POLS 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Panel Data
5 Dec 2018
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Be transparents about your procedures and research (mis)steps. Assume that politicians use research to guide their policy decisions (completely unrealistic) Think of the p-value as our decision rule, think of causation vs. correlation. Fundamental tension bw accountability and objective truth . They are complex organizations, much beyond candidates and parties . But there are also diff types tf agents/actors within and outside of parties, such as volunteers, activists, analysts, media consultant. They have their own preferences and interests which may or may not align with those of the candidate and their party. Television advertising remains the primary mode of communication bw voters and campaigns. About 25% of all expenditures in congressional campaigns. 99. 2% of total expenditures by federal candidates for the purpose of purchasing tv ads are paid through media consulting firms. Median consultants want to win but also have financial interests. The more media consultants extract profits the more costly for candidates to reach more voters.
