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'''William G. Jacoby''' (born {{abbr|c.|circa}} 1953) is a political scientist, and former professor at ].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2008/07/30/1A_VOTER_BOOK.ART_ART_07-30-08_D1_92AS9RR.html?sid=101|accessdate=2010-07-04|date=July 30, 2008|title=U.S. voters still difficult to pin down|last=Copeland|first=Lib|newspaper=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.physorg.com/news140709580.html|title=Why we vote the way we do|website=Physorg.com|accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref> He was editor in chief of the '']'' until 2018 when he resigned following sexual harassment allegations.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/04/19/editor-prestigious-political-science-journal-uses-website-deny-harassment|title = Editorial Malpractice?|publisher=Inside Higher Ed}}</ref> Both the ] and Michigan State later found that he had sexually harassed female graduate students, which Jacoby denied.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2019/01/14/msu-um-find-political-scientist-propositioned-grad-students-sex/2558997002/|title = MSU political scientist tried to trade academic guidance for sex, university finds|publisher=Lansing State Journal}}</ref> He retired from Michigan State University on January 1, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MSU professor investigated for sexual misconduct, resigns from journal|work=TheMichiganDaily|url=https://www.michigandaily.com/academics/msu-professor-and-um-researcher-accused-sexual-misconduct-resigns-journal/|accessdate=28 May 2021}}</ref>


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'''William G. Jacoby''' (born {{abbr|c.|circa}} 1953) is a distinguished political scientist<ref>{{cite news
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.physorg.com/news140709580.html|title=Why we vote the way we do|website=Physorg.com|accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref> who was famous for teaching quantitative methods at the ICPSR summer program housed in the Institute of Social Research at The University of Michigan. He taught for many years as a Professor for the Michigan State University Department of Political Science. He is renowned for his contributions to the field. He popularized the use of Dimensional Reduction Methods in mainstream political science. His definition of dimensionality is well cited by many who used Factor Analysis to generate the small number of components that explain the variance within a dataset like public opinion. He was the chief editor of many prestigious journals in political science.


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William G. Jacoby (born c. 1953) is a political scientist, and former professor at Michigan State University. He was editor in chief of the American Journal of Political Science until 2018 when he resigned following sexual harassment allegations. Both the University of Michigan and Michigan State later found that he had sexually harassed female graduate students, which Jacoby denied. He retired from Michigan State University on January 1, 2019.

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  1. Copeland, Lib (July 30, 2008). "U.S. voters still difficult to pin down". Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  2. "Why we vote the way we do". Physorg.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. "Editorial Malpractice?". Inside Higher Ed.
  4. "MSU political scientist tried to trade academic guidance for sex, university finds". Lansing State Journal.
  5. "MSU professor investigated for sexual misconduct, resigns from journal". TheMichiganDaily. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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