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This Time It's Different: Polarization of the American Polity

In a new paper, Pierson and Shickler contend that this era of polarization is different. They fear that polarization this time will continue to intensify because the three “meso-institutions”—interest groups, state parties, and the media—that were the bulwark against polarization in earlier eras are themselves polarized or have

09 Jan 2021 2 min read

No Props for Prop 13

Proposition 13 enacted two key changes: 1. it limited property tax to 1% of the cash value, and 2. limited annual increase of assessed value to 2%. The only way the assessed value can change by more than 2% is if the property changes hands (a loophole allows you to

14 Dec 2020 2 min read

Dismissed Without Prejudice: Evaluating Prejudice Reduction Research

Prejudice is a blight on humanity. How to reduce prejudice, thus, is among the most important social scientific questions. In the latest assessment of research in the area, a follow-up to the 2009 Annual Review article, Betsy Paluck et al., however, paint a dim picture. In particular, they note three

24 Sep 2020 2 min read

The (Mis)Information Age: Provenance is Not Enough

The information age has brought both bounty and pestilence. Today, we are deluged with both correct and incorrect information. If we knew how to tell apart correct claims from incorrect, we would have inched that much closer to utopia. But the lack of nous in telling apart generally ‘obvious’ incorrect

31 Aug 2020 2 min read

The (Mis)Information Age: Measuring and Improving 'Digital Literacy'

The information age has bought both bounty and pestilence. Today, we are deluged with both correct and incorrect information. If we knew how to tell apart correct claims from incorrect, we would have inched that much closer to utopia. But the lack of nous in telling apart generally ‘obvious’ incorrect

31 Aug 2020 3 min read

Another ANES Goof-em-up: VCF0731

By Rob Lytle At this point, it’s well established that the ANES CDF’s codebook is not to be trusted (I’m repeating “not to be trusted to include a second link!). Recently, I stumbled across another example of incorrect coding in the cumulative data file, this time in

29 Aug 2020 1 min read

Survey Experiments With Truth: Learning From Survey Experiments

Tools define science. Not only do they determine how science is practised, but also what questions are asked. Take survey experiments, for example. Since the advent of online survey platforms, which made conducting survey experiments trivial, the lure of convenience and internal validity has persuaded legions of researchers to use

26 Aug 2020 2 min read

See Nothing, Say Something

"Thus, when we calculate the net degree of expressive responding by subtracting the acceptance effect from the rejection effect—essentially differencing off the baseline effect of the incentive from the reduction in rumor acceptance with payment—we find that the net expressive effect is negative 0.5%—the opposite

13 Aug 2020 1 min read

Self-Recommending: The Origins of Personalization

Recommendation systems are ubiquitous. They determine what videos and news you see, what books and products are ‘suggested’ to you, and much more. If asked about the origins of personalization, my hunch is that some of us will pin it to the advent of the Netflix Prize. Wikipedia goes further

05 Jul 2020 2 min read

Trump Trumps All: Coverage of Presidents on Network Television News

With Daniel Weitzel. The US government is a federal system with substantial domains reserved for local and state governments. For instance, education, most parts of the criminal justice system, and a large chunk of regulation are under the purview of the states. Further, the national government has three coequal branches:

03 May 2020 1 min read

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