Methods

Overview of Quantitative Methods
A number of people have asked for an overview of what quantitative and formal methods are available for political science research. Here are a list of methods: This page could use a brief summary overview, that ties together these links.

A short list:
 * Statistical Methods
 * Regression Analysis
 * Maximum Likelihood Estimation
 * Structural Equation Modeling
 * Deductive Methods
 * Game Theory
 * Spatial Voting Theory
 * Axiomatic Theory
 * Simulation Methods
 * Agent-based Modeling
 * Discrete Event Simulation
 * System Dynamics Modeling
 * Monte Carlo Simulation (common to many methods)

Existing References
Existing References on these topics (heck, why duplicate?)
 * UCLA's website on Statistical Computing
 * Wikipedia's summaries
 * Statistical
 * Statistics
 * Regression_analysis
 * Structural_Equation_Modeling
 * Maximum_likelihood
 * Deductive
 * Game_Theory
 * Social_choice_theory
 * Public_choice_theory
 * Mathematical_model (Closed Form Mathematical Models)
 * Simulation (Computational)
 * Agent-based_modelling
 * Monte_Carlo_method
 * Discrete_event_simulation
 * System_Dynamics

(Online, Free) Courses
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-872Spring2004/CourseHome/index.htm
 * Statistics
 * MIT's OpenCourseWare Statistics for Political Science
 * Introduction to Stats
 * Multivariate Stats http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-874Spring2004/CourseHome/index.htm
 * StatSoft's Online Statistics Textbook http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html