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How many X's do you know'' surveys - Columbia University

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Overview<br />

Social and political polarization<br />

Background: how <strong>many</strong> people <strong>do</strong> <strong>you</strong> know?<br />

Learning from “<strong>How</strong> <strong>many</strong> X’s <strong>do</strong> <strong>you</strong> know” <strong>surveys</strong><br />

Next<br />

Measuring network size<br />

Political polarization in social networks<br />

Developing an instrument to measure network size<br />

◮ Design and analysis of “<strong>How</strong> <strong>many</strong> X’s” <strong>surveys</strong><br />

◮ Ask about 0/1+, or 0/1/2+, or . . . ?<br />

◮ Use rare names to normalize?<br />

◮ Efficient estimation given fixed respondent time<br />

◮ Hierarchical regression models with lots of parameters<br />

◮ Technical challenges<br />

◮ Recall with large groups<br />

◮ Estimating the “transition matrix” of who knows whom<br />

Gelman, DiPrete, Salganik, Teitler, Zheng<br />

Studying polarization using <strong>surveys</strong>

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