What Makes Someone a Political Methodologist?

I begin this article by identifying and describing the core attributes shared by members of the methods community. This description relies on information from the history of the SPM, the qualitative experiences of methodologists (including myself), and quantitative data from 10 years of published ab...

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Published in:PS, political science & politics political science & politics, 2018-07, Vol.51 (3), p.588-596
Main Author: Esarey, Justin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community Relations
Disproportionate Representation
Engineering
Epistemology
Females
Inferences
Methods
Observation
Political science
Political scientists
Politics
Programming
Research Design
Scientists
Symposium: What is a Political Methodologist?
Talent
Teaching Methods
The Profession
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Summary:I begin this article by identifying and describing the core attributes shared by members of the methods community. This description relies on information from the history of the SPM, the qualitative experiences of methodologists (including myself), and quantitative data from 10 years of published abstracts in Political Analysis and the American Political Science Review. I find that methodologists are focused on building, assessing, and improving quantitative models and techniques that are not merely of abstract interest, but of immediate practical importance to studying the substantive problems of political science. Then, I discuss what is required to be considered an active member of the methods community.
ISSN:1049-0965
1537-5935
DOI:10.1017/S1049096518000525