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On prediction in political science

European Journal of Political Research, 2019
This article discusses recent moves in political science that emphasise predicting future events rather than theoretically explaining past ones or understanding empirical generalisations.
K. Dowding, Charles Miller
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Tree-Based Models for Political Science Data

American Journal of Political Science, 2018
Political scientists often find themselves analyzing data sets with a large number of observations, a large number of variables, or both. Yet, traditional statistical techniques fail to take full advantage of the opportunities inherent in “big data,” as ...
J. Montgomery, S. Olivella
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Large-Scale Computerized Text Analysis in Political Science: Opportunities and Challenges

, 2017
Text has always been an important data source in political science. What has changed in recent years is the feasibility of investigating large amounts of text quantitatively.
J. Wilkerson, Andreu Casas
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Science, politics, and science in politics

2005
The climate-change debate, like all policy debates, is ultimately an argument over action. How shall we respond to the risks posed by climate change? Does the climate-change issue call for action, and if so, what type of action, and how much effort – and money – shall we expend?
Edward A. Parson, Andrew E. Dessler
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The Political Science of Political Science

Government and Opposition, 1971
PROFESSOR LAZARSFELD ONCE REFERRED TO SOCIOLOGY AS BEING IN A sense a residuary legatee, the surviving part of a very general study, out of which specializations have successively been shaped.The same might be said of political science. In the West the first deliberate and reflective studies of political life were made in Greece at the end of the th ...
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The Politics of Science and the Science of Politics

2020
This chapter is in three parts. The first outlines a history of inaction with respect to addressing the causes of catastrophic human-caused environment change. The immediate question that arises in this context concerns why, if so many scientists are so certain that humans are causing catastrophic changes to the environment that threaten human ...
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Politics and Science

Science, 1996
Letters from: [ H. David Kay ][1] [ Henry Lardy ][1] Shame on you for publishing such a transparent, politically motivated letter as that by U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher (15 Mar., p. 1479). After reading the complete text of U.S.
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Routledge Handbook of Interpretive Political Science

, 2015
Interpretive political science focuses on the meanings that shape actions and institutions, and the ways in which they do so. This Handbook explores the implications of interpretive theory for the study of politics.
R. Rhodes
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Field Research in Political Science: Practices and Principles

, 2015
1. Field research in political science: practices and principles 2. A historical and empirical overview of field research in the discipline 3. Preparing for fieldwork 4.
Diana Kapiszewski, L. MacLean, Benjamin L. Read   +2 more
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The Politics of Science

Journal of Applied Philosophy, 1986
The myth that the politics of science is non-existent is dangerous as it prevents the important and urgently needed institution of some democratic control of it within the commonwealth of learning. Feyerabend’s attack on science makes sense only when understood in this way.
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