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Spring Semester, 2020
MWF, 12:00-12:50
Unless otherwise noted, we will meet in Kauke 243.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course is structured to equip students with tools for completing empirical research in political science. We will read, discuss, and analyze descriptions and applications of the logic and methods of the social sciences. Along the way, students will identify an empirically testable research question of interest to them with the discipline of political science, situate it within the academic literature, construct a theoretical argument and a testable hypothesis, and develop a research design to test that hypothesis. The ultimate goal of the course is to prepare students for their Senior Independent Study Thesis experience by grounding them in the logic and methods of socio-political inquiry, and by enabling them to master these skills themselves. NOTE: This course serves as both the methodology requirement and the Junior Independent Study requirement for students within the Department of Political Science.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
In this class, you will learn to:
– Create social science research questions and construct testable hypotheses.
– Identify concepts and approaches that pertain to a given research question.
– Define and identify independent and dependent variables in research.
– Conduct a literature search of previous literature and assess and review that literature.
– Choose a research design appropriate to your own, well-formed, research question.
– Identify key components of and critique various research methods strategies.
– Evaluate and choose appropriate measures of variables.
– Design and critique instruments and sampling choices used in research.
– Conduct and interpret basic statistical analyses.

READINGS
We will be using the following books throughout the semester:

– Powner, Leanne C. 2015. Empirical Research and Writing: A Political Science Student's Practical Guide. Los Angeles: Sage/CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-4833-6963-1

– Howard, Christopher. 2017. Thinking Like a Political Scientist. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-32754-9

– American Political Science Association (2006). Style Manual for Political Science. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association. https://connect.apsanet.org/stylemanual/ OR see either http://depts.washington.edu/pswrite/cite.html or https://www.macalester.edu/las/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2012/09/APSAStyleGuide.pdf for a summary of the key guidelines]

Additional readings will be the World-Wide-Web, via our class web page, or will be placed on electronic reserve, accessible at: http://libguides.wooster.edu/er.php?course_id=11911 (password = "methods"). All readings MUST be completed by the class session for which they are assigned. They will be necessary background for class, and you will be held responsible for them, both in class and on assignments and exams.

GRADING
The grades will be assigned as follows:
20% = Midterm (Exam #1)
25% = Final (Exam #2)
25% = Research Proposal Paper
20% = Quizzes, Problems Sets, and other Homework Assignments
10% = Professionalism

Examinations (45% of overall grade)
There will be two formal examinations over the course of the semester. The Midterm (Exam #1), worth 20% of your overall class grade, will be held in class on February 21^st . The Final (Exam #2), worth 25% of your overall class grade, will be given on Tuesday, May 5^th, at 12 noon. Make-up exams will only be given with a College-approved excuse, and at the discretion of the instructor. Any absences from exams must be documented. Make-up exams must be arranged with the instructor.

Research Proposal Paper (25% of overall grade)
Each student will be responsible for a significant paper – the Research Proposal Paper – due at the beginning of class on April 17^th . This paper provides students with an opportunity to more closely explore one research question in particular, review the relevant literature, develop a theoretical framework, derive hypotheses, and design a study that would test these hypotheses. Each student will choose his or her topic in consultation with the instructor. Possible topics will be discussed in class. Further details will be distributed on the second day of class and will be discussed by the instructor in class. This assignment is designed to test students' abilities to apply the writing, methods and design skills in a practical manner to a research question of their own. The goal is to develop and hone the skills of the students to design doable research projects, including their Senior Independent Study Projects. This project is worth 25% of your overall class grade.

Quizzes, Problem Sets, and Other Homework Assignments (20% of overall grade)
There will be several homework assignments given throughout the semester. Some will involve analysis of published research. Some will require students to collect or analyze data. Others will involve exercises culled from the texts or from outside sources. Students will also, from time to time, be given problem sets involving calculations and analysis of quantitative material. [NOTE: A hard copy of the assignment is due at the beginning of class on the due date; any assignment turned in via email, or which was late for any reason (such as trouble with the printers) will be docked one full letter grade for each day late. If you anticipate missing an exam or a paper deadline due to truly extraordinary circumstances, consult with the instructor as soon as possible.] Furthermore, at the discretion of the instructor, the class will complete in-class "pop" quizzes. Quizzes may cover all material from the text, lectures, class discussions, and homework assignments. The sum of these homework assignments, problem sets, and quizzes will total 20% of the overall grade for the class.

Professionalism (10% of overall grade)
"Professionalism" refers to factors such as attendance, promptness, degree of preparedness, participation, courtesy, overall improvement, and other intangibles, to be evaluated and assigned at the discretion of the instructor. This component is worth 10% of your overall course grade. Please note that participation is encouraged and required. Due to the short period of time we will have in which to cover a great deal of material, your input and feedback is essential to the smooth and efficient running of the class. To that end, be sure to have read the materials pertaining to that day's class BEFORE that class period! Discussion may have to be curtailed, however, in the interests of covering the material.

NOTES
Note #1: Please turn off cell phones and other electronic devices before class begins as a courtesy to others. If you bring a laptop computer or tablet device to class, it should be used for reviewing class materials or for note-taking only. Please also refrain from recording any part of the course in any manner other than via written or typed class notes, unless explicitly approved by the instructor. If these basic guidelines cannot be met, I reserve the right to ban the use of electronic devices of any sort in class.

Note #2: Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the due date. Any missed assignment or unexcused exam absence is subject to an automatic failing grade for the course (in other words, you cannot pass the class unless you do all of the work!). Late written assignments will be graded down one full letter grade for each day late. A paper handed in five minutes after the deadline is considered a day late. If you anticipate missing an exam or a paper deadline, consult with the instructor as soon as possible.

Note #3: Students are encouraged to study together and assist one another in learning the material. It is assumed that you have done your own work, and that you conduct yourself according to the expectations laid out in the Wooster Ethic and the Code of Academic Integrity, as enumerated in the Scot's Key. Students are reminded that they are obliged to understand, to uphold, and to comply with the Code of Academic Integrity and the Wooster Ethic at the College of Wooster. Students who have questions or concerns about these policies (after having read them again) should make an appointment to see me to discuss them; indeed, I welcome this discussion and encourage students to see me in advance of any assignment about which they have doubts or questions. PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY VIOLATION OF THE WOOSTER ETHIC AND/OR THE CODE OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY MEANS THE STUDENT'S IMMEDIATE FAILURE IN THE COURSE, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE SUBSEQUENT ACADEMIC DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

Note #4: Students are encouraged to discuss assignments with me during office hours. However, students seeking to change their grade on an assignment or essay portion of an exam should be advised that I reserve the right to alter your grade in either direction (i.e.- if new problems are found during the re-grade the grade would go down).

Note #5: I am happy to assist you in any way, but cannot do so retroactively. Thus, it is your responsibility to inform me ahead of time about factors that are likely to interfere with your performance in the class. Measures for students with disabilities, non-native writers of English and other special issues will be taken in compliance with the college's policies.

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SCHEDULE OF TOPICS AND READINGS

1/13: Introduction to "Research Methods and Design (in Political Science)"
– Powner (2015) [pp. 1-3 in Ch. 1]
– Department of Political Science (2019) [Skim]

1/15, 1/17: What is Political "Science"?
– Roberts (2011)
– BITSS (2015)
– Howard (2017) [Introduction]

1/20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
No Classes, But Please Attend & Participate:
https://www.wooster.edu/offices/msa/mlk/

1/22: Mapping Out the Research Process
– Powner (2015) [pp. 3-20]
– Louderback (2009) [pp. 1-3]
– McEntire, Leiby, and Krain (2015) [pp. 407-408]

1/24: What is a "Literature Review"? Why Should I Conduct One? How Do I Write One?
– Knopf (2006)
– Powner (2015) [pp. 55-80]
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 1]
– Palmer & Simon (2005) [pp. 39-47]
– McEntire, Leiby, and Krain (2015) [pp. 408-412]

1/27: Becoming a More Effective Researcher: Finding and Referencing Sources
– Baglione (2012) [Ch. 3]
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 6, pp. 143-154]
– Newbold (2014)
– American Political Science Association (2006) [Skim]

1/29: Theories and Assumptions
– Powner (2015) [Ch. 2]
– Louderback (2009) [pp. 4-19]

1/31, 2/3: Variables, Hypotheses, and Relationships
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 2, pp. 52-58; Ch. 3]
– Sarhan [pp. 7-9]
– Louderback (2009) [Review pp. 15-19, read pp. 20-21]
– McEntire, Leiby, and Krain (2015) [Review pp. 410-412]

2/5, 2/7: From Conceptualization to Operationalization
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 2, pp. 36-52, 58-60]
– Chenoweith (2012)
– Ulfelder (2013)
– Lichtbau (2016)
– Louderback (2009) [pp. 20-25]
– Palmer & Simon (2005) [pp. 47-48]
– Sarhan [pp. 9-14, 27-28]
– McEntire, Leiby, and Krain (2015) [Table 2, pp. 416]

2/10, 2/12: The Logic of Experimental & Quasi-Experimental Designs
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 4]
– McEntire, Leiby, and Krain (2015) [pp. 412-417]
– Bos, van Doorn, and Smanik (2012)

2/14: Observation and Non-Experimental Designs
– Powner (2015) [Ch. 4, pp. 100-108]
– Hancock & Algozzine (2006) [pp. 15-16; 31-34; 56-59]
– Cohen (2013) [pp. 461-466]

2/17, 2/19: Determining What to Observe: The Logic of Sampling
– WATCH: Courtney Kennedy. 2018. "Methods 101: Random Sampling."Pew Research Center.May 12, 2017. https://youtu.be/sonXfzE1hvo
– WATCH: Kenneth Fernandez. 2014. "Survey Design Essentials: What Is Sampling Error?" Elon University. September 26, 2014. https://youtu.be/uGuWrPFStdg
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 5]
– Babbie (1998) [Ch. 5, pp. 65-75, 80-93]
– Seife (2010) [Ch. 4, pp. 103-111]
– Bliss and Shaffner (2019)

2/21: MIDTERM (EXAM #1)

2/24, 2/26: Discussion of Research Proposal Paper; Exam Debriefing
– Powner (2015) [Ch. 5, pp. 132-134]
– Powner (2015) [Ch. 9 & Ch. 10]
– Mensh & Kording (2017)
– Lipson (2005) [Ch. 16]
– Hancock & Algozzine (2006) [pp. 61-64]

2/28: Research Ethics Regarding Human Subjects [NOTE: meet in Kauke 039]
– Human Subjects Research Committee (2020)
– Krieghbaum (2016)
– Johnson (2016)

3/2, 3/4: Case Study Techniques [NOTE: meet in Kauke 039]
Guest Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey Lantis (3/2)
Guest Instructor: Dr. Michele Leiby (3/4)
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 5, pp. 131-138; Ch. 6, pp. 154-162]
– Powner (2015) [Ch. 5, pp. 109-118, 124-132]
– Kaarbo & Beasley (1999)

3/6: Content Analysis [NOTE: meet in Kauke 039]
Guest Instructor: Dr. Kent J. Kille
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 6, pp. 165-166]
– Powner (2015) [Ch. 5, pp. 118-122; Ch. 6, pp. 146-147]
– Segal & Cover (1989) [pp. 557-561]

* * * SPRING BREAK 3/7 – 3/22 * * *

3/23: Interviewing [NOTE: meet in Kauke 039]
– Powner (2015) [Ch. 6, pp. 148-151]
– Leech (2002)
– Berry (2002)

3/25: Question Construction in Survey Research [NOTE: meet in Kauke 039]
– Babbie (1998) [Ch. 7, pp. 127-145]
– Seife (2010) [Ch. 4, pp. 91-98, 111-123]
– General Medical Council (n.d.)
– Trader (2013)

– WATCH: Courtney Kennedy. 2018. "Methods 101: Survey Question Wording."Pew Research Center.March 21, 2018. https://youtu.be/eFzGdQrr2K8
– WATCH: Jason Husser. 2014. "Survey Design Essentials: A Survey in Ten Steps" Elon University. September 26, 2014. https://youtu.be/U1MYM35qUr8
– WATCH: Kenneth Fernandez. 2014. "Survey Design Essentials: Seven Tips for Good Survey Questions." Elon University. September 26, 2014. https://youtu.be/Iq_fhTuY1hw
– WATCH: Kenneth Fernandez. 2014. "Survey Design Essentials: Methods of Collecting Survey Data." Elon University. September 26, 2014. https://youtu.be/9cuOyAR-Y9I

3/27: New Tools for Doing Survey Research [NOTE: meet in Kauke 039]
Guest Instructor: Dr. Angela Bos
– Mason and Suri (2012)
– WATCH: Dare McNamara 2017. "Qualtrics Beginner Tutorial" YouTube. May 5, 2017.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hSo-ldj19k
– WATCH: Courtney Kennedy. 2018. "Methods 101: What Are Nonprobability Surveys?"Pew Research Center.August 6, 2018. https://youtu.be/T9dmq6Lwh24

3/30, 4/1, 4/3: Introductory Data Analysis: Descriptive Statistics, Significance, Z-Scores, Confidence Intervals [NOTE: We're back in Kauke 238!]
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 7, pp. 169-179]
– Seife (2010) [Ch. 4, pp. 98-103 & Appendix A]
– LISTEN: Stacey Vanick Smith and Danielle Kurtzleben. 2018. "To Err Is Human, To Revise Divine" The Indicator (from Planet Money). NPR. June 1 (9:57). https://n.pr/2LQ9zPh (re: CI & Margin of Error)

– Matthews (2000)
– Day (2006) [pp. 40-43]
– McEntire, Leiby, and Krain (2015) [Table 4]

4/6: Statistical Inference & Hypothesis Testing
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 7, pp. 179-181]
– Johnson & Reynolds (2012)[Ch. 12]
– WATCH: "Central Limit Theorem Video: Bunnies & Dragons!" CreatureCast – The New York Times. 24, 2013. (3:38). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvoxEYmQHNM

4/8: Correlation
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 7, pp. 183-186]
– Johnson & Reynolds (2012) [Ch. 13, pp. 503-506]
– Segal & Cover (1989) [pp. 561-563]

4/10: Contingency Tables and Measures of Association
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 7, pp. 181-183 & 187-188]
– Johnson & Reynolds (2012) [Ch. 13, pp. 436-443 & 456-463]
– Licklider (1995)

4/13: Difference of Means
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 7, pp. 186-187]
– Johnson & Reynolds (2012) [Ch. 13, pp. 463-468]
– Conrad, Croco, Gomez, and Moore (2017)

4/15, 4/17: Linear Regression
– RESEARCH PROPOSAL PAPER DUE APRIL 17^th
– Howard (2017) [Ch. 7, pp. 186 & 189-195]
– Johnson & Reynolds (2012) [Ch. 13, pp. 490-503 & Ch. 14, pp. 538-542]
– Silver (2011)
– Masket (2019)
– Day (2006) [pp. 33-39; review pp. 40-43]
– Davis & Silver (2004) [pp. 35-44]

4/20, 4/22: Quantitative Methods Labs, Days 1 & 2
– DATA for labs (in Stata format)
– DATA for Labs (in Excel format)
– Lab using STATA
– Practice Problems for STATA

4/24: Senior I.S. Research Symposium: http://www.wooster.edu/academics/research/is/symposium

4/27: Quantitative Methods Lab, Day 3
– DATA for labs (in Stata format)
– DATA for Labs (in Excel format)
– Lab using STATA
– Practice Problems for STATA

4/29: Succeeding in I.S.: Advice from the Previous Class [in Kauke 237]
– Department of Political Science I.S. Handbook 2019/20
– Senior IS Proposal Form

5/1: In-Class Review Session for Final Exam

5/5: (Tuesday, @ 12 noon): FINAL (EXAM #2)

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READINGS

American Political Science Association. 2006. Style Manual for Political Science. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association. https://connect.apsanet.org/stylemanual/.

Babbie, Earl. 1998. Survey Research Methods. 2^nd Edition. Wadsworth Publishing: Belmont, CA. Chapters 5 and 7. (E-RESERVE)

Baglione, Lisa. 2012. Writing a Research Paper in Political Science. 2^nd Edition. Washington, DC: CQ Press. Chapter 3. (E-RESERVE)

Berry, Jeffrey M. 2002. "Validity and Reliability Issues in Elite Interviewing" PS: Political Science & Politics 35 (4): 679-682. http://journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/issue.cgi?issn=10490965&issue=v35i0004

BITSS. 2015. "A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science" http://www.bitss.org/2015/05/06/spotting-bad-science/ [Pro Tip: you may want to print this graphic and keep it at your IS carrel!].

Bliss, Laurel and Brian Shaffner. 2019. "Not all Democratic Primary Voters Are as "Woke" as Your Twitter Feed." Mischiefs of Faction. 3, 2019. https://www.mischiefsoffaction.com/post/not-all-democratic-primary-voters-are-as-woke-as-your-twitter-feed

Bos, Angela, Bas van Doorn, and Abbey Smanik. 2012. "The Effects of HGTV on Perceptions of Obama and McCain in a 2008 Presidential Debate" Communications Research Reports 29(2): 161-168. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08824096.2012.666769

Cohen, Dara Kay. 2013. "Explaining Rape during Civil War: Cross-National Evidence (1980-2009)" American Political Science Review. 107 (3): 461-477. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43654918

Conrad, Courtenay R.; Sarah E. Croco, Brad T. Gomez, and Will H. Moore. 2018. "Threat Perception and American Support for Torture." Political Behavior40 (4): 989-1009. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11109-017-9433-5.

Chenoweith, Erica. 2012. "The Syrian Conflict is Already a Civil War" The Monkey Cage. January 15, 2012. (E-RESERVE) OR [ http://themonkeycage.org/2012/01/15/the-syrian-conflict-is-already-a-civil-war

Davis, Darren W. and Brian D. Silver. 2004. "Civil Liberties vs. Security: Public Opinion in the Context of the Terrorist Attacks on America" American Journal of Political Science 48 (1): 28-46. http://journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/issue.cgi?issn=00925853&issue=v48i0001

Day, Margaux. 2006. "Put Your Money Where Your Patients Are: A Study of International Funding For AIDS Treatment." Senior IS Thesis – Department of Political Science, The College of Wooster. http://discover.wooster.edu/mkrain/is-projects/

Department of Political Science. 2019. Independent Study Handbook. Wooster, OH: The College of Wooster. https://www.wooster.edu/departments/polisci/_files/ISHandbook.pdf

General Medical Council. N.d. "Survey Design – Best Practice Guidelines" National Training Survey. Manchester, UK. https://www.gmc-uk.org/-/media/documents/briefing-note-1-annex-a_pdf-71813416.pdf

Hancock, Dawson R. and Bob Algozzine. 2006. Doing Case Study Research. New York: Teachers College Press. EXCERPTS. (E-RESERVE)

Human Subjects Research Committee. 2019. The College of Wooster. https://www.wooster.edu/info/hsrc/. &https://shib.axiommentor.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp.wooster.edu/idp/shibboleth.

Johnson, Janet Buttolph and H. T. Reynolds. 2012. Political Science Research Methods. 7^th Edition. Washington, DC: CQ Press. Ch. 12 & Excerpts from Chs. 13 & 14. (E-RESERVE)

Johnson, Jeremy. 2016. "Campaign Experiment Found To Be in Violation of Montana Law" The Monkey Cage.May 13, 2015. http://wpo.st/GGpR2

Kaarbo, Juliet and Ryan K. Beasley. 1999. "A Practical Guide to the Comparative Case Study Method in Political Psychology." Political Psychology, 20 (2): 369-391. http://journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/issue.cgi?issn=0162895x&issue=v20i0002

Knopf, Jeffrey W. 2006. "Doing a Literature Review" PS: Political Science and Politics 39 (1): 127-132.http://rave.ohiolink.edu/ejournals/article/323750823

Krieghbaum, Andrew. 2016. "Frequent Source for Comments on Politics Admits No Formal Focus Group Informed His Insights, As He Had Claimed" Inside Higher Ed. 20, 2016. http://ihenow.com/2ick5E9

Leech, Beth L. 2002. "Asking Questions: Techniques for Semistructured Interviews" PS: Political Science & Politics 35 (4): 665-668. http://journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/issue.cgi?issn=10490965&issue=v35i0004

Lichtbau, Eric. 2016. "Justice Department to Track Use of Force by Police Across U.S." New York Times. 13, 2016. http://nyti.ms/2e0O9Rl

Licklider, Roy. 1995. "The Consequences of Negotiated Settlements in Civil Wars, 1945–1993." American Political Science Review 89 (3): 681-690. http://www.jstor.org/stable/i336280

Lipson, Charles. 2005. "Tips and Reminders" pp. 275-281 (Chapter 16) in How to Write a BA Thesis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (E-RESERVE)

Louderback, Whitney. 2009. "The Implementation of Negotiated Settlements After Intrastate Wars." Senior IS Thesis – Department of Political Science, The College of Wooster. http://discover.wooster.edu/mkrain/is-projects/

Masket, Seth. 2019. "Approval ratings and vote shares" Mischiefs of Faction. 25, 2019. https://www.mischiefsoffaction.com/post/approval-ratings-vote-shares

Mason, Winter and Siddharth Suri. 2012. "Conducting Behavioral Research on Amazon's Mechanical Turk." Behavior Research Methods 44 (1): 1-23. http://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-011-0124-6

Matthews, Robert. 2000. "Storks deliver babies (p= 0.008)." Teaching Statistics 22 (2): 36-38. http://robertmatthews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/RM-storks-paper.pdf

McEntire, Kyla, Michele Leiby, and Matthew Krain. 2015. "Human Rights Organizations as Agents of Change: An Experimental Examination of Framing and Micromobilization." American Political Science Review. 109 (3): 407-426. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055415000295

Mensh, Brett and Konrad Kording. 2017. "Ten Simple Rules for Structuring Papers." PLoS Computational Biology 13 (9): e1005619. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005619

Moskowitz, Eric S. 1987. "Pluralism, Elitism, and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act" Political Science Quarterly 102 (1): 93-112. http://www.jstor.org/stable/i337612

Newbold, Curtis. 2014. "Infographic: Did I Plagiarize? The Types and Severity of Plagiarism Violations" The Visual Communication Guy. September 16. http://thevisualcommunicationguy.com/2014/09/16/did-i-plagiarize-the-types-and-severity-of-plagiarism-violations/ [Pro Tip: you may want to print this graphic and keep it at your IS carrel!].

Palmer, Barbara and Dennis M. Simon. 2005. "When Women Run Against Women: The Hidden Influence of Female Incumbents in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1956-2002," Politics & Gender 1 (1): 39-63. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X05050026

Roberts, Brent. 2011. "What the Heck is Research Anyway?" The Hardest Science https://hardsci.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/what-the-heck-is-research-anyway-a-guest-post-by-brent-roberts/

Sarhan, Mohammad. 2017. "'Just Let Them Move': Refugee Economic Integration and Conflict Spillover,"Journal of Interrupted Studies. 1 (1): 7-31. (E-RESERVE).

Seife, Charles. 2010. "Chapter 4: Poll Cats" (pp. 91-123) and "Appendix A: Statistical Error" (pp. 245-250) in Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception. New York, NY: Viking. (E-RESERVE).

Segal, Jeffrey A. and Albert D. Cover. 1989. "Ideological Values and the Votes of U.S. Supreme Court Justices" American Political Science Review 83 (2): 557-565. http://www.jstor.org/stable/i333675

Sides, John. 2012. "Candidates Who Do Better Than Expected Win More Media Attention." FiveThirtyEight – New York Times.com. January 4, 2012. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/candidates-who-do-better-than-expected-win-more-media-attention

Silver, Nate. 2011. "Do Iowa Polls Predict New Hampshire Results?" FiveThirtyEight – New York Times.com. December 16, 2011. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/newspapers-endorsement-has-been-leading-indicator-in-new-hampshire/
OR https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/newspapers-endorsement-has-been-leading-indicator-in-new-hampshire/

Trader, Robert. 2013. "Designing a Survey."COM-2203: Research Methods. Department of Communication and Cinema Studies, McDaniel College. https://www2.mcdaniel.edu/rtrader/handouts/ResearchDesign/surveydesign.pdf

Ulfelder, Jay. 2013. "Yes, That's a Coup in Egypt" Dart-Throwing Chimp: Thoughtful Analysis or Blovation? Your Call . July 3. http://dartthrowingchimp.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/yes-thats-a-coup-in-egypt/?relatedposts_exclude=4892

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