A key result of my ordbetareg paper that applies to *all* bounded response modeling: *Don't transform the outcome to avoid 0s and 1s by subtracting/dividing by a small constant!* The results change--dramatically--see "transformed beta" in my replication plot👇 (1/2) #rstats

Thrilled to announce the publication of CHORUS, a comprehensive dataset that will allow for systematic analyses of interest group lobbying positions (and therefore coalitions) on bills in 17 states! SPPQ (1/) cambridge.org/core/journals/…

So proud of my former student, Peter Wilschke, who graduated from UMBC as an Honors Double major in UMBC Department of Political Science and economics. He recently had an article accepted at State and Local Government Review on state-level fiscal responses to economic change. umbc.edu/stories/peter-…

Enjoying #PMRC2024 and Seattle with my amazing colleagues Sarah Larson and @overtonmichael7. Enjoyed the day engaging in R with these guys!

"we introduce Persona Hub -- a collection of 1 billion diverse personas automatically curated from web data. These 1 billion personas (~13% of the world's total population), acting as distributed carriers of world knowledge," arxiv.org/abs/2406.20094

🚨My article in Political Research Quarterly is now online!! "Fed Up: The Determinants of Public Opposition to the U.S. Federal Reserve" explores what happens to diffuse & specific support when the public learns about three recent critiques of the Federal Reserve😡 (1/3) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

🧵Do you teach introductory statistics? And are your students tired of paying for a textbook? I'm proud to announce the latest version of a free textbook I've compiled. Available as pdf and a website (mobile friendly, with dark mode). minusthemath.com

So glad to have Mileah Kromer as a colleague!! Looking forward to the amazing work she will do through the Institute of Politics!!

It's time for APSA #APSA2024 ! On Friday 9/6 my colleague Eric Stokan will present our paper with Nate Jensen, "When Sunshine Gets you Down," on transparency, the Amazon HQ2 public bidding process, and the political market framework. Check it out! (h/t to @policyandpups)

Enjoying my newest colleague's wonderful book Mileah Kromer! Truth be told, I had this on my Christmas book list and couldn't be happier to be reading it now!

Come work with us! The Dept of Political Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for a tenured Associate or Full Professor position with a specialization in cybersecurity, beginning in August 2025. #PAjobmarket  facultyjobs.umbc.edu/cwfac/en-us/jo…

The Department of Political Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for a tenured Associate Professor or Professor position with a specialization in cybersecurity. facultyjobs.umbc.edu/cwfac/en-us/jo…

Great set of panels on a wide range of social issues at #ImpactMaryland event hosted by the The Baltimore Banner. Looking forward to speaking to my students UMBC about many of these issues.

Excited for the afternoon panels, particularly around sustainability and achieving net zero at Impact Maryland The Baltimore Banner. Great panel with Angela Alsobrooks as well.

Being from Detroit and focused on economic development, community development, and sustainability, I'm very interested in this next panel!

Governor Wes Moore talking about his executive order today on affordable housing!

This is awesome!!

I'm looking forward to offering this training using the Data Viz book by Duke sociologist Kieran Healy!

🚨New in Maryland Matters || bsky @marylandmatters.org : Using data from the UMBC Poll, I analyze how economic perceptions structure support for Governor Wes Moore! 📈💰🗳️ marylandmatters.org/2024/10/31/is-…

Here are the results of the UMBC Battleground Exit Poll that Ian Anson and his team of students conducted: politics.umbc.edu/wp-content/upl… A statewide pre-election poll and an exit poll...not too bad for an Institute of Politics that was founded in August 2024!