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Award Abstract #0648205
EITM Summer Training Institute (Political Science Program)
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SES
Division of Social and Economic Sciences
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| Initial Amendment Date: |
February 5, 2007 |
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| Latest Amendment Date: |
March 15, 2013
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| Award Number: |
0648205 |
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| Award Instrument: |
Continuing grant |
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| Program Manager: |
Brian D. Humes
SES Division of Social and Economic Sciences
SBE Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences |
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| Start Date: |
August 1, 2007 |
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| Expires: |
July 31, 2013 (Estimated) |
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| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$846,166.00
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| Investigator(s): |
John Aldrich aldrich@duke.edu (Principal Investigator)
Sean Gailmard (Co-Principal Investigator)
Arthur Lupia (Co-Principal Investigator)
Elisabeth Gerber (Co-Principal Investigator)
Henry Brady (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
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| Sponsor: |
Duke University
2200 W. Main St, Suite 710
Durham, NC
27705-4010
(919)684-3030
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| NSF Program(s): |
POLITICAL SCIENCE
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| Program Reference Code(s): |
0000, OTHR
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| Program Element Code(s): |
1371
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ABSTRACT
Science requires empirical tests of theory. Whle most agree with the basic need to link theories to evidence many plausible theoreis go untested, and much empirical work is based on over-simplified theory, when based on theory at all. Significant gaps exist between theoretical and empirical methods, and these gaps impair the accumulation of scientific knowledge.
The Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Summer Institute has been designed to ameliorate this problem. The institute increases the intellectual development of young scholars by offering opportunities to learn in conjunction with more senior scholars who are leaders in advancing integrated theory and empirical work.
In addition to training 25 students a year, the institute also trains six junior faculty. These members of the Junior-Faculty-in-Residence Program are trained in developing and supervised in implementing graduate courses in EITM based materials and serve as month-long mentors to the student participants, helping develop the students' research projects.
The value of EITM-based training extends beyond scholarly development. Political, policy, and social decisions depend just as much , perhaps even more, on sound reasoning and empirical inferences. A new generation of social scientists well trained in considering not just the academic merit but the social value of logically conistent, emperically grounded conclusions, acting , that is, on what Donald Stokes called "Pascal's Quadrant," can do no less than improve implementation of socially desirable outcomes.
BOOKS/ONE TIME PROCEEDING
John Aldrich, James Alt, and Arthur Lupia. "The EITM Approach: Origins and Interpretations", 08/01/2008-07/31/2009, , Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Henry E. Brady, David Collier"The Oxford Handbook on Political Methodology. Oxford University Press", 2008, "Published by Oxford University Press
ISBN 019928654X, 9780199286546".
John Aldrich, James Alt, and Arthur Lupia. "The EITM Approach: Origins and Interpretations", 08/01/2009-07/31/2010, , Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Henry E. Brady, David Collier"The Oxford Handbook on Political Methodology. Oxford University Press", 2008, "Published by Oxford University Press
ISBN 019928654X, 9780199286546".
John Aldrich, James Alt, and Arthur Lupia. "The EITM Approach: Origins and Interpretations", 08/01/2010-07/31/2011, , Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Henry E. Brady, David Collier"The Oxford Handbook on Political Methodology. Oxford University Press", 2008, "Published by Oxford University Press
ISBN 019928654X, 9780199286546".
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