In my recent project, I used two controls in separate parts of the analysis. The first was home value in the respondent’s neighborhood, and the second was the dominant partisan affiliation of that neighborhood. With both measures available, I thought it might be interesting to plot them together. Although I did not have a specific …
My recent project required analyzing biased crime broadcasts. Based on the existing literature, I focused on the “big three” cable networks: Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. Last time, I examined Fox News; this time, I took a sharp turn left and focused on MSNBC. The primary goal of the project was to identify transcripts discussing …
As an applied economist, I am often interested in the causal interpretation of results. I take this task seriously, and I therefore specialize in both major paradigms: applied microeconomics and experimental economics. In other words, I aim to arrive at a causal interpretation of my findings regardless of whether I have control over data collection. …
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This post is from a recent project I have been working on, which required a substantial amount of original data processing and cleaning. Along the way, I encountered several interesting findings that I decided to share. As my project analyzes the causal impact of crime news on their perceptions, I was forced to process tons …