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So glad to see that my package is getting good use! Collected data that needs weighting but not sure where to start? Check out my new blog post with a step-by-step walkthrough on how to create survey weights using ACS data and the {anesrake} package! DMs are open for comments, questions or feedback! If @elonmusk wanted to really do something for the public square, he could have come to #AAPOR and helped work on translating actual people’s opinions into something news & governments could respond to. At least he might be able to poke some holes in his own sampling approach. @teslaownersSV @Twitter Ignore first 1000 followers, then pick every 10th. I’m open to better ideas. THIS 👇👇👇👇 24) Finally, what's underpinning opinion? 3 things: Views toward when life begins, control over decisions, and....what else you won't see in these standard polls....views toward women and power: How did COVID become so partisan so quickly? Our new article in @TheAAPSS suggests that partisanship got conflated with trust in public health (w/ Austin Hegland, @BZichettella, & @annielzhang20) Today's news is likely to be a healthcare disaster and a slippery slope for the courts. But even though the effect will be increased policing of women's bodies (by men), the line that "this is an attempt by men to oppress women" is unpersuasive. A quick data 🧵 on why:
https://zacharylhertz.github.io/posts/2022/05/weighting-surveys
Attitudes towards abortion are closely tied to views about women and power. https://twitter.com/teemoneyusa/status/1522579876305412098
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00027162221083686#.YnP5wQ5cmYQ.twitter
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