Judgment and measurement in political science

Andreas Schedler*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

Standard methodological advice in political science warns against the distortion of measurement decisions by judgmental elements. Judgment is subjective, common wisdom asserts, it produces opaque, biased, and unreliable data. This article, by contrast, argues that judgment is a critical intersubjective ingredient of political measurement that needs to be acknowledged and rationalized, rather than exorcised.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-36
Number of pages16
JournalPerspectives on Politics
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2012
Externally publishedYes

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