Betty A. Nesvold

Scalogram Analysis of Political Violence

THIS IS A cross-national analysis of political violence as it occurred in ~ eighty-two nations during the period 1948-1961. It is also a study that relies upon statistical techniques of analysis; data had to be quantified, and we relied extensively on using coded categories of behavior. We have operationalized our concept of political violence in this study, used both intuitive and inductive techniques to form a scale on which the eighty-two nations can be rated for this variable, and sought correlates of this type of political instability. The research has been in progress for some five years, and in a sense this constitutes a progress report. Some of the findings have been extensively tested and found highly reliable. Some of the data analysis that we present reports only tentative findings. The potential scope of the research is so large, though, that it seems desirable to publish findings and seek criticism and suggestions.

Instructional Applications of Data Archive Resources.

Until recently, the growth of social science data archives has been in response to the needs of research scholars. Now we are turning increasingly to these resources to support instructional activities. Findings from empirical, data-based research have extended themselves quite naturally into the classroom in the form of textbooks and articles. What has been less clear is how to extend this research mode to give our students training and experience in research methods, data analysis, and, more generally, the analytic approaches to the study of social phenomena. This, of course, has been a standard component of doctoral programs for a decade or more, but the broader instructional applications have been less common. We have even been handicapped by considering such instruction suitable only for the specially trained or more advanced student. The case can certainly be made, however, that instruction in research methods and experiences with machine-readable &dquo;laboratory&dquo; materials should be as appropriate to the beginning social science student as is the laboratory for the beginning chemistry student.

A Skinnerian Analysis of Conflict Behavior Walden II Goes Cross-National

Therefore, a prince must not concern himself with the infamy of cruelty when it comes to keeping his subjects united and obedient; for, with just a few displays of cruelty, he will turn out to be more compassionate than those who, through excessive compassion, allow disorders to arise from which spring forth murder and ravaging. Machiavelli, The Prince

Macro-Quantitative Analysis CONFLICT, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMOCRATIZATION Volume I, SAGE Readers in Cross-National Research

An exciting area of social exploration, cross-national research raises numerous problems in the logic of social inquiry-the methods of data collection and analysisand imposes a basic challenge to conventional study of foreign political and social systems. Macro-Quantitative Analysis is of interest to social scientists of all disci576 pages plines, containing articles by political scientists, 1971