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  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '8-10 hours'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'Yes'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
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  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: dmb19d@fsu.edu
  fsu_college: 'Social Sciences and Public Policy'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Political Science'
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  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: ''
  mentoring_philosophy: 'My mentorship philosophy is grounded in transparency, honesty, and communication, and fostering a truly collaborative experience. I believe in setting out clear expectations on how tasks should be accomplished and the anticipated timeline for completion. At the same time, I want mentees to communicate their personal goals of what they want to get out of working on a project. I start out the beginning of a work relationship with a new mentee by meeting with them and discussing their short- and long-term professional goals and asking them to write down a list of things they want to get out of working with me on a project. I also believe in providing timely, regular feedback on mentees’ performance, with a goal of providing verbal and written feedback. At the same time, I encourage mentees to provide me with feedback. A two-way street of open and honest communication is crucial to productive research and accomplishing our respective goals. I also believe in opportunities for hands-on demonstration of tasks when mentees are embarking on a new research task or express that they find a certain task to be overly challenging.  I believe that demonstration is crucial for effective mentorship so that mentees have an opportunity to truly learn how to do a particular skill before they need to implement it independently. Furthermore, I never want a mentee to perform a task that I would not do myself. Finally, I want all mentees to feel comfortable making suggestions on how to improve research.'
  mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1'
  name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: ''
  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '2'
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  overall_research_project_description: 'This project aims to understand how political scientists typically formulate hypotheses and test null hypotheses using panel data (i.e., multiple units observed over multiple time periods). Panel data are frequently used to test theories in a variety of sub-fields of political science including international relations, comparative politics, American politics, and public policy. Recent advances in political methodology suggest that statistical models such as linear regression and fixed effects regression estimate different quantities of interest than what social scientists believed for many years. This project seeks to understand how political scientists typically formulate hypotheses in panel data settings to understand the theoretical comparisons that political scientists view as reasonable. The project also aims to compare these hypotheses to the null hypothesis tests that are actually implemented in quantitative analysis. To accomplish these goals, we will collect data on hypotheses and empirical tests that use panel data and appear in the top journals in Political Science (APSR, AJPS, and JOP), in addition to sub-field journals such as International Organization, Comparitive Politics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and more. This data will be used to quantify how political scientists formulate hypotheses and the extent to which their empirical approaches match theoretically relevant hypotheses, in an attempt to understand how large the gap between theory and empirical tests is in practice. This project aims to produce a publicly available data set, in addition to academic output (e.g., peer-reviewed publications), and public-facing output.'
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  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: ''
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: In-person
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule'
  position_title: 'Graduate Student'
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Damian Boldt'
  project_keywords: 'political science; data science; hypothesis testing; causal inference; panel data'
  relevant_student_major_s_: |-
    Political Science
    Economics
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  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: ''
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: |-
    Data Collection 
    Literature Review
    Preliminary Data Analysis
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: |-
    Thursday, Sept. 7 from 6:00 to 6:30pm (Zoom link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/99415704736)
    Friday, Sept. 8 from 1:30 to 2:00pm (Zoom link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/96301462218)
    Friday, Sept. 8 from 3:30 to 4:00pm (Zoom link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/96321700237)
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: |-
    Required:
    Library database research skills
    Preliminary data entry and management skills

    Recommended:
    Familiarity with hypothesis testing
    Familiarity with social science research methods
  title_of_the_project: 'Theory and Hypothesis Testing with Panel Data '
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  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
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  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_wh: ''
  when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: 'Mr. '
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: ''
  year: '2023'