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  • Identifying the Complex Causes of Civil War

    A Machine Learning Approach

    by Atin Basuchoudhary, James T. Bang, John David, Tinni Sen ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book uses machine-learning to identify the causes of conflict from among the top predictors of conflict. This methodology elevates some complex causal pathways that cause civil conflict over others, thus teasing out the complex interrelationships between the most important variables that cause civil conflict. Success in this realm will lead to scientific theories of conflict that will be ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Predicting Hotspots

    Using Machine Learning to Understand Civil Conflict

    by Atin Basuchoudhary, James T. Bang, Tinni Sen, John David ...
    This book should be useful to anyone interested in identifying the causes of civil conflict and doing something to end it. It even suggests a pathway for the lay reader. Civil conflict is a persistent source of misery to humankind. Its study, however, lacks a comprehensive theory of its causes. Nevertheless, the question of cooperation or conflict is at the heart of political economy. This book ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • Machine-learning Techniques in Economics

    New Tools for Predicting Economic Growth

    by Atin Basuchoudhary, James T. Bang, Tinni Sen ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book develops a machine-learning framework for predicting economic growth. It can also be considered as a primer for using machine learning (also known as data mining or data analytics) to answer economic questions. While machine learning itself is not a new idea, advances in computing technology combined with a dawning realization of its applicability to economic questions makes it a new ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    The Mixtape

    by Scott Cunningham ...
    An accessible, contemporary introduction to the methods for determining cause and effect in the social sciences“Causation versus correlation has been the basis of arguments—economic and otherwise—since the beginning of time. Causal Inference: The Mixtape uses legit real-world examples that I found genuinely thought-provoking. It’s rare that a book prompts readers to expand their outlook; this one ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Fundamentals of Political Science Research

    by Paul M. Kellstedt, Guy D. Whitten ...
    The third edition of the best-selling The Fundamentals of Political Science Research provides an introduction to the scientific study of politics. It offers the basic tools necessary for readers to become both critical consumers and beginning producers of scientific research on politics. The authors present an integrated approach to research design and empirical analyses whereby researchers can ... Read more

    $49.19 USD

  • The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion

    by John R. Zaller ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology
    In this 1992 book John Zaller develops a comprehensive theory to explain how people acquire political information from elites and the mass media and convert it into political preferences. Using numerous specific examples, Zaller applies this theory to the dynamics of public opinion on a broad range of subjects, including domestic and foreign policy, trust in government, racial equality, and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Computational Social Science

    Discovery and Prediction

    Edited by R. Michael Alvarez ...
    Series series Analytical Methods for Social Research
    Quantitative research in social science research is changing rapidly. Researchers have vast and complex arrays of data with which to work: we have incredible tools to sift through the data and recognize patterns in that data; there are now many sophisticated models that we can use to make sense of those patterns; and we have extremely powerful computational systems that help us accomplish these ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Handbook On Impact Evaluation: Quantitative Methods And Practices

    by Khandker Shahidur; B. Koolwal Gayatri; Samad Hussain ...
    Public programs are designed to reach certain goals and beneficiaries. Methods to understand whether such programs actually work, as well as the level and nature of impacts on intended beneficiaries, are main themes of this book. Has the Grameen Bank, for example, succeeded in lowering consumption poverty among the rural poor in Bangladesh? Can conditional cash transfer programs in Mexico and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Party Competition

    An Agent-Based Model

    by Michael Laver, Ernest Sergenti ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Complexity
    Party competition for votes in free and fair elections involves complex interactions by multiple actors in political landscapes that are continuously evolving, yet classical theoretical approaches to the subject leave many important questions unanswered. Here Michael Laver and Ernest Sergenti offer the first comprehensive treatment of party competition using the computational techniques of agent ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Precision Journalism

    A Reporter's Introduction to Social Science Methods

    by Philip Meyer ...
    Philip Meyer's work in precision journalism established a new and ongoing trend-the use by reporters of social science research techniques to increase the depth and accuracy of major stories. In this fully updated, fourth edition of the classic Precision Journalism (known as The New Precision Journalism in its third edition), Meyer shows journalists and students of journalism how to use new ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Political Complexity

    Nonlinear Models of Politics

    Edited by Diana Eva-Ann Richards ...
    This collection illustrates how nonlinear methods can provide new insight into existing political questions. Politics is often characterized by unexpected consequences, sensitivity to small changes, non-equilibrium dynamics, the emergence of patterns, and sudden changes in outcomes. These are all attributes of nonlinear processes. Bringing together a variety of recent nonlinear modeling approaches ... Read more

    $57.59 USD

  • Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences

    by David Darmofal ...
    Series series Analytical Methods for Social Research
    Many theories in the social sciences predict spatial dependence or the similarity of behaviors at neighboring locations. Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences demonstrates how researchers can diagnose and model this spatial dependence and draw more valid inferences as a result. The book is structured around the well-known Galton's problem and presents a step-by-step guide to the application of ... Read more

    $35.29 USD