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It’s National Undergraduate Research Week: April 11-16

National Undergraduate Research Week, which takes place this year from April 11-16, was instituted to recognize undergraduate research projects and the importance of providing research opportunities for students. In conjunction with Undergraduate Research Week, APSA […]

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My deepest apologies

I would like to express my deepest apologies to Professors Wendy Wong and Sarah Stroup and to all our members on the posting of a highly insensitive photo in the promotion of Professors Stroup and […]

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The Fieldwork of Quantitative Data Collection

Francesca Refsum Jensenius,  Norwegian Institute of International Affairs For many political scientists, fieldwork means conducting focus groups in villages, attending campaign rallies, or interviewing political elites in government offices. When I present the mainly quantitative […]

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Data Collection, Opportunity Costs, and Problem Solving: Lessons from Field Research on Teachers’ Unions in Latin America

Christopher Chambers-Ju As I prepared to leave Mexico, my efforts to access an important dataset for my dissertation became increasingly desperate. A newspaper article mentioned that the Mexican teachers’ union endorsed nearly 2,000 political candidates […]