Hyperparameters critically influence how well machine learning models perform on unseen,
out-of-sample data. Systematically comparing the performance of different hyperparameter …

Scholars have discovered remarkable inequalities in who gets represented in electoral
democracies. Around the world, the preferences of the rich tend to be better represented …

The literature that examines cross-national satisfaction with democracy seeks to discover a
set of predictors that are associated with evaluations of regime performance. The most …

Deviant interviewer behavior is a potential hazard of interviewer-administered surveys, with
interviewers fabricating entire interviews as the most severe form. Various statistical …

Retrospective vote choice is a critical question asked in political science surveys. Yet, this
question suffers from persistently high item nonresponse rates, which can bias estimates …

This study presents a new framework for evaluating data asset quality using a hybrid multi‐
criteria decision‐making (MCDM) approach that integrates the decision making trial and …

The most common method of tabulating election results around the world is manually
compiling paper forms at the local level. Recent election disputes in developing …

In the research literature on survey methodology, there is considerable discussion of
interviewer effects and how to prevent data fabrication; however, there is little discussion on …

Surveys are ubiquitous in the study of politics, making enumerator fabrication a critical issue.
A prevailing view is that faked interviews affect inferences drawn from compromised …

We describe the design and implemention of a paradata based method to reduce
interviewer induced measurement error in a household survey in India. Our method …