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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 />

<strong>How</strong> <strong>many</strong> people <strong>do</strong> <strong>you</strong> know?<br />

Scale-up method<br />

“<strong>How</strong> <strong>many</strong> X’s” survey data<br />

Estimating group sizes: demonstration<br />

◮ On average, <strong>you</strong> know 2.6 lawyers<br />

◮ Assume average network size is 450 people<br />

◮ Estimate: lawyers represent 2.6/450 = 0.58% of the network<br />

◮ Estimate: 0.0058 · 290 million = 1.7 million lawyers in the U.S.<br />

◮ On average, <strong>you</strong> know 0.25 people who were robbed last year<br />

◮ Estimate: 0.25<br />

450<br />

· 290 million = 160,000 people robbed<br />

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

Studying polarization using <strong>surveys</strong>

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