KEVIN A. CLARKE

Department of Political Science Harkness Hall University of Rochester 14627-0146 (585) 275-5217 kevin.clarke@rochester.edu

Table of Contents

Curriculum Vitae

• pdf (Rev. 1/09)

Book Project

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Discriminating Methods: Tests for Nonnested Discrete Choice Models (with Curt Signorino). Political Studies (Forthcoming).
  
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• Return of the Phantom Menace: Omitted Variable Bias in Econometric Research. Conflict Management and Peace Science 26:1 (February 2009).
  
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• Democracy and the Logic of Political Survival (with Randy Stone). American Political Science Review 102:3 (August 2008).
  
  • pdf
  • pdf (full version)
• Modernizing Political Science: A Model-Based Approach (w/ David Primo). Perspectives on Politics 5:4 (December 2007).
  
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• A Simple Distribution-Free Test for Nonnested Hypotheses. Political Analysis 15:3 (Summer 2007).
  
  • pdf and web appendix
• The Necessity of Being Comparative: Theory Confirmation in Quantitative Political Science. Comparative Political Studies 40:7 (July 2007).
  
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• The Phantom Menace: Omitted Variable Bias in Econometric Research. Conflict Management and Peace Science 22:4 (Winter 2005).
  
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• Nonparametric Model Discrimination in International Relations. Journal of Conflict Resolution 47:1 (February 2003).
  
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• The Reverend and the Ravens. Political Analysis 10:2 (Spring 2002).
  
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• Testing Nonnested Models of International Relations: Reevaluating Realism. American Journal of Political Science 45:3 (July 2001).
  
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Working Papers

• Dissent Within the Ranks: Consistency of Choice in Nonparametric Multiple Comparisons
  
  • pdf (Rev. 7/08)
• Data Experiments: Model Specifications as Treatments
  
  • pdf (Rev. 1/08)
• Practical Sensitivity Analysis
  
  • pdf (Rev. 8/06)
• The Effect of Priors on Approximate Bayes Factors from MCMC Output
  
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• Probabilistic Causality and Explanation in Political Science
  
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• How the Techniques You Choose Affect the Answers You Get
  
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Professional Links

Computing Resources

Courses

• PSC 106 Introduction to International Relations

• PSC 201 Political Inquiry

• PSC 204 Research Design

• PSC 272 Theories of International Relations

• PSC 404 Probability and Inference

• PSC 405 Linear Models

• PSC 505 Maximum Likelihood Estimation

• Dublin Lectures in Quantitative I.R.

• Choosing and Defending Specifications, an APSA Short Course
  Kevin Clarke (Rochester) and Bear Braumoeller (Havard)

  • APSA Short Course Notes (Clarke)

  • APSA Short Course Notes (Braumoeller --- under "Teaching/APSA Short Course." )

Interests

• Wildlife and Landscape Photography

  • Wildlife and Landscape Photographs by Kevin A. Clarke
  
  

• Classical Music

  • Nimbus Records
  • Gramophone
  • Metropolitan Opera
  • Classical Net
  • Dead Conductors Page
  • Biograph Records: Jazz, Blues and Ragtime
  
  

• Sea Kayaking

  • BayCreek Paddling Center
  • Sea-Kayaker Magazine
  • A Discussion of Bracing
  • Beginners' Bracing and Broaching
  • Support Strokes
  • Greenland Kayaking Video Clips
  • A Kayak Rolling Primer
  • A Technical Discussion of Kayak Stability
  
  

• Wilderness Travel

  • Backpacker's Basecamp
  • Gear Finder
  • Gear Reviews
  • Isle Royale National Park
  • Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
  • Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
  • Gates of the Arctic National Park
  • Glacier National Park