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Doug Ahler is a Ph.D candidate in the Travers Department of Political Science. His research focuses on the intersection of political institutions, elite behavior, and citizens' ability to navigate the political world. In particular, his dissertation investigates citizens' perceptions of their elected representatives' positions and the ramifications of perceptual accuracy for democratic accountability. Other ongoing projects address primary reform, congressional parties, voter decision-making, and the effect of candidate appearance.

Trainings

Consulting

research design, Qualtrics, Mechanical Turk, experiments
Not currently available.

Consulting for survey research and experimental and quasi-experimental design, including implementing surveys in Qualtrics, improving experimental treatment impact, designing and analyzing observational studies for causal inference (natural experiments, regression discontinuity, etc.), and analysis of experiments via parametric and non-parametric hypothesis tests.

If you'd like to request a consultation with Doug, please include the following: a brief description of your project, data and what stage you are at in the research process.