Resources

''What resources are available to learn about these methods? When available, this page links to other pages; otherwise, it lists the resources (until the list gets large enough to warrant a separate page).''

Other Pages
In addition to this page, see
 * Journals, Reference Books, Organizations, Articles, and Software

Introductory Materials

 * Syllabi
 * http://polmeth.wustl.edu/syllabi.php

Listservs

 * PolMeth: The listserv of the Society For Political Methodology http://polmeth.wustl.edu/polmeth.php. It has announcements for conferences, papers, jobs, etc.
 * PSTR-L: http://www.h-net.org/~psrt/
 * APSA's Jobs Listing http://www.apsanet.org/section_74.cfm

Blogs

 * http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/blog/ "Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science" Andrew Gelman
 * http://computational-political-science.blogspot.com/ "A students blog on political science, the use of computer simulation in the social sciences and various other topics." Ronald (?)

Data Sources

 * Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
 * "established in 1962, is an integral part of the infrastructure of social science research. ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, and offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use".
 * Has some data on elections, social change

Conferences

 * ASPA
 * http://www.apsanet.org/section_222.cfm
 * This Year: August 30 - September 2, 2007
 * Deadline: November 15, 2006
 * Notification: March 2007
 * 23rd Annual Summer Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology, July 20-22, 2006
 * UC-Davis http://www.polmeth2006.ucdavis.edu/#REGISTRATION
 * Paper Deadline: ??
 * Midwest Political Science Association
 * http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/conferences/conferences.html
 * This Year: 65th Annual Meeting, April 12 - 15, 2007, Chicago
 * Generally: April of each year
 * Deadline: Past
 * Notification: November
 * List of "Invitations" for papers: conferences, etc http://www.papersinvited.com/

Training Programs

 * Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models EITM
 * NSF Funded program at Michigan, 1 month in summer (June-July 2006)
 * http://www.isr.umich.edu/cps/eitm/eitm2006/index.html
 * App by February
 * Eligible AFTER Qual Exams
 * Another EITM also held at Washington U in St. Louis: http://wc.wustl.edu/eitm/
 * Michigan Summer Institute: ICPSR (”Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research”) Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research
 * http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/training/summer/
 * two four-week sessions of the 2007 Program will be conducted June 25 - July 20 and July 23 - August 17.
 * App in February
 * GeoDa Summer Workshop, 2006
 * Luc Anselin’s training workshops;
 * “Foundations” of Spatial Regression: June 19-22, 2007; $1,200
 * “Fronteirs” of Spatial Regression: June 25-28, 2007; $1,500
 * http://sal.uiuc.edu/
 * Agent-Based Modeling, Complex Systems
 * Sante Fe Institute, Complex Systems Summer School
 * http://www.santafe.edu/education/indexCSSS.php
 * “It is open to students in all countries. Students are expected to attend for the full four weeks. No tuition is charged”
 * Deadline Not Posted

Grant Resources

 * [Community of Science]. An excellent broad resource for finding funding for fellowships, scholarships, grants, travel, etc.
 * US Government Grants
 * www.grants.gov (note – incompatible with Firefox?)
 * Record of prior USG grants, Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
 * NSF, especially Political Science Program, http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5418&org=SBE&from=fund
 * [Foundation Center]. The premier database of non-profit sector grants.
 * APSA's grants http://www.apsanet.org/section_191.cfm; http://www.apsanet.org/section_512.cfm
 * SSRC’s List of Fellowships http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/