Keith T. Poole Papers, 1963-2018

Summary

Creator:

Poole, Keith T.

Date:

1963-2018

Extent:

3.8 gigabyte(s) 8418 files and 25 Linear Feet 16 boxes, 4 items, 1 oversized folder

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Keith T. Poole Papers. Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection documents Keith T. Poole's research into political polarization in the United States. It contains documents on voting models, spatial modeling, measurement theory, probability and statistics, economics, as well as Poole's personal correspondence.

Biographical / historical:

Keith T. Poole is a political scientist and a Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia. He received his B.S. in political science from Portland State University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. Poole developed the Nominal Three-Step Estimation (NOMINATE) with Howard Rosenthal in the 1980s. It is a multidimensional scaling application that is most commonly used to scale members of Congress's voting records. Poole and Rosenthal have used the NOMINATE data to show political polarization over time in the United States. Beginning in 1995, Poole made voting data available to the public on his website, Voteview. Poole has received several awards and recognitions in his career, including induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and receiving the Career Achievement Award from the Society for Political Methodology.

Arrangement:

The arrangement of the files follows the original owner's organization.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Political scientists
Economics.
Voting.
Education.
Railroads.

Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

Keith T. Poole Papers. Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.