Robert Luskin
Professor — Ph.D., University of Michigan

Contact
- E-mail: rcluskin@austin.utexas.edu
- Phone: 512-232-7230
- Office: BAT 3.148
- Office Hours: Fall 20: M 4:00-5:30pm & W 4:00-5:30pm (by Zoom, Skype, or phone only & by prearrangement)
- Campus Mail Code: A1800
Interests
Public opinion, voting behavior, political psychology, and statistical methods
Biography
Professor Luskin has also taught at the University of Alabama, Indiana University, l'Université de Paris I (la Sorbonne), Princeton University, and Stanford University and in the ICPSR Summer Program at the University of Michigan, the ECPR Summer School at the University of Essex, and the Summer School on Advanced Methods in the Social Sciences at the Università della Svizzera Italiana. He has been a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and Chercheur Associé at the Centre d'Etude de la Vie Politique Française in Paris. He is a Research Advisor at the Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University and Director of the Center for Deliberative Opinion Research at the University of Texas at Austin. He has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Texas Poll and of the Editorial Boards of Political Analysis and the American Political Science Review.
His general interests include public opinion, voting behavior, political psychology, and statistical methods, and he has long been particularly interested in the effects of political information on the texture and outcomes of representative democracy. Among other projects, he is using Deliberative Polling in the U.S. and abroad to examine the empirical dimensions of deliberative democracy and is working on a study of political information in France. He has published papers on these and other topics in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, Political Analysis, and other scholarly journals.
Courses
GOV 370C • Election Campaigns-Wb
38765 • Spring 2021
Meets MW 1:00PM-2:30PM
Internet; Synchronous
GOV 381S • Public Opinion/Voting Behav-Wb
38835 • Spring 2021
Meets M 6:00PM-9:00PM
Internet; Synchronous
GOV 370C • Election Campaigns-Wb
37600 • Fall 2020
Meets MW 2:30PM-4:00PM
Internet; Synchronous
GOV 370C • Election Campaigns
38145 • Spring 2020
Meets MW 1:00PM-2:30PM CAL 221
GOV 370C • Election Campaigns
37700 • Fall 2019
Meets MW 1:00PM-2:30PM PAR 304
GOV 381S • Citizenship And Democracy
37790 • Fall 2019
Meets M 6:30PM-9:30PM BAT 1.104
GOV 379S • Citizens In Democratic Pol
38445 • Spring 2019
Meets T 3:30PM-6:30PM CBA 4.342
GOV 381S • Political Sophistication
38470 • Spring 2019
Meets M 6:30PM-9:30PM BAT 5.102
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
38635 • Fall 2018
Meets MW 1:00PM-2:30PM PAR 304
Wr
GOV 381S • Public Opin & Voting Behav
38714 • Fall 2018
Meets M 6:30PM-9:30PM PAR 310
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
38415 • Spring 2018
Meets MW 1:00PM-2:30PM PAR 310
Wr
GOV 379S • Citizens In Democratic Pol
38454 • Spring 2018
Meets M 3:30PM-6:30PM PAR 305
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
38830 • Fall 2017
Meets MW 1:00PM-2:30PM CLA 0.118
Wr
GOV 381S • Public Opin & Voting Behav
38885 • Fall 2017
Meets M 6:30PM-9:30PM BAT 1.104
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
38815 • Spring 2017
Meets MW 1:00PM-2:30PM CBA 4.342
Wr
GOV 391L • Statistical Anly In Pol Sci II
38975 • Spring 2017
Meets M 6:30PM-9:30PM MEZ 1.202
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
38605 • Fall 2016
Meets MW 1:00PM-2:30PM SZB 416
Wr
GOV 381L • Political Sophistication
38670 • Fall 2016
Meets M 6:30PM-9:30PM BAT 1.104
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
38060 • Spring 2016
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM CMA 3.114
Wr
GOV 391L • Statistical Anly In Pol Sci II
38210 • Spring 2016
Meets M 6:30PM-9:30PM MEZ 1.216
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
37850 • Fall 2015
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM PAR 206
GOV 381S • Public Opin & Voting Behav
37915 • Fall 2015
Meets M 7:00PM-10:00PM BAT 1.104
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
39345 • Spring 2014
Meets TTH 3:30PM-5:00PM PAR 303
Wr
C2
GOV 391L • Statistical Anly In Pol Sci II
39520 • Spring 2014
Meets M 7:00PM-10:00PM PAR 302
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
39310 • Fall 2013
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM PAR 1
Wr
GOV 381S • Public Opin & Voting Behav
39367 • Fall 2013
Meets M 7:00PM-10:00PM BAT 1.102
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
38990 • Spring 2013
Meets MW 3:30PM-5:00PM CBA 4.326
Wr
C2
GOV 381S • Public Opin & Voting Behav
39050 • Spring 2013
Meets M 7:00PM-10:00PM BAT 1.104
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
38830 • Fall 2012
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM PAR 1
Wr
GOV 385L • Simultaneous Equation Models
38935 • Fall 2012
Meets T 6:30PM-9:30PM BAT 1.104
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
38840 • Spring 2012
Meets MW 3:30PM-5:00PM CBA 4.326
Wr
C2
GOV 391L • Statistical Anly In Pol Sci II
39005 • Spring 2012
Meets T 6:30PM-9:30PM GAR 0.128
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
38848 • Fall 2011
Meets MW 3:30PM-5:00PM PAR 105
Wr
GOV 381L • Political Sophistication
38906 • Fall 2011
Meets T 7:00PM-10:00PM BAT 1.104
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
39055 • Spring 2011
Meets MW 3:30PM-5:00PM CBA 4.326
Wr
C2
GOV 385L • Simultaneous Equation Models
39177 • Spring 2011
Meets T 7:00PM-10:00PM BAT 1.104
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns
38705 • Fall 2010
Meets MW 3:30PM-5:00PM WAG 308
C2
GOV 390L • Comparative Political Behavior
38850 • Fall 2010
Meets T 7:00PM-10:00PM BAT 1.104
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns-W
38969 • Spring 2010
Meets M 3:00PM-6:00PM JES A203A
C2
GOV 391L • Statistical Anly In Pol Sci II
39095 • Spring 2010
Meets T 6:30PM-9:30PM GAR 0.120
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns-W
39300 • Fall 2009
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM WAG 308
C2
GOV 381S • Political Sophistication
39370 • Fall 2009
Meets M 7:00PM-10:00PM BAT 1.104
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns-W
39438 • Spring 2008
Meets M 3:30PM-6:30PM RAS 215
C2
GOV 391L • Statistical Anly In Pol Sci II
39605 • Spring 2008
Meets M 7:00PM-10:00PM MEZ 1.204
GOV 390L • Comparative Political Behavior
40320 • Fall 2007
Meets T 6:30PM-9:30PM MEZ 1.204
GOV 391L • Statistical Anly In Pol Sci II
36695 • Spring 2005
Meets MW 12:30PM-2:00PM BUR 436A
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns-W
37490 • Fall 2004
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM WEL 3.260
C2
GOV 385L • Simultaneous Equation Models
37553 • Fall 2004
Meets MW 1:00PM-2:30PM BUR 436A
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns-W
35915 • Fall 2003
Meets TTH 3:30PM-5:00PM BUR 130
C2
GOV 390L • Comparative Political Behavior
36015 • Fall 2003
Meets W 7:00PM-10:00PM BUR 232
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns-W
34930 • Spring 2003
Meets TTH 3:30PM-5:00PM BUR 108
C2
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns-W
35446 • Fall 2002
Meets MW 4:00PM-5:30PM GAR 200
C2
GOV 381S • Political Sophistication
35515 • Fall 2002
Meets M 7:00PM-10:00PM BUR 128
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns-W
34865 • Spring 2001
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM RAS 310
C2
GOV 391L • Statistical Anly In Pol Sci II
35025 • Spring 2001
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM ENS 145
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns-W
35560 • Fall 2000
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM GRG 206
C2
GOV 381L • Political Sophistication
35630 • Fall 2000
Meets TH 6:30PM-9:30PM BUR 480
GOV 370L • Election Campaigns-W
34535 • Spring 2000
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM RAS 310
C2
Publications
Luskin, Robert C. and John G. Bullock. 2011. "Don't Know" Means :"Don't Know": DK Responses and the Public's Level of Political Knowledge. Journal of Politics, 73 (2): 547-557.
Farrar, Cynthia, James S. Fishkin, Donald P. Green, Christian List, Robert C. Luskin, and Elizabeth L. Paluck. 2010. “Disaggregating Deliberation’s Effects: An Experiment within a Deliberative Poll.” British Journal of Political Science, 40: 333-347.
Fishkin, James S., Baogang He, Robert C. Luskin, and Alice Siu. 2010. “Deliberative Democracy in an Unlikely Place: Deliberative Polling in China.” British Journal of Political Science, 40 Pages: 435-448.
Farrar, Cynthia, James S. Fishkin, Donald P. Green, Christian List, Robert C. Luskin, and Elizabeth L. Paluck. 2010. “Disaggregating Deliberation’s Effects: An Experiment within a Deliberative Poll.” British Journal of Political Science, 40: 333-347.
Fishkin, James S., György Lengyel, Robert C. Luskin, and Alice Siu. The Kaposvár Deliberative Poll: Considered Opinions on Unemployment. In György Lengyel (ed.), Deliberative Methods in Local Survey Research: The Kaposvár Experiences. Budapest, Hungary: Új Mandßtum, 2009.
Luskin, Robert C. “Wouldn’t It Be Nice …? The Automatic Unbiasedness of OLS (and GLS).” Political Analysis, 16 (2008): 345-349.
Fishkin, James S. and Robert C. Luskin (2006, January) Broadcasts of Deliberative Polls: Aspirations and Effects. British Journal of Political Science, 36, 184-188.
Fishkin, James S. and Robert C. Luskin (2005, September) Experimenting with a Democratic Ideal: Deliberative Polling and Public Opinion. Acta Politica, 40, 284-298.
Luskin, R. (2004) Sondage et Démocratie. In Pascal Ardilly (ed.), . Paris: Dunod.
Luskin, Robert C. (2003) The Heavenly Public: What Would the Ideal Democratic Citizenry Be Like?. In Michael B. MacKuen & George Rabinowitz (eds.), Electoral Democracy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Brady, Henry E., James S. Fishkin, and Robert C. Luskin (2003, June) Informed Public Opinion about Foreign Policy: The Uses of Deliberative Polling. Brookings Review, 21, 16-19.
Luskin, Robert C. (2002) Political Psychology, Political Behavior, and Politics: Questions of Aggregation, Causal Distance, and Taste. In James H. Kuklinski (Ed.), Thinking about Political Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Luskin, Robert C. (2002) From Denial to Extenuation (and Finally Beyond): Political Sophistication and Citizen Performance. In James H. Kuklinski (Ed.), Thinking about Political Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Luskin, Robert C., James S. Fishkin, and Roger Jowell (2002, July) Considered Opinions: Deliberative Polling in Britain. British Journal of Political Science, 32, 455-487.
Fishkin, James S. and Robert C. Luskin (2000) The Quest for Deliberative Democracy. In Michael Saward (Ed.), Democratic Innovation: Deliberation, Association, and Representation. London: Routledge.
Fishkin, James S. and Robert C. Luskin (1999) Bringing Deliberation to the Democratic Dialogue: The NIC and Beyond. In Maxwell McCombs (Ed.), A Poll with a Human Face: The National Issues Convention Experiment in Political Communication. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Luskin, Robert C., Christopher N. Bratcher, Chistopher G. Jordan,Tracy K. Renner, and Kris S. Seago (1994, May) Judicial Retention Elections and the Retention of Minority Judges. Judicature, 77, 316-321.
Luskin, Robert C. (1991, November) Abusus Non Tollit Usum: Standardized Coefficients, Correlations and R2s. American Journal of Political Science, 35, 1032-1046.
Luskin, Robert C. (1991, March) R-Squared Encore. The Political Methodologist, 4, 21-23.
Luskin, Robert C. (1990, December) Explaining Political Sophistication. Political Behavior, 12, 331-361.
Luskin, Robert C., John P. McIver, , and Edward G. Carmines (1989, May) Issues and the Transmission of Partisanship. American Journal of Political Science, 33, 440-458.
Cassel, Carol A. and Robert C. Luskin (1988, December) Simple Explanations of Turnout Decline. American Political Science Review, 82, 1321-1330.
Luskin, Robert C. (1987, November) Measuring Political Sophistication. American Journal of Political Science, 31, 856-899.
Luskin, Robert C. (1984, September) Looking for R2: Measuring Explanation outside OLS. Political Methodology, 10(4), 513-532.
Luskin, Robert C. (1978, May) Estimating and Interpreting Correlations Between Disturbances and Residual Path Coefficients in Nonrecursive (and Recursive) Causal Models. American Journal of Political Science, 22, 444-478.
Appendices
DK Means DK -- Appendix A
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- DK Means DK -- Appendix A
DK Means DK -- Appendix B
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- DK Means DK -- Appendix B
DK Means DK -- Appendix C
- Files Attached
- DK Means DK -- Appendix C
DK Means DK Codebook
- Files Attached
- Codebook
DK Means DK Data
- Files Attached
- Data
DK Means DK Questionnaire
- Files Attached
- Questionnaire
DK Means DK Final Report
- Files Attached
- Final Report
Memo (rev.): Increase in % vs % Increase vs % Reduction in Error
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- Increase in %.pdf