The Introductory Political Science Course: A Case Study of Criteria Selection, Data-Gathering, and Decision-Making

Energetics are a key driver of animal decision-making, as survival depends on the balance between foraging benefits and movement costs. This fundamental perspective is often missing from habitat selection studies, which mainly describe simple correlations between space use and environmental features. To address this gap, we present a new model, the energy selection function (ESF), to assess how moving animals choose habitat based on energetic considerations, thus incorporating a key aspect of evolutionary behaviour into habitat selection analysis. We outline a workflow, from data-gathering to statistical analysis, and demonstrate the model’s utility with a case study of polar bears. Our findings show how cost-minimization may arise in species that inhabit environments with an unpredictable distribution of energetic gains. Because of its close links to existing habitat selection models, the ESF is widely applicable to any study system where energetics can be derived, and has immense potential for methodological extensions.

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Coproduction as Pedagogy: Harnessing Community Data Partnerships for the Classroom

Political Science and Politics ◽

10.1017/s1049096521001074 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Jason M. Pudlo ◽

William C. Ellis ◽

Jamie M. Cole

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Political Science ◽

Public Administration ◽

Teaching Tool ◽

Pedagogical Strategy ◽

Emergency Communications ◽

Community Data ◽

Science Association ◽

Computing Capacity

ABSTRACT Increased computing capacity and the spread of computational knowledge has generated the expectation that organizations and municipalities use large quantities of data to drive decision making. However, municipalities may lack the resources to meaningfully use their data for decision making. Relatedly, political science and public administration programs face the challenge of training students for success in this environment. We believe one remedy is the adoption of coproduction as a pedagogical strategy. This article presents a case study of a partnership between a university research team and a municipal emergency communications center as a demonstration of how coproduction can be harnessed as a teaching tool. Findings from this project were presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, January 8–11, 2020, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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The Cognitive Revolution and the Political Psychology of Elite Decision Making

Perspectives on Politics ◽

10.1017/s1537592713001084 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 368-386 ◽

Cited By ~ 69

Author(s):

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton ◽

D. Alex Hughes ◽

David G. Victor

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Political Science ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Large Shift ◽

Crisis Bargaining ◽

Strategic Bargaining ◽

The Us ◽

Cognitive Revolution ◽

Better Than

Experimental evidence in cognitive psychology and behavioral economics is transforming the way political science scholars think about how humans make decisions in areas of high complexity, uncertainty, and risk. Nearly all those studies utilize convenience samples of university students, but in the real world political elites actually make most pivotal political decisions such as threatening war or changing the course of economic policy. Highly experienced elites are more likely to exhibit the attributes of rational decision-making; and over the last fifteen years a wealth of studies suggest that such elites are likely to be more skilled in strategic bargaining than samples with less germane experience. However, elites are also more likely to suffer overconfidence, which degrades decision-making skills. We illustrate implications for political science with a case study of crisis bargaining between the US and North Korea. Variations in the experience of US elite decision-makers between 2002 and 2006 plausibly explain the large shift in US crisis signaling better than other rival hypotheses such as “Iraq fatigue.” Beyond crisis bargaining other major political science theories might benefit from attention to the attributes of individual decision-makers.

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Overcoming Challenges of International Migration Research: A Case Study Approach in Southern Mexico

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v13i1.268 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 131-143

Author(s):

Julie Boyles

Keyword(s):

International Migration ◽

Common Ground ◽

Data Gathering ◽

Ethnographic Case Study ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Southern Mexico ◽

Mixed Methods Approach ◽

Study Approach ◽

Migration Research

An ethnographic case study approach to understanding women’s actions and reactions to husbands’ emigration—or potential emigration—offers a distinct set of challenges to a U.S.-based researcher. International migration research in a foreign context likely offers challenges in language, culture, lifestyle, as well as potential gender norm impediments. A mixed methods approach contributed to successfully overcoming barriers through an array of research methods, strategies, and tactics, as well as practicing flexibility in data gathering methods. Even this researcher’s influence on the research was minimized and alleviated, to a degree, through ascertaining common ground with many of the women. Research with the women of San Juan Guelavía, Oaxaca, Mexico offered numerous and constant challenges, each overcome with ensuing rewards.

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Blockchain in Supply Chain: Case Study of Lottemart Ciputat

ACMIT Proceedings ◽

10.33555/acmit.v5i1.73 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 38-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

B. K. Handoyo ◽

M. R. Mashudi ◽

H. P. Ipung

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Information Asymmetry ◽

New Technology ◽

Business Case ◽

Analysis Method ◽

Chain Management ◽

Production Processes

Current supply chain methods are having difficulties in resolving problems arising from the lack of trust in supply chains. The root reason lies in two challenges brought to the traditional mechanism: self-interests of supply chain members and information asymmetry in production processes. Blockchain is a promising technology to address these problems. The key objective of this paper is to present qualitative analysis for blockchain in supply chain as the decision-making framework to implement this new technology. The analysis method used Val IT business case framework, validated by the expert judgements. The further study needs to be elaborated by either the existing organization that use blockchain or assessment by the organization that will use blockchain to improve their supply chain management.

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