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Archive of 'November, 2009'
Statistics and Data links roundup for November 14th through November 23rd
Statistics and Data links roundup for November 14th through November 23rd:
- SNAP: Network datasets -
- Network data -
- CASOS Tools: Network Analysis Data | CASOS – Network Analysis Data Casos & INSA
- NodeXL Teaching – CASCI – datasets incl. senate
- Statistics and Data links roundup -
It’s surprisingly difficult to find suitable datasets for a sna workshop that are relevant for political scientists.
Strasbourg Conference Presentation on the Extreme Right
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Excerpt: Image by Claude-Olivier Marti via Flickr Here is a short presentation on the electorates of the Western European Extreme Right I gave last Thursday at the Collège Doctoral Européen de Strasbourg. And here is the Summary Clear socio-demographic profile: young, male, working/lower middle class Clear attitudinal profile: Not necessarily fully paid-up extremists But dissatisfied with politics and suspicious of immigrants and elites Little support for disintegration thesis Personality traits and additional…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-14
- on my way back after a goof conference. #
- right-wing extremism conference @strasbourg #
Statistics and Data links roundup
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Excerpt: Image via Wikipedia Kai Arzheimer: Vorlesung Statistik II – Welcome | Teaching with Data (QSSDL) – TeachingWithData.org (TwD) is a repository of tools and educational materials designed to improve quantitative literacy skills in social science courses. Built especially for faculty teaching post-secondary courses in such areas as demography, economics, geography, political science, social psychology, and sociology, the materials include stand-alone learning activities, tools, and pedagogy services.The goal is to make it easier for faculty to bring real social science data into courses across the curriculum ranging from introductory classes to senior seminars. Social Science Statistics Blog: The changing nature of…
Article on Networks in Political Science Published
Harald’s and my article on citation and collaboration networks in German and British Political Science has finally appeared in print and online, which is obviously great. Here is the abstract:
Citations and co-publications are one important indicator of scientific communication and collaboration. By studying patterns of citation and co-publication in four major European Political Science journals (BJPS, PS, PVS and ÖZP), we demonstrate that compared to the conduits of communication in the natural sciences, these networks are rather sparse. British Political Science, however, is clearly less fragmented than its German speaking counterpart.
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