Shows students how politics and government differ between states and communities. This text focuses on what social scientists know about the effects of rules and institutions on politics and policy. It covers the core concepts students need to gain an understanding of state and local government.[...]
Monte Carlo simulation is a method of evaluating substantive hypotheses and statistical estimators by developing a computer algorithm to simulate a population, drawing multiple samples from this pseudo-population, and evaluating estimates obtained from these samples. The author explains the logic be[...]