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By Carly Potz-Nielsen and Robert Ralston

We are very excited to announce a new Minnesota Political Methodology Colloquium (MPMC) initiative: the Minnesota Political Methodology Graduate Student...

By James G. MacKinnon, Department of Economics, Queen’s University[1], and Matthew D. Webb, Department of Economics, Carleton University

Extended Abstract

There is a large and rapidly...

By Barry C. Burden, David T. Canon, Kenneth R. Mayer, and Donald P. Moynihan

MacKinnon and Webb offer a useful analysis of how the uncertainty of causal effects can be underestimated when...

By Justin Esarey

I’m pleased to announce the schedule of speakers in the International Methods Colloquium Series for 2017-2018!

By Justin Esarey

[Update 12/2/2018 at 10:45 AM ET: A corrigendum to this piece has been published.]

Introduction

A large and interdisciplinary group of researchers recently proposed...

By Peter K. Enns and Christopher Wlezien

Abstract: Most contributors to a recent Political Analysis symposium on time series anal­ysis suggest that in order to maintain equation balance, one...

By Justin Esarey

I can’t let the recent death of my friend and co-author Will H. Moore go by without remarking upon the impact that his scholarly work and mentorship had on the scientific...

By R. Michael Alvarez

[Editor’s note: this post is contributed by R. Michael Alvarez, Co-Editor of Political Analysis and Professor of Political Science at Caltech.]

Over the past six months...

By Ryan Baird

[Editor’s note: The following announcement comes from Ryan Baird, a Political Scientist at the Joint Warfare Analysis Center.]

Call for Presentation Proposals:  Forecasting in...

By Justin Esarey

The newest print edition of The Political Methodologist is now available! Click this link to read now:

Volume 24, Number 1