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Political attitudes in social environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2015

Andrew Gelman  and
Neil Gross
Andrew Gelman
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027. gelman@stat.columbia.eduhttp://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman
Neil Gross
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901. nlgross@colby.edu
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Abstract

We agree with Duarte et al. that it is worthwhile to study professions' political alignments. But we have seen no evidence to support the idea that social science fields with more politically diverse workforces generally produce better research. We also think that when considering ideological balance, it is useful to place social psychology within a larger context of the prevailing ideologies of other influential groups within society, such as military officers, journalists, and business executives.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e144
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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