Replication and transparency are fundamental to the advancement of scientific knowledge, including in the field of empirical legal studies. To that end, many political science journals maintain replication archives for […]
Author: Barry Edwards
Thinking about Drive Thru Voting
Drive-thru voting may be an innovative and practical solution to increase voter turnout and participation at a relatively low cost. Much like drive-thru services for banking, picking up prescriptions, and […]
Why Only 50% of Findings Can Be Replicated: Exploratory Thoughts
Thinking about the “replication crisis” in social sciences, I did some back-of-the-envelope type analysis of the probability that a statistically significant finding is true. The result I get is that […]
Why Did State Legislatures Give Up Power to Pick Presidential Electors?
The United States Constitution grants state legislatures the authority to determine the manner of selecting presidential electors. Per Article II, Section 1, “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as […]
If It Bleeds, It Leads, but for How Long?
Several summers, I’ve taught a special topics course on the politics of gun control in the United States. The politics of gun control is characterized by what Robert Spitzer calls […]
Extra Time for SCOTUS Oral Arguments?
Political scientists have written extensively about the U.S. Supreme Court. There is a sizable literature, for example, on how the Court picks its cases. There is a variable that I […]
A Journal of Unpublished Articles?
I have accumulated more ideas for political science articles than I will ever be able to write. To be honest, my favorite part of the research process is daydreaming: wondering […]