Statisticians and Political Scientists (Translation)
https://doi.org/10.31249/poln/2023.03.13
Abstract
Harold F. Gosnell (1896–1997), a well-known American political scientist and one of the leaders of the first generation of the Chicago school of political studies, in his article offers an overview of the use of quantitative methods in political research in the United States. Gosnell discusses the problem of identifying the unit of measure for political phenomena and processes, as well as the conceptual difficulties of deriving empirical patterns in political science. He shows that the movement of quantitative analysis is gaining momentum and expanding, and its potential is great. The scale of application of quantitative and statistical methods and the heuristic significance of the data obtained allow observers to speak about new horizons of political knowledge.
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