Nice analysis. You could follow it up with a qualitative analysis---you must have some of those too from following the court so closely.
A quant observation: in the case where you show how much each person talked at each point in hte argument, it looks like Jackson and Sotomayor don't speak all that often-- they such say a lot when they speak. Does that account for their big word counts overall?
It is noteworthy that the two judges commonly thought to have low IQ's are the two that talk the most. This is confused, though, because it seems the female justices talk the most.
A separate and much harder question is which justices drive the conversation in oral argument. That is distinct from number of words-- I am thinking of who asks questions that get the most words from other justices and from the counsel.
Thanks Eric. I'll definitely have some mixed methods work coming up. Was actually thinking of doing some of this type of analysis for a post later this week or sometime next week so stay tuned.
Great! There are HUGE synergies between qual and quant. Try to make yourself someone who can do both. My coauthor Mark R. just toldme Harvard Law has a tech guy who can help with quant stuff. Ask him about it if this is news to you. He helped us combine datasets in different formats.
Illuminating article! Sometimes I regret that the questioning of the more conservative justices doesn’t take on the ornate gothic prose of the 19th Century whence it belongs.
Nice analysis. You could follow it up with a qualitative analysis---you must have some of those too from following the court so closely.
A quant observation: in the case where you show how much each person talked at each point in hte argument, it looks like Jackson and Sotomayor don't speak all that often-- they such say a lot when they speak. Does that account for their big word counts overall?
It is noteworthy that the two judges commonly thought to have low IQ's are the two that talk the most. This is confused, though, because it seems the female justices talk the most.
A separate and much harder question is which justices drive the conversation in oral argument. That is distinct from number of words-- I am thinking of who asks questions that get the most words from other justices and from the counsel.
Thanks Eric. I'll definitely have some mixed methods work coming up. Was actually thinking of doing some of this type of analysis for a post later this week or sometime next week so stay tuned.
Great! There are HUGE synergies between qual and quant. Try to make yourself someone who can do both. My coauthor Mark R. just toldme Harvard Law has a tech guy who can help with quant stuff. Ask him about it if this is news to you. He helped us combine datasets in different formats.
Illuminating article! Sometimes I regret that the questioning of the more conservative justices doesn’t take on the ornate gothic prose of the 19th Century whence it belongs.
Tell me where you stand on the political spectrum without telling me where you stand.
Yes, I’m left here.
I know.