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Political Science Data Podcast: African Politics Today i

(21:07) This episode shares data-driven insights about African Politics. It covers a variety of studies, addressing issues like technology, state infrastructure, foreign relations, economics, ethnicity, the legacy of colonialism, and democracy. .

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Excel Pivot Tables Explained i

Leila Gharani uses PivotTables to summarize sales data by other variables, like sales by product (13:21)..

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Importing/Reading Excel Data into R using RStudio (readxl) i

From Mike Marin (8:12).

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A new instrument to measure the quality of established democracies..

Democracy Barometer

Information about the structure and generosity of social insurance benefits in 33 countries around the world.

Comparative Welfare Entitlements Dataset

Links to datasets on political parties, an online platform about parties and their history..

Party Facts

Data on student registration and voting rates, and an examination of campus climate for political learning and engagement..

Nat'l Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement

A unique access point to timely, comprehensive migration statistics and reliable information about migration data globally..

Migration Data Portal

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(Sage Journals) Forum for the analysis of political parties..

Party Politics

A broad look at issues impacting democracy..

Democracy Works Podcast

An outlet for theoretically and empirically grounded research on policy process and policy analysis..

Policy Studies Journal

Academic journal on the politics and policy of science and technology..

Review of Policy Research

Devoted to the study of theoretical issues arising out of moral, legal and political life..

Journal of Political Philosophy

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Pres. James Garfield's Positions on Roll Call Votes in Congress

This data is part of a larger project to identify the policy preferences of all U.S. Presidents. See index.