Proper Nouns and Methodological Propriety: Pooling Dyads in International Relations Data

This article provides a concluding comment on the symposium focusing on Donald P. Green, Soo Yeon Kim, and David H. Yoon's “Dirty Pool.” Although the perspectives offered by the three sets of authors participating in the symposium differ starkly, my view (supported by conversations with the aut...

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Published in:International Organization 2001-04, Vol.55 (2), p.497-507
Main Author: King, Gary
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Armed conflict
Bias
Democracy
Democratization
Disputes
Dyadic relations
Dyadics
Estimators
International Conflict
International organizations
International Relations
International relations specialists
International Trade
Mathematical Models
Military aspects
Military engagements
Modeling
Practice
Quantitative Methods
Regression Analysis
Research methods
Statistical Bias
Statistical sampling
Statistics
Symposium
Symposium on Research Design and Method in International Relations
Time series
Time Series Analysis
Variable coefficients
Variables
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Summary:This article provides a concluding comment on the symposium focusing on Donald P. Green, Soo Yeon Kim, and David H. Yoon's “Dirty Pool.” Although the perspectives offered by the three sets of authors participating in the symposium differ starkly, my view (supported by conversations with the authors and additional analyses and debates among all involved) is that there is now a large area of underlying agreement. I describe this agreement by first illuminating Green, Kim, and Yoon's fundamental contribution in understanding and high lighting the role of heterogeneity in dyad-level studies of international conflict. I then describe the limitations in their revised analytic strategy, including those raised by John R. Oneal and Bruce Russett and by Nathaniel Beck and Jonathan N. Katz. I also offer suggestions for future researchers, methodologists, and data collectors.
ISSN:0020-8183
1531-5088
DOI:10.1162/00208180151140667