Kyle Marquardt also posted a deeper dive into the differences between V-Dem's Polyarchy measure and Little & Meng's "objective" index, which highlights some fundamental conceptual and methodological issues with their approach to measurement:
https://twitter.com/kailmarkvart/status/1663141977787969539
Kyle Marquardt on Twitter
“To follow up on @carlhknutsen's thread on our WP, I wanted to highlight several measurement differences between the V-Dem approach and that of @anthlittle and @annemeng_ (L&M).. 1/N https://t.co/53ZswaNqqA”
Carl Henrik Knutsen on Twitter
“A few months ago, @anthlittle & @annemeng 's paper on democracy measurement and democratic backsliding caught a lot of attention: https://t.co/1n5esb5iiE
Together with 9 colleagues from the V-Dem project, we engage with L&M’s argument and analysis in a new working paper. A🧵:”
Someday perhaps I'll understand how the NDSU admin arrived on geology as the program that made sense to cut, given state workforce needs....?
Bright aurora in Fargo tonight
