@inbook {King93, title = {The Methodology of Presidential Research}, booktitle = {Researching the Presidency: Vital Questions, New Approaches}, year = {1993}, pages = {387{\textendash}412}, publisher = {University of Pittsburgh}, organization = {University of Pittsburgh}, address = {Pittsburgh}, abstract = {The original purpose of the paper this chapter was based on was to use the Presidency Research Conference{\textquoteright}s first-round papers{\textendash} by John H. Aldrich, Erwin C. Hargrove, Karen M. Hult, Paul Light, and Richard Rose{\textendash} as my "data." My given task was to analyze the literature ably reviewed by these authors and report what political methodology might have to say about presidency research. I focus in this chapter on the traditional presidency literature, emphasizing research on the president and the office. For the most part, I do not consider research on presidential selection, election, and voting behavior, which has been much more similar to other fields in American politics.}, author = {Gary King}, editor = {George Edwards III and Bert A. Rockman and John H. Kessel} }