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In: Monograph series in world affairs 18,4
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In: Journal of peace research, Band 51, Heft 2, S. 287-300
ISSN: 0022-3433
World Affairs Online
In: Journal of peace research, Band 51, Heft 2
ISSN: 1460-3578
A combination of technological change, methodological drift and a certain degree of intellectual sloth, particularly with respect to philosophy of science, has allowed contemporary quantitative political analysis to accumulate a series of dysfunctional habits that have rendered much of contemporary research more or less meaningless. I identify these 'seven deadly sins' as: Garbage can models that ignore the effects of collinearity; Pre-scientific explanation in the absence of prediction; Excessive reanalysis of a small number of datasets; Using complex methods without understanding the underlying assumptions; Interpreting frequentist statistics as if they were Bayesian; A linear statistical monoculture that fails to consider alternative structures; Confusing statistical controls and experimental controls. The answer to these problems is not to abandon quantitative approaches, but rather engage in solid, thoughtful, original work driven by an appreciation of both theory and data. The article closes with suggestions for changes in current practice that might serve to ameliorate some of these problems. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Ltd., copyright holder.]
In: Journal of peace research, Band 51, Heft 2, S. 287-300
ISSN: 1460-3578
A combination of technological change, methodological drift and a certain degree of intellectual sloth, particularly with respect to philosophy of science, has allowed contemporary quantitative political analysis to accumulate a series of dysfunctional habits that have rendered much of contemporary research more or less meaningless. I identify these 'seven deadly sins' as: Garbage can models that ignore the effects of collinearity; Pre-scientific explanation in the absence of prediction; Excessive reanalysis of a small number of datasets; Using complex methods without understanding the underlying assumptions; Interpreting frequentist statistics as if they were Bayesian; A linear statistical monoculture that fails to consider alternative structures; Confusing statistical controls and experimental controls. The answer to these problems is not to abandon quantitative approaches, but rather engage in solid, thoughtful, original work driven by an appreciation of both theory and data. The article closes with suggestions for changes in current practice that might serve to ameliorate some of these problems.
In: International interactions: empirical and theoretical research in international relations, Band 38, Heft 4, S. 546-569
ISSN: 1547-7444
In: International interactions: empirical and theoretical research in international relations, Band 38, Heft 4, S. 546-733
ISSN: 0305-0629
In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Band 126, Heft 3, S. 517-518
ISSN: 1538-165X
In: Political science quarterly: PSQ ; the journal public and international affairs, Band 126, Heft 3, S. 517-519
ISSN: 0032-3195
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 42, Heft 4, S. 709-711
ISSN: 1471-6380
In: APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
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Working paper
In: International studies quarterly: the journal of the International Studies Association, Band 51, Heft 1, S. 211-215
ISSN: 1468-2478
In: International studies quarterly: the journal of the International Studies Association, Band 51, Heft 1, S. 211-216
ISSN: 0020-8833, 1079-1760
In: Political analysis: PA ; the official journal of the Society for Political Methodology and the Political Methodology Section of the American Political Science Association, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 335-339
ISSN: 1476-4989
Every good book has a small bit—a sentence, paragraph, maybe a page—that the authors intended as a simple aside but which brings an epiphany to the reader. In Brady and Collier (2004), this occurs at the beginning of chapter 3: Brady's critique of the "quantitative template," where the recovering seminarian frames our discourse on the philosophy of social inquiry in terms of pragmatic theology and homeliletics, rather than science or sociology. Hey, that is it!—while this debate is not in any sense about religion, its dynamics are best understood as though it were about religion. We have always known that, it just needed to be said.
In: Political analysis: official journal of the Society for Political Methodology, the Political Methodology Section of the American Political Science Association, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 335-338
ISSN: 1047-1987