Attributable Risk of Race: Detecting Partisan and Racial Gerrymandering Sidak Yntiso and Sanford Gordon (New York University) Abstract: How can we measure racial gerrymandering? Isolating racially disparate impacts of redistricting has proven difficult... Read More Attributable Risk of Race: Detecting Partisan and Racial Gerrymandering
Religiosity and Secularism: A Text-as-Data Approach to Recover Jihadist Groups' Rhetorical Strategies Luwei Ying (Washington University in St. Louis) *Award for Best Graduate Student Poster - Applications* Abstract: Radical Islamists as the major force of the current "wave" of... Read More Religiosity and Secularism: A Text-as-Data Approach to Recover Jihadist Groups' Rhetorical Strategies
Measuring Political Elite Networks With Wikidata Omer Faruk Yalcin (Pennsylvania State University) Abstract: An important issue in the study of comparative political elite networks is the elusiveness of cross-country empirical... Read More Measuring Political Elite Networks With Wikidata
Certain. Wrong. Misinformed? Evaluating Survey-Based Measures of Political Misperceptions Matthew Graham (Yale University) Abstract: Survey measures of the public's factual beliefs suggest widespread misinformation on politically relevant matters of fact: not only do... Read More Certain. Wrong. Misinformed? Evaluating Survey-Based Measures of Political Misperceptions
Sensitivity Analysis for Outcome Tests Elisha Cohen (Emory University) Abstract: Outcome tests, a method that can be used for evaluating bias in selection making processes, are especially useful when using administrative... Read More Sensitivity Analysis for Outcome Tests
Quantifying Triggers With Event Coincidence Analysis: An Application to Mass Civilian Killings in Civil War, 1989-2017 Angela Chesler (University of Notre Dame) Abstract: Scholars of international relations, comparative politics, and peace and conflict studies are often interested in questions concerning... Read More Quantifying Triggers With Event Coincidence Analysis: An Application to Mass Civilian Killings in Civil War, 1989-2017