定量分析是社会科学研究中最常见的研究方法之一,它以探究存在于数据之中的模式为主要目的,包括对模型中的关键概念(变量)以及他们之间的联系(统计程序)进行明确的经验表示。①最近三十年来,定量分析方法被广泛运用于国际关系研究中。以主流的国际关系期刊为例,维弗尔(OleWaeve Quantitative analysis is one of the most common research methods in social science research. Its main purpose is to explore the modes existing in the data, including the key concepts (variables) in the model and the relations among them (statistical procedures) Clear experience shows. ① In the recent three decades, quantitative analysis has been widely used in the study of international relations. Taking mainstream journals of international relations as an example, OleWaeve