Replication Data for Assessing Democratic Backsliding and Measurement Issues

Replication data from a paper by Carl Henrik Knutsen of the University of Oslo analyzing global democratic trends. The paper investigates evidence for democratic decline over the last decade, evaluates measurement methodologies, and examines potential biases in expert coder assessments. It specifically critiques V-Dem's methodology and Little and Meng's proposed objective democracy measures.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in global democracy based on the described expert-coded data.
• Evaluating measurement error in democracy indices based on the discussion of subjective and objective measures.
• Assessing time-varying coder biases in expert surveys as discussed in the paper.
• Benchmarking different democracy measures based on the critique of V-Dem and Little and Meng's proposals.

Strengths

• Data is associated with a peer-reviewed academic paper addressing specific research questions.
• The analysis involves theoretical and empirical tests of measurement methodologies.
• Focuses on a specific and prominent data source (V-Dem) for detailed methodological critique.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Oslo (author Carl Henrik Knutsen)

Collection Method

Likely contains expert-coded data and analysis related to democracy indices, inferred from the paper's focus on V-Dem methodology.

Time Range

Analysis focuses on the last decade, but specific data coverage is unknown.

Geography

Global scope, inferred from the paper's discussion of global democratic decline.