THE PURPOSE OF THE SOCIETY IS TO FACILITATE AND FURTHER THE ACADEMIC ENDEAVORS OF ITS MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF THEIR RESEARCH, THE ENHANCEMENT AND REACH OF THEIR PEDAGOGY, AND THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THEIR SERVICE IN POLITICAL METHODOLOGY, I.E., IN RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND DESIGN, IN DATA COLECTION AND MEASUREMENT, IN STATISTICS, AND IN THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL MODELING IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.