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Volume 10 - Issue 3 - Summer 1977

Contents

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Research Article

  • How to Succeed in Political Science by Being Very Trying: A Methodological Sampler

  • Lee Sigelman
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    28 November 2022, pp. 302-305

  • Daily we are bombarded by advice on how to succeed in political science. We are told what to read—everybody in Philadelphia reads World Politics, conclude media watchers Giles and Wright. We are told how to speak—practice phrases like “latent functional isomorphism” and “quasi-longitudinal typology,” concludes politico-linguist Betty Zisk, and success will be ours. We are even told where to dine—Tadich's or Sam's for fish in San Francisco, decrees gastronomical heavyweight Richard Brody.

    Impeccable reading habits, a finely-honed vocabulary, and proper nutrition notwithstanding, we are in imminent danger of failure as political scientists unless we are able to establish our bona fides as data analysts. This requires that we master some canons of research methodology. Unfortunately, these methodological strictures have yet to be systematically codified. By presenting some basics of proper research methodology, by discussing some more sophisticated techniques (e.g., the Multiplicative N-Extender, the Levitating Measure Raiser), and by cataloguing some even more advanced routines (e.g., the Spontaneous Phytogeny Recapitulator, the Deviant Data Bender), the present exploratory study takes a tentative first step in the direction of a more systematic political science.

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  • 1977 Annual Business Meeting: 1977 Rules for the Annual Business Meeting and Association Election

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    28 November 2022, pp. 342-346
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  • Constitution of the American Political Science Association

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    28 November 2022, pp. 346-349
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  • APSA Council Minutes

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    28 November 2022, pp. 349-353
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  • Canadian Parliamentary Intern and U.S. Congressional Fellow Exchange

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    28 November 2022, p. 353
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  • Tribute to Senator Hubert H. Humphrey

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    28 November 2022, pp. 353-354
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  • Supreme Court Decision Upholds Association Position in Nixon Tapes and Documents Case

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    28 November 2022, pp. 354-355
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  • Participation of Academics in Intelligence Activities

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    28 November 2022, p. 355
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  • APSA Investments and Securities

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  • Chautauqua-Type Short Course Programs

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    28 November 2022, pp. 358-359
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  • Professional Notes

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    28 November 2022, pp. 368-373
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Announcement

  • Announcement of Awards

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    28 November 2022, pp. 378-381
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