Announcements

Using the Tools of Quantitative Social Science to Study Fake News
Date: 11/14/2017
Using new data collection technologies, QSS steering committee members Brenda Nyhan and Yusaku Horiuchi, with Dartmouth undergraduate students from Nyhan's "Experiments in Politics" course, have been able to contribute to social science research on the prevalence and effect of fake news and fact checking. A recent Dartmouth News story, "Dartmouth Scholar Is at the Center of the Fake News Debate" highlights Professor Nyhan and his work.
QSS DUR harnesses machine learning to analyze complex experimental designs
Date: 11/14/2017
Assistant Professor of Government Sean Westwood and coauthors recently released a new statistical method that harnesses machine learning to analyze complex experimental designs. Their method was published in Political Analysis, the top methodology journal in political science. With his colleagues, Westwood, the Director of Undergraduate Research in the Program in Quantitative Social Science, showed that it is possible to utilize a super-learner to estimate the effects of heterogenous treatments on respondents' attitudes. Their method also allows for the analysis of heterogeneous responses to treatments.
3rd Day in a Row: QSS Steering Committee Member featured Quote of the Day
Date: 11/8/2017
Daniel Rockmore, William H. Neukom 1964 Distinguished Professor of Computational Science, associate dean for the sciences, and QSS Steering committee member, was quoted in the VOX daily discussing the Neukom Institute for Computational Science's new literary prize. "It's in the future but it feels like it's not too far away. With just a few sort of shifts of the parameters, one might say, we might actually be there tomorrow. ... I think science and technology has a significant influence on the way that kind of stuff gets written." The quote comes from an interview on Vermont Public Radio, "New Literary Prize From Dartmouth To Award Works Set In The 'Near Future'"
2nd day in a row: QSS Steering Committee Member Featured Quote of the Day
Date: 11/7/2017
Government professor and QSS Steering committee member Brendan Nyan was quoted in the VOX daily speaking about the Trump administration "Threats to the rule of law often start with these softer kinds of actions, these norms that grow weaker." This quote comes from an article on thestar.com entitiled "Trump talks like a strongman. Good thing he's governing like a weak man: Analysis"
QSS Steering Committee Member VOX quote of the day
Date: 11/6/2017
Economist and QSS Steering Committee member Andrew Samwick was highlightedin the November 6 VOX Daily. "Well-designed tax policies have the potential to raise economic growth. But there are many stumbling blocks along the way and certainly no guarantee that all tax changes will improve economic performance," writes the the Sandra L. and Arthur L. Irving '72a P'10 Professor of Economics and director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and a co-author in a study cited by the newspaper. The quote came from a November 2 article in the Christian Science Monitor "Republicans pitch broad tax cuts. Is that what economy needs?"

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