Empirical Research and Writing: A Political Science Student's Practical Guide

Powner, Leanne C.

doi:10.4135/9781483395906

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“…In some cases, statistics can overcome a small number of cases (King and Zeng 2001). In other instances, the high-profile nature of the topic (e.g., presidential behavior) has encouraged smaller studies that observe behavior, even if results are not generalizable to a wider population (King 1993;Powner 2015).…”

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Amending Ethics Committee Sanction Recommendations in the House of Representatives

Straus

2022

Public Integrity

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The Constitution provides Congress with the power to punish and discipline its Members. Since the 90 th Congress (1967Congress ( -1968, the House Ethics Committee has been authorized to investigate allegations of misconduct and recommend punishments. This paper examines seven instances where the House Ethics Committee has recommended a punishment and the House has considered an amendment to increase or decrease the proposed sanction. Using a combination of case studies and a roll call vote data, this paper finds that demographic similarities between the accused and the voting Member (race, party, and state delegation), partisanship, and serving on the Ethics Committee influence whether a Member might choose to support an alternative sanction. For amendments that proposes an increased penalty, same state delegation (negative effect), co-partisanship (positive effect), race (positive effect), ideology (positive effect), and type of scandal (negative effect) matter. For decreased penalties, same state delegation (positive effect), race (positive effect), and ideology (negative effect) matter. For all amendments, being an Ethics Committee member is a strongly negative predictor. These findings imply that committee members attempt to protect the committee's recommendation, that demographic similarities matter when Members are making sanction decisions, and that ideology is a driving factor in deciding to support a change in ethics penalty.

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Amending Ethics Committee Sanction Recommendations in the House of Representatives

Straus

2022

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“…Teaching students the purpose of academic articles, the commonalities in their structure, and what to prioritize in their readings can help them overcome anxiety associated with reading journal articles, improve their understanding of important topics, and increase the efficiency of their study time. Leanne Powner's (2014) Empirical Research and Writing in Political Science is an especially useful resource for demystifying academic research.…”

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Research for All: Creating Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences Across the Curriculum

Becker

2020

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To develop our students’ analytical capabilities and prepare them for the demands of the job market of the 21st century, it is imperative that Political Science faculty incorporate research and data literacy skills into a broader array of courses. Previous work on developing these skills has focused on introductory methods courses and capstone experiences, but this article suggests a scaffolded approach to incorporating accessible research experiences across the curriculum. The project provides a blue-print for the creating applied research courses and infusing existing courses with content and assignments that facilitate students’ understanding of the research process and the use of analytic tools.

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“…It concludes with a brief chapter on executing an empirical research project. Though that chapter is not a substitute for something like Powner ( 2015 ), it is a nice feature to have embedded in a textbook. Especially appealing is Wooldridge's treatment of consistency and effi ciency, which are given their own (albeit brief ) chapter in addition to being threaded throughout the rest of the book as appropriate.…”

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A Review of Textbooks for Teaching Graduate Research Methods

Martinek

2017

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Empirical Research and Writing: A Political Science Student's Practical Guide

Cited by 10 publications

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Amending Ethics Committee Sanction Recommendations in the House of Representatives

Amending Ethics Committee Sanction Recommendations in the House of Representatives

Research for All: Creating Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences Across the Curriculum

A Review of Textbooks for Teaching Graduate Research Methods

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