a guide to the empirical analysis of formal models in political science /
First Statement of Responsibility
Rebecca B. Morton.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (x, 326 pages) :
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illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Part I. Introduction: Political science's dilemma -- Part II. Formal models in political science: What makes a model formal? -- The variety of formal models -- Part III. Empirical evaluation of formal models: Fundamentals of empirical evaluation -- Evaluating assumptions -- Evaluating predictions: equilibria, disequilibria, and multiequilibria -- Evaluating relationship predictions -- Evaluating alternative models -- Part IV. A second revolution: The present and the future -- References.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"The book is intended to serve as a guide for active and future political scientists who are confronting the issues of empirical analysis and formal models, as well as a basis for a needed dialogue between empirical and formal theoretical researchers in political science. Once combined, these developments presage a new revolution in political science."--Jacket.