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Maeda Lab
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The lab uses survey data to analyze voters' political attitudes and voting behavior.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding voters and politics through data
The lab studies what voters think about politics and how they vote in elections.
Its main research method is the analysis of data collected through questionnaires.
The lab is interested in how the social environments people live in and the information they get from the media affect their political behavior and attitudes.
In graduate school, the lab accepts students from any field, as long as their interests connect, in a broad sense, with either "politics" or "quantitative data."
Key terms
- Cabinet approval rating
- The percentage of respondents who say they support the current cabinet when asked in an opinion poll
- Political participation
- Actions through which citizens engage with politics, such as voting in elections, signing petitions, and lobbying politicians
- Sample survey
- A survey method in which a part of the target population, rather than all of it, is selected and studied in order to estimate the state of the whole
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how voters think about politics and how they vote in elections. Its work has three parts: analysis of social survey data, research on cabinet approval ratings, and research on statistical systems and sample surveys.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis of Social Survey Data
Using social survey data, the lab analyzes topics such as the relationship between evaluations of the cabinet and voting choice, the relationship between mass media or social media and voting behavior and political participation, and the effects of gender and family structure on political attitudes.
*Illustrative imageResearch on Cabinet Approval Ratings
The lab organizes and examines figures from opinion polls conducted by newspaper companies to investigate how voters react to specific political events. Surprisingly little research has accumulated in this area.
*Illustrative imageStatistical Systems and Sample Surveys
The lab studies how social survey data, including government statistics and mass media opinion polls, are collected, as well as the practice of archiving and releasing them. It also covers policy developments on the handling of research data and the systems that archive and provide data.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorYukio MaedaPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images.
- Top image: “National Diet 2015” Ayumu Ozaki / Public domain (cropped)
- Analysis of Social Survey Data: “Tiobox transparent plastic ballot box” Topjur01 / Public domain (cropped)
- Research on Cabinet Approval Ratings: “Kantei PM Japan Residence” 内閣官房内閣広報室 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Statistical Systems and Sample Surveys: “Hollerith census machine at CHM by Tomwsulcer” Tomwsulcer / CC0 (cropped)
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