Methods and models : a guide to the empirical analysis of formal models in political science /
Methods & models
Rebecca B. Morton.
- x, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and index.
Introduction: -- Political science's dilemma -- Formal Models in Political Science: -- What makes a model formal? -- The variety of formal models -- Empirical Evaluation of Formal Models: -- Fundamentals of empirical evaluation -- Evaluating assumptions -- Evaluating predictions: equilibria, disequilibria, and multiequilibria -- Evaluating relationship predictions -- Evaluating alternative models -- A Second Revolution: -- The present and the future -- References. Part I. 1. Part II. 2. 3. Part III. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part IV. 9. 10.
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Political science--Mathematical models Political statistics