Support for Conferences in Political Methodology

该项目支持三次关于政治方法的夏季会议。这些会议是自1986年以来由NSF和大学主办机构赞助的第20至22次此类会议。每次会议汇集了大约100名教师和研究生。会议有几个目标。首先，它们为最先进的政治方法提供了一个论坛，让学者们提出该领域的最新方法进行讨论和辩论。第二，它们提供了一个论坛，使实地的学者能够就不同领域的最佳做法进行辩论和达成一致意见，然后将这些最佳做法传播到实地。第三，他们通过让研究生接触快速发展领域的最新技术来加强研究生培训，而不是让他们相信他们在旧文章中读到的是处理政治学中估计和规范问题的最佳技术。第四，他们允许初级教师接受最先进的培训和具体研究问题的建议。第五，他们为新学者提供导师机会和网络，无论他们是研究生还是初级教师。 这些会议被广泛认为是推进政治学方法论的最佳机制。

This project supports three summer conferences on political methodology. The conferences constitute the 20th thru 22nd such meetings, which have been sponsored by NSF and university host institutions since 1986. Each meeting brings together approximately 100 faculty and graduate students. There are several aims of the conferences. First, they provide a forum for state of the art political methodology by allowing scholars to present the newest methods in the field for discussion and debate. Second, they provide a forum where scholars in the field can debate and agree on best practices in different areas, which can then be disseminated to the field. Third, they enhance graduate training by exposing them to the state of the art in a fast-moving field, rather than leaving them believing that what they have read in older articles is the best available technology for dealing with estimation and specification issues in political science. Fourth, they allow junior faculty to receive state of the art training and advice on specific research problems. Fifth, they provide mentors ship opportunities and networks for new scholars, whether they are graduate students or junior faculty. The conferences are regarded widely as the best mechanisms for advancing methodology in political science.