Society for Political Methodology

{{Short description|American learned society}}

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| name = Society for Political Methodology

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| abbreviation = SPM

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| formation = {{start date and age|1983}}

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| type = Learned society

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| field = Political methodology

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| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Suzanna Linn

| publication = {{hlist | Political Analysis | The Political Methodologist}}

| affiliations = American Political Science Association

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The Society for Political Methodology (SPM) is a learned society focused on quantitative methods in political science, and an organized section of the American Political Science Association. Founded in 1983, it publishes the peer-reviewed journal Political Analysis via Cambridge University Press.{{cite web|title=Political Analysis|url=https://www.jstor.org/journal/polianalysis|website=jstor.org|publisher=JSTOR|accessdate=February 19, 2018}}{{cite web|title=About|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/membership/spm/about-us|website=cambridge.org|publisher=Cambridge University Press|accessdate=February 19, 2018}} The society annually awards the John T. Williams Dissertation Prize for the best dissertation proposal in the area of political methodology.{{Cite web|url=https://www.apsanet.org/section-10-John-T-Williams-Dissertation-Prize|title=American Political Science Association > MEMBERSHIP > Organized Sections > Organized Section 10: John T. Williams Dissertation Prize}}