extended, regular, reproducible international event records, is a new machine coded event dat...
	Data Sites \| IR

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

Studies in Am. Political Development
RSS \| Articles focus on American governmental institutions over time and on their social, economic and cultural setting.
	Journals \| Am. Politics

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

Current Events: Management of the Administrative State
Focused on enhancing the role political scientists can play in the management of the administrative state by becom...
	Blogs \| Am. Politics

International Security
RSS \| Publishes articles on the full range of contemporary security issues. Its articles address traditional topics, such...
	Journals \| IR

International Studies Quarterly
Publishes leading scholarship that engages with significant theoretical, empirical, and normative subjects in inter...
	Journals

International Theory
A peer reviewed journal which promotes theoretical scholarship about the positive, legal, and normative aspects of ...
	Journals

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
From Andrew Gelman and co-authors.
	Blogs \| Methodology

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

Journal of Law and Courts
From the Law and Courts Organized Section of the American Political Science Association.
	Journals \| Law & Courts

Research and Politics
This journal focuses on short (4,000 word) articles that are easily accessible but that are also methodologically r...
	Journals

Political Science Teaching Assistant Program
What is the kitchen cabinet?
The informal advisers to the president.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

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