Crasnow, Sharon (2024) Objectivity of Measurement in Political Science. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

A recent dispute in political science raises issues about the objectivity of measures of democracy. Political scientists Little and Meng argue that democracy indices using country experts as coders show a greater degree of democratic backsliding than measures that are objective. They worry that this discrepancy may reflect coder bias. I distinguish three aspects of objectivity and offer a reconceptualization of objectivity as coherence objectivity. I argue that coherence objectivity is better suited for evaluating measures of social science concepts like democracy than the understanding of objectivity implicit in Little and Meng’s discussion.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Crasnow, Sharon 0000-0001-8511-4821
Keywords:	measurement, democracy, objectivity, V-Dem
Subjects:	General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Sharon Crasnow
Date Deposited:	24 Jul 2024 15:30
Last Modified:	24 Jul 2024 15:30
Item ID:	23725
Subjects:	General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	22 July 2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23725

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