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The Political Methodology field at Wisconsin is broadly defined. It includes training in qualitative and quantitative design, empirical theory, statistical methods and formal theory. As a consequence, Wisconsin students are unusually well trained in the entire field and are prepared to both teach and apply methodologies in all empirical fields of the discipline. The study of, and testing in, methods is not isolated from work in substantive fields, and the exam requires students to be able to apply the methodological questions (theory and technique) to the student's substantive area in an intelligent way.

Research Groups


Faculty in Political Methodology

 
  Barry Burden Charles Franklin Scott Gehlbach
  Kenneth Goldstein Andrew Kydd Jon Pevehouse
  Michael Schatzberg David Weimer
 

Courses in Political Methodology - Fall 2009


551 - Introduction to Statistical Inference for Political Research

Faculty: Charles Franklin      Field: Political Methodology

816 - Empirical Methods of Political Inquiry: Qualitative

Faculty: Melanie Manion      Field: Political Methodology

818 - Maximum Likelilhood Estimation

Faculty: Charles Franklin      Field: Political Methodology

836 - Formal Models in Political Science

Faculty: Scott Gehlbach      Field: Political Methodology

919 - Seminar - Advanced Methodology

Faculty: Charles Franklin      Field: Political Methodology