This program is based upon a survey released by the New York Times, "Let Us Predict Whether You’re a Democrat or a Republican." The survey goes through a series of social, seemingly non-politically inclined questions to determine the political party of the end user.
This program is developed as part of a class project (94-806: Privacy in the Digital Age, Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College, Dr. Alessandro Acquisti.
To use this program
- Clone the repo onto your machine locally:
- SSH:
git clone git@github.com:rachaelharris/partyguesser.git - HTTPS:
git clone git@github.com:rachaelharris/partyguesser.git
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Navigate to the project directory:
cd partyguesser/ -
Run the program
python3 guesser.py -
Analyze the results
- Open the file
results.csvin your text editor of choice - Suggested analysis: open with RStudio to run regressions on the data to predict results for larger sample sets
- Suggested analysis: open with Tableau to visualize the data you have collected
- Open the file
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Q: Will user's information be collected as part of the survey?
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A: No. Their answers will be recorded, but nothing about their identity (i.e., name, phone number, email is not recorded)
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Q: How will the results be used?
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A: The results are intended to be used as part of a class project to demonstrate how seemingly unrelated information can be used to generate profiles about individuals.
- Clone the repository to your local machine
- Record answers in your local
results.csv - After surveying students, open the
results.csvin Excel, and then copy and paste into our shared Google Sheets for analysis
For any inquiries, please contact:
- Rachael Harris (rharris2@andrew.cmu.edu)
- Morgan Douglas (madougla@andrew.cmu.edu)
- Tyson Lindley (tlindley@andrew.cmu.edu)
- Andy Strozewski (astrozew@andrew.cmu.edu)