Tag archive: Political Analysis

Q&A on the use of Google Consumer Surveys for social science research, with Lie Philip Santoso, Robert Stein, and Randy Stevenson

R. Michael Alvarez | 20 April 2017

There’s a great deal of discussion these days about survey and polling methodology.  A series of close and surprising elections, worldwide, have led many to wonder about the state of polling and survey methodology — Brexit, the Colombian peace referendum, and the 2016 U.S.…

The importance of sharing review data: helping the workload of peer reviewers

Jack Groutage | 22 September 2016

Quality reviews are critical for peer review.   As a co-editor of Political Analysis, I ask a lot from our reviewers, in particular that they read and evaluate complex statistical, mathematical, and computational research.  In many of our submissions, authors provide computer code, with detailed supplementary materials, and reviewers need to examine those materials.  Political Analysis reviewers are excellent.…