Research Guides: Political Science: Data / Statistics / Research Methods

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The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations by Luigi Curini (Editor); Robert Franzese (Editor)
Publication Date: 2020-10-23
The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations offers a comprehensive overview of research processes in social science

Sage Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window
Sage Research Methods Online provides content across the social and behavioral sciences. Covers quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods and includes the entire "Little Green Book" and "Little Blue Book" series.

Data / Statistics

Statesman's Yearbook (1864-Present) This link opens in a new window
The Statesman’s Yearbook is an annual publication covering the politics, cultures and economies of all of the countries of the world plus major international organizations.
Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
Statistical Abstract of the United States (1878-2012)
Statistical Abstract of the United States provides a collection of statistics on the social, political and economic conditions of the United States.

Data.gov
The home of the U.S. Government’s open data. Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.
IPUMS
IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community contexts.

ICPSR This link opens in a new window
ICPSR provides access to an international archive of digital datasets in social sciences and related areas. The site also provides information about ICPSR and its services and programs, as well as other related resources and instructional documentation. Note: Patrons can use the 'Access through your institution' option or create an ICPSR account using your Temple email to access this resource from off-campus. Please clear your browser history and cookies if you see an error message.

ResearchData.gov
ResearchDataGov is a web portal for discovering and requesting access to restricted microdata from federal statistical agencies
State Agency Databases
GODORT In every US State and the District of Columbia, agencies are creating databases of useful information - information on businesses, licensed professionals, plots of land, even dates of fish stocking.
Election Cycle Tracker
Data displayed on the map is based on the information provided on Wikipedia general election’s list and official government websites. Election dates can change and vary due to different factors ( government decisions, snap elections, destabilization and more)
Popular Political Podcasts Dataset
Popular Political Podcast Dataset directs you to episodes from nearly 120 prominent political podcast series. The dataset updates daily with new episode information. It tracks popular topics over time.

CCES - Cooperative Congressional Election Study
The CCES is a 50,000+ person national stratified sample survey administered by YouGov/Polimetrix. Half of the questionnaire consists of Common Content asked of all 50,000+ people, and half of the questionnaire consists of Team Content designed by each individual participating team and asked of a subset of 1,000 people. In addition, several teams may pool their resources to create Group Content.
Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP)
is a partnership among scholars who have conducted election surveys on five continents. Founded in the late 1980s, it now includes 59 surveys from 1990 to 2020 in 30 different countries, with multiple election surveys in 16 countries.
Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)
Participating countries and provinces include a common module of survey questions in their post-election studies. The resulting data are deposited along with voting, demographic, district and macro/electoral system variables. The studies are then merged into a single, free, public dataset for use in comparative study and cross-level analysis.
Poll of Polls - Polling Data for Europe Since 2017
"pollofpolls.eu is a private initiative by three data nerds, who want to offer aggregated polling data for upcoming elections in Europe"

Data is Plural - Jeremy Singer-Vine newsletter archive
Spreadsheet of "Data Is Plural", a weekly newsletter of useful/curious datasets.
United States Census Bureau
The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.

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