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

Inequality, Labor Market Segmentation, and Preferences for RedistributionAbstract | Data | Find Text
James Alt; Torben Iversen (2017)
Journal Data | More Journals
Paths of Recruitment: Rational Social Prospecting in Petition CanvassingAbstract | Data | Find Text
*Clayton Nall; Benjamin Schneer; Daniel Carpenter (2018)
Journal Data | More Journals
Macro Implementation: Testing the Causal Paths from U.S. Macro Policy to Federal IncarcerationAbstract | Data | Find Text
Matthew E.K. Hall (2017)
Journal Data | More Journals
Prediction, Proxies, and PowerAbstract | Data | Find Text
Brenton Kenkel; Robert Carroll (2019)
Journal Data | More Journals
The Persistent Effect of U.S. Civil Rights Protests on Political AttitudesAbstract | Data | Find Text
Shom Mazumder (2018)
Journal Data | More Journals
The Divide Over Independence: Explaining Preferences for Secession in an Advanced Open EconomyAbstract | Data | Find Text
Maria Jose Hierro; Didac Queralt (2021)
Journal Data | More Journals


Tell Me Who Is Your Leader, and I Will Tell You Who You Are: Foreign Leaders' Perceived Personality and Public Attitudes toward Their Countries and CitizenryAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Meital Balmas (2018)
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Coalition Prospects and Policy Change: an Application to the EnvironmentAbstract | Data | Find Text
Mark A. Kayser; Jochen Rehmert (2021)
Journal Data | More Journals
Does Compliance Pay? Social Standards and Firm-level TradeAbstract | Data | Find Text
Gregory Distelhorst; Richard Locke (2018)
Journal Data | More Journals
The Political Representation of Economic Interests: Subversion of Democracy or Middle-Class Supremacy?Abstract | Data | Find Text
Mads Andreas Elkjær; Torben Iversen (2020)
Journal Data | 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
GROWup - Geographical Research On War, Unified Platform
offers a visualization of settlement patterns of politically active ethnic groups around the world from 1946-2013
Data Sites | IR
Texas Politics Project, The
Publishes three to four statewide public opinion polls each year to assess the opinions of registered voters on upc...
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Kenneth Lowande
Univ. of Michigan, see datasets on research page.
Authors | Am. Politics
Political Analysis Dataverse
Extensive collection of replication datasets, as early as 2009.
Journal Archives
Archigos
A data base on leaders 1875 - 2004.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Canadian Election Study
Thorough account of Canadian elections.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Voteview Legacy Website
Keith Poole's web site for data on U.S. Congress, well-organized, thoroughly documented, updated frequently.
Data Sites | Am. Politics
Open Budget Survey
A comprehensive analysis and survey that evaluates whether governments give the public access to budget information...
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
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Statistical Data Collections

Share InsightsAll poli sci journals | blogs | podcasts

CQ Researcher Blog
Needs description
Blogs
Political Studies
RSS | International journal publishes research in all areas of politics and international relations
Journals | Comp. Politics
Journal of Common Market Studies
Innovative peer-reviewed research on Europe and comparative regional studies.
Journals | European Politics
State and Local Government Review
RSS | Official journal of the Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management (SIAM) of the American Society f...
Journals | Public Administration
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
Regulation & Governance
serves as the leading platform for the study of regulation and governance
Journals | Public Administration
Online Peace Science Colloquium
Advanced manuscripts to discussed online by prominent members of the field (live and archived).
Podcasts
International Studies Quarterly
Publishes leading scholarship that engages with significant theoretical, empirical, and normative subjects in inter...
Journals
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
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Political Science Journals

Original Projects & Publications

U.S. Presidents' Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress
Pres. Grant's Positions: 41st House 41st Senate 42nd House 42nd Senate 43rd House 43rd Senate 44th House 44th Senate
	American Politics

Political Science Teaching Assistant Program
What is a politician?
Elected professional who specializes in providing compelling reasons for people with different values and interests to join in a common action.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

Quantitative Social Science: An Introduction Texbook Web Site
By Kosuke Imai. Resources include R package, datasets, sample code and syllabi.
Teaching Resources
Towards Data Science
Sharing concepts, ideas, and codes.
Teaching Resources
Helipad Codex
Agent-based modeling in Python.
Teaching Resources
Econometrics Academy
Offers free education on econometrics via videos with many code samples and demonstrations.
Teaching Resources
Statistical Analysis Tutorial Videos
Mike Crowson's YouTube channel covers statistical concepts and procedures, demonstrates how to carry out quantitati...
Teaching Resources
Grafiti: Search Engine for Charts
Helps you search, discover & share charts from top publishers.
Teaching Resources
Choosing the Correct Statistical Test
From UCLA, with links showing how to do such tests using SAS, Stata and SPSS.
Teaching Resources
R - Learning By Example
Materials from Dave Armstrong's three-day ICPSR course.
Teaching 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
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

Filter Options Basics
With time saving tips from Leila Gharani (10:45)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 3
How to Perform a Chi-Square Test for Independence
Includes making table of expected values, from Eugene O'Loughlin (8:42).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 10
Building a Correlation Matrix with Data Analysis ToolPak
Demo features car data (9:09)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 11
Regression with Multiple Dummy Variables and Interaction Terms
Alym Amlani demonstrates with simple business example (8:11)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 12
Cleaning Messy Data for Analysis
Andrew Lockwood shares a lot of great tips and suggestions (21:10).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 15
Working with Chi Distribution Functions
From Mauricio Arango (4:12)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 10
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
How to Use Descriptive Statistics Tool
Demonstrates with data on heights (2:37).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 2
How to Generate Normally Distributed Random Numbers
Using Data Analysis Toolpak (5:53)
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 8
How to Make and Interpret a Scatterplot
From Matt Macarty (7:08).
Excel Tutorials | Chapter 5

International RelationsAll IR

Real Time Event Data / Phoenix
Event data on political and social events around the globe, along with the software and methodology needed to analy...
Data Sites | IR
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
NYU
Authors | IR
Open Event Data Alliance
A consortium committed to facilitating the development, adoption and analysis of social and political event data.
Data Sites | IR
Matthew Furhmann
Texas A & M, see datasets page.
Authors | IR
Ill-Treatment & Torture (ITT) Data Collection Project
Measures allegations of states' violations of the Convention Against Torture published by Amnesty International (AI...
Data Sites | IR
Aila M. Matanock
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, replication data on research page
Authors | IR
Integrated Crisis Early Warning System
A comprehensive, integrated, automated, generalizable, and validated system to monitor, assess, and forecast nation...
Data Sites | IR
Nils D. Weidmann
University of Konstanz
Authors | IR
Barbara Walter
UC San Diego, datasets listed in selected publications section.
Authors | IR
Continent of Int'l Law
Dataset drawn from UN Treaty Series and features a random sample of agreements across the issue areas of economics,...
Data Sites | IR

Comparative PoliticsAll CP

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
Michael L. Ross
UCLA
Authors | Comp. Politics
Israel National Election Studies
Aims to investigate voting patterns, public opinion, and political participation in Israel.
Data Sites | Comp. Politics
Eric Neumayer
London School of Economics, see replication datasets.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Miriam Golden
UCLA, see dataverse.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Vera Troeger
University of Warwick, see replication data
Authors | Comp. Politics
Rachel Brule
Needs description
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
Nathan M. Jensen
Professor, University at Texas Austin
Authors | Comp. Politics
Torben Iversen
Harvard, see data page
Authors | Comp. Politics

It's Better with MusicComplete soundtrack

Floex Playlist
Tom Dvořak aka Floex, is an amazing Czech composer, musician, and graphic artist.
It's Better with Music
Decoder - Kodomo
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Melon - Spring
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Ulrich Schnauss - A Letter From Home
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Shook - You Were Bigger Than Life
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Acid Pauli @ Soundcloud
Try artist station.
It's Better with Music

American PoliticsAll American politics

Michigan Policy Wonk Blog
Publicizes research relevant to state policymakers
Blogs | Am. Politics
Luke Keele
University of Pennsylvania, see dataverse page
Authors | Am. Politics
Josh Clinton
Vanderbilt Univ., see data page.
Authors | Am. Politics
State Networks Dataset
A compilation of many state-to-state relational variables, including measures of shared borders, travel and trade b...
Data Sites | Am. Politics
E. Scott Adler
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, see datasets.
Authors | Am. Politics
USAPP - American Politics and Policy
From the London School of Economics
Blogs | Am. Politics
Am. Rev. of Politics
Publishes original research on American political development, Southern Politics, early American political thought,...
Journals | Am. Politics
Keith E. Lee Jr.
Georgia College, replication datasets on publication page.
Authors | Am. Politics
Robert R. Preuhs
Metropolitan State University of Denver, see replication datasets.
Authors | Am. Politics
Anthony Fowler
Harris School at Univ. of Chicago, see research page for replication dataset links.
Authors | Am. Politics

Author Replication DataAll authors

Shawn Patterson Jr.
Needs description
Authors
Dimiter Toshkov
Leiden University, see data and replication materials.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Jason H. Windett
UNC-Charlotte, see data page.
Authors | Am. Politics
Clayton Nall
Needs description
Authors
George Tsebelis
Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Michigan, see data page.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Scott Clifford
Needs description
Authors
Vera Troeger
University of Warwick, see replication data
Authors | Comp. Politics
Ruth Dassonneville
Needs description
Authors
Matthew Golder
Penn State Univ., see research page.
Authors | Comp. Politics
Sebastian Juhl
Needs description
Authors

European PoliticsAll 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
European Journal of Political Research
Original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics.
Journals | European Politics
Markus Wagner
Needs description
Authors | European Politics
Francois Briatte
European School of Political and Social Sciences, see research page.
Authors | European Politics
Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti Foundation
Applied and policy-oriented research on labor markets, immigration and welfare systems in Europe
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
NatCen Social Research
Britain’s largest independent social research agency.
Data Sites | European Politics
VoteWatch Europe
Provides a data-based overview of EU politics.
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
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

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
Portal of Public Use Datasets on Sub-Saharan Africa
From the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Data Sites | 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
Nigeria Data Portal
Extensive macro data about Nigeria
Data Sites | African Politics
Statistics South Africa
Data on people, economy, and living conditions.
Data Sites | African Politics
Peter Van der Windt
NYU - Abu Dhabi
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
African Security
Strives to investigate the myriad issues relating to conflict and security within and between African nations, not ...
Journals | African Politics
Afrobarometer Data Collection
An African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in Africa
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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Inequality, Labor Market Segmentation, and Preferences for RedistributionAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
James Alt; Torben Iversen (2017)
	Journal Data \| More Journals


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


Macro Implementation: Testing the Causal Paths from U.S. Macro Policy to Federal IncarcerationAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Matthew E.K. Hall (2017)
	Journal Data \| More Journals


Prediction, Proxies, and PowerAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Brenton Kenkel; Robert Carroll (2019)
	Journal Data \| More Journals


The Persistent Effect of U.S. Civil Rights Protests on Political AttitudesAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Shom Mazumder (2018)
	Journal Data \| More Journals


The Divide Over Independence: Explaining Preferences for Secession in an Advanced Open EconomyAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Maria Jose Hierro; Didac Queralt (2021)
	Journal Data \| More Journals


Coalition Prospects and Policy Change: an Application to the EnvironmentAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Mark A. Kayser; Jochen Rehmert (2021)
	Journal Data \| More Journals


Does Compliance Pay? Social Standards and Firm-level TradeAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Gregory Distelhorst; Richard Locke (2018)
	Journal Data \| More Journals


The Political Representation of Economic Interests: Subversion of Democracy or Middle-Class Supremacy?Abstract \| Data \| Find Text
Mads Andreas Elkjær; Torben Iversen (2020)
	Journal Data \| 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

GROWup - Geographical Research On War, Unified Platform
offers a visualization of settlement patterns of politically active ethnic groups around the world from 1946-2013
	Data Sites \| IR

Texas Politics Project, The
Publishes three to four statewide public opinion polls each year to assess the opinions of registered voters on upc...
	Data Sites \| Am. Politics

Kenneth Lowande
Univ. of Michigan, see datasets on research page.
	Authors \| Am. Politics

Political Analysis Dataverse
Extensive collection of replication datasets, as early as 2009.
	Journal Archives

Archigos
A data base on leaders 1875 - 2004.
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Canadian Election Study
Thorough account of Canadian elections.
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Voteview Legacy Website
Keith Poole's web site for data on U.S. Congress, well-organized, thoroughly documented, updated frequently.
	Data Sites \| Am. Politics

Open Budget Survey
A comprehensive analysis and survey that evaluates whether governments give the public access to budget information...
	Data Sites \| Comp. Politics

Political Studies
RSS \| International journal publishes research in all areas of politics and international relations
	Journals \| Comp. Politics

Journal of Common Market Studies
Innovative peer-reviewed research on Europe and comparative regional studies.
	Journals \| European Politics

State and Local Government Review
RSS \| Official journal of the Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management (SIAM) of the American Society f...
	Journals \| Public Administration

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

Regulation & Governance
serves as the leading platform for the study of regulation and governance
	Journals \| Public Administration

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

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

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

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

Quantitative Social Science: An Introduction Texbook Web Site
By Kosuke Imai. Resources include R package, datasets, sample code and syllabi.
	Teaching Resources

Towards Data Science
Sharing concepts, ideas, and codes.
	Teaching Resources

Helipad Codex
Agent-based modeling in Python.
	Teaching Resources