Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier
Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science and
Professor of Sociology
Director of the Program in Statistics and Methodology
Office: 2049S Derby Hall
154 N. Oval Mall
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(614) 292-9642
email: steffensmeier.2@osu.edu
Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science and
Professor of Sociology
Director of the Program in Statistics and Methodology
Office: 2049S Derby Hall
154 N. Oval Mall
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(614) 292-9642
email: steffensmeier.2@osu.edu
Statistics Resources
- Political Analysis
- Stata
- Cool Stata Resources and .ado files (Boston College)
- The Political Methodology Web Server
- The Social Science
Citation Index
(this link may not work if you are not at Ohio State) - JSTOR(the coolest thing since sliced bread)
- The Polmeth Software Page--includes links for S+ and GAUSS
- SPSS
- SAS
- LIMDEP
- TDA
- MLwiN
- Data: Economic
- Data: Economic--Historical Economic Data Tables
- Education Policy
- Date:Greenbook Federal Data Bank
- Data: Index to U.S. Government Statistics
- Data: Social (e.g. Crime, Population, Education, Health)
- Data in Stata format from the Center for International Development
- Statistical Resources on the Web
Legislatures and Interest Groups
American Politics
- Almanac of Politics and Government
- Budget,Economic Projections, & Other Studies by Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Business, Trade, and Economic Data
- Civic Literacy Site--Contains many Links to Liberal, Conservative, and Information Sources
- C-Span
- Executive Branch
- Federal Agencies including Government Printing Office (GPO) Data Base
- Federal Reserve Board (Economic Statistics)
- Index of Gov't & Politics
- Political Advocacy Groups
- Policy Issues by Idea Central
- League of Women Voters Policy Education
- Political Games and Simulations
- Political Science Resources Home Page--Links to information in all fields in Political Science
- Poverty--Institute for Research on Poverty--UW-Madison
- Think Tanks Online (e.g. Brookings, AEI, Urban Institute)
- U.S. Census
- U.S.Census-1998 Statistical Abstracts
- U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Government Organization Manual
Congress Links
CongressLink: A Service of the Dirksen
Congressional Center
CongressLink is an excellent resource for students interested in doing research on various aspects of the U.S. Congress. At the site, you will find extensive links congressional sites of interest, opportunities to talk about Congress with outstanding scholars in the field, and vast amounts of information on the current Congress.
- Thomas (Official "All-you'd-ever-want-to-know-about-Congress" site)
- The House of Representatives
- The Clerk of the House (Archival Records and Historical Documents)
- The U.S. Senate
- Biographies of Members of Congress
- Project Vote-Smart (Congressional Voting Records, Campaign Material, Political Links)
- Roll Call-The Newspaper of Capitol Hill
- The Ohio State Legislature
- The Federal Election Commission
- IRE/NICAR Campaign Finance Page
- Center for Public Integrity
- U.S. Public Interest Research Group
- Center for Responsive Politics Capital Eye Archives
- Center for Responsive Politics Monday Morning Alerts
- IRE/NICAR Campaign Finance Archive
- New York Times Campaign Finance Coverage
- USA Today Campaign Finance Archives
- Washington Post Campaign Finance Archive
- Christian Science Monitor Presidential Race Money Page
- Yahoo Campaign Finance Coverage
- Excite Campaign Finance Page
- MSNBC Eye On Washington Congressional Databases
- CNN Special Report: The Money Trail
- CNN/Time Allpolitics Campaign Finance Special Report
- Mother Jones' The Coin-Operated Congress
- Mother Jones' the MoJo 400
- Center for Responsive Politics State Finance Databases
- National Institute on Money in State Politics
- IRE/NICAR State Finance Databases
- Ohio Secretary of State Finance Database
- Allpolitics (CNN/Time)
- Project Vote-Smart Elections Page
- Candidates 1998: Expenditures
- Congressional Quarterly Election's Campaign Online
- Election Data: Congress and President 1920 to present
- Election Issues--'Rock the Vote'
- Federal Election Commission
- Gallup Poll
- National Election Studies
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
- Voting and Registration Data Throughout the U.S.
- ABC News
- CBS News
- Chicago Tribune
- CNBC Business and Financial News
- CNN News Service
- CNN Financial News Service
- MSNBC News
- PBS Online
- Independent Business Magazine Of Government
- The New York Times (Registration Required)
- LA Times
- USA Today
- Washington Post
- The Columbus Dispatch
- Cleveland Online: The Cleveland Plain Dealer
- The Cincinnati Enquirer
- The Toledo Blade
- National Press Club
- News Index-Search for News Stories Worldwide
- Time Magazine News Service