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By Justin Esarey

The editors of The Political Methodologist are calling for papers for a special issue of TPM addressing the replication of empirical research in political and social science!

By Jacob Montgomery and Ryan T. Moore

This post is co-authored by Jacob Montgomery of Washington University in St. Louis and Ryan T. Moore of American University. 

This post summarizes our...

By Justin Esarey

A few weeks ago, Jason Mitchell wrote a piece entitled “On the emptiness of failed replications.” Mitchell is a professor in Harvard University’s department of Psychology studyi...

By Justin Esarey

Prof. Scott McClurg of the University of Southern Illinois-Carbondale recently posted some thoughts about the political science major, and his suggestions for reform bear...

By Justin Esarey

TPM doesn’t do a great deal of “reblogging,” but I wanted to bring some attention to what I think is a brief and thought-provoking post about the process of science by Jay...

By Justin Esarey

We are pleased to announce the Spring 2014 edition of The Political Methodologist! This special issue pertaining to gender diversity in political methodology is guest edited by ...

By Rumman Chowdhury

[Correction: a previous version of this post stated that Danica McKellar has a PhD in Mathematics. Ms. McKellar has a BS in Mathematics from UCLA.]

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By Christopher Achen

The following post is written by Christopher Achen, Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics at Princeton University. Achen was the first...

By Frederick Boehmke

The following post is written by Frederick Boehmke, Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa. Boehmke hosted the 2010 meeting of the Political Methodology...

By Hazel Morrow Jones and Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier

The following post is written by Hazel Morrow Jones and Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier of the Ohio State University. Jones is Associate Provost...