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Modeling The Development & Expression Of Political Opinion: A Zallerian Approach, Avery C. Ellis
Modeling The Development & Expression Of Political Opinion: A Zallerian Approach, Avery C. Ellis
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Research focused on John Zaller's famous RAS model of political opinion formation and change from "The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion" (1992). Analyzed the mathematical and psychological underpinnings of the model, the first paper to do so in over fifteen years and the first to do so through an analysis of motivated reasoning and Bayesian reasoning. Synthesized existing critiques of Zaller's model and other literature to suggest ways to build on Zaller, utilizing fundamental reunderstandings of opinions and messages from political and mathematical perspectives. Found verification for Zaller's model, confirming its value, but also found support for the proposed …
An Alternative Almost Sure Construction Of Gaussian Stochastic Processes In The L2([0,1]) Space, Kevin Chen
An Alternative Almost Sure Construction Of Gaussian Stochastic Processes In The L2([0,1]) Space, Kevin Chen
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