The way the topics from the ANES are written, each topic can have a unique set of responses. We want our answer choices to match this pattern, and be something we can programmatically ask as a question both prior to and during a discussion. We should expand the current topic descriptions from the anes. They currently are formatted as:
# Federal spending on aid to the poor
## Prompt
What about aid to the poor? Should federal spending on aid to
the poor be increased, decreased, or kept the same?
we can create a separate section to contain the original response options as similar to:
# Federal spending on aid to the poor
## Prompt
What about aid to the poor? Should federal spending on aid to
the poor be increased, decreased, or kept the same?
## Responses
- Increased
- Kept the Same
- Decreased
Lets start by doing this for 5 topics and trying it out to see how it works.
(one of the few of these types of questions that was posed in a single-question Likert scale format)
Moral: climate_chng_importance
Civil Rights: worry_less_abt_eqlty
(Questions asking specifically about inequality of Black people had higher variances and polarity but I'm worried that
people will not be open with their true opinions if asked these questions in front of others. This effect may be worth
studying down the line but this question about general equality may be better suited for this test drive.)
The way the topics from the ANES are written, each topic can have a unique set of responses. We want our answer choices to match this pattern, and be something we can programmatically ask as a question both prior to and during a discussion. We should expand the current topic descriptions from the anes. They currently are formatted as:
we can create a separate section to contain the original response options as similar to:
Lets start by doing this for 5 topics and trying it out to see how it works.