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Aug. 29-31, 2014 -- More scenes
from the exhibit space at The American
Political Science Association's 110th Annual Meeting at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
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In addition to the many
publishers, in the exhibit space includes a range of
organizations.
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The Roper Center for Public
Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut is "one of the
world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data
from surveys of public opinion." Whereas a couple of decades ago
it required a lot of "hand holding" to make use of its resources, the
Center's website now has engines that make it possible to do analysis
online. As the data at the Roper Center comes from many different
sources going back to the 1930s, one challenge has been to standardize
the information. |
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Dr. Dennis B. Rogers is taking a
sabbatical to develop Student Government of America (SGA) Model US
Congress, a program scheduled for March 2015. Similar to the
model UN program, the SGA Model US Congress aims to have college
students "walk a mile in their Congress member’s shoes." |
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