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...Department of history university wisconsin madison semester i quantitative methods for historical research tuesday thomas j archdeacon all historians gather data in recent years however a sub group composed researchers who think themselves as social scientists has emphasized the importance particular kind their focus been on those categories information that measure each member people or col lection political units various fundamental characteristics presumptions are common patterns pertaining to individual members will illustrate true character collectivity internal dissimilarities expose fissures under mining its unity and systematic comparisons between groups reveal essen tial differences separating them they believe within certain constraints obser can often lead an understanding causal relationships moreover vation what separates these from others discipline cluding use different techniques study same is explicit reli ance theory computer assisted statistical analysis paragraph to...