1295. Good Mourning ↪ I, of course, remember the days after Queen Elizabeth II died, especially walking along the Thames next to the queue to see the queen one last time. This is a page with a lot of examples of how British webpages paid their respect to the queen. 1296. The Connected City of […]
Author: Erik Gahner Larsen
Skal medierne formidle metodiske informationer i dækningen af meningsmålinger? #2
Jeg har over årene argumenteret for, at medierne skal formidle metodiske informationer, når de dækker meningsmålinger. I 2017 skrev jeg eksempelvis i et indlæg, at “journalister i de fleste tilfælde ikke er kvalificerede til at vurdere, hvilke informationer der er relevante”, når de dækker meningsmålinger. Hvis man er i tvivl, er det således godt at […]
Unexpected events and causal inference
In a growing body of literature, researchers leverage the occurrence of unexpected events to estimate the causal effects of events on public opinion and behaviours. Specifically, the combination of survey data collected serendipitously around the time of the unexpected event with a quasi-experimental research design makes it possible to draw inferences on the impact of […]
Meningsmålinger på Politologi.dk #6
I 2017 lancerede jeg et lille projekt ved navn Politologi.dk, der havde det simple formål at give et overblik over de seneste meningsmålinger forud for det næste folketingsvalg. Projektet var inspireret af lignende hjemmesider i udlandet og en irritation over journalisternes evindelige interesse i enkeltmålingernes støj. Hjemmesiden var målrettet journalister og politisk interesserede læsere, der […]
How to improve your figures #14: Comply with accessibility guidelines
A good data visualisation is an accessible data visualisation. The more accessible a visualisation is, the more likely it is that the visualisation will convey the message of interest. For that reason, before you share your data visualisation with the world, it is always good to make sure that you comply with accessibility guidelines. The […]