Measuring and Modeling Misinformation: A Strategy for Assessing the Relative Prevalence of Partisan and Residual Error

• In Event: Political Knowledge

Brief Overview

Presents a novel method, drawing on signal detection theory, to gauge the extent to which incorrect responses on true/false political information questions reflect generic limitations in judgmental processes versus the effects of partisan bias.

Authors

• Jeffery Mondak, University of Illinois

• Jane Betchley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign