There are a wide range of methods and modes of analysis employed by political analysis. In this guide, we organize the discussion into several general categories:

1. The Analysis of Quantitative Data
   • Statistics
2. Game Theory and Models
3. The Analysis of Qualitative Data
   1. Historical Analysis
   2. Path Dependency
   3. Process Tracing
   4. Counterfactuals
   5. Scenario-Building

Resources

Videos

Professor Lisa Dierker on Data Architecture and Analysis:

 

updated August 3, 2017 – MN