We are collecting and analyzing survey data asking people about the political attitudes and other characteristics of their family, friends, and others in their social circles. Some of this work is described here and we are also doing polling relevant to the 2018 midterm elections.

This project is sponsored by Department of Statistics.

Faculty Advisor

  • Professor Andrew Gelman
  • Department/School: Statistics and Political Science/A&S
  • Location: 1255 Amsterdam

Project timeline

  • Start date: 05/15/2018
  • End date: 08/31/2018
  • Number of hours per week of research expected: 20-40

Candidate requirements

  • Skill sets: computing; statistics.
  • Student eligibility (as of Spring 2018): freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, master’s
  • International students on F1 or J1 visa: eligible