Ryan Kennedy

University of Houston - Department of Political Science

Assistant Professor of Political Science

TX 77204-3011

United States

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A Simplified Protocol to Screen Out VPS and International Respondents Using Qualtrics

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2020
Nicholas Winter, Tyler Burleigh, Ryan Kennedy and Scott Clifford
University of Virginia, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Houston - Department of Political Science and University of Houston - Department of Political Science
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Qualtrics, MTurk, survey research, VPS

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Google Flu Trends Still Appears Sick: An Evaluation of the 2013-2014 Flu Season

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 Mar 2014
David Lazer, Ryan Kennedy, Gary King and Alessandro Vespignani
Northeastern University - Department of Political Science, University of Houston - Department of Political Science, Harvard University and Northeastern University
Downloads 1,108 (42,955)
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Google Flu Trends, big data, transparency, replication, time series

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How to Screen Out VPS and International Respondents Using Qualtrics: A Protocol

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Nov 2018
Tyler Burleigh, Ryan Kennedy and Scott Clifford
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Houston - Department of Political Science and University of Houston - Department of Political Science
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The Shape of and Solutions to the MTurk Quality Crisis

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Dec 2018
Ryan Kennedy, Scott Clifford, Tyler Burleigh, Ryan Jewell and Philip Waggoner
University of Houston - Department of Political Science, University of Houston - Department of Political Science, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Houston - Department of Political Science and Columbia University, ISERP
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Mechanical Turk, MTurk, Fraud, Quality, Online Surveys, Survey Experiments

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Trust in Public Policy Algorithms

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Mar 2019
Ryan Kennedy, Philip Waggoner and Matthew Ward
University of Houston - Department of Political Science, Columbia University, ISERP and University of Houston
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trust in automation, public policy, criminal justice, recidivism, automation, inter-national relations, hybrid decision-making, forecasting

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The Effects of Rural Electrification in India: An Instrumental Variable Approach at the Household Level

Journal of Development Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 08 Jul 2020
Daniel Robert Thomas, Harish S.P., Ryan Kennedy and Johannes Urpelainen
Columbia University, College of William & Mary, University of Houston - Department of Political Science and Johns Hopkins SAIS
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Rural Electrification, India, Instrumental Variables, Economic Development

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Satellite Data for the Social Sciences: Measuring Rural Electrification with Nighttime Lights

International Journal of Remote Sensing (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 06 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2017
Eugenie Dugoua, Ryan Kennedy and Johannes Urpelainen
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Geography and Environment, University of Houston - Department of Political Science and Johns Hopkins SAIS
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Night Lights, India, Electrification, Economic Development, Remote Sensing

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A Protocol for Integrating Dynamic Adaptive Questions from Generative AI into Qualtrics Surveys with Minimal JavaScript

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 Apr 2024
Ryan Kennedy and Amanda Austin
University of Houston - Department of Political Science and University of Houston - Department of Political Science
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AI, surveys, public opinion, Qualtrics, open-ended responses, adaptive questionairres

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The Need for Impact Evaluation in Electricity Access Research

Energy Policy, 2019
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Nov 2019
Patrick Bayer, Ryan Kennedy, Joonseok Yang and Johannes Urpelainen
University of Strathclyde - Department of Government, University of Houston - Department of Political Science, Sungkyunkwan University and Johns Hopkins SAIS
Downloads 246 (267,651)
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impact evaluation, electricity access, observational and experimental methods, causal inference, sustainable development

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Fading Colours? A Synthetic Comparative Case Study of the Impact of 'Colour Revolutions'

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2012
Ryan Kennedy
University of Houston - Department of Political Science
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democratization, color revolutions, post-Communist politics, synthetic comparison, comparative case studies

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Who Wants to Deliberate - and Why?

HKS Working Paper No. RWP09-027
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Sep 2009
Michael A. Neblo, Kevin M. Esterling, Ryan Kennedy, David Lazer and Anand E. Sokhey
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Political Science, University of California, Riverside (UCR) - Department of Political Science, University of Houston - Department of Political Science, Northeastern University - Department of Political Science and University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Political Science
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Political Science, Electoral Politics

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Environmental Degradation and Public Opinion: The Case of Air Pollution in Vietnam

Journal of Environment and Development, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 26 Nov 2019
Sung Eun Kim, Harish S.P., Ryan Kennedy, Xiaomeng Jin and Johannes Urpelainen
Korea University, College of William & Mary, University of Houston - Department of Political Science, Columbia University and Johns Hopkins SAIS
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air pollution, public opinion, Southeast Asia, education, Vietnam

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Identifying Coal-Fired Power Plants for Early Retirement

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 Apr 2020
Nada Maamoun, Ryan Kennedy, Xiaomeng Jin and Johannes Urpelainen
University of Hamburg, University of Houston - Department of Political Science, Columbia University and Johns Hopkins SAIS
Downloads 168 (382,146)
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Coal Energy, Plant Retirement, Air Pollution, Climate Change, HYSPLIT model

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Environmental Justice in India: Incidence of Air Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants

Ecological Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 102 Posted: 08 Jun 2020
Jacob Kopas, Erin York, Xiaomeng Jin, Harish S.P., Ryan Kennedy, Shiran Victoria Shen and Johannes Urpelainen
Columbia University, Columbia University, Columbia University, College of William & Mary, University of Houston - Department of Political Science, University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins SAIS
Downloads 150 (420,892)
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Environmental Justice, Environmental Discrimination, Coal, Air Pollution, India, Environmental Kuznets Curve

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Quality of Service Predicts Willingness to Pay for Household Electricity Connections in Rural India

Energy Policy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Feb 2019
Ryan Kennedy, Aseem Mahajan and Johannes Urpelainen
University of Houston - Department of Political Science, Harvard University and Johns Hopkins SAIS
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Energy Access; Rural Electrification; India; Selection Models

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The Geography of Money and Politics: Population Density, Social Networks and Political Contributions

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Jul 2015
Yu-Ru Lin, David Lazer and Ryan Kennedy
University of Pittsburgh - School of Information Sciences, Northeastern University - Department of Political Science and University of Houston - Department of Political Science
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fundraising, Federal Election Commission, geography, social networks

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Shades of Darkness or Light? A Systematic Review of Geographic Bias in Impact Evaluations of Electricity Access

Forthcoming, Energy Research & Social Science
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Jul 2019
David Hamburger, Joel Jaeger, Patrick Bayer, Ryan Kennedy, Joonseok Yang and Johannes Urpelainen
Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, University of Strathclyde - Department of Government, University of Houston - Department of Political Science, Sungkyunkwan University and Johns Hopkins SAIS
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electricity access; energy poverty; impact evaluation; electrification; development; geographical distribution; systematic review

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Multilevel Customer Segmentation for Off-Grid Solar in Developing Countries: Evidence from Solar Home Systems in Rwanda and Kenya

Forthcoming Energy
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Aug 2019
Ryan Kennedy, Sini Numminen, Joseph L. Sutherland and Johannes Urpelainen
University of Houston - Department of Political Science, Aalto University - School of Science, Columbia University and Johns Hopkins SAIS
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renewable energy, payment policies, economic development, solar home systems, Rwanda, Kenya

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Increasing Rural Electrification through Connection Campaigns

Energy Policy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 Feb 2020
Brian Blankenship, Ryan Kennedy, Aseem Mahajan, Jason Chun Yu Wong and Johannes Urpelainen
University of Miami, University of Houston - Department of Political Science, Harvard University, Columbia University and Johns Hopkins SAIS
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Energy, India, Electrification, Public services

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Turkish Neocons? Attitudes Towards East and West in Turkish Public Opinion

Western Political Science Association 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Posted: 22 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2012
Ryan Kennedy and Matthew Dickenson
University of Houston - Department of Political Science and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Reference Societies and Regime Change

Western Political Science Association 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Posted: 22 Feb 2011
Ryan Kennedy
University of Houston - Department of Political Science

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