Identity Experiments: Design Challenges and Opportunities for Studying Race and Ethnic Politics

Spry, Amber

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“…Partisan identity has been one of the most influential variables in modern American politics (Green et al 2002;Huddy and Bankert 2017;West and Iyengar 2022). Although many works stress the centrality of partisan identity in political and social behavior, relatively little is understood about the relative importance of partisan identity (or any identity) compared to other core social identities that characterize American and comparative politics (for exceptions, see Lee 2009;Spry 2017;McCall and Orloff 2017;Setzler and Yanus 2018). Spry (2021, p. 434) notes that typical questions in identity and politics ask "respondents to report their closeness to one group at a time, [but] not to multiple groups within the same measure," and as a result, the conventional approach may miss "an opportunity to measure how close a respondent feels to one group category relative to other categories.…”

Section: Motivating Application: Relative Partisanshipmentioning

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Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences

Atsusaka,

Kim

2024

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Although existing studies show that ranking questions may offer fine-grained information about people's opinions, others are concerned about measurement errors in these questions due to their complexity. We introduce a statistical framework to improve ranking data analysis by addressing measurement errors in ranking questions. First, we propose a formal framework to define measurement errors from random responses---arbitrary and meaningless responses based on a wide range of random patterns. We then quantify bias due to random responses, show that the bias may change our conclusion in any direction, and clarify why item order randomization alone does not solve the statistical issue. Next, we introduce our methodology based on two key design-based considerations: item order randomization and the addition of paired "anchor" ranking questions with known correct answers. These designs allow researchers to (1) learn about the direction of the bias due to random responses and (2) estimate the proportion of random responses, enabling our bias-corrected estimator. We illustrate our methods by studying people's relative importance of partisan identity compared to race, gender, and religious identities, finding that about 30% of respondents offered random responses and that they can change our substantive conclusions.

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Section: Motivating Application: Relative Partisanshipmentioning

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Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences

Atsusaka,

Kim

2024

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Terms and conditions apply: symbolic prejudice at the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality

Bell

2022

Politics, Groups, and Identities

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The Intellectual Benefits of Diversity

Clark,

Block Jr.,

Johnson

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Oxford Handbook of Engaged Methodological Pluralism in Political Science (Vol 1)

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This chapter highlights the longstanding call for increased diversity, particularly in terms of gender, race, and socioeconomic backgrounds within the field of political science. It specifically focuses on the intellectual advantages of racial diversity in the discipline, contending that it enhances the quality of research. Racial diversity not only brings a variety of research themes but also a range of methodological approaches. Despite significant underrepresentation of Black scholars in political science, they have pioneered innovative research on new subjects and introduced novel methodological techniques. These contributions span various subfields, including international relations, political theory, and race and ethnic politics. The chapter highlights the striking lack of diversity in tenure-track faculty positions at leading PhD-granting institutions and the scarcity of PhDs awarded to Black scholars across various disciplines. The chapter also provides several examples of the theoretical richness and innovations stemming from Black scholars’ work and underscores how these insights may not have arisen from White scholars. It emphasizes the role of identity in shaping research questions, theoretical approaches, and the capability to investigate various topics. In conclusion, the chapter stresses that addressing the demographic imbalances within the profession will enrich political science by enhancing the diversity of theoretical questions, approaches, and the capacity to address crucial research inquiries. It also points out that political science lags behind many related disciplines in terms of demographic diversity, and similar intellectual benefits can be expected if these issues are addressed in other fields like economics, history, psychology, and sociology.

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Identity Experiments: Design Challenges and Opportunities for Studying Race and Ethnic Politics

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Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences

Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences

Terms and conditions apply: symbolic prejudice at the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality

The Intellectual Benefits of Diversity

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