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"U.S. Presidential Elections," At The Club, Yale University, David R. Mayhew

David Mayhew

No abstract provided.

Creating An Interactive Classroom: Enhancing Student Engagement And Learning In Political Science Courses, Jonathan D. Mott, Danny Damron

Faculty Publications

Students of the pedagogy of teaching have found that cooperative/problem-based learning activities engage the learner, promote ownership of the material, advance the development of higher-level cognitive skills and increase retention better than more passive learning activities. Despite broad recognition within the political science discipline that classroom activities can and should facilitate better student learning outcomes, political science classes (both large and small) frequently have characteristics that make cooperative/problem-based learning activities more difficult to employ and less likely to succeed. Anonymity in large sections, a steep learning curve of complex concepts, and students who see passivity as the least costly approach …

The Internet And Citizen Participation In Rulemaking, Cary Coglianese

All Faculty Scholarship

Each year, regulatory agencies promulgate thousands of important rules through a process largely insulated from ordinary citizens. Many observers believe the Internet could help revolutionize the rulemaking process, allowing citizens to play a central role in the development of new government regulations. This paper expresses a contrary view. In it, I argue that existing efforts to apply information technology to rulemaking will not noticeably affect citizen participation, as these current efforts do little more than digitize the existing process without addressing the underlying obstacles to greater citizen participation. Although more innovative technologies may eventually enable the ordinary citizen to play …

Elicited Priors For Bayesian Model Specifications In Political Science Research, Jeff Gill, Lee D. Walker

Faculty Publications

We explain how to use elicited priors in Bayesian political science research. These are a form of prior information produced by previous knowledge from structured interviews with subjective area experts who have little or no concern for the statistical aspects of the project. The purpose is to introduce qualitative and area-specific information into an empirical model in a systematic and organized manner in order to produce parsimonious yet realistic implications. Currently, there is no work in political science that articulates elicited priors in a Bayesian specification. We demonstrate the value of the approach by applying elicited priors to a problem …

Full Twenty-Year List Of Important Enactments, 1991-2014 (Credit To R. Douglas Arnold And Helene Wood), David R. Mayhew

David Mayhew

List Of Important Enactments, 1947-1990 (Pp. 52-73), David R. Mayhew

David Mayhew

No abstract provided.

List Of Important Enactments, 2011-2012, David R. Mayhew

David Mayhew

Comments On Selecting Enactments, 1991-2002, David R. Mayhew

David Mayhew

No abstract provided.

List Of Important Enactments, 2005-2006, David R. Mayhew

David Mayhew

Tribute To Nelson W. Polsby At Panel Honoring Him, Annual Apsa Conference, David R. Mayhew

David Mayhew

No abstract provided.