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Methods and models : a guide to the empirical analysis of formal models in political science / Rebecca B. Morton

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Morton, Rebecca B., 1954-
Additional Titles
Methods & models
Published
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 326 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Contents
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.
Summary
"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
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9780511040191 (electronic bk.)
0511040199 (electronic bk.)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and indexes.
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