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T OWARD A N EW P OLITICAL M ETHODOLOGY: Microfoundations and ART
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▪ Abstract The past two decades have brought revolutionary change to the field of political methodology. Steady gains in theoretical sophistication have combined with explosive increases in computing power to produce a profusion of new estimators for applied political researchers. Attendance at the annual Summer Meeting of the Methodology Section has multiplied many times, and section membership is among the largest in APSA. All these are signs of success. Yet there are warning signs, too. This paper attempts to critically summarize current developments in the young field of political methodology. It focuses on recent generalizations of dichotomous-dependent-variable estimators such as logit and probit, arguing that even our best new work needs a firmer connection to credible models of human behavior and deeper foundations in reliable empirical generalizations.
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- Authors
- Achen, C. H.
- Venue
- Annual Review of Political Science
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2002-06
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 423-450
- ISSN
- 1094-2939 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-1577
- OpenAlex
- W2145724308
- Cited by
- 452
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 24.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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