Methodology Institute Seminar
“Qualitative Validation of Quantitative Text Scaling|
Speaker: Kenneth Benoit
4pm Thursday, 24 May Columbia House 8.13
Statistical methods for scaling latent traits from political texts have received widespread attention in political science, typically for measuring the left-right policy positions of political actors. Validation and interpretation of these estimates typically involves a combination of a priori identification of dimensions present in texts examined, external comparison to independent data, as well as........more|
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The Public Understanding of Science Seminar (PUS)
The London PUS seminar is an open intercollegiate seminar concerned with the broad range of topics that fall under the headings of public understanding of science, public engagement with science, science communication, and science-in-society. The seminar aims to offer three sessions per term on Wednesday afternoons. For more information, please see The Public Understanding of Science Seminar| .