Top 20 Commentaries: #8. Nathaniel Beck and Jonathan N. Katz. 1995. 'What to Do (And Not to Do) with Time-Series Cross-Section Data.' @@iAmerican Political Science Review@ 89 (September): 634-47 Cited 398 Times

In: American political science review, Band 100, Heft 4, S. 676-677

Abstract

In this Top Twenty Commentaries section of the Centennial Issues of the journal, Nathaniel Beck & Jonathan N. Katz review their highly cited article What to Do (and Not to Do) with Time-Series Cross-Section Data(1995). The author's assert that their article contributed to the methodology for analyzing the principal type of data used in the study of quantitative data that is now being used in comparative politics & international relations. The analysis of Time Series Cross Section (TSCS) data as used by Cameron & Hibbs is argued to allow for rigorous analysis of both temporal & spatial dimensions of the data. The importance of these issues to political science research, & the growing interest in finite sample properties of estimators are related to the superior method of least squares combined with correction for standard errors over the use of an asymptotically superior estimator. The initial refusal of the article by the Review, & the current methodological debates are concluded to not increase concern that they author's missed many important issues in their seminal article. References. J. Harwell