KEVIN A. CLARKE

Department of Political Science
Harkness Hall
University of Rochester
14627-0146
(585) 275-5217
kevin.clarke@rochester.edu
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I am an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Rochester.
I have a Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan.
Subfield specialization in statistical methodology and international relations.

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Research and Teaching

Professional Links

Computing Resources

Interests


Curriculum Vitae

  • pdf (Rev. 9/07)
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Book Project

Models With Meaning: Reimagining the Science of Politics

Under contract with Oxford University Press.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • Democracy and the Logic of Political Survival (with Randy Stone). American Political Science Review. (Forthcoming 2008).
  • Modernizing Political Science: A Model-Based Approach (w/ David Primo). Perspectives on Politics. 5:4 (December 2007).
  • A Simple Distribution-Free Test for Nonnested Hypotheses. Political Analysis, 15:3 (Summer 2007).
  • The Necessity of Being Comparative: Theory Confirmation in Quantitative Political Science. Comparative Political Studies, 40:7 (July 2007).
  • The Phantom Menace: Omitted Variable Bias in Econometric Research. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 22:4 (Winter 2005).
  • Nonparametric Model Discrimination in International Relations. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 47:1 (February 2003).
  • The Reverend and the Ravens. Political Analysis, 10:2 (Spring 2002).
  • Testing Nonnested Models of International Relations: Reevaluating Realism. American Journal of Political Science, 45:3 (July 2001).

Working Papers

  • Dissent Within the Ranks: Consistency of Choice in Nonparametric Multiple Comparisons
  • Data Experiments: Model Specifications as Treatments
    • pdf (Rev. 1/08)
  • Discriminating Methods: Nonnested Tests for Strategic Choice Models (with Curt Signorino)
    • pdf (Rev. 1/07)
  • Practical Sensitivity Analysis
    • pdf (Rev. 8/06)
  • Return of the Phantom Menace: Omitted Variable Bias in Econometric Research
    • pdf (Rev. 7/06)
  • The Effect of Priors on Approximate Bayes Factors from MCMC Output
  • Probabilistic Causality and Explanation in Political Science
  • How the Techniques You Choose Affect the Answers You Get
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Professional Links

  • Political Science
  • Statistics Resources

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Computing Resources

  • TeX Resources
  • R Resources
  • Statistical Software

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Courses

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Interests

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kevin.clarke@rochester.edu