What Makes Someone a Political Methodologist?

Esarey, Justin

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“…Barnes (2018) shows that women are less likely to be lecturers in quantitative methods courses. Furthermore, while Gatto et al (2020) also found that when women do participate in methods training they show similar levels of method employment as their male colleagues, Shannon (2014) and Esarey (2018) found that even when women do use the same methods as men, they are less likely to characterize themselves as methodologists. This echoes findings from Morrow-Jones and Box-Steffensmeier (2014) and Shannon (2014) that women's self-evaluation of math-related qualifications tends to be lower than men's, even when they outperform them.…”

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Is Matilda Playing it Safe? Gender in Computational Text Analysis Methods

van der Velden,

Dolinsky

2023

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Numerous studies document the gender gap in published articles in political science journals, observing systematic imbalances in the submission pool which result in a distored publication pattern. In this study we test some pathways that may explain the distorted submission pool: a) playing it safe due to the gender perception gap, and b) the Matilda effect, focusing on papers using Computational Text Analysis methods. Papers using Computational Text Analysis Methods are more likely to be published in journals with a 'masculinized' perception gap. When women are aiming for these journals, they might 'play it safe' by conducting more validation checks than their male colleagues. Moreover, embracing the Matilda effect – i.e. internalizing the systematic under-recognition of female scientists – women scholars are more likely to indicate that a) there are important training needs in more areas; and b) they themselves need (further) training in computational methods and use these reasons not to publish papers employing these methods. We test these claims using a) a unique content analysis of research articles published in the top 20 journals in communication science, political science, sociology and psychology between 2016 and 2020, identifying all 854 articles that involved some form of quantitative textual analysis; and b) a pre-registered expert survey of all authors of quantitative text analytic research identified via said content analysis, which inquired about researchers’ considerations and concerns in the application of computational text analytic strategies.

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Is Matilda Playing it Safe? Gender in Computational Text Analysis Methods

van der Velden,

Dolinsky

2023

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“…In other words, if “political methodologists” can be understood as those who participate in the community (Esarey 2018) and have methods-centered teaching and research interests (Leeper 2018), then women are substantially underrepresented in this category. In fact, even when women use the same methods as men, they are still less likely to characterize themselves as methodologists (Esarey 2018; Shannon 2014).…”

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“…Women constitute less than 20% of participants at the Society of Political Methodology (POLMETH) annual meeting (Barnes 2018), and they are less likely to publish studies using quantitative and computational methods (Teele and Thelen 2017) and to be lecturers in quantitative-methods modules (Barnes 2018). In other words, if “political methodologists” can be understood as those who participate in the community (Esarey 2018) and have methods-centered teaching and research interests (Leeper 2018), then women are substantially underrepresented in this category. In fact, even when women use the same methods as men, they are still less likely to characterize themselves as methodologists (Esarey 2018; Shannon 2014).…”

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Selecting in or Selecting Out? Gender Gaps and Political Methodology in Europe

Gatto

Gohdes

Traber

et al. 2019

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Studies investigating gender gaps in the doctoral training of political science students have focused so far overwhelmingly on the US context. Although important research within this context has made strides in identifying the persistent challenges to women’s incorporation in political methodology, much remains unknown about whether women and men have different experiences in methods training during their PhD programs. We contribute to this debate by analyzing data from an original survey on the methods-training experiences of political science PhD students at different European universities. We assess whether gender gaps exist with respect to PhD students’ methods training and confidence in employing methods skills. Our findings show that women cover significantly fewer methods courses in their doctoral training. When women do participate in methods training, they show levels of method employment similar to their male colleagues. We discuss the implications of these findings in the context of European doctoral training.

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“…Today, women earn slightly less than half of all PhDs in political science (National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics 2017) and more than 30% of PhDs in statistics (Esarey 2018). Despite their sizable numbers in political science and statistics, women are less likely than their male counterparts to identify as political methodologists or to actively engage as members of the political-methods community.…”

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“…Despite their sizable numbers in political science and statistics, women are less likely than their male counterparts to identify as political methodologists or to actively engage as members of the political-methods community. For instance, in any given year, women comprise fewer than 20% of participants at the Society of Political Methodology (POLMETH) annual meeting, and they comprise an even smaller share of the authors presenting research at that event (Barnes and Beaulieu 2017; Esarey 2018). Similarly, women comprise only 21% of the American Political Science Association (APSA) political methodology section (Roberts 2018).…”

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Strategies for Improving Gender Diversity in the Methods Community: Insights from Political Methodologists and Social Science Research

Barnes

2018

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What Makes Someone a Political Methodologist?

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Is Matilda Playing it Safe? Gender in Computational Text Analysis Methods

Is Matilda Playing it Safe? Gender in Computational Text Analysis Methods

Selecting in or Selecting Out? Gender Gaps and Political Methodology in Europe

Strategies for Improving Gender Diversity in the Methods Community: Insights from Political Methodologists and Social Science Research

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