Avisen Danmark kan rapportere, at et nyt analyseinstitut ved navn Electica er begyndt at foretage politiske meningsmålinger: Det er en ny spiller på markedet, instituttet Electica, der har målt Nye Borgerlige til 11 procent, Venstre til 9,8 og Konservative til 12,6. Electica måler for Alliancen, der består af fagforbundene NNF, Blik & Rør, Dansk El-forbund […]
Year: 2021
Policy feedback effects on public opinion: a list of quantitative studies
In my article in the Policy Studies Journal (published in 2019), I provided a review of published quantitative studies that explicitly examine policy feedback effects on public opinion. Since then, I have noticed several other studies being published and below I provide a list of the studies I have in my archive. As you can […]
Paying for good journalism
There is no such thing as a free lunch. And there is no such thing as free journalism. And there is definitely no such thing as free good journalism. Yet I consume a lot of free good journalism. Good journalism is a public good. However, to get access to good journalism, as for most things […]
How to improve your figures #3: Don’t show variable names
When you plot a figure in your favourite statistical software, you will most likely see the name of the variable(s) you are plotting. If your income variable is called inc, your software will call the axis with income for inc and not income. In most cases variable names are not sufficient and you should, for […]
Medier og makrelmad
Et af de emner som medierne og de politiske kommentatorer har fokuseret en del på på det seneste, er statsminister Mette Frederiksens makrelmad på Instagram. Der har især været et fokus på, hvordan det kan ses som effektiv politisk kommunikation (se eksempelvis her og her). Det synes at være tilfældet, at de fleste har en […]